The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-15
sGeclnl Statement Of News Events. Strip
ped Of Much Of the Details.
YESTERDAYS NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
Short Paragraphs Personal nud
Othorwase-Account or Events Gn-
aerestins 90 Every ne"dor-ropics
Discussed ON the StrecIs md TN
Offices aud Homes.

4 The little ones enjoyed themselves
&sending valentines last night.
81 ISIS Mollie Carpenter, Of Richmond,
FBis visiting friends in the city.
81 Quite q number of persons went to
#8Port Norfolk Sunday afternoon.
# Kew. w. Is. Dudley preached at the
8Calvary Baptist church Sunday
"A kew. Dr.. Ray began a series of SER
Hvices to young men Sunday night.
81 This is week of entertainments.
HIhere Will be no less than a dozen.
81 The force in the steam engineering
department is being Increased daily
81 The ladies of the Crawford House
Hgave delightful entertainment last
Knight
81 The Thursday Night Club will give
81 ball at st. Joseph's Hall next Mon
28day night.
8 DR.. Fisher baptized eight persons at
'6the Fourth Street Baptist Church Sun
81 day night.
a There was large attendance at
8Wright Memorial Rosebud meeting
aSunday afternoon
4 Mrs, NJ. H. Lucus will assume the
#duty Of Organst at Owens Memorial
#Church next Sunday.
q Messrs. Bland and Newberne, repre-
@sentatives In the Legislature, returned
ITO Richmond yesterday.
81 a negro named II. II. Smith was
98committed to jail for thirty days for
63ooliiB u common dTunkard.
81 "A negro by the name of John Harris
q WAS locked up last night for creating
ia disturbance at his aunt's home.
81 The weather is just simply delight
s3ful and the ladies take advantages of
RAit and show themselves on the streets.
q ihere were four candidates given the
Hsecond degree in the order Of Pythians
$$jiast night by Portsmouth Lodge, No. 16.
81 mere was quite crowd Mt the
ACourthouse yesterday to hear the trial
#of Philip Mcdowell, charged with
S3blgamy
q Andrew Skinner was committed TO
8the county jail upon n charge of
threatening to kill man named VIM.
SCherry.
8 Mise Gertrude Ray. of Washington,
~. C., is visiting her cousin, Miss Fran
81 ces j. Ray, at No. $40 WASHINGTON
8street
q Mr.. I. c. Brlnkley Saturday stuck a
Awire nall through his hand, making an
HuEly wound, from which he is suffer
cling considerably.
II constable Harry Hall raidcd crap
#den Saturday night near midnight and
#captured fourteen players, who were
3lodged In the county Jail.
Nj The WoCdnen OF the World will have
IA banquet tonight at Roscnbaum's
AHall There VIII be a literary and
amusical entertainment first
81 Rev. Mr. Betty was unable 70 I'll
3his pulpit Sunday, being confined to
@his home on account of sickness. Rev.
INT. l3eaton took his place.
n Louis Johnson. drunken white man,
was committed to jail for five days, in
n default Of q fine for shouting n, people
VINO were getting on the street cars
Abram Brown, who completed n
athirty days sentence in the city jail
%yesterday. was discharged Brown al
II ternates between the city and county
Halls
y license was issued from the city
4 clerks office yesterday to MIR Edward
8 Lee Pollard to wed Miss Stella Harper,
aof Port Norfolk The ceremony viii
q take place tonight
a negro named George Smith com
s monly called alligator" was arre..,
+ In the county Saturday night upon the
#charse of stealing pair of shoes from
IA man named Porter
n Grimes Battery will attend divine
8 services at Owens Memorial church
next Sunday morning. Rev Mr.. Wat
n erheld will preach a special sermon to
them on that occasion.
81 Sanitary Inspector Murden says thai
there is but one case of contagious
disease In the city. and that he has
aba ted forty-two nuisanccs since the
dlast meeting of the board
There will be silver tea at Mr..
A. A. Meglnley's 500 South street.
Thursday. February 18th. from to 10
p. M Proceeds for the benefit Of
Trinity church organ fund
Clifton Hill, who was convicted of an
attempted criminal assault on an eleven
! year-old girl, for which he was sent to
the penitentiary for nine years, was
yesterday sent to Richmond
d door key was picked up by one
i Of our route boys Sunday morning on
columbia street, between Dnwiddie
and Court. The owner can get the
same by calling at the office.
For the benefit of the Trinity Church
organ fund Mrs. c. D. Kent will give
4 tea at her residence. No. a Dnwiddie
street. from 10 10 "Wednesday evening
Februay 16. Silver Offering
There seems to be a perfect mania for
3 entertainments. Fourteen notices we're
sent to our office yesterday of different
entertainments that are 10 be held
NO doubt lent Will stop some OF them
There was meeting of the order of
Damon at Messrs. Scott. Sons & Co.'S
furniture store last night. The meeting
4 was addressed by Mr.. w. a. Caldwell
of Roanoke, New life will be nut in the
order in this city.
s A number OF representa- ives of the
il different building associations went to
4 Richmond Sunday night so as to at
9tend the meeting of the Committee on
4 Finance Of the Legislature, which met
3yesterday morning
In this issue an advertisement an
spears announcing that colonial con-
acert will be given for the benef, of
list. Paurs Catholic church on Tuesday,
Il February ED, at Elks' Hall. Reserved
seats can be secured at DIR. A. L. Bill
i soly's store.
"a new candidate for Keeper Of the
Il Almshouse popped up yesterday; also
3Sone for Keeper Of Cemeteries. They