The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-10
YESTERDAYS NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
Short Paragraphs Personal, ana
Othcruise--Accounts of Evcnts ln.
terestins to Every Re"der-Topics
Discussed ON tho streoIs and I'm
Omces ana Homes.


II he Legislature will adjourn in less
than three weeks.
Freight on the railroads Is coming
in very slowly now.
Miss Edith Price. of Wilmington, N.
c., Is in the city visiting friends.
Who murdered the Chinaman? is as
much OF a mystery now as ever.
The Klondike party next week prom
ises to be a most excellent affair.
There are less than two more weeks
OF gayety and then Lent begins.
MIR. John II. Lassiter opened UP his
handsome tonsor:al parlor yesterday
DR.. William SEMINOLE and daughter
have gone ito Philadelphia on visit.
We had another heavy fog yester-
DAY morning. 1t was like a small rain.
Middle King and the west end of
County streets will be fixed right away !
AN the boats were both late going
out and coming in on account Of the
fog.
As soon as the furniture for Pythian
Castle arrlvesAthe building will be de-
dicated.
The stores under Pythian Castle
make that portion OF the city look
livelier.
Miss Maggie Gray, of Southampton
county. is in the city on u visit to
friends
negro man was fined 81 and casts
by Justice Answorth yesterday for
fighting.
Mr.. Overton will begin on Monday to
remodel Mr.. y. J. Phillips store on
High street
The Woodmen Of the World will have
banquet a Rosenbaum's Hall OH the
18th instant.
The members CT Portsmouth Atlantic
club enjoyed an oyster roast a., Ocean
View yesterday
Chicken thieves are plying their bust
ness nightly in different parts of the
city and county.
There was another large crowd at
the courthouse yesterday az the trial
OF sum Williams
Don't undertake to 80 out in a small
BOAT in fog. You might be run down
by some steamboat.
1T Is said that rhe parties who dug
for gI2ld at the old Battery were some
OF the county officers.
well known white man was locked
up last night at the request of his
father to sober him off.
Mr.. Pugh. city editor Of the Pilot, |
was at his desk yesterday, but was
quite weak and feeble
Miss Hattie Lee MacAlister. of
Durham, N. Co. is the guest OF Mrs.
Wrenn, on Dinwiddie street
marine was locked up in the city
jail last night fer using vulgar and in
decent language on the streets
The candidates for the spring cleo
making still hunt all the same
MIR. +. A Irons. OF the Seabuard Air
Line, and his wife have returned to
inns city from an extended trip South |
AIR. T. c. Sykes. who has been i'll at
MS home, on London street. since Sun
day, was considered much better yes
terdCy.
Work on the Pig Point. Newport
News and Portsmouth railroad was
regun yesterday, but will be done for
the present
Four small white boys have been
summoned to appear before Mayor
Paird to-day for throwing dirt in n
Chinese laundry
y small colored boy attempted to
catch q cat on n fence yesterday on
Columbia street and was badly bitten
through the hand.
Mr. y. c. Burroughs. carrent ~ in the
United States Navy, was l., the city
Yesterday visiting old friends. Alonzo
looked as natural rs ever
The Port Norfolk electric road will
not be extended any further i'm Park
View, the Council having relieved the
company from their contract
THE School Beard will hold their
regular monthly meeting Tomorrow
night. There will be an important
matter brought before them
The Misses Maggie and Mariana
Brady, of Petersburg, arrived in the
city yesterday on n visit to thei" anrt.
Mrs. Mclaughlin. on Washington
street.
The Home Permanent Building Asso-
citation held their annual meeting last
night and declared a dividend of 10
per cent. The old officers We're all re-
elected.
The ladies and gentlemen who at
tended the coronation ball at Hotel
Mulvey about ten days ago. were given
dance last night at Mr.. r. P Runt-
inE's, in Cottage Place.
The mali train on the Seaboard Air
Line waited until / 80 o'clock yester-
day for the Bay boat, which was de-
tanned until that hour on account OF
the heavy fog that prevailed
If the Street Committee will give the
owners OF some low lcts the privilege of
scraping High and South streets dhey
would gladly do so for the dirt II
wlould take but a little while to fill M
n lot.
A donkey PARTY will be given at
Trinity parish-house this afternoon
from q to O'Clock. Homemade candy
TO be bought If you want 1t. a prize
for the lucky one and BOBBY for
the unlucky one.
Israel Ketchum got full OF quarrel
some whiskey Tuesday night ami kept
up a. general noise on the street, for
which he was pulled in. Yesterday
he was arraigned before AIayGr Baird |
and was committed for ten lays
In this issue Mr.. Jerome p. Carr ac-
vertises purity, accuracy promptness
combined with prices He claims that
he uses none but genuine drugs in
compromising his prescriptions, etc. |
He offers patent medicines at cut
rates. See advertisement
5 Mr. (tolay,,on c,,pari,to,aon, 20 a.,