The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-14
THE CITY IN BRIEF.
Minor Matter. OF Interest MimnteIy
Mentioned.

Five horses fell from heat yesterday.
Three died.
The new Select Council will hold its
first regular monthly meeting tonight.
The weekly meetings Of the Baptist
ministers of the city have been sus-
pended till cooler weather.
Miss Maggie Devine. of Brooklyn, N.
Y. is on visit to her brother. Mr.. Rich
ard Fogarty. 122 Kelley avenue. Bran
bIeton.
Mr.. J. E. Parsons. who was stricken
with PARALYSIS on Wednesday evening
last. is still quite i'll at his residence.
No. 49, Charlotte.
A Christian Endeavor rally will be
held at Frecmason Street Baptist
Church at O'Clock Friday night. DR..
J. u. Tyler. of Cleveland, o., will de-
lever an address.
Miss Annie Casey and younger sister.
of Freemason street leave thi; morning
for StauHton. va. where they will spend
the summer with friends.
NJ. ]. o. Pi:k, whom the Police Com
m:ssioners recently appointed a detec-
tive on the new police force. handed in
his resignation to Mayor Mayo yester-
day.
Miss Annie Colensky. of Washington.
D. c.. is visiting her sister. Mrs. R..
Schiller, 227 East Main street. She
points of interest in this vicinity.
The excursion under the auspices Of
the colored Y. NJ C. A. of Norfolk to
Richmond via the Chesapeake and Ohio
yesterday. was quite success. The
proceeds are to be devoted to the con-
struction of an association building.
Rev. DR.. ]. !. Hall. pastor of the Park
Avenue Baptist Church. left for New
York yesterday. where he will take
steamer for England. to visit his pa
rents who are now past the allotted
four score. He will be gone all summer.
Mess:s. w. Fl. II. Trcc & Co., sold
at auction yesterday three lots. with
houses on TWO of them, on East avenue
and Centre street, Hunter:ville. to MI.
o. f. Bonney, at 1915 for each of shc
three parcels.
Postma.7ter CullirEworth. of Rich
mond. and United States Pos;offlce In
spector Wardle. of Washington. D. C.,
who he'd been at Norfolk and Ocean
View for several days, left for Rich
mond yes erday.
Out of twenty-three applicants for
positions as teachers in the Norfolk
public schools recently examined by
Superintendent Dobie. only thirteen
were successful in their examinations.
Not one of the five colored applicants
passed.
The C0mmlUtee rCpTcscHllnS li' iiiuoi
and cigar manufacturers of this section,
left for Washington. D. c.. last night TO
make an effort looking 10 the re-cstab-
I;shment here of the stamp office OF
the United States Internal Revenue
Department. r..
Mrs. John T. Prince and children left
Yesterday via Old Dominion Steamship
Line for New York. There they will
take the White Star Line on WedneS-
day for England. They will return IN
September after tour through Eng
land. Scotland and Wales.
Six hundred chickens were received
here Yesterday by merchant. OF wnlcn
200 were dead. The other 100 were IN
fevered and unhealthy condition. rms
state of affairs was brought about. II
is stated by the S. p. 6. A.. by ins!iifl-
cient care in packing and transporting:
The following party or Metno9IS.s VII ~
leave to-day on the schooner Melvin H.
Drew for fishing trip OF severa! Gays
ON the Chesapeake Bay: Revs. ). r.
Garland. ]. H. Amiss. w. ri. Atwii'. W.
n Edwards. ]. T. Routten, ID. b. AUS
tin and w. r. Proctor. and MesSrs;
George L. Neville, J. D. Armstrong ana
]. A. Fleming. -,
special from Roanoke. Va. dated
.July 18th. says: ~. r. Brodie. II popu-
lar machinist of this city, and Miss Eu-
genie Sauter. of Norfolk. returned last
night from Bristol, Tenn, where they
were married, Rev. DR.. w. r. Laird offi-
ciating. The young lady's parents op-
posed the match. but love laughs at
obstacles"