The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13
1T LOOKS LIKE A GANG
-Four Rohherles Which Have Occurred Ia
the City and County Recently.
MONEY, CLOTHING AND JEWELRY TAKEN.
The High School VIII Close on Next
Thursday Evening-A Locomotive
Tangled in an Electric Light Wire
Portsmouth I2as Fifteen More
aamos to PIny-Tournament.

The streehsprinkler will be put in use
on Monday.
There was no session or the Hastings
Court yesterday.
Mr.. w. III. Stokes closed his school for
the summer yesterday.
The fish carts are now located on the
north side of Columbia street.
Quite number of barrels of potatoes
were shipped North yesterday.
The prisoners in the Norfolk county
Jail are being thinned out considerably.
Some fine Florida watermelons were
offered for sale in the market yester-
day.
Miss Katie Lowry, OF Manchester, Va,
Is visiting Mrs. Johnson, in South Ports
mouth.
Mr.. Lem Mayo. of this city, won three
prizes al the bicycle races i'll Norfolk on
Thursday.
Miss Annie Kelly. of Denver, Col, Is
visiting Mrs. John T. Brady, on Green
street, extended.
A large. number of bicyclists met Mrs.
Ship yesterday and discussed the COM
ing tournament.
A colored family quarrel was settled in
the Mayors Court yesterday by filming
one of the parties 1928.
Mrs, r. j. Shaw and her mother, Mrs.
w. S. Carr. left yesterday for Green's
boro. N. c., to spend the summer.
Has the hospital died natural death?
There does not seem to be much interest
manifested towards securing q location,
etc.
The repairs to the ferry slip in Norfolk
will all be- completed to-day, and the
boats will begin running in there as
usual.
Mr.. A H. Martin. Clerk OF the Nor
folk County Court, left yesterday for ST.
Louis as one of the delegates from Vir-
GINA tif
High street had its usual half handed
cleaning yesterday. But for an occa-
sional hard rain there Is no telling what
1t would look like
"A license was issued yesterday after
noon 10 Mr.. Willie Adolphus Creekmore
to wed Miss Lauretta c. Turner. The
ceremony Will be performed this after
noon.
1t is said that about 400 delegates for
the Epworth League Convention will
leave this section. They will leave here
on Thursday, the 25th inst, and return
on the 10Th.
a horse attached TO one OF the teams
that carries passengers to and from the
baseball park ran away Yesterday af-
ternoon,and smashed up things general
". No one but the driver was in the
conveyance at the tine.
Mr.. and Mrs. CharlsS Stores have fs-
sued ca:ds TO the marriage of their
daughter, Ella jamie, TO Mr.. Columbus L.
sAiilIlSiiI. me ceremony VIII take place
on Thursday, June 18TH AT p. M, at
the' South Street Baptisa Church.
A. small colored boy about 10 years
old. who has figured extensively in the
Mayors Court. was up again yesterday
for setting a boat adrlft. He was dis
charged upon promise of his mother to
make him do better She said she would
chain him near her.
Moilte Lawrence, upon whom 4 COM
mission SAT- n few days ago to deter
mine her mental condition. will be re-
leased as soon as clothing can be pro-
cured fo!iher She Is said to be foolish.
though not in n condition bad enough to
be sent 10 an asylum.
In our yeste: day issue In speaking OF
tho injury done 10 the corn crop at
Cortland. Norfolk county, dt was made
TO read Churchland. There is no corn
scarcely raised around Churchland.
and there is scarcely ANYTHING but corn
made considerable diffe: encg
Yesterday morning n locomotive got
tangled In the electric light wire at the
corner of Crawford and Coun'v streets
ana tore things up generally. In falling
II got entangled around a horse that
was passing and came near injuring
MIN quite badly. 1T the wire had been
hve several persons would have been
killed.
The habit of throwing glass in the
street Is dangerous one and should
DE stopped. Yesterday announcement
was made OF youth sticking piece in
his foot and to-day W.. have to announce
another. y youth named Wilkins, who
lives on Clifford street, cut his foot quite
badly by stepping on u broken bottle
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