The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-07
CITY IN PARAGRAPHS
Brlefest Possible Mention Made Of Many
Matters CT Interest TO All Readers.
OCCURRENCES MOTTO WITHOUT DETAILS
Not Much About Anything Rut
Something About Many Things
4 photographic View of LILO In
Norfolk In Its Many md Vary.
Ing Plnses Briefly Noted.
Miss Julia wintz. of Charleston. IVES,

Miss Julia Wintz, of Charleston, West
Virginia, is visiting IN the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. II. Diggs are off for
Boston and the East. They will be ab-
sent W or three weeks.
Rev. Mr.. Mack. Of the First Presbyter-
Ian Church, and family will leave on
Thursday for the mountains.
The Brambleton baseball team will
play In Elizabeth City. N. c., on Tues
day. Wednesday and Thursday OF this
week.
Rev. Mr.. McClucr, OF the Park Avenue
Presbyterian Church, and family, who
are In Missouri. are expected back this
week.
Quite a large number Of people went
10 Ocean View yesterday and took in
the special and excellent exhibition
there.
The w. c. Z. u. District Convention
convenes this morning at 10 o'clock In
the Park Avtclua Baptist church, Eram
blcton.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt Is expected to join the North
Atlantic squadron, in Hampton Roads,
to-day.
Mr.. William r.. Loughran left via, the
LAY Line last evening to enter his
brother, JOIN b. Loughran, Jr., at Rock
Hill College.
are busy placing the wooden
1oist for the third floor OF the Monticello
hotei. SO soon as that is done the brick
work will be resumed.
me Norfolk w. G. ~. u. will hold their
annual election of officers on "Wednesday
at noon. in The room OF the limited
Charities, Masonic Temple.
Mr. ii. l.. Page returned yesterday
morning from n trip To PHILADELPHIA.
me City School Board will meet this
afternoon at ] o'clock, 4 week IN advance
OF the regular day.
y marriage license was issued In this
CITY yesterday to Robert Edward Bid
iouph, OF Portsmouth. and Miss Mary =.
Roberts, of Norfolk, the ceremony TAX
ing place last night.
MI. Clinton l.. Wright. Of the city most
on!ce. eft Saturday night for Baltimore
10 attend the eight annual convention of
the Pos;osce Clerks Association. which
met In that city yesterday.
Rev. ~. S. Lloyd, rector OF st. Luke's
Episcopal Church. left yesterday morn
ms TO join his family, 1t Abingdon,
Washington county. He Will return to
The city OH the 18th instant.
The engagement Is announced IN YES
terday's New York Herald of a popular
Norfolk boy. Mr.. b. Tykc Campo, to
Miss Hattie kroch. so East Seventy
seventh street, New York.
Inc friends of the cofored man, Jos
Butler, who died in the Jail hospital
last week, were communicated with at
Boydton, Va. his former hcrne, but not
responding, the remains had 10 be buried
by the city.
Capt. L. c. Chaytor. OF United States
revenue Service. accompanied by his
wlte, passed through the city yesterday
from New Orleans for Old Po,mt Com
Tort. where they will remain for a
week or so.
Rev. w. w. Wilson, the Methodist
evangelist, who has been conducting tent
meetings IN Brambleton, was received as
n candidate for baptism at the Grace
Baptist church Sunday morning. He
Will be baptized next Sunday night,
n marriage license was issued ycster-
day to Clarence S. Fitzpatrick and Miss
Mary SemDle Pcttis, daughter of Mr.. !.
r.. Pettis, Sanitary Inspector, the cere-
mony taking place last light. Mr.. XII
ha,rick is The well known portrait
Mr.. Felix Edgar Porter, Of Mfssis-
sippi, and Miss Florence Lucia Rice, OF
Maine. were married In this city Salur-
day by Rev. ~. S. LLOYD. The groom is
n clark IN Washington, y. c.. and the
bride a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
Rice, of Auburn. Me.
Miss Rosa Lee Travis. OF Avenue C.
HunterSvillc gave an enjoyable birth.
' N''s ASFN y q ~ tiuIIlDbI Oh
her friends were present and were de-
lightfully entertained with games. re-
freShmcntS and other things Of which
young people are fond.
saturday evening at the Barritt cot
tage, Mt Ocean View. While Mrs. Barritt
wife of MIR. w. a.. Barritt, supcrinten-
dent of the WilIoughby Spit railway,
was lighting nm oil stove It exploded,
burning her about ;he face and hands.
4 hut not NpIN SarInItcly- cJn ;- ,~t.-
well.
The remains of Mr.. George N. Brown.
the stranger picked up unconscious in
this city last week., and who died at st.
Ninccnt's Hospital on Friday night. were
forwarded to phila delphia Sunday even
ing by the New York. Philadelphia and
Norfolk railway. The fun0aal takes
place In that city to-day.
The directors of the Merchants and
Miners T~ransporta ton Company have
presented to President George j. Appold
n silver testimonial In appreciation Of
his valuable services to the company for
the past ~ years. The gift IA Of Sill
vcr. and triangular In shape. The coat
of-arms of Maryland and the flag of the
Merchants and Miners line appears on
the testimonial. The height OF the tes-
timnnial Is twenty-three inches, and its
weight is between fifteen and sixteen
pounds.
AS heretofore published in The Vir-
ginian, it has been decided between the
Democratic management in Norfolk city
II Princess Ammo county to hold the
Senatorial nominating convention in this
city on Tuesday. October 18th. 1t has
also been decided to invite the pa:ty
leaders, members Of the press, and as
pirants to n meeting OF the committee
TO be held on Thursday evening OF This
week at 8 O'Clock for n further discussion
of the matter. After this interchange
of opinions on the subject the Committee
| will Ipniln