The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07
COLUMN OF LOCAL BITS
Picked Up In the City and Suburbs and
Of Interest TO All Readers.
ANNUAL RENTING OF MARKET STALLS
The Aggregate Sum Realized WAS
SS25-A Satlbont Containing Ten
Mem Capxtzed-A Long Docket m
the Police COurt-Elcctric Fans i'm
che Court street Bapsist Church.

There was another big row in the
buburbs Sunday.
The crowd at Port Norfolk Sunday
was very large.
Attention rs called to tine adv. OF w. Z.
Nash in another column.
Mr. Charles r. Welton has gone to
Cincinnati with the Elks.
Miss Jennie Littlejohn, of Staunton.
Is visiting friends in the city.
Mr.. Lawrence Turner. of Atlanta, Ga.
is in the city for u few days.
Master James NJ. Donald has gone to
Philadelphia to visit relatives.
The lawlessness in the suburbs on
Sunday is growing all the time.
REV. Mortimer Cassell assisted at tho
Trinity P. L. Church Sunday night.
One lady connected herself with the
Court Street Baptist Church Sunday.
Mr.. w. b. Johnson entertained a party
OF gentlemen friends at Ocean View yes
terday.
Mr.. N. E. Whitehurst has returned
from his trip to the mountains. He is
quite feeble.
The w. C. T. U. will hold their regu-
lar noontide meeting to-day at the Y.
The Hastings Court will commence
on Thursday. 1t will be kind of a
mixed time.
Harry Fuller, Portsmouth's last years
third baseman, was in this city yesterday
looking around.
The docket in the Mayors Court yes
terday was larger than it has been for
several months.
There does not seem to be much pros
poets of an electric railroad in Ports
mouth ut this time.
John Eastwood, colored, was commit
ted to the county jail yesterday for five
days for an assault.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morehead and Mr. and
Mrs. Brothers are in the city, the guests
of Rev, ]. w. Mitchell. 6
Arthur Copeland the boy who as
sauted Mr.. d. w. Ballcntine, was fined
IS and costs yesterday.
A white man was fined 50 and was
severely reprimanded for assaulting u
lady in South Portsmouth on Saturday.
Mr.. w. +. Gay, of Monticello, Ga. is
in the city visiting friends. He was =
member of the old Fourth Georgia Regi-
ment
The dry good stores commenced yes
terday closing at p. IN. instead of z
o'clock. This will continue until Sep
TENDER 1st.
Yesterday morning a small white boy
accidentally fell off n house that Is being
built at Port Norfolk and hurt himself
very badly.
Quite n number of people have COM
menced to leave the city and before an
other week goes by the number will be
still greater.
There was several fights. number OF
disorderly cases, u case OF insulting a
lady. snatch thief, etc, in the Mayor
Court yesterday.
The Lords Supper was admins ,tered
at the Soujn Street Baptist Church
Sunday night. Elk persons were admit
ted to the church.
Joe Elliott, a suffering negro. who
snatched a pocketbooll from Miss Bet
tie Pruden Saturday night was sent To
Jail for three months.
Mr.. L. S. Hammill has disposed of his
entire stock of goods to Mrs. Alice
Hundley He will go 10 Baltimore to
live in about ten days.
The new Council will hold their first
meeting tonight. The friends of both
aspirants for the presidency are work
ing hard for their fuVorites
A portion of the money was paid by
the New York. Philadelphia and Nor
folk railroad yesterday for twenty-three
acres of the Thompson tract
Mrs. Virginia Guy, who has been yisit
ing Mr.. James Strouds family in
Brighton. Tor about one week, was