The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-25
4 Three year-0 Old Child Mistakes Strycb-
nine for Candy and Oles.
FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE TO-DAY
Ante.Crristmns serabs on sur.
FOLK. n"wery suburb Good show
for u Good Cnuse-a Little Hard
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Three-year-old Michael Folk ate stry-
chime and died. Michael was a bright
little fellow. the Older OF Mr.. and Mrs.
w. II. Folks two children. Michael
took u nap this afternoon: When h.
awoke up there was no one in the room
nnd Michael began looking about for
some Christmas candy. He rummaged
around the room and found q package
of strychnine which had been pur-
chased five 4 ago before Mt. and
Mrs. Folk were married. Michael OPP
cned the package and partook Of its
contents. When found he was already
suffering the agony OF deaths throes.
1t was too late for medical aid to avail,
the young sufferer was soon q young
corpse and his parents were mourning
the loss of their pet.
The funeral will take place Mt 8
O'Clock tomorrow from the residence at
81 Holiday street. Rev. w. r. Green
VIII conduct It.
ANTD-CHRISTMAS FRACAS.
There were some warm times out on
the Fair grounds, Suffolk's Bowery sub
urp, to-day. Hurricane Branch was
called TO enquire into the matter OF
Bony TrOtman, white. drawing a pistol
on w. II. Bridgeford, Il colored mel-
chant. The Hurricane was soon on
hand and searched Trotmun for the
- - DoS I HiQ ~, lltoubH II ID
said several persons say II. Mayor
Brewer will settle the matter in Police
Court Monday.
Soon after Hurricane Branch came to
town he was called back to look into
another rracas. He found II. w.
Barnes, white. with Il bleeding face, and
a store window smashed. There had
been n fight. The Hurricane summoned
Barnes. John Wilroy and Bony Trot-
man to Mondays Poice Court. where
they will be charged with disorderIS
conduct. They are all well-known
white men.
GOOD SHOW FOL: GOOD CAUSE.
The Kings Daughters" an amateur
production for IL Christian cause, Will
be Sunolk's Christmas attraction. It
will be presented in the City Hall
Theatre tomorrow night. The final
rehearsal where all the parts were
rounded off and the finishing touches
put on. took place tonight, and from
the actresses appearances In street cos
IL looks like the show will be n
good one. The plot is aid In Mrs.
Graham's drawing room In New York.
The play follows the welfare Of a POOR
orphan girl, who is maltreated when
In the clutches of poverty, but who af-
falls heir to a fortune. In
the third act there is all-round con-
citation. The attraction will be made
more attractive by three IF Suffolk's
finest sololsts. They are Misses Vir-
ginia Jordan, Estelle Freeny and Belle
Thompson. The production is under
Methodist nrana sement hut young la
dies from all the local denominations
appear in the cast.
y LITTLE HARD LUCK.
L. o. Parrish, whom Special Officer
II , II In. In.Ak 49, - |
to arrest on the charge of jumping a
board bill, says an impression has
been gained which does him an lnjus-
tice. Parrish says the board bill with
which he was charged with jumping,
was not contracted by himself, but
by some of his employees. He claims
besides that he did NO. become re-
sponsible for the payment of the bills,
hut rather than see any of his men
get In serious trouble, he would pay It..
No day has yot been set ror a hear
ing. THAI; will he arranged by J. l.
McLemore Parrlsh's attorney and
bondsman, and the justice.
BAD COLLISION.
AS the result of a buggy collision
one mile north Of Suffolk at 7 O'Clock
this evening. Lilburn Edwards, n well
known young man Of Windsor lies at
the commercial Hotel in n precarious
condition. Edwards was thrown head
first from the buggy and his face met
the frozen earth. The horse was being
driven twelve miles an hour and the
shock was terrific. Miles Darden, who
was with Edwards. SAYS the latter was
partially intoxicated. and insisted upoc
driving. and driving fast. The bu
was almost a total wreck, and John
A.: Kings vehicle was cut down.
h injured man was brought on q
stretcher to the Commercial Hotel
where nr. ]. r. Phillips did what no
could. The doctor ';hinks Edwards will
recover. AT II o'clock he is moaning
and appears in great pain.
HOLIDAY PERSONALS.
Mrs. Grace Odell and children, Carroll
and Dunreath. OF Washington, D. C..