The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-18
BUT A GLANCE NEEDED
To Get the Gist Of Several Items of News
Interesting to Portsmouth People.
FAITHFUL SUMMARY OF THE DAYS NEWS
In Order to Get in All tlse News II
Was Necessary to EcOnoriaize Space
by Applying the Condenscr-Mnny
Items Worthy of Much More Ex-
tended Notice Than that Given.

There was no session of the Hastings
Court yesterday.
Portsmouth will be we'll represented
in Richmond to-day.
Central Church, Epworth League
held a meeting last night.
Miss Ink Pettingill of Lancaster. Pa,
is visiting friends in this city.
Mr.. e. G. Irving qualified to practice
in the Circuit Court yesterday.
The gunboat Costin will come up to
the yard about October 1st for supplies.
A number of persons went to Rocky
Mount yesterday to hear Hon. William
Jennings Bryan speak.
Sunday the days and nights will be
equal. About that time we may look
for some bad weather.
Quite a number of the delegates to the
convention remained over last night
and will leave for home to-day.
The Seaboard Air Line carried out
two extra passenger coaches attached to
the regular train full OF passengers yes
terday.
The Hebrew holiday was strictly OBJ
visited the synagogue to see the mode
of worship.
Mr.. John N. Sebrell. Jr., a popular
young attorney of Southampton county,
is stopping with his brother, Mr.. T. E.
Sebrell, on North street.
The Republican meeting, which was
to have been held at Oxford Hall to-
night has been declared off for the pres
enI. the speaker not DelnE aDle TO get
here in time.
An officer from Richmond arrived here
yesterday after a man on the receiving
ship Franklin, who is wanted in Rich
mond on serious charge. He will leave
here with him this morning.
The members of the Werkingmen' s
Association are requested to meet to-
night at the Union Mission Hall. Bust
ness of Importance. AL who desire to
become members are requested to be
present.
The Portsmouth baseball team did not
20 to Hampton yesterday on account Of
its crippled condition, several of the
members having left for home before
thew knew Of the arrangements that
were made.
There was a general row in Pine street
in the county Wednesday night among
a number OF negro men and women.
Pitchers. canes. etc., were used. Con-
stable Anderson pulled the whole gang
yesterday.
The case Claude Hurdle, the young
man who took Mr.. Hume's bicycle, will
be tried in the Hastings Court to-day.
He has been in ajil for about three
months and during that time has had
the typhoid fever.
It is said that there Is a regular
chicken thief in this city who is max
ing a business OF stealing chickens and
furnishing stores with them. He has a
place where he keeps them, but as yet
the police have not been able to locate
It..
The case OF the young man charged
with indecent conduct was continued
yesterday until Monday, and the party
was admitted to bail in the sum of $500.
There will be a regular meeting of the
Workingmen's Protective League to-
night. The meeting will be addressed
by Mr.. Williams, Of the Federation of
Labor. Officials and men are cordially
invited
The Applebee case will come up for
trial to-day in the Mayors Court. 1t is
said by Mr.. Hughes attorney that Mr..
Applebee will exhonorate Mr.. Hughes
from all charges made against him, and
that a doctors certificate will be pro-
duced to that effect.