The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-06
IoEsr NuME0sR NOTES.


Mr. William II. Barnes, of Suffolk.
| was in Port Norfolk yesterday. lie
| came on the Norfolk and Carolina ra!l-
road.
Last Sunday night about . O'Clock
they made an attempt ITO change the en-
gines at thc power house without STOP
ring Ehc cars, and in doing so they had
no run bH,h engines. Something went
wrong, and before they could stop them
the Eove:no" of engine No. | was
| broken
Sunday night 'thc gatc at ,the cross
ing Of tho Norfolk and Carolina rail
| read and she electric railway Inc p,,s
caught unl wCuld MT. work, ana they
had to break 1t off
Inc PORT Norfolk electric line no Pin
ner'S Point will he delayed for Il shor,
Eime, as they will have no tunnel rheir
line where 1t crosses the belt. 81 they
can 60 under yhc hCEt lines track They
wei have ITO tunnel about one hundred
and fifty yards; Quite u lob
Wei. VIVA; do YOU think OF the Nor
folk fair? Well, | can't say, but I
think IL ought 10 be fhc greatest sue
cess of any fair shat has been he!l for
long time. | VIII tell ycu my reason
Tor thinking 50 In The first rlacc Il
Is The centre point Of several railI,rlls.
N'I'iN 'N'Il N'Iit iltil lSI ana lg..r TO
the fair without laying over or chang
ing cars. and RS most OF ,hc cCinparie;
are III good shape they can give us Gu,
| rates ithAt will enable many to come
Then there Is the steamboat lines, from
most anywhere from five 10 $50 miles
Good, nice. comfortable boats. ,too
Ihtn there are the electric roads. They
Will take YOU back and forth for !
cents, whether you live one or five miles
fl'@m The fair. There will he many
pretty things to see. The finest iooli-
ing cattle. sheep, hogs, ANA everything
thait will help TO Gl rhe tents ana the
large. commodious buildings that will
be sherc ITO hold the Erout mass Of hu-
nalr!ty and beast. Yes, Tho fair sen
ths Southern beauty, Ghc pride OF the
South Will he There, With their fca;hcry
tribe, chickens, turkeys. ducks and
pigeons. and their needle wcrk. and we
may expect n great show. Well how
ahcut the horses? That is what 7 Hike
10 see. Wei. there will ne some fine
racing. Some Of the fastest horses on
record will he thcre-well. don't
know. Let me tell you something about
fast horses. In 1862 there was a com
pany OF cavalry mustered in the Con-
fcderatc service a; Sussex, Ma They
We're men Of good standing men OF
wealth. They went in the war FOR ehe
fun Of 1t. They were well equipped.
Each cnc had a carbnc two pairs OF
pistols lll 4 shot gum They had the
Swlfies's horses that could be h0usM.
and their company was SO strong They
We're stationed nj Clurchland when
this Coufcderntcs evacuated Norfolk II
was quite Il change from rhc C0nfcdc-
rate 10 the Federal soldier. We lived
at Hodges Ferry, ana The bridge across
the river was new. The Fcnerni sol
dlcrs rode UP to tile bridge, but would
not 80 over. The next day, about Q
! O'clock, six OF this Sussex company
came over the bridge TO our house ana
u-ld us they We're going ITO Port SIN alth.
| Father told them not 10 go: they would
| tc captured or shot. as the whole place
| was full or Fedora! soldiers Ono y0un.
| fellow in rhc party, whose name Was
| H.rGsnnG. said fhcrc was not Il horse
| III The Federal army that could catch
| one OF ihcSc. We'll ihey WEN; off; thav
| Went AS far EUS Fhe place called Oai.
| Grove. This Is about half n mile from
Portsmouth. They went under a naa
| 81 truce. Wen, from the cnd Of The
| bridge t ithc Fork Of che road that leads
! 70 Portsmouth Was about q mile OF
| straight road. and wanted TO sec those
| fellows when thcy came hack, SO ! wcnE
| GU: in the yard and went up n tree. and
in a few minutes saw these fellows
| coming. uhcr horses alml1st straight.
| We'll, the i'cdcrals were about fo,ty in
| number, and ] suppose Ghcy were lOl
| yards behind. They were coming Ia.
| w6rNs me. Those horses went hy ma
| like an arrow The Sussex boys went
over the bridge, but the Others stopped
on fhs side. y few minutes after they
PStoppcl many of Glicir horses lay
down, ana some OF thcm came near dy-
| ing. That was q mad set Of men.
asked one why he did not catch them
ANA he SAID it would have been n hard
| matter for bullet to have caugh,
| one Of these horses. They wanted Tho
horses and they We're afraid to sheet
NJ t!le men for fcar Of hi;ting She horses.
THIS was Che fastcs't horse race | ever
saw, and do NOT want to see one like
1t again.