The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-30
short Paragraphs Personal ana
observation-disclosures of Events In.
iercstinis to Every Readcr-Topics
Discussed on tho Streets nnd in
Onicts und Homes.
Speaking tonight.

ing in all straw liatS.
The candidates. are getting In their
work pretty lively now.
Hustlei boys, hustle! ds the COM
mand of 1.-THE candidates.
There was notlilng OF interest done In
the County Court yesterday.
There WILL be a pigeon shooting ait
Fort Norfolk tfls afternoon.
Ihe nan East has not shown UP yet
He carried ibis boy With him.
The Catholic fair will be held in the
Hotel Portsmouth dining rooms.
The electric cars will be running on
ell the lioutes within a weeks thine.
Caiihalln f. t. lyman returned ITO duty
yesterday after AN absence of ten DAYS
The School Board will hold their reg
ular monthly meeting tomorrow night
The baseball season will end Saturday
and but few people will be sorry for
ut IS said that THE prospects are THAT
coal will be higher this winter than II
is now
At effort Will be made to establish an
order of Columbus in the city very
shortly
AR. scuiley Marshall has gone to Eau
qu'er county no attend the funeral OF
his sister.
Mr.. John MallOaley and daughter have
returned from a ten days trip to New
York city.
The citizens committee held meeting
last night and discussed matters of in
berest Ito them.
Only three more of the police officers
VII! nave their leave, and then hhe fur
Uughs are all over.
Mr.. Ed. Ovcrman yesterday broke
ground for n house for Mr. w. c.. Cor.
beft, in Dinw!dtlie street.
InClS was no street parala of tl,,a civ
Gus yesterday, l>pt the performance was
Oil that was claimed 1cr IT,
Inc PAYERS are paving the street car
Track on High SO hh.pt the street cars
can be put in prorar eirape
lhere was no commission held on the
lady for whom f't was called The com
Mssicners considered ihsr perfectly sane
Mr.. Bernsteins store, i'm scotcsviIle
was robbed n few days ago OF small
sum of money. y servant is suspected
Mr.. john C. Nlemeycr will offer for
sale Saturday valuable property cn
Fourth street, MT Primers Poiut. See
ad
A hawser g1it tangled around the
Bell Firginia's propeller yesterday, and
q diver had ITO be. sent down TO remove
It.
The improvements I'm ishe clerks Office
VIII add much no the looks of the build
ing, as well as to the comfort of the
same.
negro man was run over by n gen
heman on Il bicycle yesterday on Water
street. lie was very implldcmt about
THE matter.
The three candidates for the Legisla-
ture Will speak at THE John w. Daniel
club on Thursday night, at p. IN. AN
Democrats are invited
Mrs. j. II. G.. Spindler and children
HIN ft>n,, n,,
c.. where they have been spending sew
eral weeks with friends.
Attention is called 10 Gtd of John ],
Watson In another column in this issue
House 4lS County street Is offered for
remit from January, 1895
Mr.. Stroud, 1.-THE superintendent of the
construction of the buildings Gt the
park, says THAT in two months time all
the buildings under construction will be
completed
Mr.. Thomas Nottingham, OF Boston.
was in The city yesterday. He dropped
On ait The Vtrs'in&bn office Ito pay a So
nhal visit. He was Mt one ,tdme an Old
newspaper man.
Mr.. James Lash, OF WASHINGTON as
slS.anh general agent OF the Virginia life
insurance company, was In hhe CITY
yesterday On business. lie was welcom-
Ell by his old friends.
Mr.. George Shelton. OF berkeley, was
arrested yesterday fer shooting a man
name Gayle. He was locked up In the
county jail hut was latter Bamsl on
a writ OF llabeas corpus
When 1.-The Government aband2ncs
Craney Island, Ut would lie we'll for one
of the railroad companies Ito obtain a
lease on lit, aald open Il summer resort
there. Tit would pay them.
A series OF meetings was started I'm
CENTRAL church last might The Rev.
MI Ray filled the pulpit The Rev. DR.,
Young Will preach to-night and the Rev.
DR.. Edwards bo-mOirow night
Portsmouth merchants should he weu
represented nit 1.-THE Norfolk fair, so as To
necoltiuge out OF town people ito take
pant in tit. What helps one city helns
tllre either. When one prospers the other
must
Mr.. John A. Scott. q member OF son
side lodge K. OF p, has been nrasnnlt.
ed with a handsome Py1hian button Inv
1.-The Supreme Board OF CoThrol of tho
Uniform Rank for having added thn
laa'gest number Of members ito rhe
order.
Mr.. Thomas T. Ryan, the head of the
great syndicate. who is itrying to secure
control OF THE Seaboarl Air Line sys-
ten, was IN the city yesterday, and held
q consultation with Vice-Presdemt ST.
john and Judge l.. II. WatAs. He left
In THE afternoon.
Two fortyfoot cars for the Ports
mouth street rUIlroad, and one smaller
one came yesterday and were carried
up Ito Goodwin street ITO be put on the
street railroad track, 30 that they could
he carried ITO the power house. The
fonty-foch cars viii he used on the park
route,
Major T. Wiley Davis and Mr.. John
w. Ferguson, of Richmond, ore 1.-THE
guests Of Major N, Il. Whltehurst, at