The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-05
AFFAIRS IS. IN GENERAL
Succlaet Statement Of News Events, Strip
1. ped Of Much Of tbs Details.
YESTERDAYS NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
Snort Paragraphs Personal and
V'hcr"tao-Accounta OF Ven In.
sereHlihs TO Every Roadcr-ropics
discussed on the streois ana IN
Office aud Homes.
First Sunday in the month.

First Sunday in the month.
Mr. James Lassiter still continues sick.
straw hats looked out OF date yester-
day.
The stores all did a good business last
There was an excellent market yes
terday.
The Hastings Court will convene on
Thursday.
The gdnboat Nashville left the yard
yesterday.
There will be quite q Der of meet
inss this week.
The fall term Of tho Circuit Court will
begin Tomorrow.
Yesterday was known as pension day
at the Courthouse.
The football gare on Monday prom
ises to BIO interesting.
Fine spots In the marke. yesterday
for 20 cents q dozen.
Scuppernong grapes ere plentiful In
the market yesterday.
The present weather must be the fore
runner of the equinox.
Mrs. Judge L. r. Watts returned yes
terday from the springs.
Miss Hannah COliy has returned to
her nome .n Mobile, Ala.
Mr. L. II. Pearson and family will re-
turn from Canada his week.
a cow owner was fined 50 for allow
ing the same to run at large.
The public schools will open to-morrov
tor the enrolment of scholars.
communion will be administered In a
NUMBER OF the churches to-day
Inc list of criminals for the coming
grand jury continues to increase.
Hotn street railroads were busy yes
terday flllng up round their tracks.
negro snatch thieves are getting nu-
nerous. Keep q lookout for them.
u.s. Inc first celery of tbn coocop ,,,,1o az
appearance In the market yesterday.
captain Jerry Thompson, of Atlanta.
was In the city yesterday on business.
n coat was stolen yesterday from one
OF the stables by an unknown person.
Ice dealers will soon take u back seat,
and coal dealers will take their place.
The fishermen say that the windy
weather Will drive all the fish out to sea.
jesse JONES was committed to the
county Jail for five days for tresDasslng.
a number of ladies were out yesterday
with summer skirta and winter cloaks.
The farmers say that this cool spell
after'the rain is just what they wanted.
Mr. j. j.. Campbell returned yesterday
from a pleasant trip to the Mountains.
Mt.'John L. King and wife will return
from the Rockbridge Alum Springs this
week..
! There was another shooting scrape
near Port Norfolk at an early hour Yes
sHterday.
AIR, W$J.o Davis family returned Fri
day frofH Ocean View, where they spent
q week.
Mrs. Daniel Cherry returned yesterday
from Baltimore, where she had been
The wind yesterday kept q nun,he- Of
people chasing down the streets after
their hats.
The high wind for the past two days
has interfered with the fishermen and
oystermen.
Messrs. Levy & Jacobs finished their
speclaf sale last night. II was a very
satisfactory one.
Work OH the Pythian Castle will pro-
Eress slowly until thu iron girde.s
come for7the front.
DR. A. Z. Gwen will leave tomorrow
for GoShcnf Va, to attend the Augusta
Baptist Association.
Mr.. Robert Neville. apothcary on>the
visiting Qlis family.
Workine1 were running rails down
High street ycsterdayrsfor The Po.ts-
mouth electric railroad:>
The Sunbeam Society'of; the South
Street Baptist Church will hold their
regulat meeting this evening!
The President Of the Portsmouth street
railroad Is htting UP for himself n hand
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The concerts at the naval park are be-
coming quite popular. Judging from the
humber OF people who attend them.
Miss NJ. Agnes Clay, the new organist
or the Court Street Baptist church,
VIII enter upon her duties to-day.
Mrs. Julia Wilson. of Charleston, s. c.,
Is visiting her brother. Mr.. Henry II.
White. on North Dinwiddle street.
Mr.. Allen O. Trowcr. OF Norfolk has
accepted a position with A.. J. Phillips
n will enter upon his duties Monday.
lde4s Of modesty were not very large.
Yesterday on 3 bicycle in boomers Her
idsts ~of,modeety were not very laargc.
The Argument before the Court of
Appeals In regard to the Electrical
Board case wilF,bc heard on "Wednesday
next.
Fully five huc1dred people from Ports
mouth went to Baltimore last night.
Two steamers went out from the Bay
Line.
y negro man named James Ashc,
while cutting some wood yesterday let
the axe strike his foot. and cut it quite
badly.
a youth named Harry Newsom. WHO
Mves In Brighton, accidently shot him
self In the hand yesterday while roo!in.
with a gun.
Mr.. r. II. Jones, who IS an applicant
for the position Of principal of the
ScOttsville public school, thinks he has
been badly treated.
Because we arc having a little cool
snap now It does not indicate thai we
Will have no more hot weather before
September is gone.
The Baptist preachers meetings will
be resumed on Monday. The meeting
Will be held in the Park Avenue Baptist
Church. In Norfolk.
a number Of negro boys are In the
habit of going around stores and pulling