The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-14
City in PARAGRAPHS.
Brlefest Possible Mention Made of Many
Matters Of Interest to ALL Readers.
OCCURRENCES no1!p WITHOUT DETAILS
NOT Much About Anything But
Something About Many. Things
A Kinctosraphic vIcwAor Lirc Ia
Norfolk I'm It's Mnny and varyf
ing Phases Briefly, Noted.

81 The First Baptist church will give an
excursion to Richmond to-day.
Mr. G. +. Rudolph and family win
spend this week at Ocean View.
Assistant Secretary rage, of the Y
M. c. a.. has returned from his vaca-
ton.
Captain J. Hardy. Hendren IS quite Ill
at his residence. corner Butte and Duke
streets. t.5
The ferry steamer Getty Of Ports
mouth" is again in commission, after a
short lay off,
Miss Fannie Patrick, Of Washington,
n: C., is visiting Miss Lethe S. Hoskins,
3O3 Rose avenue.
The stockholders Of the Norfolk Col
lege for Young Ladies will hold their an
nual meeting Tomorrow.
There Will be Il ball at Ocean View to-
night, In which the visiting military will
participate In large numbers.
Yesterday All excursion came to Nor
folk from Wilson, n. c., and inter-
mediate points. bringing several hun
drcd people
Mrs. James r. Askey and Mrs. JOS.
Askey. Of Baltimore, Md are visiting
Mrs. John b. Loughran at her cottage
at Ocean View
Judge D. Tucker Brooke Is in Suf-
tolk to defend the suit to GUST Supervi-
sor Jordan from the Sleepy Hole Mag
ister,al District.
Mr.. John w. Cherry, delegate from
Norfolk Lodge OF Elks ito the Grand
Lodge, returned yesterday morning
from Minneapolis.
General James A. Dumont, supervis-
ing inspector general Of steam vessels.
ieft Monday night on the Old Dominion
steamer for New York.
The condition of Mr.. Gilroy. of the
Norfolk baseball team was reported
from ST Vincents Hospital yesterday
afternoon as unchanged
The young ladies society Of The Park
Avenue Baptist church Will serve cream
and cake on Professor Edwards en-
cursion to Soldiers Home
The Lee Rifles OF Norfolk will be on
cainped at Ocean View for the remand
er Of the week. Suffolk's military will
then come down for an outing
MI. Stanley Butler of Norfolk. has
gone to Philadelphia to accept a posi-
ton with the Baldwin Locomotive
Works as a stenographer and type
writer.
Mr.. j. Clifton Bats. recently an
pointed ordnance sergeant of the Fourth
Regiment, has received commission
ana his selection is approved by Colonel
II. Hodges.
The ranks Of the campers at Ocean
View have been sweled by the arrival
or the Durham, N. c., Light Infantry
T.
ham Cornet band.
An open air meeting was held last
evening at O'Clock, corner OF Main
ana Church streets, under The auspices
or the Union Mission, conducted by the
Rev. r. w. Webb.
the Democrats Of Norfolk will hold
ward meetings tonight to elect dele
gates to the gubcrnatorial convention.
The u. S. S. Cincinnati coaled at
Lam Dert'S Point Yesterday
The broken leg of Mr. John Zcller. who
now lies at st. Fincent's Hospital neces-
States re-setting and on account Of in
jury ito the bone the limb will be short
cned about two inches.
Ihe florists Of the city are experiencing
as dull times just now as any of our
business people. The exodus to the sum-
mer resorts has taken away nearly all
OF their best patrons.
The Southern States company's telc-
phone connection between Norfolk and
Suffolk has been completed. The con-
nect!on is perfect. every word being as
distinct as If the two persons had been In
the same room
+ Mr.. Frank w. Mccullough has re-
placed the old bridge at the foot Of Dun
more stree with n handsome li,tlc
structure on the grade Of the street,
thus doing away with the old stnn.
which were such q trial to whcelman.
The remains of Miss Maria T.. Flet cher.
OF Amherst county, Va. who died at
the Retreat for the Sick here last sun
day,Were last night forwarded to LYNCH
burg for interment. The deceased was
q Years Of age, and was a sister OF Miss
Flora Fletcher. one Of the trained
nurses at the Retreat. The latter &C
companied the remains to their last
resting place.