The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-12
Su I! Statement Of News Events, Strip.
ped Of Much Of The Details.
YESTERDAYS NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
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Discussed ON The Streels and I'm
Offices and Homes.
The dust is terrible.

day.
There will be game of football next
week.
Capt. Mills Lester left yesterday for
Canada.
The Baltimore boats still carry large
crowds nightly.
Spots sold yesterday for forty and
tfty cents dozen.
The warm spell confines, and there is
no prospect Of rain.
There was no session of the Hust-
ings court yesterday.
MIR. Geo. w. Balance returned yesF
terday from trip North.
Miss Maggie Smith, OF Richmond. is
visiting friends In this city.
Mrs. FaIrenkoff and son returned yes
terday from Northern tour.
Mr.. L. B. Griffin, Of Churchland ha 9
gone North ON a pleasure trip.
Mr. Geo. P. Whitehead has returned
from an extended Northern tour.
Nir. o. L. Williams and wife returned
yesterday from pleasant trip North.
The Madison will hereafter be run on
both the American and European plan.
MIR. Geo. King, Of the firm of John ].
King & Co.. Is In Baltimore with his
family.
The fruit dealers say that If the dry
spell continues that the peach crop Will
be cut short
The truckers are Sill suffering for
want Of rain. Everything In the fields
Is dying out
The chimney on the Fourth District
school house will be taken down and
new one put up.
a man named Kirke will be tried In
the 1iusting Court Monday upon q
charge of forgery.
There will be large excursion in to-
day from the North. They will leave
for Nashville tonight.
The pay-car on the S. A. L. will start
out Tuesday morning to SO over the en-
tire route and pay Off.
Mr.. Chas. Lamont, Of the Atlanta Con-
etitution. paid The Virginian represent
tative visit yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allie w. Male have re-
turned home after spending the sum-
mer at Virginia Beach.
Rev Mrs. Funston returned yester-
day from the mountains, where she has
been for several weeks.
The big meeting at the Friends
church will begin Friday night. Rev.
MIR. Reese VIII be here on Thursday.
Mrs. b. d. Warren Is Ill at the resi-
dence Of her son-in-law, c. w. Walk err
corner of High and Dinwiddie streets.
an. Daniels, an old offender, was before
the Mayor yesterday charged with
drunkenness. He paid the usual fine.
Rev. DR.. Ray will preach n special
eciHloil " pdIeltS To-Day at 1l.DU q. m,
In Central. Subject: "Child Learning"
A small boy fell off "a bicycle on the
corner of High and DinwIddie streets
yesterday and hurt his head quite badly.
Mr.. r. c. Hoffman, president of the S.
A. J.. and Baltimore Steam Packet COM
pany. was in the city yesterday on bus
iness.
In this Issue Mr.. Emmett Deans an
nounces that he has just received
poses.
a large bear was killed on Mr.. Par
kerson's farm by means of trip-gun
He had been helping himself to plenty
Of corn
There was n large crowd Mt the hos
pital yesterday to hear the Post Band
play. These concerts are becoming quite
popular.
The Executive Committee will moot
the Legislator candidates Wednesday
night to settle on plans to nominate
candidate.
There will be three courts In session at
one time Monday-the Hastings Court
the Norfolk county Court and the Cir
cult Court.
The Portsmouth Rifles will decide 10.
morrow night whether they will take
part In the competitive drill at the Nor
folk fair O. not
capt. John w. Happier will leave to-
DAY Tor IHchmond to appear before the
Court of Appeals OH Monday In the
Cromwell-Shea case.
Portsmouth will soon look like a for
est. II the number Of telegraph, te!e-
phone and other poles keep going up
like: they have been.
A force or men are working night and
day on the Portsmouth Street Rail-
ROAD line. They expect to be running to
the navy yard this week.
In this issue the New York Tailoring
Establishment offers certain guarantees
which 1t will pay you to read and be
convinced for yourself
]. e. Taylor and wife, who have been
visiting the formers cousin, Frank
Taylor in Washington, d. c., returned
home yesterday morning.
The oystermen say that the warm
weather Is playing mischief with them.
The dealers are getting no orders. con-
sequenty there ia no demand
1t was rumored yesterday that n col
ored boy had been drowned in the har-
Dor, though the stringent efforts on our
part failed TO confirm the same
Capt. John Il. West, superintendent of
the Norfolk county public schools. held
an examination of teachcrs yesterday
to fiji two vacancies. There were five
applicants.
There arc 3. scholars IN The tnird pr
mary grade OF the Fpurii, District
school The board decided Friday
night to employ substitute teacher,
for while a, least.
See ad. of Levy & Jacobs in this Issue.
in which they tell you to take your pick
from the largest stock OF mems and
boys clothing in the city.It won't cost
you anything to look.
Attention is called to the ad. Of W. N.
White, in which he tells you that You