The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-18
STOLEN ALL HIS WAGES
The Room Of a S. A. |. Employe Entered
at Night and a Months Salary Taken.
CHEERING GROWTH OF Y. NJ. C. A. FUND
The Sum Needed to Erect u Building
Increasing Rapidiy-Necessity OF
Muzzling the Dogs "A Runaway
and Smash.Up- Chopped Oh His
Fiuger-ApproRchi Marriages.
Rev. A. e. Owen Is in Richmond.
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Rev. A. e. Owen Is in Richmond.
Mr.. Alfred Skegg Is visiting friends in
this city.
There was no docket in the Mayors
Court yesterday.
The Elan case VIII be called in the
County Court to-day.
The city employees were paid yesterday
for the first half of June.
The High School commencement Will
be held tonight in kim Hall.
The commencement of st. Josephs
Academy will be held this afternoon.
The Third Battafon's excursion was
postponed from last night until Friday
night.
Mr.. Maynard has telegraphed to have
Boyd sent on Immediately, as hei is short
OF pitchers
Mr.. L. c. w Page sent his family
the summer months.
The closing exercises of the Third
District School wereheld last night at the
North Street NJ T.. Church.
A number of gentlemen friends of Mr.
McQuade, OF Stanton, will give him an
outing at Ocean View to-day.
Miss Maud Daughery, who has been
seriously i'll at her mothers. on Clifford
street, is somewhat improving.
The Daughters of the Confederacy held
q meeting yesterday afternoon and
transacted business of Importance.
There are several excursions and pic
mics booked for next week to come to this
city from along the different roads.
Mr.. l.. l.. Pegiam, agent for the Sea-
board Air Line at Hamlet n. c., is on
brief visit to a relative IN this city.
Judge Portlock dismissed the case OF
contemp. of court against Edward Mars,
who assaulted "a witness going from
court.
Mr.. Claud benson. a former citizen.
but now resident of North Carolina.
is In the Citv vtSi. n hiS ia har a
family
Rev. Mr.. Mitchell, pastor of the South
Street Baptist C5urch, IS in Richmond
attending Baptist reunion of the Rich
mond college.
Miss Eva Cattenhead and Mr.. Thomas
Lassiter were married last night ut the
Scot:svillo Baptist Church, Rev. Mr.
Davis officiating.
Rev. Charles NJ Thomas, of Fayette-
Vile, N. c.. is in the city visiting his old
home. His many friends gave him a
warm reception yesterday.
The nego Ed Williams who stole Mr..
Jeremiah Buffers money ut the county
jail Tuesday, was tried before Justice
Haynes yesterday and sent 10 Jail for
30 days from July l.
y white man named George Brown was
committed to the county jail for going to
a house in Berkeley and representing
that he had been sent for some tools
and carrying them off.
The case of the negro men running
over Mrs. Stairs and Mrs. Hunt at Port
Norfolk while in "a small boat came up
before Justice Rutter yesterday. The
negroes We're fined $3.50 each.
Mr.. G. Hatton has resigned as chair
man of the School Board and the same
has been accepted. and Mr.. d. A. Will
lamS has been elected chairman pro tenn
and will sign the school warrants on Sat-
urday of this week.
ionged to the Chambers Fire Company
for so long, dropped dead Tuesday night
II was the intention of the Street Com
mittee 20 use him in company with an
other horse to the street sprinkler.
Mr.. George F. Gwinn. a ship carpenter
by trade, has been appointed n skilled
mechanic to look after the Government 9
interes: a. Newport News on the new
ships. He will be under Constructor
Wood and will report for duty to-day
There are number of the negro men
who drive the wagons. etc, to and from
the baseball field who drive in such a
reckless manner as to endanger the lives
OF people on the streets. There are or
dinances prohibiting II and they should
be enforced before some one is seriously
hurt.
The Seaboaid Air Line has gotten up
quite number of fans 10 be used in the
parade at Richmond On one side is u
Confederate flag and on the other an
American flag, with the Ssaboard Air
Line advertisement around the border.
Ii Is quite attractive. They will be
given away on the day of the parade.
Portsmouth Chapter No. 80, Daughters
OF the Confederacy, held a regular meet
Ing yesterday afternoon and elected sew
eral new members. y committee to oh
tain badges was appointed: also a COM
mttee on transportation to Richmond.
adjourned to meet at Stonewall Camp
headquarters on 27th June at 6 o'clock
y. m.
AT meeting of the Old Dominion
Guard. held Wednesday night, Mr.. Hun
tei Griffin was elected to fill a vacancy
as second lieutenant in place of Mr.
Charles Richardson. whom the state
Board would not let stand an examine :
non on account of holding an appoint
mem; under the Government Mr.. Crit
I'm also holds an appointment as a clerk
Just now the election Will work remains
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