The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-14
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Matters of Small Moment About the City
Very Briefly ChronlcIed.
ERS0AAL AND SOCIAL NEWS NOTES.
A Full and Concise Record OF the
Minor Events OF IL Growinw Sea.
port City Laid bare TO the Mnny
Readers OF the ScwSiest of Nor.
folk Papers.

Mr.. j. II. Mansfield q wen-known
former Norfolk boy, is In the city.
Rev. II. i. Troy, OF North Carolina,
spoke at the Union Mission, No. 66
Church street last night.
"A party OF young ladies went from
Norfolk to Newport News yesterday to
visit the transatlantic steamer city
of raris
The Old Dominion Steamship Com
is expected from Wilmington, Del, in a
few days.
y now SPAR has been placed in the
Norfolk and Western barge No 3. and
she Will be ready for sea the first part
of next week.
hauleo has resumed her trips between
Norfolk and Newport News, relieving
the steamer Ariel
An entertainment for the benefit OF
the First Baptist Church building fund
was given at the Holt Street Orphan
Asylum last night
During the week ending Thursday
VIM. Lamb Il Co shipped 2i.1Tii2 tons
OF coal, 2.l%7 tons of which were for
foreign consumption.
The local military companies attached
To The Fourth Virginia Regiment. held
n battalion drill at the Armory last
night, large number of spectators be-
ing present.
The Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany's tug Com. Duryca. was taken to
the Merritt Wrecking Companys dock
Yesterday morning. where Il line M-ls
taken from the propeller
The police are looking for Il truck
mats who faNcd IT, deliver II trunk
which he was "mploved 10 carry to
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway wharf.
The trunk is still missing
The urCtty Srhp0npr- ri.rraH cnjli,,,
yacht Norma from the West Indies to
New York, Is In port, with her owner.
Commodore \. j. Weaver. of the New
York Yacht Club. OH board.
MIR. Nathan Simon. of the city of EiCh-
mond. one of the enrolling clerks Of the
last General Assembly. paid The Vir-
Einian office Il visit last night lie re-
turns to Richmond this mornig.,
Minerva Tribe. No. 100. improved Or
der OF Red Men. has elected Mr. j. l.
3clotc To represent ii at the mcctinC
OF tn. Grand Council, which will be
held In Lynchburg on the third We'd
nesday IL: May.
Hon. James ". Eckels, Comptroller Of
the United States Currency. arrived here
from Washington on the steamer New
port News yesterday morning with
three friends. They left for Roanoke
Island on u cunning trip.
Major A. Myers, manager Equitable
'-'ic, itGSlNcu yesterday cncQur in
payment of the policy on :hc life of the
late Thomas Bottimore in that company
y special meeting of the Press Club
will be held tonight at O'Clock
The funeral of Mr.. Marx Bcin, who
died at st. Nincent's Hospital. took
place yesterday morning at the Hebrew
Cemetery. and was conducted by Rev.
DR.. Il. Emerson. of the Ohcf- Sholem Tenn
pie. Church street. The deceased was
~ years of age
The next Star Course entertainment
VIII be given by the Ship Brothers
Concert Company. on May 22d inst
Last night Prof. C. H. Pray gave a
delightful entertainment at the Y. NJ.
C. a.. for the benefit of the Boys Cos
pei Army.
The schooner Agnes S. CULLEN. Capt.
Lee. which sailed from here on the %
instant for Newberne, N c.. has been
ashore in Currituck Sound since the I'd.
captain Huston arrived here yesterday
morning from Baltimore, and left last
night for the vessel.