The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-02
AFFAIRS IN GENERAL
sucelnct Statement t'l Of News Events, Strip
n ped Of Much Of the Details.
YESTERDAYS NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
ehort Paragraphs Personal ana
othcrwise--Accountx of Events In.
teressins &c Every Reader-Topics
Discussed on tho streeIs nnd in
OMccs and Homca.
Fires Will soon be in order now.

Fires Will soon be in order now.
: october came In clear and warm.
The Catholic fair will open October
Goth. 'et
The meeting at Central M. q. church
is progressing nicely.
Mr.. s. Hudgins is confined to his home
on account iof sickness.
Attention Is called to L. Shriers ad-
vertisement for to-day.
Miss Mabel Miller, Of Mathews conn
~, is In the city on q visit.
MIR. Thomas Elliott is seriously sick
at MS nome, on County street,
me Pilots offer to furnish medals for
The schools fell through last night.
special a attention Is called to the ndyer-
tisement of Emmett Deans in this issue
2 AN eIrort Will be made to get out a full
vote on next Wednesday at the primary
There was but one case in the Mayors
Court yesterday and that was con-
tinued.
Rev. Mr.. Betty's meeting will begin
Sunday night at Monumental NJ. f.
church.
Portsmouth begins to look like a. city
now with two fine electric roads in
operation.
The smoke from the swamp fires yes
terday was equal to u fog. 1t smells
perfectly awful.
Eleven prisoners were discharged from
the county jail yesterday, their time of
service having expired.
The Portsmouth street railroad will
hereafter be known as the Portsmouth
and Park street railroad
MISS Bette Carmine, of Winchester,
who has been visiting In this city, re-
turned to her home yesterday.
Ihere was no concert at the Hospital
yesterday afternoon. the same having
been discontinued for the season.
A Of oil Jrh
Thursday night on the switch at tho
corner OF High and Water streets.
Rev. p. S. c. Davis left last night for
Cumberland, Md, to conduct meeting
or two weeks at the First Baptist church.
Mr.. Jerome Carr has secured the cor
ner store under Pythtan Castle, his bid
for the same being higher than any one
else.
Mrs. Amelia Gilbert died mt her home,
near Bear Quarter, Norfolk county,
Thursday night, in the S5th year of her
age.
Constable Anderson yesterday went
out In the county In search OF Neal
Goodman, who IS wanted sor shooting
a man.
The Norfolk County Court adjourned
Tor the term yesterday. Tue next term
will be a criminal one and 1t will be
very large.
Richard Banon was triud yesterday
before Justice Sykes for breaking into
Jacobson's store and was sant on to the
County Court
Attention is called to the advertise
ment OF lost diamond pin. The finder
VIII leave the same ~ this Office and
receive a reward. VD
Mr.. j. Ollie Harris while showing n
colored man how to break some wood
Thursday evening, was accidentally hit
In the eye by a piece.
Mr.. l., TE MIRROR iSto M cl,;af oiyrl
engineer Of the Seaboard Afr Line, ac-
comranied by his wife. child and nurse,
have returned from IL trip 70 Chicago
small child OF Mr.. DSmpscy's was
run over yesterday afternoon by n milk
wagon and was bruised aoout the head
and shoulders. He was attended by DR..
McA1urran.
George BraXton, aged IS years. was
arrested yesterday for shooting Ernest
Scott in February last. He has man
aged since then to elude the law He
was committed for examination
Mr.. Q. L. Williams has received his
stolen bicycle, which was found Mt Pin
ner's Point, where u darkcy had sold
1t for 30 cents. No trace OF the man who
hired the wheel and sold it could be
found.
Miss Clyde White. who Is at ST. Vim
cents Hospital for the second time for
APPENDICITIS, is critically Ill. so 1t is said.
On sunday last, TO al intentS and pur-
poses, She was as we'll as could he eX-
pected and recited at the association at
Central church.
The communication that was left at
our office last night. like all other an
noymous matter. was consigned to the
waste basket, because the writer either
from fear or desire to shlrk the re-
sponsibility, would not sign their name.
but put the name OF n relative
a do we In, to-
the fire. 1t was said that it was thought
that the fire was of an inccndiary origin,
but later particulars place it AS an acct
dent, caused by sparks from the stove
pipe getting in the loft of the kitchen
and smoulderlng until some straw that
was up there caught
len this issue the New York Clothing
store has large advertisement. giving
special prices for mems and boys cloth
Ing, which will be found to compare
favorably with others. These prices are
special and can't LAST long. Those in
need of anything in their line would
do we'll to give them a call.
The Portsmouth street railroad will
commence right away TO extend their
line to GilmertOn. With that idea in
view they will retain n number of horses
belonging to the company to do the
hauling Of timber. etc. They also con-
template building park between the
Columbian Park and GEmerton cspec-
tally for colored people. Work on it Will
be commenced right away.
HE LEFT WITHOUT FINDING