The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-07
Men Selected From This Yard BY the Coy
ernment to Perform important Work.
70 BORROW TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
A Colorcd Mans Close Call : The
Portstnouth Cotton Factory to Be-
GIN White aud Col-
ored school, Boys FiSht-Floridn
Straw berries I'm Market.

Court yesterday.
The travel over the Seaboard Air Line
going north is very heavy now.
The debate at the High School yester-
day was quite interesting. SO 1T is said.
Mr.. Charles II. Bland resumed his
former position on The Vlrginian last
night.
Mr.. Lloyd, the gentleman who was
wounded in last Sundays fracas, is
improving.
Mrs. John S. HARDWOOD. of Richmond,
sister of Dr. Charles Culpepper, is In
the city on visit.
The Finance Committee held an impor-
tant meeting last night, and discussed
various matters.
Strawberries from Florida sold for
35 cents quart in the market yesterday.
They were very fine.
The Hastings Court was In session for
u short while yesterday. but transacted
business OF no Importance.
The Board of Supervisors will meet
next Tuesday. There are several mat
tiers TO come up before them.
There is an interesting communication
elsewhere in regard to Ocean Council,
r. A., which Is we'll worth reading.
The funeral of Mrs. Matilda Dowdy
will take place this afternoon at o'clock
from the Scottsville Baptist Church.
A small colored child was badly burned
by kerosene lamp on King street She
was trying to fiji It. while ii was lighted.
Mrs. Jane Nom enamin. of Hampton,
died at her home yesterday. She was
a sister of Mrs. c. n. Phillips. of this
city.
The baseball team is taking advantage
of this beautiful weather and are prac-
ticing daily. That is, the few that are
here.
Miss Nellie T1ntwistlc Of Brooklyn. is
visiting friends i'll South Portsmouth.
She Is much pleased with her first trip
South
AIr. James A. Mulvey will resign his
position with the Seabolrd Air Line
April 1st and engage In the Real Estate
business.
Stonewall Camp. c. V. expects to car
~ fifty men 10 Richmond June 30th to
the grand reunion of the Confederate
Veterans.
Marshall. is in the city visiting his son.
He is looking quite feeble from, his re-
cent illness.
Mr.. Charles Warner, who for
number of years was employed In the
Bank of Portsmouth. this city, was mar
ried IN Columbus. Ga. last Wednesday.
Mr.. ID. ID. Hamilton. n member of the
School Board. Will move to Park View
next week This will cause a vacancy
In the board from the Fourth Ward.
The baseball crowd has commenced to
assemble. Last night there was quite
Huiilper VI the crankS standing around
discussing the opening of the season
On account of a scarcity OF material
all night work on the Texas has been
suspended. There are four carloads of
steel at Cape Charles which are expected
daily.
Warehouse A. of the Seaboard Air
Line, has been leased to n company
who will make cotton bagging there. A
small house for gas engine has been
erected on the wharf.
The Portsmouth cotton factory will
begin operation next week so Mr. Cone.
the upciintendent says. This will be
but the beginning of more enterprises
OF this kind In our community.
Attention is called 10 advertisement of
Messrs. Levy 4 Jacobs. in which they
announce that their spring stock is com
plete and ready for examination When
In need OF clothes give them call.
The Naval Committee ure ut work dis
tributing literature, etc. to the differ
ent papers throughout the county. They
have not helrd anything definite about
when the other committees will reach
Washington
in another column S. Lasting's
card appears, in which he announces
that his improvements have been com
Pleted and that he is ready to furnish
spring stock of housefurnishings goods,
furniture. clothing. &c. He will also
make you q suit, II desired.
Yesterday at the closing of the noon
session of the Green street school ne
gro boy struck a small white boy with
a brick, and but for Officer Shannon
coming up at the time there would have
been some trouble. and the negro boy
would have been handled very roughly
colored man told The Virsinian rep
Tesentative yesterday that he came near
being shot III Linrolnville Thursday
night while on his way home He said
that there is always some one SHOOTING.
recklessly in that locality at night He
further said that the ball passed through
his hat.
Commodore w. It. Sampson, chief of
the bureau of ordnance at Washing
ton. was In the city yesterday for the
purpose Of inspecting the site on the
Southern Branch OF the Elizab beth river
which the government recently purchas-
ed. upon which to build a magazine and
ordnance storehouses.
negro man reported to a county con-
stable yesterday that while on his way
TO this city Thursday night In q cart
he was stopped near Armstead's woods
by three negroes. When they found out
he was colored. one said: LET him go ::
he amt got anything" 1t is getting TO
be dangerous to be on the road after
night.
The Clerk OF the Norfolk County
Court received yesterday a copy of the
OH recently passed by the Legislature
allowing the Treasurer OF Norfolk coun-
" the right to borrow $4,000 To pay che
outstanding Indebtedness of the county