The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-23
EBl pIl G MONEY I
CaanivSTreasuteF Ellis Prepared TO Settle
s3:s With the State Treasury.
PIGEONS SLAUGHTERED IN THE. STREETS

Ss355SSsssss Delegates 10 s:nWOrth League
conferences Had ~ rlcasnnt Trip
B Excursion. business aaaroitabics,
s3fs Personals ana Briefs.
5as suffolk. Va, July 22-(spcciaD
81 County Treasurer Sidney T. Ellis Will
q 20 to Richmond to-morrow. lie will
IS take along some money--a larger
Sanlount than has been carried away
IS from Nansemond at once time for seve-
II raj years. The sum Treasurer ELLIS will
S. take Is Just $50, $40. The money goes to
sathe& State Auditor. III 1t is the annual
Sssettlelnent which Nansemonu makes
with the State. and the stuff carried is
g enoughlto pay every cent which we owe.
"a The money Is not all III coppeIs, nor IN
3: coinso any kind There Is a draft or
about $1,000 and the rest is taken in
If the shape of two certified checks by
& Cashier j ones, OF the Farmers Bank.
& Though this Is the annual settlement
Z N ansemond paid the State good
& round sum In December. Some Of the
u cash AIKEN up to-lnorrow-nl that had
mot, bean collectcd--wns advanced by
* Mr.. E0llIs.
SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS.
i Some time ago Mayor Brewer issued
& a proclamation to the effect that all who
n had pigeons must keep them confined
q. or q bide Sby the consequences. Some
y people ablded by the proclamation.
others didn't. Now they are sorry. If
they had pigeons that were pets they
Won't see them any more.
MURDERED BY DOZENS.
There was 4 regular pigeon killing to-
Is day Che execution was legal and it.
occurred all over town. wherever the
innocent ''culprits could be found
50 he Sergeant. and q corps OF police
Is officers were the exccutioners with
q shot guns they marched about and
u slaughtered the birds. Many OF the.
81 shotssfwhich were fired on the streets,
4 ratified like hall on the tin roofs.
5z 5s5 VISITORS NOT SPARED.
Si. The &gunners never even spared vis-
!A1tings .b!rds--carricr pigeons that were
h mixed with the flock Two Of them
]: We're picked UP among the dead. Onthe
e morning pigeons legs We're Silver rings
\ bearing these Inscriptions: SIT. no, s01 !:
81 81 "a. $50, fsL.sV. c., 5'97."5 About fifty
81 birds We're killed In NIL,
CITU RCHES MAKING MONEY.
sS$S There was another excursion to-day
"a Methodist excursion run by churches
In the county to Old Point and cluse-by
q resorta.13SS There was a big crowd on
n he board when it left Suffolk Additions
We're received 9nt the river wharves.
5 Sf3Y3 10 OKTNti ATTER PAUPERs.
,S.' The County Board or Supervisors had
q their annual meeting to-day at the
" almshouse. al Present. Walter Jordan.
RI Gu alrman; George w. Butts, e. d.
/ 13rinl1ley and Abram r. Holland. Cir
u cult Court Clerk A. p Conner attended
l! the meeting as secretary.
Ass The board Inspected the grounds and
IN looked after the paupers' condition.
& Superintendent Holland set up a good
u dinner inn r for the county legislature.
n .5IsAILROADDD THROUGH.
- The Suffolk I1pworth League dclcga-
IS IS ton got sba elk to-day. They had been to
" Toronto. Niagara Falls. Watkins Glen
Z and to various Northern cities They
81 passed five days in Toronto, where the
& I n te rra tional League meeting was In
ri session, and where there were about 49,
n 600 people In attendance.
The Suffolk party had n good time.
They were in charge of Mr.. William T..
81 finstead d, OF .the Seaboard Air Line,
d whose knowledge Of railroad affairs and
( letters Of Introduction to prominent Of
Il flc:als. We're the source OF many couyte-
Nj sies not down Oh the programme. The
Is aides OF the party We're Misses Sn!lie
81 Kinney. Esteile and Alma Darden, Liz
s zie Morgan, and Margaret Crump.
5557 A BOYS FUNERAL.
ssa The funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. SUIT
toms nine months-old boy took place
q this afternoon from the residence on
9Rilby street. Rev. J. F. Love OBLIGATED
81 He was assisted by REV. H. G.. Cheat
III ham. The interment was in Cedar Hill
S THEY COME AND GO
::S5iS County Judge w. ]. Ililby spent to-
n day in Norfolk on important business.
sasi Daniel Brothers and a. II. Hargrove
R left to-day for @ short visit In Ashevile,
IS N. c. "a 5.2s
Mr.. S. S. Hosier is at Mays: Head, N.
81 C., for a pleasure trip.
Several Suffolk people are in Norfolk
& attending the Eastern Virginia Sunday
s School Convention 24S
Miss Charlotte Young, of Henderson
IN N. c., came today to visit Miss Elise Ur-
81 QllhaTt $t:s
AIRS j. M G fbson and son, Willie
I. have gone 10 Springfield, VT, where they
Twill pass some weeks. gg5
VI Mr. G harles Wick has returned from a
& Stay with county relatives.
55t5sE5 Mrs. NJ tx IWithers will leave tomor-
81 row to visit her daughter, Mrs.,A. Wool
SIS ford, in Queenst NC ~. I:ss7
s3f5 Rev. .. F. Dean; principal of the Wind
a sor5 AGA DENY, was In Suffolk to-day.
5$fl3 Mrs. 81 =. Haynes OF Richmond, came
3 to-day to visit her son Edward, who had
H& been Ill but " no is now better.
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