The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-03
sueelaet Statement Of News Events, Strip
ped Of Much Of The Details.
Yesterdays NEWS BRlEFLY RECORDED
Short Paragraphs Personal ana
Othcrwise-Actou.fS of Events .,.
ieresfins 80 Every lkender-ropics
discussed on tho streoIs nnt Ia,
0nIces and Homes.

We are having excellent markets
now.
Major Croker will be here to-mor-
row.
There will be plenty meetings next
week.
The courts will be in session next
week.
Mrs. A. H. Martin returned home yes
Miss Kief, of Baltimore, is visiting in
TING city.
A horse attached to Swift's wagon
fell on Water street yesterday and hurt
himself
Mr.. I. c. Sykes is at the White Sui
phur Springs.
There are but two more days before
the schools open. g
The eXcursionists returned about 10
O'Clock last night.
The Portsmouth Shooting Club had a
big time yesterday.
The work of paving South street pro-
crosses mighty slowly.
MIR. John Il. King and bride will re-
turn home text week.
1t is said that the Nashville will leave
the yard for good to-day.
tPythiars carried n nice crowd to
Mathews county yesterday.
Captain w. T.. Whisnant has reported
Tor duty again after sickness.
MT. John Jameson, Of Baltimore,
was in the city yesterday OH q short
visit. He left again at night.
MT. Jake L. Codd has gone to Ma
thews. county to Spend n week.
On the 18th instant all the stores will
DeSin TO keep oDen until Q D.. m.
There has been an excursion Of bust
ness men in every night this week.
The question IL being agitatcd whcth-
er a magistrate has the right to marry.
. Three mon Will nyarrnotc n , ~ J,,.,
High street yesterday sweating and
putting.
The rain yesterday afternoon inter
Tered with the pigeon shooting at Port
Norfolk.
A large party of gentlemen and ladies'
went down the bay yesterday on a
fishing party.
Mr.. Solomon Barclay was taken with
o chill yesterday and was sent 70 his
home In Park View.
Mr. H. Q. Pearson is Improving rap
Idly from the operation he had per
formed on his mouth.
Mr.. Em11et Deans Is Offering q full4ina
Of sheets. holsters, pillow eases, etc,
for sale cheap. Sec ad.
The Port Norfolk road will soon have
the eratings down across the cutters
where the road crosses.
The different labor ORGANIZATIONS
from this city will take part in the cx-
.~ercises at Virginia Beach.
Tt Is said hat the Portsmouth street
railroad will commence running their
electric cars by October LIST.
Mr. Dick Knox has taken his old
position as. watchman at the Seaboart
Air Line shops back again.
The Portsmouth Rifles are drilling
nightly. so that they may appear to
good advantage or Labor Day.
There was a lively scrapping match
last night on County street. No one
Has hurt to amount to anything.
Mrs. Louisa Thomas and her son will
leave here tomorrow for Baltimore
and the Northern cities on a pleasure
trip.
Justice Ainsworth sent a woman
named Helen Scott to jail yesterday for
cutting a man across his head with n
knife.
The Misses Annie and Lillian Ander-
ton returned last night from Cherry:on.
Va, where they have been spending the
summer.
Mr.. Ben Cherry, n box boy at the fer
~, has given UP his position to accept
a place as n motorman on the Port
Norfolk railroad.
It Is said that n well-known sign
painter, who lives In South Portsmouth,
Will shortly wed a charming young lady
from that section.
- 10 SSiiu lll0t lueTe VIII De quite an
interesting case between the constables
and magistrates at the next term of
the county court.
Two nice looking cars for the Ports
mouth Street Railroad arrived here yes
terday morning and were carried to the
stables in Glasgow street.
Little Annie ain Johnson's funeral
was. conducted yesterday from the resi-
dence OF her parents, No. Sl3 King street.
Tho Raw Mr. NJStnhoIl nn,,t,t -
MT. Jas. Thomas had two fingers on
his hand badly mashed yesterday by
q very heavy piece OF timber falling on
them while 1t work in Park View.
"A small colored boy in attempting to
get a water melon frum n sluop along
side the dock yesterday, tumhled over
board and came near being drowned.
Mrs. Annie Mullen, of Charlotte. who
has been spending n week or ten DAYS
with airs. W. D. Minter, 71o Dinwldd;e
street. returned to her home last night.
Attention Is called to the ad. of w, L..
VirnelSon & Co In another column, in
which they announce that they are In
receipt of their fall styles of hats a.
rect from the factory, which they will
sell for n price orly..
The negro Si.itfire who was arrested
for stealing SIG off the peskon OF an
other negro man, was sent OH to the
SouHly Sphil ul'oh d. tliilEe vi grand
larceny. Jos. Perdue was given three
months in jail as an accomplice Of Spit
fire.
Henry Tew, n white man living In the
county. yesterday swore 0rt n warrant
before Justice Ainsworth charging
Richard Burnett with having obtained
goods n clothing from him by false
pretense. The case will be heard his
evening.