The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-01
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prentice in the steam engineering de-
partment Of the navy yard by Secretary
Long and will report this morning.
Attention Is called to ad. Of w. r.
Bennett, in which he offers for sale his
stock and fixtures at 638 High street.
He also offers the store for rent
The police will begin to-day taking a
record Of dogs in the city Any one
who has one and does not make it known
will be dealt with according to law.
a large delegat ton Of the Pennsyl-
lvania American Travellers Protective
association, with their wives and daugh-
ters, arrived here Sunday. They were
en- route to Nashville. Tenn, via the
Seaboard Air Line. They left the same
morning.
It would only take a casual glance at
our advertisement columns to see that
our most substantial business men of
this. city recognize their value and give
evidence Of the fact by placing their
business with US. Moral: Advertise in
The Virginian for good results.
MI Carroll Phillips, late rate clerk
with the ATLANTIC and Danville railroad,
has accepted the position Of rate clerk
IN the Claim Department of the Sea-
board Air Line, made vacant by the
resignation of Mr.. j. NJ. Moore. Mr..
Phillips enters on his duties to-day.
me negro Jones, who was arrested
Saturday night for stealing II pair Of
u,
ell three months in jail by the Mayor
yesterday
]. S. Vrendenburg, OF New York,
delivered an address at the Children's
Day exercises at the Court Street Pres
| byterian church Sunday.
William Tart was arrested Sunday
morning for an attempt to commit a
criminal assault on colored child
about twelve years old, near West Nor
folk. lie will have a hearing to-day.
The defeated magistrates are making
strenuous efforts TO get Judge Portloclt
10 appoint them as additional magis-
trates. They are bringing all the in
1luence they can to bear on the judge.
The Portsmouth Water Company com
menced yesterday laying q 2O-inch cast
iron main from Suffolk to this city. 1t
will take about three months to com
plete the work. Then Portsmouth will
| have the finest water works in the
State.
The general price OF admission for the
entertainment Of Gyps and Japs will be
70 cents, reserved seats thirty-five cents.
AS only four rows will be reserved, you
had better get one at once. This enter
tafnment will be the most amusing OF
the season.
The John w. Daniel club will cele-
brate their anniversary next Thursday
night Mr.. c. w. b. Lane, q we'll known
young lawyer of Norfolk will address
| .Aeih' Ml. iALile SPOKE at the barbecue
| IN the baseball park last fall, and made
q very favorable impression on his hear
| ers
In another column Mr.. o. Goodman
| gives notice that he has purchased the
stock of Bernard Cohen & Co. and Setz
Bros, Of Baltimore, Md, who have
been doing business at Coz, COL, and COG
| High street. and that Mr.. S. Goodman
| is regular appointed agent for him
| See add.
| The Portsmouth street railway will
| commence work SO soon as the right OF
| way asked for by them is determined
by The City Council The engineer and
contractor have been over the different
| routes. and their attorney has matters
| now in shape to proceed with the worI,
| so soon Us the Council acts. 1t now
looks as though Portsmouth will have
| TWO live electric lines huStlng TO accom-
modate the public before The fall