The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-10
YESTERDAYS NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
Short Paragraphs Personal and
observation-disclosures OF Events In
lercstinE to Every Keader-FOpics
Discussed ON tho Streets and in
Oniccp nnd Homes.

The Rev. DR.. A. f. Owen will not be
at home Sunday.
There will be two more meetings Of the
Council this month.
The crying Of fish through the streets
continues every morning.
Attention Is called to the ad. Of the
American Employment Bureau.
There was baptizing at the South
Street Baptist church last night.
Mrs. Mary Richardson, Of Camden, N.
j.. Is visiting friends in this oity.
There are quite q number Of new
buildings going up now in this city.
The hook and ladder will be here by
the time the house is ready to put it
in.
The colored people have all the base
ball this season. They have a very fine
club.
June one-third gone, and people can
be seen nights and mornings with over
coats on.
The coming week Will be picnic week.
Quite a number have been advertised to
take place.
AS soon as the weather gets warm
enough the street railroad will put on
open cars.
An old colored woman had TT on
High street extended yesterday. It last
ed some time.
The Board Of Supervisors allowed all
bills that were presented at their meet
ing Tuesday.
The programme for the Pythian dem
onstration next week will be all complet-
ed by Friday night
Quite a number of delegates to the
Episcopal Council have arrived, and
others will be here to-day.
The colored excursion that went to
petersburg returned last night They
mad quite a breezy time.
A small colored boy was bitten on the
leg by an old stray dog yesterday while
running on Dinwiddie street.
The Republicans claim that there Will
be quite nmber Of changes in the
yard after the fiscal year sets in
Two newspaper boys had q fight on
High street yesterday morning One Of
them Is carrying a black eye for It,
tlsh sold Tor mere song yesterday.
1t IS blessing that they are so cheap
so many people being out Of work
There was 4 large crowd at the cour,
house yesterday drawn there to hear the
Jobson case, but they were disappoint-
ed
Grimes Battery is puzzlng the Com
mlttee on Public Property Just what
to do with them they do not exactly
know.
MI Arthur Hughes, of this city, has
accepted the position Of store-room
keeper and hotel printer of the Princess
Anne hotel
The public is invited to attend the
Episcopal council which will be held at
Trinity p. e. church, beginning to-day
at IL o'clock =
IVY. y. II. ESllll, q FORMER pastor. OF
trinity NJ e. church, and wife and
daughter, are stopping at Ocean View
Tor their health
William Churchill. colored, who was
charged with cutting Francis Hodges
was tried In the Hastings Court yester-
day and was acquitted
There will be four picnics on the 2ed
instant: one to Smlthfied, one 10 New
port News, one to Soldiers Home. and
another to Buckroe Beach
a typical hobo" created q great dea>
OF excitement on High street last night
by insulting several people. He was
pinched by officer T.atem
Inc tythlan division made over one
hundred dollars on their excursion to
the Capes This is excellent when YOU
consider how cold the night was.
In another column Misses W. 70. ylr-
nelson & co. advertise picnic hats for
any one, also all kinds Of hats. II Won
need anything In their line give them q
call q
The new telephones have no ground
wires 10 them to protect them from
lightning. The company should have
them put In at once before some damage
Is done.
The Funeral Directors association Of
virginia Will hold its annual session In
this city on August 18th. It will bring
together all the prominent undertakes
In the State.
The Uniform brigade. X. OF P, pa
raded on Washington street last night
ana made quite nice display, The
boys are getting in good shape for the
18th instant. -
The only business In the Mayors
court Yesterday was two persons for
committing nuisances on the streets
one or them was fined SIS the other was
IN jail and too Sick to appear.
me street railroad will now go be-
3ore the Supervisors and ask the right ne
way through Brighton and Prentis
Place, and IL 1t Is secured we viii soon
nave two elegant electric roads.
Sheriff Smith left last night for Suffoll,
20 summon Jury for the trial Of EIlis
Jonson on Friday. He viii! be Furnished
with 4 list Of good men by the Judge
u the Nansemond County Court.
Yesterday morning u young man was
riding bicycle on South street and
was !1ln into by wagon, upsettinc him
fortunately the driver had presence of
mind 10 stop the horse before any dam.
aEc could be done
Inc portsmouth Street railroad hav-
ing made a satisfactory contract wiz
the city. work Will be commenced var,,
soon now. The company claims .hat
they have plenty Of money with which
10 build the road. "''o1'
1t is said that the bids for the MIR
chase or ST. Johns P. E. church werc
n"t as large S the committee had
hoped Tor. However, they have cached
no aciinite conclusions Yet. but what to
90 VIII be determined later
AL l'ythian, and as many private rec
ccnces and stores as can are requested