The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-01
SuccInt Statement Of News Events. Strip
ped Of Much Of the Details,
YESTERDAYS NEWS BRIEFLY RECORDED
short Paragraphs Personal aud
observation-disclosures OF Events In.
terestins TO Every Rendcr-Topics
Discussed on tho Streets and i'm
Oncos and Homes.


Tomorrow week will be Ash Wednes-
day.
Brandts big sale is panning out
nicely.
The Y. M. c. A. Bible class will meet
twas remarkably quiet on the street
last night.
There were three DRINKS before the
Mayor yesterday.
A number Of machnlsts will be called
in the yard to-day.
The special music at the churches
drew quite a crowd.
Mrs. Kate FSellingder, of Richmond.
is In the city on visit.
The B. Y. P. U. held one Of their
interesting meetings last night
Yesterday was a terrible day for re-
porters to have to run about in.
Three clerks were given a parole yes
terday from the Seaboard Air Line.
Nine tramps were accommodated with
, lodgings at the station house last night.
There was a good attendance at the
Y. NJ. G. A. services Sunday afternoon.
A Baptist Sunday school was organ
lied in Park View Sunday with SIS
members.
Will hold their first meeting next Mon
day night.
The regular noontide prayer meeting
OF the w. c. T. u. will be held at the
Y. NJ. c. A.
Mr.. Jerome Carr will throw open the
doors Of his beautiful store to the
public to-day.
Rev. Mr. Woodford, of Norfolk, and
REV. Mr.. Farland, of this city. exchang-
ed pulpits Sunday.
Rev. S. L. Christie. of this city, has
received 4 call to Spurgeon Memorial
Church, in Norfolk.
Mr. Samuel P. Niemeyer, a clerk in
TOO % \
yesterday at home.
The little children were very much
grieved yesterday to think that the
snow would not lay.
a negro named Charles Thorn was
fined 81 for trespassing on the Seaboard
Air Lines property.
We had all kinds OF weather yester-
day-,a little rain, hail. snow and a lit
tie bit OF sunshine.
Mrs. Emerson Will not send her son
to the Pasteur institute, but Miss Gill
qespie will go tonight.
The young man Whtehurst, who had
his fingers cut SO badly at the depot,
Is getting along nicely.
All the churches took up special
collection Sunday for the parties who
were bitten by the mad dogs
The ladies Of Park View will have
an entertainments tonight for the
benefit Of the new Baptist church
All the crew Of the Terror except as
men, left yesterday for San Francisco
They went via. the Seaboard Air Line
The Holiness Band held services at
Deep Creek again Sunday. They seem
to be making some Roadway there.
Rev. John Dckerson. formerly of
portsmouth, assisted at the services at
st. Johns p, E. Church Sunday night.
There has been no fire at the county
jail since Saturday afternoon. The
prisoners have suffered considerably
from cold.
Rev. p. S. c. Davis. pastor of the
cavalry Baptist church, left last night
for Chester. Pa, where he will. assist
IN meeting for ten days.
MSS Young, Of Petersburg who has
peen visiting the family OF w II. Yer
non, on County street, left for her
home yesterday afternoon.
The case Of VIM. Freeman, colored.
charged with housebreakine, was
heard in the County Court Yesterday
and the prisoner discharged
Mary Warren, an old offender, was
before Justice Rustic yesterday for dis
orderly conduct AS Mary had been
quiet for over n year she was let off
light.
If the party who found a cuff and
button at the corner of Efingham and
County streets Sunday night will return
the same to this office he will receive
suitable reward.
MT W. Fl. Curry, superintendent of
the knitting mills, was summoned to
his home in Philadelphia yesterday on
account OF the death of his mother,
who resides there.
1t Is said that there was unite fall
or snow up the road Sunday. Those
VINO were out late Sunday night say
mat the ground was covered here be-
fore the rain commenced
During the past month in the County
Court 65 marriage licenses were is
sued, Is being to white people, Six
licenses were issued in the city. four
of them to white persons.
Yesterdays Baltimore Herald, in
lengthy article. says Hurst, OF Ports
mourn, ts gutter" and gives Haw-
kins, Of Baltimore, the title Of cham
pion trap shot of the South.
Eight persons were baptized at the
Fourth Street Baptist Church Sunday
hisht. and three were admitted as mem
bers There have been AZ added TO this
church since the revival began.
There are two things that Portsmouth
needs-one is cleaner streets and the
other lower taxes. If we had these she
would grow so fast that there would not
De houses enough for people to live in
II south street was swept there would
he mud enough taken off to build IN a
good-slzed low lot. What has become
Of the vitrlhed pavement on south
street? boy was out there yesterday
digging the mud off to try and find it.
When night came he had not succeeded.
*. N. Anderson and Ernest Percy,
couple Of jack tars from the Puritan.
were before the Mayor yesterday
morning, the former being charged
with cursing Policeman Hart, who ar
sested him. He was fined SIS. Percy
was simply and completely drunk and
was assessed the usual dollar md