The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-24
AFFAIRS IN GENERAL
SucSlnt Statement of News Events. Strip.
ped Of Much Of the Details.
YESTERDAYS NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
Short Paragraphs Personal ana
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of Events En-.
teresting TO Every Reader-Topics
Discussed on tho streoia and In
Omcos and Homes.

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Christmas Eve.
Christmas trees will soon be in or
DER
Old Santa Claus will be around to-
night.
Night services at the Friends church
tonight.
FAN tho courts have adjourned for
the term.
!. Pickpockets are around. Lookout
for them.
= The navy yard employees were paid
yesterday.
The. travel across the ferry yesterday
There will be plenty of gunners on
Christmas day.
Probabilities promises us clear, cold
weather to-day
The condition of Mr.. Thomas Scott
Is again critical.
Sheriff Smith will give his boardcrs
a Christmas dinner.
The mortality for December has thus
Tar been quite small.
Miss Jennie Swindelle of Petersburg
as visiting In the city.
Lookout for your door mats tonight,
or, you might be the loser.
Stonewall Camp, G, ", distributed
their donations yesterday.
The Inmates of the almsnouse will
be given a Christmas dinner.
a negro woman was sent to the
county jail yesterday for trespassinE.
The streets are horrible. The country
carts can scarcely get through them.
number, OF persons will go to Bal
ttmore tonight to spend the holidays
Colonel E. l.. Falts returned to his
home In Southampton county yester-
dav,
The Portsmouth Gun club did not
IN n hnt tlo,,
terday
Notes falling due on Christmas day
are payable on Monday, the 27th in
start.
Mr., Junius Wilson. Jr, is at home
from the University of Virginia for the
holidays.
None of the Portsmouth newsboys
will go over to the Christmas dinner
In Norfolk.
chimney on fire on Glasgow street
yesterday came near calling out the
department.
Tie scarcity OF evergrecns in front
OF business places has been much com.
mented on.
: Mr.. George Leigh, proprietor of tho
Madison Hotel, has gone to Baltimore
on business.
The entertainments at the public
schools yesterday afternoon were great
ly appreciated.
Justice Nash returned from Balti-
more yesterday and presided at the
Mayors Court.
Quite a number of young ladies and
gentlemen are home from the colleges
for the holidays.
Mr.. w. r. Johnson has been confined
TO his home since last Saturday, but is
much better now.
There will he sunrise services at Cen
trial and Wright Memorial churches
Christmas morning
Misses Edna Butler and Annie Bragg.
OF Richmond, are visiting Miss Mabel
Hankins, Of Park View.
The clerks or the courts say there
have been less marriages this Christ
mas than for many years
More covered carts from North Car,
DINA came I'm yesterday than have
been seen here for some time
Mary BoXey, colored. was committed
to the country Jail yesterday charged
with stealing pair of shoes.
Churches having special music set
apart for Sunday are requested to send
the same in to-day for publication.
There will not be another meeting
OF the charter commir;ee before the
Council meets on the Goth Instant.
The family in destitute circumstances,
OF which mention was made n few days
ago, was kindly helped by the Elks.
"A youth named Charles Williams
had his hand badly burned yesterday
by the explosion of horse pepper In
There will be Christmas tree for the
children of ST. Johns church this ar
ternoon at 3 O'clock at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Mr. Dickerson. superintendent Of the
street railroad, was over here for n
while yesterday. lie Is quite feeble
yet.
y little negro boy attempted to stea,
n toy wagon on High street yesterday
afternoon and was chased off by some
schoolboys.
y party of youths had quite n time
masquerading around the streets last
night. They had regular drum corps
with them.
a. colnred girl who lives Mt IL Scott
street. fell off a porch yesterday and
broke her arm. She was attended by
DR.. France.
The negro Gurnsey Reed. who was
arrested Wednesday night crazy drunk,
had not recovered sufficiently yester-
day to be tried.
The Ladies' Benevolent Christian
Union closed their rooms last night,
The things that were donated will be
distributed to-day.
a lady slipped and fell while step
pms oih !" street car on filSn street yes.
terday and bruised herself quite bad
ly about the knees.
The Virginian Is pleased to note that
Dur advertisers received their share
OF business yesterday and most of
them were kept busy.
Mr.. Il. Himelberger, OF the Ports.
mouth street railway, left yesterday af-
ternoon to spend the holidays at his
homo In Philadelphia.
The funeral Of Miss Bond, who died
near Deep Creek, took place yesterday
AFTERNOON. The remains were buried
IN the family cemetery.
A party of yapfhs bovn ,,,do -