The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-17
THE CITY IN BRIEF.
Minor Matters of Interest INFINITELY
Mentioned.

MPntfOhcus
Rev. s. ]. Haistead spoke at the Union
Mission last night.
Congressman Tyler is an aspirant for
reelection on the silver platform.
John Olsen. white. was arrested yes
terday morning for begging on the
streets.
Twenty-one horses We're more or less
overcome by hea1 Wednesday. Nine OF
them did.
a lady had rOcketbook containing
s13 snatched from her Wednesday at 4
fruit store near the ferry.
George Washington. co!ored. broke his
leg Wednesday while working on 4 new
house on Botetourt street.
A lawn party Tor benefit OF the Boys
Home will be held at the east end of
Wood street Monday evening.
Miss Daisy Cotton. of Arlington Place.
and Miss Mamie Patrick. of Bramble-
ton. are visiting friends in York coun-
ty. Va.
Rev. j. w. Willard. the talented and
popular young pastor of Eutaw Place
Church. Baltimore. is in the city, the
guest of DR.. Ferebee.
Among the speakers at the Labor Day
celebration at Ocean View Will be Mr..
A. B. McCulloch, well-known trades
union man of Richmond.
ed in recovering u lot of clothing re-
Gently stolen in Portsmouth. where the
thief was arrested Yesterday.
The outing to have been given in
Client yesterday tn the members OF the
Junior department Of the Y. NJ G. A.
was postponed till next Tuesday after
noon.
The mortality report for June shows
o total of 100 deaths. 46 white and "a
colored. There were 46 births, II white
and 30 colored. Four of these deaths
were from apoplexy and one from dipth-
eria.
Mrs. Mary r. Corley. daughter Of the
late Col. ]. l.. Corley. died at a. m.
Yesterday morning at the residence of
her mother. The funeral will take place
from st. Paul's P. E. Church to-day
at 6 D. m.
The ferry steamer CITY of Portsmouth
Is being overhauled. and the traffic be-
tween Norfolk and Portsmouth is being
handled by the steamers City of Nor
folk and Elizabeth. The steamer Twin
City is plying between Norfolk and
The Chesapeake and Ohio railway
brought in an excursion from Lynch
burg composed of about 225 pleasure
seekers. including Mr. Thomas w.
Green. Superintendent Of the Lynch
burg Water Works, accompanied by his
daughter.
Mr.. James Lee. chairman of the Street
Committee of Lynchburg Council. and
Mr.. L. p. Rhodes. City Engineer Of
Lynchburg. are in the city, and will re-
main seve~cl days. They are delighted
with Norfolk and vicinity and will spend
a vacation of several DAYS here.
The Y M. c. A. committee appointed
for the purpose is trying to arrange
for a debate on the money question.
The general secretary says he is having
some difficulty finding any one to advo-
cate the sound money side of the ques-
ton.
A colored male infant abou. a, week
old was placed on the front porch of No
284 Butte street last night by an UNI
known per,on. The occupants, 4 color
ed couple. notified the police who
brought the child to the sta..ionhouse
in the patrol wagon and afterwards
sent 1t around to the ma.ron.
The Norfolk and Western brought In
last nighs an old white man. paralyZed
and his wife and four children. They
are from North Carolina and are the
same family which was here four years
ago and was sent to Petersburg by the
police department. The old man is
hauled around in a dimunitive wagon
from place to place. They were given
lodgings at the house of the Police Sta
sion ma,tron'S husband.