The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-14
PENSION DAY THIE EYES
'ne Hampton 1n And Pheobus Officials
watching Suspicious Strangers,
APPLICANTS FOR HOME POsIOFFIGiE. II Ell
- 10" "f Governor Woo,lGn, S,Yilas
Probably Handle the yeternr;hs
Rs'"'nlored Scheme To- yUnisss?
Eel mud Hampton TeIephone, . Co 1sasl7
pany-i Hampton sports. };5 3sssfssaas

oaaiit.inploh, ' a., March 13-(Spacial )s-4t sss
na.,t t"tt ,, eSes nave been fixed during thais
'',st i'i, Two or three upon five stratigarsss
, VINO came here from Washington slho rtaaS
~ after the inauguration.%7 .%74 a tteI finn
M was attracted to them by a report Oil ss2
uarins robbery In Baltimore a week aEo.ss
~ Ltrpetrators OF which succeeded ms
escaping with their booty. rP11n No = ia III VI
IN question, 1t Is said, came down ifsstlYiish
the washington steamer day before ysspsS
.eruAS. Ol Inc same boat was a. gems
.icman well known here, who had sTaad y
ti,t the description given OF the Baltimore 4
.',.,' unietes' ailu VINO says thn'5 In all reS3
spects 1t fits the five strangers. q Cj1St, Sfs j,
or them carried a handsome gold watcS}isf
an ana all seemed to have plenty of mon ..s
rms latter circumstance added strengtIta
20 uhe suspicious of the gentleman / re
1erreu 10, as the list Of articles taken inS
I7n.tlmore included a fine gold watch As
Last night four men, said to beionngSEf ft,se
thc party that came from Washingto ~
stopped at the front door OF a. Phoe bus B Ss
restaurant and became SO dsDrderIysS
.1l mat they nad 1 TO be driven away. Ilae
police at PhoeDus have been on 81 thefsssss
lookout for them all day, but at the, hour
OF Ming this report none of ithe had
shown up. !5$.; 59{2s 9s77sSG
PENSION DAY. 59s Il; az ssS!sssss
Nearly every pension day q gang OF
thleves make their appearance, in Hatnpgs
Ion md Phoebus. They come. OF Course
Tor the purpose of fleeing the old jso1-S:
uiers, many Of whom, as soon as %fhsSy.%
are permitted to leave the Home. BEGIN
10 spend their, money for rum. e q IL tlias5
i've men from Washington are the RBalSa@s
tlmore robbers they came here to I plySy
their trade among the veterans. ifs that5E
IS IS lheir purpose they may keep q ear$of "a
this section until about the 20th,S Nv hena
the soldiers will be allowed to leave thee
Home. fi . ssSBssss
THE HOME POsTO OFEESIIC ii. n fsass9
Since the new nistrationsSI took
charge Of the government nenrly a. do1.E
ell applicants for the position Of postsSy
master at the Soldiers Home. Ii We Fnol3stm
ped up. Postmaster Gwyn. who has Syets
two years to! serve, smiles al the teffor9A s
Of his Republican comrades to apture{S
his comfortable position. The mostscoii-S
spicuous applicant for the place, accord-{s
ing to current rumor. Is the son Of Cow
ernor Woodfn, and the prevailing iIrs1
preston here seems to be that he Will s
be the winner. All the old soldiers ask;s
however. Is that the President selectSas&
obligtng and courteous a Gentleman as y
Postmaster Gwyn. & AZ 3tL
TELEPHONE COMBINATION. N.ts.sssss .:asss
Rumor has 1t that the Hampt0naTe1eSS
phone company and the Southern HE'LL
company Will effect a corblnatio Ion Of
their Interests at an early day.KT The
present arrangement has been fruitful Or
much dissa tisfaction here for some hmh.l
VI lue local ECOlifpdHySsS E2lyE
they are greatly inconVenienced by3rea=s
son OF their inability to converse WI fE1lss
Newport News and Norfolk Without SgoS
Ing to a Southern Bell pay station.
The latter companyit Is sale, has beeIf8
trying to get into Hampton for several
| months, but has been kept out by thaS
action Of the Town Council, 5the4Eareu.sEss
nent being that to let the Bell people I'M
would seriously damage the home COM
pany. 3Si5 GsE5Sa
Theodore Roloff, Of Old Point s, has
purchased q lot or Claiborne Bros III on
Poplar avenue, Phoebus, and will SerectS
handsome residence in the spring Y5s5i
The Chesapeake and Ohio. RaifWs55s
compa ny is preparing to put in az larges
7 here to accommodate their new Washss
ington special 4 .,S 81 Sas sSs; ssss
Mrs. Rosie -Wynne, ,Eof rMargaretsyiIfe.S
n. c.. is visiting Mrs NJ. T.fWebb er sSI
The sporting fraternity here Is loo king
forward with much interest to the8s bigs5
fight to be pulled off at Carson Caty,sons$
the 17th Among men who are treportedss
TO be well informed in flstlcf ma atters,St llSs
opinion prevails that Corbet tsWil RbeIfhas
winner. FitzSmmons Is not vi tfip1itI
friends. however. who say tina tEtheygWtlI
be on hand to back their faith III Mia
with their money at the rlgih time sfsassaa5
The Locust street bridge, over a
branch Of Hampton Creek concernti,E
which there has been much comp aln t,as
has been put in first class condi Il onySSsS
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