The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-15
Succlnct Statement Of News Events, Strip.
ped Of Much Of The Details.
YESTERDAYS NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
Short Paragraphs Personal and
Othcrwise-Accounts OF Events In.
terestins TO Every Render-'ropics
Discussed Oh The Streets and In
Offices and Momcs.


The ferry house has been very taste
fully decorated
Pythian castle was very tastefully dec
GRATED yesterday.
The children's day exercises Were very
interesting Sunday.
The Norfolk County Court will con-
vene next Monday.
The City Council will hold an adjourn
ed meeting tonight.
All the schools. both public and pri-
vate, close this week.
Two tramps were lodged in the coun-
ty jail Sunday night.
Mr.. G. B. Kline, Of Nashville. Tenn, Is
In the city on business.
The Rifles picnic Thursday promises to
be most excellent affair.
Attention Is called to ad. Of A T.
Phillips In our local columns.
Quite number went over to Norfolk
last night to hear Bryan speak.
There will be number OF prominent
matters before the Council tonight
Atlantic Lodge, u. r.. K. Of P, had
their last drill at Armory Hail last night.
The condition Of the Rev. j. w. Har-
r1s. at Deep Creek, is considered serious
Pyth1ans are arriving in the city. The
Danville Pyth:ans will be here this morn
Ing.
We are having plenty OF thunder and
lightning now. It ought to keep the air
pure.
IF tomorrow should be a pretty day
the turnout will be the largest ever seen
here.
A number of persons got caught out
IN the storm in teams Sunday after
noon
The Episcopal council has adjourned
and most Of the delegates have gone
home.
Next week will be picnic week. There
VIII be one every day and some days
more.
Mrs. Mary Grant gave her school chill
uren picnic in the Hospital woods yes
terday
Mr.. Jack Noel, letter carrier No. 1,
was confined to his home yesterday by
sickness
decorate your places Of business and
Jet people see that you have some energy
about you.
The Park View M. Z. Sunday school
on Thursday =
a negro named Henry Skinner was
locked up in the county Jail upon
charge Of adultery.
Messrs: G. r. Waller & CO. give notice
mat their store Will close at Z D. m
Saturdays excepted.
negro named Turner Williams was
LOGGED In the county Jail yesterday for
beating his board bill.
The missionary meeting at Wright
memorial Sunday school Sunday after
noon was well attended
The Fourth District School hell was
Fung Tor the first time yesterday and the
onlldren are now happy
MISS Phoebe Hall will preach at the
tent Tonight. Rev. Frank Hall held
aerVlces there last night,
The case Of Tom Duii,rnan will i,e 1rei
IN the Hastings Court Wednesday. There
Will be no term on Thursday.
me W. z. L. U. will meet this after
noon at $3.50 O'Clock with Mrs. Nfaloy
Moore, No. CLIO Dinwiddle street.
OF
out riding Sunday afternoon got caught
IN the rain and got dripping wet.
Inc Pythian officers will go over To
Norfolk Tonight to attend a reception
sieeu 10 MAJOR General Canadian
Miss Beulah Savage. OF Suffolk and
MISS Burrell, Of Baltimore, are uhe
guests or Mrs. Carter in Park View.
Df: X. -. l.. Newborn, OF the State OF
washington, arrived here Sunday on n
VlSit 10 his brother, Mr.. L. Newbern.
49,, me blue Front Social, Club will leave
TINS morning for Ocean View, where
they will remain for two or three DAYS
Ihe Hon. Baker p. Lee and party
spent the day at the Madison Sunday
and were called on by quite a number
OF Mr.. Lees friends.
There was nothing specIal done a. tha
Baptist preachers meeting yesterday ey-
cept to pass resolutions OF the death or
the Rev. ". r. Harris.
constable Carm!ne made 4 raid on a
zen OF crap players Saturday night In
nuntersyille and captured seventeen.
Ihey were lodged in the county iail.
The only business in the MAYORS
Court yesterday was one white and one
colored drunk, and as both were habit
ual drunkards. they wels given ten days
a negro boy was up charged with
s'eal!ng a pair OF shoes from his stem
rather AS his father did not want 70
prosecute him he was discharged nv
paying the costs
The Jobson case will come up upon -
mere matter Of form to-day, and he
WV! be given eighteen years and be SEN
fenced right away. This will clear hin,
rom Off the docket
mere was tremendous hail at Wal
laceton Sunday. Some OF the stones
were very large. The ground was COW
eEed several inches and much damage
was done TO windows, etc
Mr. II. NJ. Darnell. grand chancellor
=. or r., of the State OF Virginia. wife
and dauEhter, are in the city, the guests
OF the Pythlan Hall association. Thev
are Quarte!ed at the Madison.
The storm Sunday seemed to be worse
near Ocean View than q. any other
point. The Virgini1n scribe can tasfifv
TO that fact. he having been out IN tha
worst OF 1t and received thorou@h
ducking. -
There Il general complaint about ms.
Wa:er 1t is muddy and tastes han
rms occurs every time the cIty Is fnij
ofs:rangers. Something should he donn
~ me matter There is evidently some