Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-14
RRIEE LOCALS

| Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Crone have gone
to Baltimore for a few days on visit
Mrs Marshall Booker who was pros
Grated as a result Of the excitement at
tendant upon the fire at her home the
Lther night was we'll enough yester-
| day to be UP She is the guest Of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. w. Brown
| Mr.. + W Bradford. OF this city, has
gone to Washington for Il few days.
Rev. a. b. Woodtin, D. D., pastor OF
| the Baptist church. who was taken III
! Sunday. is still confined to his resi-
| Gtnce
| The cold weather does not deter the
| shoppers from turning out. for the holt
| cay trade is on and is fast getting an
! impetus.
Business is quite lively of late around
the Hampton dock. Many schooners
have recently discharged their cargoes
Ct coal or lumber there.
Many persons from Hampton went
| over to the Soldiers Home Theatre last
night to attend the grand opera pre-
scented there. They ride over in beach
| wagons at a small fare for the round
| trip. .-
The old Hampton Jail. used Temporal
| rlsy while the new one was In course
| {: erection, was yesterday torn down
and all that now remains of it is the
| Old steel cell. This. too, will be remov-
| ed. as Will the brick piles and debris
| from the old jail The ground will then
be cleared. graded and improved re-
moving the unsightly spectacle it now
| presents.
Work is now in progress on the cree
ton of double front store house, at
the corner OF Mellen and Hope streets,
Phoebus. on the site recently vacated
| by the removal of the old store that
| formerly stood thereon. Other smaller
! houses are going up in various quar-
ters of the town, and there Is plenty OF
| work for carpenters. The indications
| are that there will be still more in the
| early spring.
Among the naval orders recently is
sued was one transferring Chaplain H.
w, Jones, OF the battleship Texas, to
the cruiser Chicago. Chaplain Jones
| is well known and highly esteemed in
this vicinity He has been chaplain of
the Texas for several years.
The knights OF Pythias will elect Of
| tlcers at the meeting OF the lodge next
Tuesday night. The local expo
s'ents of Friendship. Charity and Be
nevolence" are enthusiastic and their
! lodge is very prosperous one.
Miss Venabel. OF Petersburg. who has
been the guest Of the Misses Hollyday
| for the past week, has returned to her
| home.
Miss Maude Thaylars. who has been
visiting friends In this vicinity. left
yesterday for her home in Baltimore.
MT, Walter johnson will leave in a
| NV oaS > lo1 d IIlOHtI WISH to friends
| in New York.
| A soldier named Dan Corney was
was yesterday fined 81 and costs by
| Mayor Hope, for oyer-indulgence In
! spirits Of the hilarious sort He paid I'D
| like little tin soldier
| a soldier named John Curtis. who had
| accosted lady whom he did not know
very Familiarity. was fined Sc and costs
| IT the Police Court yesterday, and, in
default OF the requisite wad, was com
nlitted to the Hotel Curtis for twenty
! days In addition to this. the gentle
man who was escorting the lady saw
| her safe home. then returned. sought
out the familiar stranger and thumped
| him.
The many friends of Mr. Charles q.
| Riley. who recently went to Baltimore
for special treatment. will doubtless be
pleased to know thath is physicians
give hope OF his early and complete re-
| covery