The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-15
yy5lRDAY'S NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
Short Paragraphs rersonni ana
observation-disclosures of Evonts In.
tcrcsiing 40 Every Rcader-Top.cs
Discussed on tho stroe,s and IL,
Gihcss ana Homes.
January half gone to-day.

The Portsmouth IN. H) yard
The soldier companies are adding
new members each meeting night.
Alice Blue, a corored lunatic was
lodged in the couraty jail yesterday.
A force of. men will be kept at work
Night and day on the rnonftor Terror.
IT Is thought that the appointment
OF quarantine officer will be made
to-day.
MsC Pht Larkin and Capt. ]. F..
terday.
Mr.. Isaacs is getting along nicely
with the rchearsals OH Young Mrs.
winthrop"
sMiss May ]. Littleton, of Perquim-
ans county, n. c., is in the city visit
Ing friends.
Attention is called in this issue to
the sale of seveIul mlch cows See
advertisements
Captain r. c. Marshall returned yes
teTday from Washington where he had
been on business.
a small negro ccntortionist amused
crowd around the market yester-
day morning for n while.
laefe was great change in the
tempeiotura in twenty+fur hours time
from summer to winter
Mr.. Samuel l.. Burroughs arrived in
the city yesterday and will refute the
a rarty of gentlemen from the CITY
vert up the Scahoa:d Air Line yester-
Gay On cunning expedition.
X tu4ns cut that Mr.. Codd also had
:boUt barrel of hogs heads stolen
from him. q: well as the pork.
substitute Police Officer Birding ar
'is!tf tary Eure yesterday for using
tAsccac language on the street
s.#ry Eure and Mary Smith, two
~ ler1.
:er HEhhEg on Chestnut street.
2 i&Iy stirred and fcli on a banana
ssh Yesterday on Crawford street and
tIHlc hGa" hurting Herself quite badly.
.t'a contractor far Pylhian Castle Is
".'.E%i ca accoun; Of the non arrival
waG:ad
.a,' Irwin Ro1enhaum celebrated his
''a; b...G39y las, night by giving Il
'''h y o. f'!c7i.5 IN entertainment in
Ecy!;IN.
?t: Ec!iin says work will be com
:r2hc>7 9! i.:c nci!; next month. ana by
i"t lE:& 2yr!:.s OPENS everything will
lie c.sHl:atsd
South street has never been swept
since / va3 pS"ed. People could never
tel VIVA; II WGs paved with. Let some
one clean the mud of.
evangelist Percy G.. IGlsomc of Dan
vic VIII coGdnct 4 meeting at Fourth
Street BAPTIST church beginning Mon
dny EiSht. January 18th.
Mr George II. Townsend, who has
hesn spending month with his parents.
III South F'sTtsn0uth, left for his home
in Washington last night
The case of the three boys charged
with stealing pork racks from Mr.. VIM.
.. Good. In The market, was continued
until to-day Ia get Witnesses
Inc Nirginian acknowledges the re-
ceint of,a copy of the Philadelphia Re
cord Aimanac frcm Alr. Walter Ben
, nett, their agent in this city.
Mr. l.. l.. 'Martin 4 carpenter in
the United States navy, celebrated his
Doth birthday Thursday night by enter
tanning a number OF his friends
n negro named jackson was sent to
the county jail yesterday for fifteen
days for interfering with Constable
Jackson while making an arrest.
Miss Maggie Thomas has returned to
her home in Gloucester county, after
a pleasant visit with her cousin, Mrs
Gray. in Nelson street South Ports
mouth.
1t is said that the old shanties on
Crawford street. between County and
Columbia, Will be torn down Shortly
and fine warehouse vii! be nut in
their place.
The negro Abraham Brown, who
stole Mrs. Webbs stove. was fined $40
IN the Mayors Court yesterday In
DEFAULT he was committed to Jail for
sixty days.
III Is said that by the LIST Of May the
portsmouth street railroad will begin
running eighteen ours through The CITY
and suburbs Trips will be made every
ten minutes to all points.
In this issue Mr. ]. u. Carr gives
notice that he has not got in his new
lttt
ana asks the public to walt and see
the handsomest store in the city.
George Washington-not the Father
OF HIS Country-waS before the Mayor
yesterday charged with swindiing two
colored men out Of "a. The case was
not made out and he was dismissed.
The case OF the negro preacher Bum,
who WIS charged with obtaining
money under false pretenccs, was
called In the Mayors Court yesterday
and was continued until the 18th inst.
Mr.. James L. Harrison will leave this
lr;rning for Port Royal to join his
vessel He has been mere for several
weeks by the bedside Of his wife, who
has been quite iu, but is now much
better.
The old shed which the stone cut
ters used on Court street should be
taken down. Mr. Johnson will remove
~ S'"he a. ON OIL Inc street. In day
or so. He has been waiting to hear
from tho contractor first
The announcement that Mrs. Shipp
VIII on February 1ith give q female
minstrels performance caused quite a
stir In the amusement circles. The
time will he looked forward TO with a
great deal OF interest
a crazy negro woman was sent to THE
county jail last night from Hunters
Vile. He sang and prayed and cursed
and made all kinds OF noises He only
has the use of one leg. the other be-
Ding crippled with crysIpeias