The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-14
THE PULSE OF THE CITY
The Ebb and Flow Of the UnremltIIng
Tide Of City Life Laid Bare. !,
USE OF THE NEW S. A. [. YARD BEGINS
Council Meeting Tonight = Norfolk
County Court Knocked q Cow
Down with IA Baseball Bnt-Eonrd
of Supervisors Mces To-Dny-Pro-
gresa of the ElcctrIe Rond.

The iron for the electric road is daily
expected.
The Norfolk County Court will con-
vene next Monday
Work on the electric road was sus-
pended yesterday for want of poles
The Board OF Supervisors VIII |fcdd
their regular monthly meeting to-day.
Miss Grace F'redlin will leave To-day
for Bridgeport, Conn, to spend some
time.
The w. c. T. u. will meet this after
noon al o'clock with Mrs. Moore. 61o
Dinwiddie street.
The Seaboard Air Line will begin US
ing the tracks in the new yard regu-
larly commencing to-day.
The City Council will hold an adjourn
ed meeting tonight. A number of I'M
portant matters will be brought before
them.
Mr. Charles Hasker presented his
stereoptican views OF the N1errimac-
Monitor fight to Il good audience at
Wright Memorial last night.
The boys and girls have taken the
platform recently built by the Seaboard
Air Lire for II skating rink. They con-
grcEate there in large numbers daily.
Miss Estelle Simpson 4 popular young
lady of Elizabeth City, n. c., who has
been visiting Mis-. NJ. y. Eroughton, in
Brighton, left for her home yesterday.
Daniel Culpeper was committed to
jail yesterday for thirty days for drunk
cnness. He is an inmate of the aims
house and continues to leave there and
get drunk.
The rlen at the Seabcard Air Line
shops commenced yesterday working
nine and half hours n day. They had
been working only nine hours since
November.
Glasgow street should be put in such
a condition as to let the fire engines
get To Park View, &c. Yesterday morn
4 10 frnt Ct IN ln1 in ns,.. If
the holes on that stree... ,
The members of Ocean Council attend
ed religious services 1T the Fourth
Street Baptist Church Sunday night
and listened to NEST excellent GER
mon by Rev. Mr.. Kcnnard.
w. w. Glenn, a grocery merchant in
South Portsmouth,. was fined $40 ycEter-
day for hitting Il CIV across the back
with q baseball bat and knocking her
down, because she ate his cabhages.
There Is no better evidence Of the i'm
portance Of fire alarm system than
the fire yesterday morning. The fire
was burning fer nearly a half hour be-
fore the alarm was received IL: the en-
CINE house.
Rev. f. II. Martin, pastor OF the Cal
vary Baptist Church. rendered his resig-
nation SUNDAY morning as pastor of
that church. Ii was accepted unani-
mously. He will remain with them for
a short while.
inc missionary meeting ut Memorial
SUNDAY afternoon was the largest that
has ever bean held in the SundayGSchool
room. The proRra mmc was q NEST eN-
cellent one. and was greatly enjoyed
by the immense crowd
little daughter OF Mr.. Dugan, who
lives on Henry street in South Ports
mouth was badly sca!Gcd Sunday bv
overturnlng Il kettle Of hot water on her
~ physician was sent fpr and made her
as comfortable as possible
The Sunbeam meeting q. Scclttsville
Sunday afternoon was che OF the best
entertainments that has ever been held
In that village. The attendance w2s
large. and the programme which was
published on Sunday was carried out
Grimes Battery has received an invi-
tation to accompany StoncwalI Camp
Confederate Veterans To Trinity Il. L.
church next Sunday afternoon nj 4
O'Clock TO listen t. Il sermon appropriata
TO General Lees birthday by Rev. Mr..
Funston
Attention is called to the adj OF
MeSsrs. Levy * Jacobs, IN which they
announce that preparatory to taking In
Nentory they have reduced all their cl7-
thing and underwear so that they NAV
nave room for their spring goods. which
they Will shortly be receiving.
Yesterday morning 4 bull dog tried
to get on the ferry beat in, NJ rroIk
but failed. He jumped overheard and
tried 10 swim acr2ss To follow his mas
ter He succeeded in getting about
nan way across, and was about to give.
out when he was picked up by CAPTAIN
Gregory. who stopped the ferry boat
to get him.