The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-23
SuCCInt Statement Of News Events. Strip
ped Of Much of the Details.
YESTERDAYS NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
Short Paragraphs Personal and
observation-disclosures OF Events I'm.
ieresiing to Every Reador-Topics
Discussed on tho Streets and in
Offices and lkomes.

There are some holes in the streslts.
There are five Sundays in this month.
This is the fourth Sunday in the
year.
High street is badly in need of a
broom.
There will lbe two marriages this
week.
Another colored man died suddenly
yesterd
The county school teachers were paid
yesterday.
There are several fire sales going on
around THE citv.
The Ainsworth- Rutter case will be
called on Saturday.
There will be Il number of houses built
There was no session Of the Hust-
1ng's Court yesterday
Miss Matte Thomas, OF Danville, is
In the witty on q visit
WnSserman'S case will ibe called in the
Hunsttngs Court Tuesday.
a conductor on the Seaboard Air Line
Will be married this week.
Mr. j. p, Cars furniture for his drug
store Is being put in position.
The btggar case will be called up
| on Monday in the Mayors Court
Attention is called TO the advertise
ment Of safe wanted in this issue
There will be meeting of the work.
1ngnisn Tuesday night at the CITY Hall.
The meeting at the Fourth Street Bap-
inst church will continue all next week
The Board of Police Commissioners
will not melt until the 18th day of Feb
ruary.
Attention is called to ad. of house for
rent-No. 500 Eningham street-in this
issue
! The Italian society OF this city will
give ball in Norfolk Monday night
at Richardson's Hall.
Inc woriSingmcn are in favor of THE
Bland boiler bill. and number of the
business men oppose il.
Mrs. Col. James d. Brady. of Pc
tersburg, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
McLaughin, on Washington street
key. Dr. Pitt, of Richmond, and Dr.
Broadus. Of Bristol, will be at the
South street Baptist church to-day
Some time during Friday night a sloop
lying near the Scott's Creek bridge was
robbed of 4 stove and same otherthings
AscGlored woman slipped on 4 bana-
na peel yesterday on Crawford Stre.t
and came near hurting herself quite
badly
EH-Superintcndent Malcolm Dicksr-
son. of the Portsmouth street railway,
will lSiave for his future home, New
york, Monday evening.
~ horse attached to n delivery wagon
ran away yesterday and scattered
groceries. etc, in every direction The
wagon also Jared common.
Court street around rhe Pythian Cas-
Tie locks respectable now shat the old
shed has been torn down and all the
large stones removed from the street
Miss Hattie Lash will resume her
duties as teacher in the Fourth Dis
trict school tomorrow She has been
cohtlned to her home for ever a month.
y negro boy stole 4 pocketbook from
( lady on the corner of South and
Middle streets and ran nj full speed. He
enlS sol about 90 ceu:s; hsr his trou-
Mrs. Jam:s E. Harrison. who has
been atfthc Retreat for the Sick for
about ten we@ts, Will return to her
home this week. She is greatly i'm
proved.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Methodist sunday School association
OF Portsmouth will be held this after
noon Mt $50 o'clock with Wright Memo
rial school
John Curling, coIored. reported 10 tho
county officers that he had been robbed
by woman of 500 at a house on race
avenue The officers are in search of
the woman.
James t. Oliver. the negro who was
sent on to the United States Court for
assisting man named West to get n
in this city
The sailor who was suspected of
having stolen overcoats from some of
Inc men on the Terror skipped that
snip FRIDAY night after learning that
he was suspected.
The Chinese did not close their places
OF business yesterday in honor Of their
New Year. but they will have Il big time
to-day eating roast pig and turkey,
and smoking opium
a woman named King was com
mitted to the county jail yesterday af-
ternoon for diso-derly conduct and
cursing on the streets. She made
things lively for awhile
Two white men, residents OF this
city. one an old gray-hcated man and
other middle aged man. were conprni. :
led TO THE city Jail for fifteen DAYS YES
'terday for sleeping in Mr. Lindsay's
shuck house.
a number OF people who either do
not think. or else are, reckless. paddle
around the river nights and early morn
4nSs without u light, and run the risk
of being run over. like a man in n. hoot
did yesterday morning,
The members of Trinity p. f. church
have secured the services Of Mr., las,
Anderson to sing in their choir. To-
night Mrs. Harris and her sister, Miss
Matte Boswell, will sing the beautiful
offcrtory Duet, entitled 'Niy Soul
Looks up, to Thee"
The members of Peabody Council
Mo-. 1906, Junior Order United Ameri.
can Mechanics, are respectfully re-
quested to meet at their lodge room
tonight at 6 D. m. to unite with Tide
water Council No. 3. of Berkeley. in
attending religious services in Berkeley.
Attention is called to the advertise.
mcnt Of a. ii. Lindsay in this issue,
in which he offers for sale 100 tons
acid phosphate, IA 10 16 phosphoric