The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-02
TRUTH.
The Glst Q. Events Given Without Any Of
the Frequent Trimmings.
YESTERDAYS NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
Hewsy Paragraphs Personal and
MISUNDERSTANDING OF Events In.
tercstinE to Every Reader-Topics
Discussed on the Streets and in
Offices and Homes.

The grip is greatly on the decline.
inere were no courts in session yes
tsrday.
Mrs. E. P. Rodman Of Rodman's, Va,
Is quite ILL.,
old Sunday.
There was full docket In the Mayors
Court yesterday.
Rev. DR.. Ray will be out Of the city
part Of this week.
Mrs. Pratt has gone to New York to
Join her husband
The March term of the Hastings Court
begins on Thursday
quite number OF people went to
Washington last night.
The City Council will hold its regular
monthly meeting tonight.
A plate glas window in Rosenbaum's
new store cracked last night.
MI. 7. r. Nee and sister will leave
to-day for Washington, D. G.
March came in like a lamb, but Just
how she will go out no one knows
The Road Board met yesterday and
tf&nsacted usual routine business,
There are but three days more before
the administration changes hands.
:, MISS Maud Jackson, from Greenville,
,. T.. IS III the city visiting friends
Inc warm sun on Sunday and yester-
day dried UP the streets considerably
Inere were several changes around
the Seaboard Air Line depot Yesterday.
Inc 3urt company opened up In Ports
mouth last night 10 good size audi
ence. >Ds -7.I
The Boston Stars, Portsmouth's favor
lies. Will be here Thursday night at
Kirn hall. t--
There was a good attendance to hear
Rev. MI. Betty at Port Norfolk Sun
day morning. @ f:HFt E4f-
Jacob Hines was fined by Justice
Haynes yesterday for cursing and abus-
Ing woman
I The Mayor has ordered that the pave
n1ent on Water street, near the ferry, be
fXed right away.
"reminiscences tomorrow night before
StoncWall Camp.
The W. Z. T. L. will hold their rcsu-
lar noontide prayer meeting al the Y.
M: 60. today al II o'clock.
-, Io-moTrow VIII l,c known US Ash
w ednesuay, or. the beginning Of Lent,
Ihe gay season ei.ds tonight.
. MISS Hattie Estells and Mary Wien
oorl, left yesterday evening for Balti-
more ana Washington To visit friends
). = l1aistcad, i tramp, was made to
pay fine Of So yesterday for reckless
shooting in Scot1sville Saturday night.
The young people connected with the
south Street Baptist church will give an
entertainment tonight IT the church.
MISS Beulah Adams, who has been Wis
1911 WI. nam S 1amllS, on Cliff
FORD street. returned to her home yestcr-
day. I.
There are number Of tramps hanging
around the railroad at night The watch
men have considerable trouble with
them.
The dirt from County street was
partly removed yesterday Thanks for
same. That much less will not go back
in the cutters
A negro man stole pair Of shoes
from small white child Saturday night,
who had just bought them and was on
her way home. 7F
The light, pretty weather yesterday
brought number Of ladies out, which
made business better than it otherwise
would have been
attention Is called to advertisement Of
store and dwelling for rent, corner Of
Washington street and Race avenue.
See advertisement.
The net proceeds OF Ma Duesenberrv
concert amounted to 1922. One half was
given to the hospital and one half to the
Kings Daughters.
There was a lecture at Central church
last night under the auspices Of the
,Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
It VIII be repeated tonight.
street car ran over and killed q dog
Yesterday. Some one will naturally ask.
S"a as The horse running away, because
they seldom go fast enough to kill any
thing but time
More cells We're gotten out the water
pipes at the county jail yesterday. All
day Sunday the prisoners had no fire
on account Of not being able to get
water to run the engine
A small colored boy was knocked down
yesterday by wagon, which turned the
corner Of London and EfIingham streets
very quickly. He was only bruised a lit
tie. No bones were broken.
DR.. Samuel Culpepper who has been
an inmate of the aims house for some
time refused yesterday to comply with
the regulations Of the institution and
was dismissed from the same.
There was large attendance at the
meeting Of the Junior EpWorth League
st Central church Sunday afternoon.
Inc programme, as published on Sun
DAY, was carried out and was much en-
3oyed. 80
Yesterday morning young white
tramp. about % or "a years old. asked
Mayor Baird to commit him to jai for
ilVe days, as he was sick and could
scarcely walk. His REQUEST was com
piled with.
"A young white man was up before the
mayor NJ yesterday for fighting with one Of
me negro footboatmen. He claimed that
ne only went to visit the boys and the
man ne was fighting with insulted him.
lie paid 81 for his sport.
small white boy was arrested sun
dey by Ofticer Tatem for selling glass
pens on the street on Sunday. It being
SHOWN that his father was an invalid.
ana mat IN his earnestness to help him,
ne forget that it was Sunday, he was LET
or: Ills father appeared in court and