The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Matters of Small Moment About the City
Very Briefly Chronlcled.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS NOTES.
A Fun and Concise Record of tho
Minor Events OF Growing Sea.
port City Laid Bare TO the Many
Renders OF the Sewsiest of Nor
folk pspers-

A Large number of arrests were made
last night.
DR.. Thomas H. Barnes, OF Nansemond,
county, etyas IN the city yesterday.
The Store In the new Walters building
on Main street is to have q steel ceiling
al cost OF some s4o0.
Rev. l., J. Beauchamp will preach at
the Fl?st baptist Church this morning at
II o'clock.
The Police Dele rtment sent Joe Hous-
ton. sixteen-year-ol white boy. strand
ed here, to Washington d. c., last night
Mayor G. w. Petit VIII address the
colored Y. NJ. C. A. this afternoon at ST.
Luke's A. U. NJ. P. Church, at 5 o'clock
The John S. Barbour Club VIII hold am
important meeting Tuesday night. 1t
VIII be the last meeting before the cleo
.ton.
During the month of April ninety two
deaths occurred IN Norfolk, of which
forty were white and fifty-two were
cocred.
The quarterly convention OF Norfollx's
District w. c. It. U. and Us Will be held
at Trinity p. Il. Church, Portsmouth,
June Cd, next.
"Eureka's" subject in the issue of
yesterday should not have been Gospel
Assassina ton" but Gospel Assimila-
ton vs. Church Prohibition"
Justice Hawks will on Tuesday hold
Ed. Wilson and Victor Nottingham,
charged with killing Allen Jones.
l'-ere Viii be i meeting OF the City
Democratic Executive Committee We'd
nesday afternoon. May 18th at O'Clock,
a; the Real Estate Exchange.
Monday night at O'Clock, the Young
Peoples Union Of Freemason Street Ban
tl>t Ohu: CHI vii! hold their third social
meeting WA . magnificent programme
Pat Dookcr was arrested last night
upon the charge OF selling liquor With
out license, al No. 81 Nebraska street.
His case Will be called Monday by Jus
tice Burroughs.
Ch!ef of Police King has received an
invitation from the New York Police De-
partment to attend TIE annual parade
and review of the Police force OF that
CIV on Monday Juro l=t.
a petition which has been circulat ted
by MI w. b. Barton. asking President
Cleveland to recognize the belligerent
rights of the revolut.onlsts of the Island
of Cuba, will he sent to Washington next
Tuesday. II will contain about 500
names.
lae Trinity NJ E. Church Epwor,h
League excursion to Old Point and the
Capes on Monday. June 1s., promise: 10
be great success. Delightful music Will
be rendered and DELICIOUS refreshment. f..
furnished
a Gospel temperance meeting will be
aeid at Armory Hall at p. m. to-day.
Addresses by Hon. l.. j. Beauchamp and
several city pastors. Rev. W. j. Young
d. D., will preside. Singing by the
"Bever.dges.'
The Cemetery Committee of the Coun-
OIL de:i!e information as to the owner
ship OF the Farmers vault in Cedar
Grove Cemetery. The vault caved In
yesterday, exposing to View the collins
which 1t contained.
An elaborate programme has been pre-
pared for ch.ldren's day at Epworth al
p. Church this morning at IL O'Clock
me prominent part taken on this occa-
sion by the Gospel Army of the Y. NJ. c..
a. will be one of the most attractive fea-
lures of the programme.
Mr.. j. w. Womack, of Richmond
agent In Virginia for the American Boo,
company, was in the city yesterday on
business concerning the matter of the
booksellers In Norfolk charging for that
company's books, which are used In the
public schools In this State, in excess Of
the price list published by tt.