The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-17
IN EVERY SENTENCE.
You WilIFInd Something Concerning a MAI
tersQi interest to the GeneraI Reader.
ANOTHER OF joe FINES MURDERERS
Will Re Tried in the County Court
Monday-Two Important Cases 0e-
cided Narrow Escape from u
Reckless Driver One Thousand
Negroes Go ON An Excursion.
Cooler weather is promised us for to

Cooler weather is promised us for to-
day.
There was no docket in the Mayors
Court yesterday.
Miss Ida Quillin. of Scottsville. is ex-
tremely i'll at her parents residence.
The Portsmouth team did not leave FOR
Lynchburg until yesterday morning.
There was a large number of strang-
ers in the city yesterday looking around.
The dairy lunch, which has been run
ming for two or three months. has been
closed.
Grimes Battery will celebrate their
fifth anniversary tonight with little
set out.
A party of ladies and young men had
4 private picnic at PoindeXters POINT
yesterday.
oftener during the day. especially IN
such hot weather.
DR.. James NJ. Jarvis, a clerk at the
North street depot. has been transferred
to the Union depot.
Mr.. w. NJ White returned yesterday
from an extended tour to the Northern
and Eastern cities.
Mr.. Charles T. Bland says that he is
not an aspirant for Congress and that
his name will not be used.
One of the street car horses on the
navy-yard route was overcome with
the heat yesterday afternoon.
The Ebenezer Baptist Church Sunday
School, colored. carried nearly 1000 per-
sons to Hampton on a picnic yesterday
A negro named Thomas Lewis was
discharged from the county jail yester-
day after having served out term Tor
stealing.
The Raleigh excursionists that came
in Tuesday afternoon returned home
yesterday morning. 4 number Of Them,
as usual. remained behind.
The remains of Mrs. Brewers little
child and that of Mrs. Johnson's were
both buried in Oak Grove Cemetery.
There was no funeral service.
Yesterday morning some unknown
Dashiell, on Washington street, and
carried off hats. umbrellas. etc.
The coming woman with her boomers
made her appearance on High street
yesterday afternoon on bicycle. She
attracted considerable attention.
The curtains in the bath room at
Mrs. Brownley's. on Court street. caught
on fire from an oil stove Wednesday
night and came near causing fire.
,,,sssA slight fire occurred at the house OF
"a colo1ssI. woman named Jackson, Oh
Armstrong rect, yesterday morning
1t was put out without much daPage.
The State officers of the RoyaN Ar
canum- are in session at Virginia Beach.
Among those present we've w. Jones
Williams and DR.. Charles Culpeppec
Two workmen on a house on London
street had to knock off on account Of
the heat yesterday. One of them who
did not want his name mentioned was
completely Frustrated.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Annie f.
Thomas VS.. the city of Portsmouth was
discharged yesterday, they failing to
agree. 1t stood five for small damages
and seven for no damages.
Brandt. Portsmouth'S crack pitcher.
has been loaned to club in Washing
ton, NJ c.. to pitch one game for them
against another team. He left yester-
day and will be back Saturday.
The case Of the Portsmouth street
railroad VS.. the Port Norfolk railroad
for damages on account of collision
was continued in the Mayors Court,
yesterday until the 2lst instant.
A number of delegates to the Chris
tian Endeavor Association. which was
recently held in Washington. d. c., are
en- route home and stopped over yes
terday to see the sights in this locality.
Our paper was late again yesterday.
We had hoped that all further trouble
had been remedied. but 1t seems as
10 detect the cause SO far. but hope TO
be able to remedy the same.
All danger from the freshet along the
Seaboard Air Line and Norfolk and
Carolina roads have subsidized. The
water is going down faster than it rose.
blythe crops anywhere near the rivers
-Fave all been destroyed.
The case of the negro Brown. charg-
ed with murder OF Joe Fine. will come
up in the County Court on Monday.
This will be the sixth man who has
been tried for the same murder. TWO
OF them are serving term in the peni-
tenitary.
A little child of Mr.. John Wilkins
strayed. from its home on County street
at an early hour yesterday afternoon
and was not found until near o'clock
at night. 1t was found near Oak Grove
Cemetery. Her parents were nearly DIS
tracted.
The reckless manner in which the
teams drive when coming from the
baseball park is becoming serious
matter. Wednesday, a lady on a oicy-
Gle came near being run over BY one
of the large wagons that was nlled
with people. II it had struck her she
!. would have been killed instantly.
Some strangers in passing down Court
and Fourth streets in a car yesterday
wanted to know what the corn ridges
in the center of those streets were ana
why a city of this size did not have an
electric railroad. These were questions
that The Virginian representative could
not answer. This is how strangers see
us and not very favorable. either
1t is said that after the engineer ano
captain on the steamer Elizabeth had
retired some time Wednesday the gong
In the engine room was struck In some
mysterious manner, which caused MI
to Jump up. The deck hands swear tha'