The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-13
SuccInt Statement Of News Events. Strip,
ped Of Much Of the Details.
YESTERDAYS NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
Short Paragraphs Personal and
Othcrwtsc-Accounts of Events I'm.
tcresiins to Every Peador-Topics
Discussed on tho Streets and In
Omcos ana Homes.

Tomorrow Will be st. Valentine Day
There was an excellent market yes
terday.
The Scandinavian editors visited the
navy-yard yesterday.
Mr.. Airline Jones, of Branchville, Is
in the city on visit.
The Norfolk County Court will not be
In session until the 21st.
The two blgamists' cases will come
T, up for trial on Monday.
MIR. T. j. Meadows, Of Kansas City,
was in the city yesterday.
A dog that was acting curfously in
Park View was killed yesterday.
There will be. a battalion drill Of
the military next Thursday night.
The truckers are just delighted with
the line weather we are having
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of w. N. White in this issue.
There was but very little to be
learned around the Courthouse yester-
day.
The condition of Miss Gillespie is
nicely.
Mr.. w. A. Fentress and DR.. Charles
Parish returned from trip to Florida
yesterday.
If the weather is pretty to-day like
1t was yesterday there will be quite q
number out to the park.
Quite q number went over TO Norfolk
TO the matinee yesterday afternoon to
see The Heart of Chicago"
Inc piano that was left over from
st. Paul's Fair will be ruflled off at st.
Josephs Hall next Friday night
Rev MI Boyd, of Newport News.
VIII preach at the Port Norfolk Bap-
list chapel this afternoon at o'clock.
Under the recent act Of the Legisla-
ture the street railroad have until next
cars.
A small colored boy. while walking
along High street yesterday, trod upon
piece of glass and cut his foot quite
badly.
Mr. Clifton Alexander, who resides
at No. 321 Harrison street, had a val
uable Newfoundland dog poisoned Fra
day night.
The funeral Of Mrs. Nancy Smith
Will take place this afternoon at 3
o'clock from the Fourth Street Ban
fist church.
Constable Anderson was out yester-
day in search of several chicken
IhleVes who made successful raids on
Friday hight.
a small negro boy named Small
WOOD was arrested last night for steal
ing a pair of shoes from a store on
Market square
The negro Herbert Nash. who was
arrested for beating a woman was sent
10 IAN Tor forty days by Justice Aims
worth yesterday.
There will be a Valentine party in
inc afternoon for children at Central
church Monday and n Klondlke party
Tor grown people at night
The ladies Of Owens Memorial church
Wi! furnish the supper for the Wood
men OF the World banquet Tuesday
night Mt Rosenbaum's Hall
searching party went to Church
iand Friday night in hopes of captll.-
i,iS some OF the escaped Jail birds but
thcy only made water haul
four cows running at large were
picked up by Substitute officer Buden
ana ware impounded yesterday. The
owners paid 81 each and costs
There are but nine more DAYS be-
lore Lent begins. In those nine DAYS
mere Will be quite a number of socia-
hies and other amusemcnts given.
In this issue Mr. Emmett Deans
offers 10 cent percale for 6N cents no.
ginning tomorrow (AIonday>. There
will be seventy-eight different styles,
Nirs. Nancy Ann Smith died at her
residence, No. 210 Lincoln street, FRI
day after an illness Of ten days. Mrs.
Smith was in the 18th year of her
age.
The Wemple residence was sold ves.
tcrday at public auction by John c..
Niemeyer for y. T.. Warner, commits
sioner, to DR.. Charles l.. Culpepper for
$4,000.
The B. Y. p. u. of Court Street Bap-
list church will hold It's regular weekly
msetinG Monday night at S o'clock in
the lecture-room. All are invited to
attend.
The Misses Wiersdorf will give an
ice cream festival at their residence. sos
Court street, Tuesday from + 10 Is
o'clock for the benefit of Trinity
church.
Rev. Mr.. Betty, pastor of Monumcn-
c n ia- -.
much from the grippe. but he hopes
TO be able to fill his pulpit to-day at
both services.
mortgage from the Norfolk street
railroad TO the Mercantile Trust com
pany' Of Baltimore, for $1,000, 600, was
placed on record in the County Clerks
Office yesterday
y little sneak thief tried to snatch
breast pin that happened to be un-
Fastened and was hanging on a Iady's
dress yesterday on the corner of High
and Washington streets. but he failed.
conductor on the Seaboard Air
Line and a Southampton county lady
will be married Tuesday in Southamn-
ton county. They will arrive here
Wednesday morning on the Atlanta
special.
The members Of the brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers No. 33l are re-
qnestcd TO attend n meeting this after
NUN VI u. H., which is or special
Importance. All members should be
present.
George Nash, colored, was arrested
yesterday In the county for beating a
woman named Mary Jackson It Is
said that he killed woman named
Bonney about two years ago on God
win street.
There are number of people in this
city spend more time trying to play
practical Jokes on other neonle than