The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-30
NEWS

AlnSWoftn, charging u man Will tt-
tempting to kill her.
The recent heavy rains have washed
the mud down in the cutters until some
OF them are badly choked UP. They
should be cleaned out at once.
Attention is called 10 the advertise
ment of Phillips & Mahoncy, In which
they offer q desirable residence on Arm
strong street, In Park View, for rent.
The Portsmouth street railroad are
putting down their poles on High II
Dillingham; streets. Workmen will COM
mence right away to run the wires.
Mrs. Mooney, wife Of the popular
bicycle dealer on High street, will re-
turn from the mountains to-day, where
she has been for the past three months
John Williams. colored, was locked up
In the county Jail yesterday charged
with receiving u hen and ten chickens
from j.. w. Carter. whom Williams
knew had stolen them.
a young MAJ from South Portsmouth
cut his foot quite badly While bathing
back OF the navy-yard wall yesterday.
He had TO be carried to a physician 10
have the wound sewed up.
Mr. Johnson was trying yesterday to
arrange the matter with the stone cut
tiers so THAT work on the Pythian hall
can go on. The delay will throw the
building back considerable.
An impudcnt negro bicyclist ran into
a gentleman on High street yesterday.
Nlen demonstrated with he became
very saucy. The gentleman could
scarcely resist striking him..
Colonel Il. L. Felts, who has been at
tending the District VI. L. Conference,
IN Hampton, was In the city last night,
and will cave for his home in South
ampton county, Va. this morning.
The Pythian Hall association held Il
meeting last night and took some action
towards requiring the contractor to be-
gin work and complete the same. In or
der that 1t may be occupied by the time
specified.
The Portsmouth co!ored baseball club
has arranged q series Of nine games to
be prayed between themselves and the
Hampton team for 500, five Of them
10 be p~layea-in one place and four In
another.
The last Of the fire bugs will be dis
posed OF to-day. when Crismond will
be tried. 1t is thought tnat under the
previous agreement made hin for tes-
Trying he will not be given more than
five years.
= negro named George Porter was
before the Mayor yesterday charged
Will using p~rofanc language on the
streets. He claimed that he was only
reading a religious circular. HIS Honor
fined him 81 and costs.
Messrs. w. & ]. Parker will throw
open their doors to the public to-day
FOR a share of the grocery trade at
wholesale. Both gentlemen arc young
men. but have had considerable expe-
rience In the business.
A party of gentlemen who went down
the river in n sloop on IL fishing frolic
Monday night got caught in a souall
tuesday night and came near beng
turned over. They made for Little Bay,
where they remained all hight.
y drunken White man attempted TO
cross the trcstle work over Union Greek;
bridge Wednesday night and fen
through, hurting himself quite badly
lie was pulled out by some of the nail
ROAD men who heard him grooming.
me ladies connected with the Park
view Baptist church will give 4 series OF
excursions TO Baltimore and Washing
ION. The first one will be given shortly.
4 heS want to raise a sufficient amount
about $50, 900.
Mr.. James Jackson. who lives on
HiasEow street, ran q chicken thief out
oil his lot on Wednesday night The
man mad prepared to bag them all, hut
pe.nE frightened off he left his bags
ana n hammer, which Mr.. jackson saws
ne can get by calling for them
mere was Il complaint lodged at the
S,ntoh house yesterday afternoon by
officer Long about the indecent cxnos-
nre OF some Of the crew of n French
bark lying at the Shippers Compress
wharf in Gospnrt. The Mayor will
take some action in the matter this
morning.
Attention is called ITO the ad. of Brcs-
laier " Anthony, in which they an
nounce that through the liberal use of
printers ink they are kept busy these
dull times disnosing OF their stock of
spring II summer clo;hing. Give them
q call and he convinced of what; they
say.
1t was rumored yesterday that during
the storm Wednesday night 4 boat was
capsized at the mouth of Western
Branch and that two co!orad men we're
drowned. The Nirg:nian used every af-
Tort 10 learn whether such was the fact
or net and failed to find any onn who
could say THAT they knew anything moro
man tnat they, too, mad heard the
The people living on Washington
street. Detwcen King and High streets.
II those between High and Queen
streets. will be relieved. of the flooding
that they receive. every time a heavy
ram comes. The water In front oC
their doors is some times twelve inches
deep, coming up as high as the second
step. Ihey cannot get out Of their
houses. The street should either he
raised or else a larger pipe should be
put IN. =
Two young men, who had been out to
Hodges Ferry riding, got caught in tho
ShoWcr Wednesday night and had to
stop at the house of a colored man on
the road. After the rain was over they
started home. When ncar the store
by Armistead's woods, they were halted
ny two negro mon. They refused to
STOP. The men started towards them.
but when two guns were pulled on them
'heS soon took to the woods and were