The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-08

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.s2ss, SATURDAY. MAY 8. 1897.
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ss Presld Mckinley eats beefsteak and
#unions because he likes them.
sssFS It is proposed to make the son of the
late Representative Holman his success
/ spr.
sfS The President is said to. be tired OF
fappointing Ohio men to office, says an
sSsxchange. No!
SSS The only woman physician in Rome Is
the Signorina Maria Montoress who Is
4 q Handsome woman Of twenty-seven.
The Philadelphia Press thinks that
sfWhatever form the struggle in the East
may now take. It is hopeless for Greece
sSSsIE Every able-bodied man in Greece
must be called to arms before the tide
sof the enormous Turkish advance can be
schecked
1.-THE signing Of the Greater New York
;ssscharter by Governor Black gives the
great metropolis the 100000 inhabitants
which has been so long talked Of
fsss Nine Of the twenty-four applicants for
appointment as United States Marshal
Tor sfor Kentucky are in Washington, and
8spirited contest for the place is going
Son.
ss Colonel Ainsworth, Of the War Depart
;sSsment. says there are now thirty-two
gears after the close Of the war between
y the States. 1.095,62S ex-Union soldiers
sBtill alive.
sa a. scandal about the public schools is
;gagitating Baltimore. It is charged by
Mayor Hooper that certain school com
& muissioners and politicians have sold APP
r pointments of teachers.
sss$} The Philadelphia Times says: May
& s6e War14!s necessary Ingredient
In lE,urope's life. AS they haven't got
& 1! any baseball to get excited over, some
& substitute must be furnished.
33ti
sS Speaker Reed may pretend that he
keeps the House in a state Of adjourn
is1nent because of the tariff bill, remarks
& an exchange. but Kansas Populists
know better. They know ii is because
afraid OF j cry Simpson.
ss The Will Of Howard Potter. who was
stnember OF the firm Of Brown Bros. G.
4 CO., and a brother Of Bishop Potter, was
fled In New York Wednesday. His
aS ga ghter-in law. Mrs. Potter, the ac-
stress. IS cut off without q penny.
sssEf The Baltimore News notes that a
Flemish artist has made a painting on
s sell! smooth side Of a grain OF common
white IS corn. It pictures q mill and
! nniller mounting stair with a sack Of
sgratn on his back. What big grain Of
corn this must have been, sure.
81 The Savannah News says that Consul
general F'itzhugh Lees administration
s$of his office In Cuba appears to please
4 sS,resid dent Mckinley very we'll It
should do SO. sipce 1t satisfies the Amer
lean people. It is said that there is no
:siike tl lihood OF g change at present
sass5 A French shoekeeper hung himself the
ssother day after closing UP his place and
gAf1ixing this notice on the door: Clos
so on ccount OF DEATH What valu-
able aGg gestion there is here for the Sen
s. e ana the Dingley bill, remarks the
N ews.
ne New York Herald Gays the Demo-
ssersnts Eof Virginia are having 'bitter
4 fiEtit oyer the proposition to endorse the
ssSSsG1shicago platform at their State Conven-
ssfl 1ss The World was never{more mis-
AIKEN, piles the Alexandra Gazette.
~ I,at cad 8of being engaged In i'.btter
gh us the ? Democrats OF Virginia 5wer e
saasyaf mere united a than they are now.
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