The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-16
Half Starved and lily Glad He Appears at
the Opening of a Car Door.
CARRYING OFF THE OLD JAIL BUILDING
Brick by Briek-Tho Itincrant Cor
netist Doing n Good Rusinesa-The
The Scott's Creek Bridge Com.
mittee-Attenpted Robbery.

Mr.. e. w. Fauth is now city editor
Of the Norfolk Pilot
The battleship Indiana is due In
Hampton Roads to-day from Newport,
r. L.
The jury IN the Hastings Court was
adjourned from yesterday until the 22d
instant
Mission services will begin at Trinity
p. l.. Church tonight and will be run
for ten days.
The South Street Baptist Church will
hold them- annual church conference
next Sunday.
day fer New York. to purchase goods
for the spring.
There will be an entertainment at
kim Hall tonight under the auspices
of the Y. ~. c. A.
Mr.. Macon Orion left yesterday for
Bridgeport, Conn. where he will re-
main for some time.
~ negro woman was committed to the
county Jail yesterday for ten days for
abusing Constable Whitchurst.
n white man, name suppressed by re.
quest, was fined SIS in the Mayors Court
yesterday for disorderly conduct.
One of the Port Norfolk electric cars
broke down yesterday afternoon, which
caused her tot lose one or two trips.
Proposals for the purchasing of S.
Goodman's stock will be received until
to-day by the trustee See advertise
ment.
Miss Agnes Trafton, who has been
30 critically III with dyphtheria, is grad
ua1ly mending under the treatment OF
anti-toNine.
Work of fitting up the. cotton factory
is progressing very slowly. There is
considerable delay In getting the ma
chinery, etc.
The jury In the case Of Irwin VS.. the
city of Portsmouth could not agree and
We're discharged yesterday. They stood
ten to two.
Grimes Battery fair will open tonight.
The boys hope to make. money enough to
carry them to the Nlardi Grns at New
Orleans In February.
y well dressed white man did a good
business Yesterday standing on tho
streets corners blowing q cornet He
made most excellent music
An attempt was made to rob q sloop
Tying in SCOTS Greek Tuesday night
but 1T was frustrated before the parties
accomplished their object
negro woman, named Mary Brown
had another woman arrested Yesterday
afternoon. charging her With stealing q
sheet, valued at twenty-five cents
number of the electric railroad
pores, winch have been put up. were
condemned yesterday by the new con-
tractor and will have to come down
again.
The Board of Supervisors OF the coun-
~ Will hold n special meeting on Mon
gay next TO consider the leasing OF the
Parish land and to hear from the pres
ent lessee
The Portsmouth Rifle Company will
nave weekly drills hereafter They
hope to marlborough interest mani
rested TO cause the men to come out In
large numbers.
Qnite number OF persons visited the
proposed extension of Crawford street
yesterday and discussed the two nro-
positions. Both seemed to meet with
their approval.
Dr. +. S. Hope, President Of the
Medical Association, and H. G ME-
meyer Secretary of the Association
acknowiedge the receipt of $40 from
the Park View Poverty Concert.
me conmittee appointed from the
build a bridge across Scott's Creek win
meet the railroad authorities again
nite1y.
stonewall Camp c. w.. held their reg.
MAR services last night-and TRANSACTED
the usual routine business. Judge r.
>. Garnet. of Norfolk. delivered his
teresting.
The Norfolk City Council will ap-
ton with the Portsmouth Council and
proceed to Washington In the interest
OF THIS yard. They will show the Sec
here d eH'p
Maj. r. f. Warren and Adjutant Rav-
noldS left last night for Richmond 10
see the Governor inithe interest OF t6n
soldiers and endeavor to get new uni
FORMS for the men. The most of them
they now have We're ruined at Poca-
hontas last summer
me ordinance in reference to )irbts
oil adj kinds Of vehicles Will not become
a law. The Committee on Ordinances
nre opposed to it themselves. but drew
IL up In accordance with a resolution
or the Council 1t will be acted on al
the next meeting of the Council.
The employees of the Norfolk and Cor
DINA railroad were somewhat surpris.
ed on opening a box car on Tuesday n
see little 12-year-old negro boy. who
was half clad and half starved stem
out the car. He had been In there snve-
raj days and was both hungry and cold
lie was taken charge of by some of the
employees at the FONT.
The city has several thousand good
Dicks, which were taken out tho old
jail, piled up on the lot corner Of WASH
inEton and High streets. which aro
being broken up and carried off nv
diiiercnt people. Frequently there ia
quite u number lying on the sidewalk
ana on tie streets. Some better care
should be taken of them until the CITY
gets ready to use them.