The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-27
AFFAIRS IN GENERAL
Statement Of News Events, Strip.
ped Of Much Of the Details.
YESTERDAYS NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
bhort Paragraphs Personal, ana
MISUNDERSTANDING of Events In.
iercstins 60 Every Iscnder-Fopics
Discussed Oh tho Strccis ana in
Onlccs md Homes.
Yesterday was a corker.

81 Work on the new park progresses
q nicely.
81 There will be a picnic at Port Norfolk
a to-day.
Miss Kate Keyton. Of Smithfeld, is in
"a the city
81 The Senatorial Convention meets this
81 day week
81 One or two horses dropped from the
81 heat yesterday
81 Clean UP your lots now that the hot
n Wea Their Is at hand
81 Workmcn have at last commenced
apaVing South street
81 The angle iron for the Port Norfolk
q road has not arrived yet.
81 The Hospital Park was crowded with
@people Sunday afternoon.
81 MIR. D. G. Porter and wife will return
: from the mountains to-day.
Il Miss Mamie Dudley, of Baltimore is
Z In the city visiting friends.
81 There will be no more p.cnics this
a month, except private ones.
8 Remove the rubbish from in front of
s. The City Hall. 1t 10 nuisance.
4 There was a large excursion in from
8up the Tar river yesterday morning.
81 The dog poisoning stlll continues. Sew
neral NOR" were killed Sunday night
Grimes Battery b:okc camp n Ocean
AFiew yesterday and returned home.
q The dust Is terrible on the roads, not
Il withstanding there has been SO much
81 rain.
4 Watcrmelons are coming in plcntifully
now. Some prime ones are offered for
81 sale.
q Two persons were baptized at the
81 Fourth Street Baptist church Sunday
Knight.
81 Crowds of Portsmouth people went
Il down 10 the Beach and Ocean View on
81 Sunday.
n The Hastings Court and the County
81 Court will both adjourn by Saturday for
81 the term.
~ The water pressure has been much
Iabetter for several days. Ii is like /.
fused to be.
n Mr.. James Cuthriell who resides on
#Second street. was presented with a fine
n boy yesterday
Ills In Baltimore, visiting Miss Grace
81 Benson. of that city.
II All the delegates to the Portsmouth
a District Conference left for Hampton
#ycsterday afternoon.
81 There Is Il large attendance a. the
\ Mayors Court every morning, and it
i is usually the same crowd
u Misses Nellie and Addic GAYLE. who
have been visiting friends in Eastern
ashore, have returned home.
III The w. c. II. U. will meet this after
Il moon At o'clock with Mrs John l..
HThomas, Nd. 81 South street.
n There was scrapp!ng match between
aia number Of colored people Saturday
Knight on King street extended.
II Mrs. c. T. Freidlin and Mrs Adele
HParker will leave this morning for
8lMathews county TO spend a month.
ri white man named Henry t:r:icston
8lWas committed to the county jail yoster-
May for six months for wire-beaiing
81 ST. Paul Lyceun il making arrange
alments tn give 2 picnic In the naa" flu
Htnre Committees have been appointed
ITO select 4 suitable place. sc.
" Mr.. George u. McAIurgan, PRINCIPAL Of
IN the public high school OF New iberia
n La, has returned to his homo in this
5lcty 10 spend the Summer vocation
III Two white men who were strangers II
4 the city. were fined 81 each yesterday
3Ifor using indecent language on the
5Is;rcct and being disotdcrly Sunday.
i II tho Council intends paving County
3s::cc. they should make come arrange
i;mcn.s TO do so before the electric road
d!is put down. else Il may lusc trouble
Il There will be a series of tahlcauX at
Slthe Sunday school room Of the Fourth
ES;reet Baptist church COR he benefit of
Il the church Tuesday night at s o'clock.
II Fifteen persons who arc on Il plea
iIsur ;our arrived here from Atlanta Ga.
nyesterday. They stopped at the Madi-
betty.
n The torpedo boa; FoC:c. in tow o. the
ltug Chicago, arrived at the navy yard.
Eyss:erday from. I.u!:Ino!c. The Foo:c
Twill be fitted out here Lcfore going into
h commission
u 1t was rumored on the s.reats ycstcr-
day that Mr.. Sol. Barclay was dead. The
II Virginian is plea 10 state that such
is not the fact. but that The gentleman
lis much better.
II The noG-o Richard Page, who was ar
l rested for stealing n COW will have. n
lhea.ing this morning before Justice
/ Hawks. The owner of the COW appeared
yesterday and identified her.
n Rev. Mr.. Fisher returned Saturday
night from Pungo Ferry. Nanscmond
/ county, where he had been to assiA: IN
n q revival meeting In which there were
h quite n number of converts.
n Rev. DR.. Ray has returned from the
mountains of Maryland, and left again
81 yesterday for Hampton, where he
II preach the opening sermon of the
h Portsmouth District Conference.
b The Finance Committee had Il meeting
4 last night TO consider matters that had
been referred to them. They will meet
iagain on Friday night and open bids for
H the purchase of the school bonds.
A All the teachers who attended The sum-
n mer normal returned home Saturday
night. Professor Jenkins says II was
4 the finest session they have ever held.
4 The attendance was large and the inter
4 est greater.
Rev. II. a. Compton preached SER
mon Of marked spiritual power in Cen
i trail NJ. r.. church Sunday morning. II
was q delight to the congregation 10
hear this minister, who was ;hclr pas
4 tor twenty years ago.