The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-02-04
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Co.'S hat store tonight.
The negro Willie Brnlsley, who at
tempted to shot his sister while under
The influence Of liquor, had q hearing
yesterday and was sent to jail for thirty
days tolearn some sense.
When the knights Of Dixie dlsbanded.
n few days ago, they paid all bills and
took what money that was left in the
treasury and divided it among the
widows Of the deceased members.
Stonewall Camp, G. ". met last night
anu transacteu The usual routine bust
owing TO the small attendance he did not
deliver his lecture on Vera Cruz
y hungarian, who has been in the
county jail for fifteen days. says; III,
never ears meat. but lives altogether on
fruits anu coffee, with corn meal for his
bread. lie says he never ate any meat,
Nhe ladies OF the Benevolent Christian
Cnion acknowledge the following tona-
IONS and extend thanks for same:
airs. Mary Booth Walker, SIS; Mcssrs.
n!nter d balance. So; y friend. $! a
IL looked yesterday morning like we
were going to have another snow About
t a. M. it began to come down prettW
lively and continual until about .
oclock. put the ground being SO wet but
little Of i; laid.
IN another column the ladies of the
1onaVo!"nt Christian Union makes an
appca! 20 the people OF Portsmouth TO
come forward and help them relieve the
poor and distressed. of which there is
quite Il number.
Mr.. Martin Clancy, chief machfnist on
rhc United States steamship Castine.
who has been Very sick at his residences
on Second street, South Portsmouth
was taken 10 the United States Hos
pital yesterday.
The Committee on Lamps and Gas
hn u, Il
reduced at the Jail They will separ; to
the stat:on-house from the Jail proper
and let each one show for itself what
SaS there Is burned.
Ihrce small White boys from Snutl,
Portsmouth were before the Mayor veg
terdaE for throwing cakes Of ice in the
Fourth District schoolhuuse at the
1anitress and hitting her. They were
lined 81 each and costs
Inc negroes who were taken off the
llShter at the foot Of Bart street Tues
Gay on suspicion Of having entered Mr.:
SnrierS house and We're locked up, were
discharged the same night, there being
nothing by which they could be held.
The members Of Central Church Ep-
worth League will give an entertainments
tonight at the church. \ Very inter
esung programme has been arranged
for the occasion. Rev. Mr.. Bosnian will
deliver short address. Tie public are
invited. ,0
Alr. Robcr, Allison came near break
ing his leg last night on Middle street
in one of the trenches that had been
DUG for the sewer E'pc TO be laid The
constructor should b. required 10 put
boards over these places before some
one is injured.
The case Of the Southern Electrical
ana Improvement company against a
number OF merchants of this city was
heard yesterday upon complaint of Mr.
Leo JudSon, and was decided in favor
OF the merchants. The plant can now
be sold and the injunction can be dis
| solved.
Tuesday 4 colored woman named Cor
don, living on Pearl street, went out,
leaving her vear-old baby in the house
with the blind sister OF the mother
me infant crawled into an open fire
place and when the mother returned the
child was burned SO badly that it died
in Il few hours:
1t Is said that the case Of he two
young men who We're tried for fighting
at Wright Memorial church ana were
fined SO and one day in jail. from which
| they took an appeal will be dropped
when the court meets to-day, the trus-
| tees being satisfied that no harm was
intended and that the trouble arose from
indiscretion.
Two wagon drivers got into Il dispute
| on the corner Of King and Crawford
streets Yesterday morning and used very
ugly language. One OF them pulled =
knife on the other. Had not Oflcea
DcEerson appeared on the scene there
would have been troubled. Both men
wer" arrested and were fined S. each in
| less than twenty minutes after the oc-
curcncc.
| the Council took the right step Tues
day night i'll look ing into the class of in
mates that are nt the almslUuSe and
linStructin| the Ordinance Committee TO
prescribe certain speciiica tons to be OBJ
served before a person can be admitted
| there. one member stated that there
WAS general comment on certain indiVid-
! uais being allowed TO remain there when
| they We're able to do hard laborious
work.