The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-13
THE RECORD OF 4 DAJ
A Summary Of Happenings Verify of
tiOre Space Than That Given.
PARAGRAPHS, PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE
~ pntiOn of the Coniiuas and GoinEs
Of People You kuow-AccOnmts of
Events of lntcres, ta N;nuy Read.
ers-TopicS DiScus~cd az, shc Street
and in offices and Homes.

Mrs. AIolie ESD has very III child.
There WI be no meetings of any kind
this week.
The Scottsvil!e Fair will open Christ
mas week.
There was very heavy frost yesier-
day morning.
Ipor mats suffered on South street
Friday night.
The Madison Hotel will be in full blast
In one more week.
Miss Pettigrew, of Boston, Mass, is
visiting friends in the city.
Several large cells We're taken from one
of the water mains yesterday.
The street force put shells in a num-
Der of holes on Court Stree. yesterday.
Mrs. Maggie Murphy returned from
an extended visit TO Gloucester county,
Va.
The public schools will not close until
the 23d, much to the regret of the chill
dren.
Steam was cotton up in the boiler
which will be used to heat Hotel Madi-
son yesterday.
Mr.. James r. Dickerson is confined to
his residence. on Fourth street, from n
serious Illness.
The Portsmouth Dairy Lunch has
changed hands. 1t is now run by two
enterprising young men.
There was plenty of Western poultry
on the huckster's stands yesterday,
which sold moderately low.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary f. Davis
will take place this afternoon at O'Clock
from the Calvary Baptist church.
ProfessorMarab BILE and Miss Flo Mar
tin will sing n duet at the evening ser
vice at St. Johns church to-day.
Mr.. Joshua DENLY has collected S45 for
the benefit OF the Confederate widows,
but hopes to get considerable more.
There appears in another column the
ad. OF l.. II. Pearson, in which he offers
al ict
Mrs. James ID. Brady and daughter.
of Petersburg, who have been visiting
Mrs. Brady'S sister, on Washington
street, returned to their home yester-
day.
Mrs. Hutchings. mother OF Robert A.
Hutchins, is critically i'll at her rest
dence, on Dinwiddie street. The at
tending physician has but little hope of
her recovery.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of John l.. Watson in another
column Owners of homes would do
we'll 10 read the same and be benefited
by what he says.
There has been more blind men
around begging lately than there has
been for many years. Yesterday there
Were no less than five around the mar
ket at one time.
Rev. DR.. D. +. Sea.on will deliver an
address al the North Street A. NJ. Z.
church Monday night on the progress
of the negro race. There will also be a
literary entertainment. sc.
The outlook for the navy-yard men
does not look very bright for Christmas.
y number are being discharged each
night, and both Friday and last night a
large number were given ten days fur
Tough.
The British steamer Bcdouin is now
lying at the Seaboard Air Line wharf,
loading with Il miscellaneous cargo, con-
sistinE OF cotton, slaves and logs, which
Is being shipped direct from Portsmouth
to Liverpool
The various churches in this city are
making every arrangement to celebrate
Christmas. The musical programme
this season will he very elaborate. The
selections 10 be used are from Mozart,
Handel and Danks.
In another column lie al. of Hofhei-
NETS shoe store appears, IN which the
announces that he has moved from his