The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-22
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and in Offices ana Homes.

nv. y. w. DauShtery Is IN tne CITY.
There was no docket at the Police
Court yesterday.
MIR. Charles T. Durham and bride re-
turned yesterday
Attention is called TO the ad. of q lost
goat For particulars see ad.
The employees at the yard will be paid
saturday instead of Monday.
MISS Marguerite Brennan, OF Rich
moDd, is in the city visiting relatives.
The Board of Trade will meet to-day at
Il ~, and have Il banquet afterwards.
y marriage license has been issued to
Elmer Otis Hunt to wed Miss Lille
Econ.
The Old Dominion Guards received
s140 as their portion of the State appro-
prlation.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment Of c. w. Hudgins & Co. In an
other column.
Mr.. Lev Is, Brugh, a prominent mer-
chant of Roanoke. is In the city and is
stopping at the Hotel Madison
There are enariy 1000 houses in Ports
mouth and only lao of them have con-
nected with the sewer thus far
There is bad break in the pavement
ut the corner of Fourth and Wythe
streets which needs attention.
The Portsmouth Rifles have received
from the State $lC0. that being their
portion of the State aDpropr!at! ton
Two of our physicians are suffering
from the la grippe. but manage to get
around TO see the most of their patients
\ Mr.. George w. King has sufficiently
recovered from his recent sickness as
10 be able to be on the streets yester-
day.
Mai. James +. Mil!igan will address
Stone wall Camp, c. ". at It's next
meeting on Capture of Vera Cruz in
1871"
The negro William Riddick. who was
arrested for robbinc Nj. Hall n: Bear
ta,, Tnr S-tn n In =,
horse and buggy. ..
Mr.. NJ. ]. Nash clerl; for the Auditor,
In Richmond has moved his family to
Portsmouth. where they Will live with
his mother in Park View.
Mr. Joseph AbbQlT arrested negro
yesterday who had in his possession a
number Of broken car couplings. for
which he could give no account.
Rev. w. T.. Fisher. who was recently
called as pastor to the Fourth Street
Baptist church has accepted the same
and will enter upon his duties March lst
mouth, Tom Thumb not excepted. was
on the streets yesterday. He seemed TO
be quite busy. He was not over three
feet tall.
William Green was tried in the County
Court yesterday for stealing about 80
cents worth of sausage. He was ac-
quilted. and the safe was put to con-
siderable expense.
The Seaboard Wharf, Warehouse and
Transportation company are filing up
ana making preparation to buiid a
larse warehouse on their new property
adjoining the warehouse.
From the remarks made b. the negro
Sam Williams, who was arrested on sls-
p.cion Of being connected with DR.. Gull
peppers robbery. the impression Of the
police is tina, he Knows more than he
would like TO tell, and they think tina by
keeping him in jail for rem days they
Will be able to get something out of him
Constable Anderson succeeded yester-
day in finding the horse and buggy
which the negro Willie Rildick stole
from Mr.. l.. II. Hall. whose place he
robbed Wednesday night The horse
was left at O. l.. Williams stable and
Sir. Hall has been notified to come down
this morning after him and TO appear
against the negro