Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-30

,s5aS mis-. KATE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES rte.St
NE g. lis In the city Visiting friends.
\ The la ST excursl on of the season from
3 up the Tar River; road came in yester-'
Goa hess we'll filled.
The truckers say that the frost has
n al one them no ma erial damage as far
e as they can see. ~ s,
fssI The fall crop Of potatoes will almost
\ be q failufe OH account of the scarcity
q Of rain and unless some comeS soon
i there will not be any 20 tatoes;
There has not. been rain enough In,
= the county since the August storm to
d lay the dust In the country roads. si
q featuring Company,Sof Norfolk, Is III
with typhoid fever at his home, No. sos
U DinWlddle street. .i;i Ss SIS s
Il The appointment. of p. r., Cherry as
! a special police for Western Branch
u has been Ssus pended for. the present.
SSSt S The next term ofiithe County Court
will be o criminal one, and will be the
largest for..the past two years.
SSsiii Al Kerosene lamp exploded In a house
Il on Columbia street at IN early hour
yesterday morning, and but for the
z presence OF mind of the occupants In
0 sniotherlng the blaze with a rug there;
would have been atfire.
81 Quite A. number of. people who had re-
q tired Thursday night were awakened
8 from their slumbers by the blowing Of
s the tug-boat whistles at the fire at
Primers Point yesterday morning.
f The entertainment given by the
ladies OF the BAPTIST Church at Pin.
4 nefs Point Thursday night was n de-
scided success.
] 81 Mrs. G.. s. Etheredge. Of No. 52s
County street, advertised her house for
rent yesterday morning., and by noon
1t was rented.
The Democratic primary will be held
October 18th and 18th, to nominate q
candidate for the Legislature.
Attention Is called to the advertise
ment OF Taliaferro, in which they tell
you ell about the bargains that they
2 have on hand
A County street lady advertised three
Z connecting rooms for rent and before
noon they were rented. d
"A horse attached to a wagon became
ffrightenedsaat.--a -trai1l,--o Crawford
street yesterday and ran away, throw
ling the occupant, a colored man, out
and brulsing him up quite badly and
cutting an ugly cash In his forehead.
ga "A number of people went down to
r Primers Point yesterday to see the
damage done by the big fire.
M While workmen were engaged in
pulling down the kitchen and boiler
room at Hotel Portsmouth. one of the
walls fell against the bar and forced
the wall In about inches. A number
sof bottles of liquor and other stuff
were broken all to pieces. The loss will
amount to about $50.
* An entertainment and social will be
3 given at the Park View Baptist
& Church, Hatton and Ann streets on
Thursday evening. October 9Th. The
Virglnian- Pilot acknowledges the re-
5celpt OF an Invitation to be present.
The property north of the present
/ ferry slip has been purchased by the
ferry lessees for ferry purposes.
& Charles Jackson was fined $3.50 yes
.terday for an assault on another coll
ored man.
Mr.. Butt, an aged colored man who
!: ls in a critical condition, was carried
to the Almshouse
The electric light, corner of Wash
4 ington and King streets, is not of any
service at all. The globe has been
\ broken for over two months, and the
candle sticking up there. s
notwithstanding DR.. r. r. Robinson
was so badly hurt on Thursday, he
managed yesterday to get to his office
by being almost carried.
ISL Mr.. Thomas Eaves, a prominent
trucker Of the county who has been
seriously III, Is now out Of danger.
S The amount set aside for Portsmouth
public schools by the State Department
4 Of Public Education is s4,9sO.1O. Nor
Z folk county's share Is s15,12S.3S.
lin the County Court yesterday the
case of r. S. Poyner, VS.. @. T. Hodges
{ was heard. The Jury failed to agree
4 and were adjourned over till to-day.
AN alleged violation Of a contract in
! the cutting Of certain timber purchased
5;by the latter from the former was the
cause OF the suit. Mr.. George D.
d Parker represented Mr.. Poyner and Mr.
! Charles T. Bland Mr. Hodges.
3 Messrs Janleg McDonough and James
mclaughlin will leave this afternoon
\ for Fort Royal, S. c., where they will
B be emf loyed In the government yard.
"a telegram was received last night
!; by Captain Jos. L. Young from Phil
sadelphia stating that Mr. Ned; McFar-
4 land. who ut one time lived and mar
sried here had died yesterday afternoon.
s9El Mr. Geo.$ Glover lost by death yester-
! day afternoon his six months; old son,
!. Robert. The funeral Will take place
from his residence No. 323 Randolph
street. NJ Il !S III g i5{S
There was a big time at Webster.s
i lHI1ia last night, They had q cake walk
"a buck dance and skirt dance, A
! NUN Der of white people attended.
ttgn ton IS called to ad. of r. D.
\ Guy In this issue.
Atten ton q ID called to the ad. Of the
s New FORK q Clothing Company in to-
4 day s y issue. a il
Dr.. i: mes. who represents the Kings
stDaugh ters in the series OF bali games,
settled up with the teams Last. night.
PA first class paper hanger con secure
mploynient t: by applying to Anderson &c
i Thorn son. See ad. In want column on
SPACE five. Is 81 IS S 4, & & 81 s.
81 Last night about z % clock two young
men had quite an & interesting street
4 ghtgso on High gstrsett .eorner Crawford
street 81 They fou ght over tbs differences
SoneSo wed the got her IN money Us The flits
stlsi man got dscl dedly the Better Of the