The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11
WORTH TALKING ABOUT
Therefore II Is Worthy Of Being Given a
Few Lines Of Space Here.
THINGS DONE, SEEM. SAID AND HEARD
And Presented in Very Brief Form
Notes Concerning the Latest News
Of People With whom You Are
Probably Well Acquainted.

Officer Birmingham is off on ten days
leave.
The last of the old vets left for home
yesterday.
There will be a large excursion in
from Lewiston to-day.
Mrs. DR.. Shirley Hope Will remain
in Portsmouth indefinitely.
John Eastwood. sent to Jail for five
days for disorderly conduct.
The balance of the poles for the fire.
alarm system have been put up.
The members of the Park View Sun
day School will picnic at Newport News
next Tuesday.
The train on the Southern rail-
road came in ABOUT IL o'clock yesterday.
The evening train came in on time.
The children connected with the South
Street Baptist Sunday School will pic
mic at Soldiers Home on the 22d instant
MISS Etta Brinkley, daughter of Mr..
Irwin Brinkley, who has been attending
school In New York. returned home yes
terday.
Charles Qualm for an assault on a
prisoner In the county jail; fined $500;
in default of which he was sent to jail
for ten days.
High street had its usual sham sweep
yesterday. The cutters were brushed
out and the balance was left for the
rain to do.
Rev. j. T. Bosnian will arrive home
to-day. His pulpit will be supplied to-
morrow morning by Rev. Mr.. Moore
AT night he will preach himself
me negro Elsie Mathews. who OBJ
tanned money by false pretense, was
tried In the Mayors Court yesterday
and sent on to the Hastings Court
All the rivers along the Seaboard Air
Line are getting well up, but no breaks
or washouts have been reported. con-
slant watch is being kept all along the
road
"a .tt
try cart fell on the corner of South and
Middle streets and threw the driver, a
colored man, out and wounded him
quite badly.
DR.. r. e. Lee New e.ne. of Wash
ington State, will arrive here to-day on
MS way TO his brothers. NJ. c. New
Derne. Dr. Newberne is connected with
the Indian service of that State
The firemen arrived home from
hampton at a. III. Some of them re-
nali-ed over until yesterday and came
pack on the early boat. A number of
visiting firemen came up with them
Thursday afternoon Il negro boy
sneakeu into the grocery store on the
corner of King and Washington streets
and tapped the till for $40 and made his
escape The police are on the lookout
for him.
1t has been suggested that it would
De good idea TO ship the street sprink-
Ter PACK. Then 1t might clear off II
has been here for five weeks and IL has
never been used but once. The rain
keeps the dust down.
MIR. Moore says that the advertisement
which appeared in The Virrinian ycs-
terday in regard to damsons must have
been read judging from the number who
called TO learn when he would have his
uainsons. This shows that everybody
reads The Virginian. Those who don't
subscribe TO 1t borrow 1t from their
neighborS.
y rather curious case came up I'm tho
Mayors Court yesterday. A long. tail
negro named Brown swore out a war.
rant against a man for taking his two
months bride away from him. His viz
In turn swore that Brown had never
provided for any food or house rent
since she married kim and she left him
Matters being complicated the case was
dismissed.