The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-24
CITY IN PARAGRAPHS
Brlsfest Possible Mention Made Of Many
Matters of Interest to All Readers.
OCCURRENCES NOTED WITHOUT DETAILS
Not Much About Anything Hut
Something About Many Things
4 R,metoErnphic View of Life In
Norfolk I'm Its Many nud Vary.
Ing Phases Briefly Noted.

Mr.. j. b. Powell is now sole owner
OF the Union Portrait company.
KEY. T.. Is. Hatcher returned yester-
Jay morning from "trip to Richmond.
MI. ~ j. Forbes, of harrisburg. N c.,
Wen known fish dealer is in the city.
MIR. w. II. Taylor has returned from
PeterSourg, where he went for n short
visit.
Senior Manuel ]. Calvo. who has been
IN Norfolk for short time, left Friday
for the South.
MIR. Charles Consolvo. of the firm of
c. w. Taylor 6. Co., left Friday night for
Washington, d. c.
Mr.. j. w. Dennis, the well-known gold
wire worker last night resumed at his
old stand on Main street
Mr: Ike Cans. manager OF the Lans-
burgh & Bros big dry goods house in
Washington, d. c., is in the city ON a
visit
Mr.. Arthur G. Lewis. Southern pas
senEer agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
| railway, returned home from Baltimore
yesterday morning.
The barge John J. Ward, Captain Jas
M2Naliy. is lying at The Seaboard Air
Line wharf waiting for a cargo of iunl-
Der for Wilm 'ngton. Del.
Mrs. T.. c. Brown. of Westchester. n.
y. who was in attendance at the fune-
raj of her brother, Mr.. John King at
Bowers Hin. has returned home.
| MIR. W. III. Nenable, of this city. VII
| deliver the charge 10 the knigh:s at
.hc tournament To be held at Drivers
Nansemond county, next Tuesday.
An alarm of fire was sounded about
2:40 p. IN. yesterday. caused by Slight
blaze resulting from the over-turninG of
stove In house on Princess Anne ave
| nue..
The next district convention of the w.
c. T. U. w be held here on Thursday
and Friday. March 11th and ETH. a Y
conference also 20 be held on the latter
| date.
| Edmond Burns. coored. was arrested
yesterday upon the charge of stealing n
par of opera glasses from the room OF
! Mrs. De Costa, over No. 80 CRANKY
| street.
Miss Virginia Dawley. daughter of
Dennis Dawley. forlerly well known
citizen of this city. died At the resi-
dence OF her brother!n-law, DR.. f. II.
| Po,ndeSter. yesterday.
| Haydens Minstrels will appear ut
Lamberts Point on Thursday night. the
eSth inst. for the benefit of the |. .. O.
II. of that place. y pleasant evening is
promised to all who attend.
An eX-newspaper man of Norfolk who
has been making n two weeks tom
through North Carolina, states that
business appears TO be lvelier in Nor.
folk than al any point he visited
Among the improvements being made
by the Norfolk company is the extension
from Colonial To Moran. The water
rain will be similarly extended In few
DAYS.
The steamer Lau"ad a. whose nuTeror.s
nlibus;ernE expeditions have made her
| famous, and who is nov under suspicion
Of having been to Cuba since she left
| Bal imorc. passed i'm the capes bound
for that FORT Yesterday.
Mr.. c. o. Barnes. a railroad man OF
| Hilton, NJ Y. with n party Of Norfoll,
friends, enjoyed very success full hunt
near L.nkhorn Bav Princess Anne conn
| ty last week. They killed a fine deer
Mr. Barnes returned TO New York sat
| urday night
~ meeting of the Diamond SOCIAL
Club. held a the residence Of Mrs. James
| R- Belote, Bank street. last evening
| the following officers were elected for
the ensuing term: Henry l.. Belotc. pres
| lnen;; James Il. Chase. vice president;
| Thomas j. I'lick. secretary and trca sur
| er.
Messrs. a. Il. Rawlett and l.. s. Foote
of the Industrial South. returned 10 Nor
folk yesterday to spend Sunday They
booked orders fer $1,000 copies of the
! forthcoming big S. A. t. issue for Dur
nam. and leave tomorrow for Raleigh
| whcrr they expect to place about Il 0OC
or $4,000 copies.
| Mr.. Arthur Mckenzie. Boston iour
| nalist. who has been in the city several
GAYS making preparations for a trip TO
south America, left last night on tire
| british ship Canada for Rio de .Ianeirc.
| BraZil. Upon his arrival there he Is to
| rake an extended trip through the coun-
| try on horseback. The trip to Rio viii
consume forty days.
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