The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-15
A Summary Of Happenings Worthy of
More Space Than That Given.
PARAGRAPHS, Personal AND OTHERWISE
Mention of the C0rnines mud Goinga
OF People You Know-Aecounts of
ers-Topics discussed on the street.
and in Offices and Homes.
The holidays are drawing near.


December is half gone to-day.
Truck Ransom was committed to Jail
for stealing.
Miss Jennie Jones. of South Ports
mouth, is seriously ill.
y white man was fined SO Yesterday
Tor committing II nuisance.
MISS Jennie James, Of PETERSBURG is
visiting friends in the city
The December term of the County
Court Will begin next Monday.
There was nothing of intefcs,. done in
the Hastings Court yesterday.
There was Il regular free fight on
county street Sunday afternoon.
Colonel *. r. Griffin is confined to his
nome with rheumatism in his feet.
AmentionS Is called to the ad. of
Adoiph Brandt in another column.
People are purcha sing Christmas pres-
ents Notwithstanding the dull times,
For want of quorum yesterday there
was no meeting of the Board of Trade
me Hotel Madison will be thrown
open to the PUBLIC the last of this week.
All the public buildings in the city
VIII shortly be connected with the sewer
Sunday was one of those balmy spring
days that biough: numbers of people
out.
the cologne man skipped the town
When he found that the police were after
him.
Miss Kate .o'Brien, of Brooklu N.
r., is visiting friends in South Ports
mouth. "
negro man was arrested yesterday.
charged with stealing oysters from
Scouts Creek
"A drunken negro woman was locked
up in ahe county jail yesterday for dis
orderly conduct
me w: .. I. L. will meet this after
noon at $3.50 O'clock with Mrs. Bncchus
S35 County street.
There were four Saturday nigh;
DRINKS in the Mayors Court YESTERDAY
All of them were fined
The Y NJ. c. A. members had a social
entertainment last night. There were
quite large number present, and u de-
ngMful evening was spent
a negro woman was sent on 10 the
Hustlngs Court yesterday for trial on
the charge of attempting to enter n
house by means of an axe.
Two negro boys named Bonnie Ed
WARDS and Albert Jones, were sent to
JAIL ror ten days each for stealing.
Neither of them are over twelve Years
of age.
Rev. MI. Amber, missionary to Japan.
addressed a large number of people at
lfinfty Church last night on the life of
the Japanese. The subject was well
handled, and was very instructive.
Iickets to see THE. comedy of Our
regiment" are selling right along, and
indications point to large house. which
should be under the circumstances. In
helping the Elks you help the poor.
The last one of the parties who created
a: disturbance al the Almshouse was dis
charged from the city jail yesterday. bu;
he was not allowed to return to the
almshouse without going through she
regular channel
Three little negro boys robbed the
mouse OF colored man named Kenn
Sunday Of a number of small articles.
owing to their youthfulness two OF
them We're sent to Jail for ten DAYS
each. and the third one was dismissed.
Workmen began yesterday laying the
sewer pipe from the center of County
and Crawford streets down County 10
the Jail. so that they could connect that
institution with the city sewerage. 1t
Will take several days to complete the
job.
Attention Is called to the ad. OF Bas
seE d Co, in another column, in which
they announce that they have received
ten carloads of first growth pine wood.
which they offer for sale at the usual
price. The wood, they claim, Is the best
In the city. See ad.
Sunday watchman at the Seaboard
All Line depot attempted to drive a
negro man off the platform. when the
negro grabbed him in the collar and
began choking the Waterman, He was
finally arrested and lodged in Jail. Yes