Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-24
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Mrs F. IL. Gray returned yesterday
! from q visit 10 Washington.
Miss Agnes Mcfarland lett yesterday
10 visit friends in Portsmouth.
Mrs. D. .. McPhersonsfs visiting rel
atives in Smi1htied.
Mrs w. y. Freed. Of stanton. is the
guest Of her son, Mir. $. FL y. Freed
manager OF the Citizens Telephone ana
Telegraph Company.
Mrs l.. w. Council and children will
leave this morning for Charlottesville,
Va, to visit relatives. G.
AIR. Frank u. ltiuule berger, his moth
CT and sister. Miss Olive, of Washing
! Ton, d. e.. We're in the city yesterday On
route home from Virginia Beach.
Mrs. Frances E. Harper (colored, of
Philadelphia, will address the colored
" NJ c. A. this afternoon at 4:30
o'clock. .
Rev. S. G. Hu.son, of Crewe, Va.
Twill preach in the First Presbyt n
>eh1i-fsh at IL Am and &. Mss-tndaSy
The pastor, Rev. E. I. wexford, will
4 P. NJ.
Judge and Mrs. B. r. Wexford, of
Richmond, are in the city the guests of
their son. Rev. e. T. Wexford. Miss
Wexford is also the guest of her
brother.
through the city last evening en- route
To Old Point to spend today.
Mr.. l.. w. Council received Il tele-
gram yesterday from Alexandria, Va,
announcing the death there OF his
brothers child, which occurred Froday
night.
DR. NJ. o. Burkholder, a well known
dentist. OF Staunton, Va, has located
in in this :, city, and formed copartner-
ship with Dr. Howard Smith. DR..
I;urlholder expects to move his fam
lily here in the early fall.
Mr. w. Fl. X. Holt, who has been
Quite sick for three weeks at his home
on Twenty-ninth street, is now able to
be out.
Miss Fannie Ashton of Chngoteague.
Va, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. 4. T..
Lawrence, in East End.
Miss Grace I.lwton has returned to
the city after visit of TWO weeks to
| relatives in Caroline county.
Miss Phoebe Brown. o! Bowling
Green is the guest of Miss Grace Law
ton ~Mr
Captain John Fl. Davis. secretary of
the Maryland Pilots Association. with
his wife and TWO daughters. are among
the guests III the fiygeia Hotel.
MIR J. G.. Riddick has in store a relic
OF the Maine which was presented to
him by Captain William Swain. 1t is
a spring from a gun carriage and was
taken from the wreck by Captain Swain
April .. Mr. Riddick has the captains
affidavit guaranteeing the genuneness
! OF this valuable relic.
Mayor Moss has received an invita-
ton To be present with the various city
officials, ut the second annual confer
ence OF the League OF American NUM-
cipalit;cS, which convenes at Detroit
Mich, August !. and ).
Mr. w. a. Turk. of Washington, D.
c., general passenger agent of the
Southern railway. is spending a few
days With his family at the Chamber
lin Hotel.
Rev. G. X. Cumming. q returned mis-
sionary to Japan OF the Presbyterian
church. Will conduct the services at
the Young Mems Christian Association
rooms this afternoon at o'clock.
This service will be for men only and
will last but forty five minutes.
In game OF ball yesterday the
Young Americans defeated the New
! port News Stars by score Of IT to Is.
! I is reported that the protected
| cruiser Minneapolis will go to the Nor
| folk navy yard to complete her repairs.
! The cruisers bottom has been examined
! by diver and is said to be very fo,il.
| The ship may go into the dry dock
while at the yard.
| Beginning with tomorrow night open
! air mission meetings will be held on
the Elevator lot for the next two weeks.
| The services will be conducted by the
different ministers OF the city. It is
| the intention of the management to
provided a place in the tent where SOL
diers and sailors may so during the
| day to read. A barrel Of ice water
will also be provided A meeting will
be held at the tent tonight. &