The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-11
IN HOT WEATHER STYLE.
Bits Of Local News Presented Clothed In
as Few Words as Possible.
BREVlTY CONSISTENT WITH CLEARNEsS
10 the object Kept Constantly I'm View
in the preparation Of This Col
umn of short Paragraphs Relating
TO occurrences i'm the city During
Yesterday md Last Night

Mr.. A. Brand; has gone North to look
There was a marriage at the court
house yesterday.
There was u private picnic at Port
Norfolk yesterday.
The Board of Health succeeded In
meeting last night.
There was a large excursion in from
Lynchburg yesterday.
About three thousand people went TO
Port Norfolk Sunday.
The City Council will hold an ad-
iourned meeting tonight.
Mr.. George w. King and wife have re-
turned from Chuckatuck.
The examination for teachers in the
public schools begins to-day.
Miss Barker is visiting Mr.. Charles
Gayle's family, on Bart street.
A row occurred on High street Satur-
day night in front of the show tent.
The first section of the big Southern
excursion came in yesterday morning.
Mr.. John B. Norfeet. Of Suffolk, spent
Sunday in Portsmouth with his family.
The w. c. T. U. will meet this after
noon with Mrs. Katie Noel 1923 King
street.
The case of young man charged with
seduction was continued TO get wit
nesses.
Mr.. Carroll Deans will leave this
morning for Mathews county to spend
4 week
The Diclples Church was not organ
lied ait Port Norfolk Sunday, as was ex-
pected.
Pay Clerk Andrew G'afTney was in the
city yesterday, looking up his old
friends.
Sunday was the hottest day of the
season. The thermometer reached 1O1
Quite a number went down to VIII
loughby bay Sunday to attend the
baptizing.
Mr.. John A. Morris and sister left
Tor New York last night. They went
via Baltimore.
Grimes Battery, iwenty-eight strong,
went down Ito Ocean View yesterday
and went into camp for ten days.
II is SAID that warrants Will be is
Eued for the parties who worked on
sunday at the Seaboard Air Line.
Mr.. W. b. Johnson has given to-day
at the club house to the choir and must
Gal society OF the South Street Baptist
Church.
The Southern railroad will bring in
large excursion one day this week
and the Norfolk and Carolina railroad
will also bring in another.
Pete Hall has gone off after more
baseball players. Messrs. Watson and
MAYNARD will have winning team if
they can be secured. WerriclI ana
LamDe have both been released.
Miss Claudne Burrow, who has been
Visiting Mr.. P. ]. O'Connor's family, OH
Washington street. will leave this morn
Ing for her home in Lynchburg. She
Will be accompanied by her cousin.
Miss Gertie O'Conror, who will remain
Several weeks.
The lot on which the old Jail stood is
more disEraceful now than 1t was when
the old building was on it, The bricks
and stones are all scattered around
and weeds are taller than an ordinary
person. Some one should look after It,
especially in such public place.
guard from the penitentiary came
down yesterday and carried two prison
ers from the county Jail back with him.
Five small boys were before the May
or yesterday for interfering with Mrs.
Testers business. They were all repri-
manded and dismissed
me Ba'eoitt Soap Company gave a Ste
reopticon exhibition on the streets las.
night 1t will be repeated tonight
The Seaboard Air Line brough, In
three sections last night, and each one
was crowded. The last got in at s d,
IN. me Say Line boat waited for them.
officer Hoofnaglc arrested four ne
gro men Sunday for playing crap at the
ShinGle Mill on Race avenue. A number
OF them made their escape Those who
who were captured denied their guilt,
but His Honor fired them IS each, in
TO Jail.
Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart
ment reports loss by fire for year end
ing June 30th, 1896, Sl52,0O Out of this
comes the big fire of the Seaboard Air
Line. which amounted to Sl37. 600. Ieav.
ing a loss OH residences and stores. 500
900. and this is much greater than for
a number of years.
IT is said that the Seaboard Air Line
received 1900 tons of freight Sunday
from the two steamers that came In.
The CASTOR brought 800 tons and the
Georgia 400 tons. There never was SO
much freight handled by the Seaboard
Air Line as they are now handling The
clerks are kept working night and day.
All. the warehouses are full.
n white man, an employc OF the Sea-
board Air Line. was arrested Saturday
night. as he was about to board the
midnight train His landlady had him
arrested charging him with trying to
peat her out of his board. Yesterday the
case was heard. ana he was dismissed
me young man proved that he wa: only
gong home 10 remain sunday