The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-14
DEMufR ER Q Y ERRULED.
! saidsa Election 'Cantssi Ssis# Be
Beard on I lis Metlis,
ARGUMENTS BY ABLE ATTORNEYS
sCeIoRod Racers ON ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
sS SsAs. Aine opened - soldiers Going TO
ssO ocean We've Mnrringe In washing.
HSES ton-Trestic Falls with Conl Car
4 -Pcrsonnl and Other N otes..

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aa suffolk, VA, July 1s.--The demurrer
& 81 soferruled, and the case comes up
4 Thursday on its merits. Another chap
s ter In the fRabey- Jordan contest over a
: Esnt on the county Board OF Supervis-
& crS was enacted to-day. Nansemond
County Court, Hon. w j. Kilby, judge.
was the scene. III the audience were q
large number Of representative men
from Lower observation-disclosures OF the
4 migrants who are very much Interested
l In the outcome
A19LB ARGUMENT.
" The case was called to-day for argu-
9 ment on q demurrer made by counsel
9 Tor contestant to the counter complaint
! ofelSd by counsel for: contcStee in am
4 swerAto the original notice served There
1 was plenty Of arsunent-g6cl argument
II was, made by both sides. Those arguing
i IN favor OF the demurrer Claimed that
Il the ballots in the election on May -,
4 1Ss7. We're illegal Ballots because they
contained more names than prescribed
3sbyT. the sta trte, Which they held TO be
Z man datoaW: Tho other sidt. pleaded the;
statute wssc;E. merely directory, and the
/ electors ske'iid not be deprived Of their
VOTES because or q mistake by the cleo
& tora1 board. "a Judge II. II. IHowlcs OPEN
cd Tor the contestant in forty-five min
4 utes. S. Il. Everett followed in IL talk
! or the same length. Judge D. Tucker
i Jl3qooke Of Norfolk, spoke for an hour
4 nnd five minutes and w. S. Holland,
% Windsor, fifteen, minutes longer.
4.dG,$t CoLOR11D CYCLISTS RACE
.$st3 ne first bicycle tournament of the
year took place. this afternoon 1T the
4 grounds Of the Suffolk Fsilr Association
n It was a colorcd tourney. The race for.
4 riders from Norfolk Portsmouth and
Il newport News, was not filled. The only
event pulled off was that between Suf-
4 FOLK riders. This was won My Bill How
y OIL VIII got "a bicycle lamp, offered by
4 MAYOR Brewer. Helsey Johnson was
second. and was awarded n bicycle bell.
55t$yS. FREE TELEPHONE TALK.
9Sss, There was a whole lot OF telephone talk
to-day between Suffolk and Norfolk It
was free talk Concluding "a completion
1 OF the arrangement between the Nanse-
& anond Telephone Company and the
4 Southern States Company the manage
d Inent allowed the public to do some test
\ talking without charge. The service Is
reported us satisfactory. 5i
Ssiigf COMPANIES CONSOLIDATED.
sf4$$ The two concerns have effected n con.
i solmAation by which they hope to get good
y results. Their system extends through
\ Lower Parrish. Chulchland, Portsmou tn
& Norfolk and connections. There are
more Fhan ! 900 subscribers
35s GLAD TO IItvE TITEar
The All Americas are coming Mt last
81 After: two fall downs 1t seems that Suf-
Is folk people will have a chance to see
Il those Portsmouth c-ac1lajacks play ball
If Mt West Emit Park. r. Will be next
IhLnsday. Manager Virnehson to-day
wrote Afanagor VanderslIce he could look
u for them Ger tai1l9y.
GOING INTO CAMP.
THE Suffolk Light Infantry, Company
" q. Captain q. A. Norneet, will go into
q camp next Saturday at Ocean View The
boys expect to carry betwecn thirty and
4 forty men. They wiz remain In camp
/: two or three weeks. The time will be
Is passed In 1oIthtng fishing and other
&, aotfa,tto sports. There will be daily tar
II get practice ut floating: dummy. All the
poydaers can't 60 at once.
THIS FROG ATE MONEY.
Willie Hops, fourteen-year-old col
ored boy, reports a peculiar case, If true.
7 ue found a one dollar gold piece inside
z a large green frog. Willie was playing
n on the Seaboard road, near town, where
q 1he Norfolk and Carolina. crosses. He
4 saw the large frog and killed 1t. In
/ side was O bright piece OF yellow metal.
Z which when washed proved to be a coin.
& Hs Gays the Date is 1882
Nor AID THB GROcnf's HOME
4 A NOTICE has been rrIrtted in a paper
Y e&ysng Mtas Dva Vincent Turner was
! HiaxMed In Washington at the residence
OF The groom. This Is a mistake, which
= some Of her Suffolk relatives would like
& corrected Here Is what the Washing
ton, Post says about it:
ssS$ Before a small company Of relatives
II axld friends a dainty home wedding was
& Solemnized on Tuesday evening, when
i. Mss Eve Vincent Turner. OF Norfolk.
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