The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-18
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Passing Mention Made Of Many Minor Hap
penlngS in the City and Suburbs.
FklT%!euL SUMMARY OF THE DAYS NEWS
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Items Worthy OF Much More TX
tended Notice Than that Given

There will be plenty of spsech-making
this week.
There was no session of the Hastings
Court yesterday.
Monday, THE 26th, has been set apart
as registration day.
DR.. A. e. Owen Will dedicate church
at Matoaca to-day.
There are several cases OF scarlet
fever in Cottage Place.
Tramps are getting to be troublesome
on the suburbs again.
Judge Prince, of Nanscmond county,
was in the city yesterday.
The roadway in front Of Oak Grove
Cemetery has not been fixed yet.
Miss Julia Winston, of Winston, N.
c.. is visiting friends in the city.
There will be protracted meeting at
the Friends Church all this week.
The effects of the late Mrs. Fannie T.
Davis were sold al auction yesterday.
There are n number of counterfeit
quarters and halves in circulation in this
city.
The passenger list on the seaboard
Air Line was extremely large yester-
day.
The Portsmouth city employees were
paid yesterday for the first half of Oc-
tober.
The sunbeams of Calvary Baptist
Church will meet this afternoon at 5
o'clock.
David Hartz, of Russia. became a nat
uralized citizen i'll the Hastings Court
yesterday.
The regular monthly meeting of
Wright Memorial Sunday School will De
held this afternoon.
Read the advertisement of house on
North street, near Hatton, Park View,
and apply as directed.
The Portsmouth football team will go
to Suffolk Friday and play u game OF
football on the fair grounds.
Miss I,aIylpss and Rnuh>-
will take part in the Monumental Rose
bud meeting this afternoon.
The Norfolk county grand jury will
be In SEES ION tomorrow. There are
twenty cases to come before 1t.
Mrs. Johnakln. wife of Mr.. George
Johnakin. is seriously i'll at her hus-
bands residence on Fayette street
Justice Rutter sentenced Asa Saun-
dcrs ard Vim. Hicks. two chicken
thieves, to rhirty days each in the coun-
ty jail.
There will be a meeting OF the Ports
mouth street railroad on Tuesday Great
developments are expected from this
meeting.
Miss Joe Holland and Miss Whine
Portlock returned yesterday from Balti-
more, where they have been spending
three weeks.
The Grand Master of the Order of
Odd Fellows will pay visit 10 the dif-
ferent lodges in this city the latter part
or this month.
Last night about s o'clock Il bicycle.
delivery wagon and another bicyclis;
oollided on High street. The wagon
was badly wrecked.
Mr.. Joseph Overton, Keeper Of The
Almshouse, has recovered sufficiently
from his recent sickness to he able 10
come to town on yesterday.
Miss Nellie West. who has been visit
ing in Dobbs Ferry, x. Y. for ,the past
ak months returned home yesterday
accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. Charles
Francis. Of that place.
The gold-bugs opened their headquar-
tiers last night under the Ocean House
in the store formerly occupied by S.
Shrier. There was a good attendance at
the roms last night.
There are only forty prisoners in the
county jail and twenty of them will go
before the grand jury Tomorrow. This
is the smallest number that there has
been confined there for some time.