Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-19
OUR SUFFOLK
NEWS LETTER
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Another Bottle Containing a Note
Picked Up.
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-A@Aa TILE IeNEE DADIS
FROM THE LINER PARIS
Echoes From the Sform-Sonthnmp-
ION Primary TO he Hold Saturday
VIII scott Continues I'm n Nom
communicative Mood - Bnptising
I'm MIL Pond-The Fircmcn's Cur
-TEo Movements OF People.
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Suffolk. Va, Aug. lS.-Supposed to
have Travelled 5000 miles on the Allan
tic ocean, a peculiarly shaped, dark
colored bottle was brought to Suffolk
by the storm. In it was Il message pur-
porting to have been written from the
Inflated Paris, May of this year. Coun-
Gilman William n. McAnge found the
bottle on his river front this morning.
He broke il to get the message, which
read:
II Manacle Rocks,
On Board Liner Paris,
OFF Falmouth. Eng.
Paris wrecked; passengers safe. See
reports life saving station. Captain
Watkins a brave and safe commander.
Give this to the press.
(Sgned) J. p. MOORE.
The bottle was corked with a rubber
stopper which could not be removed
easily. That's why Councilman McAnge
broke it. The note was written on Il
sheet of paper from a memorandum
book 1t was in a legibe hand and i'll
ink, which had run as if from being
wet
Any one can see the original by ask
Ing for it.
STORM ECHOES.
From nearly every direction comes
reports from last nights storm. whose
damage to property will aggregate
considerable.
The roof of the Nansemond Peanut
Company's four-story main factory
was blown off. 1t was an iron roof.
A number of hogs. chickens ana
other live stock on low grounds WAS
drowned Part of the dam holding
Cross lake near Sunsbury. is gone
The flood gates could not relieve the
accumulation of water. 1t washed over
and the water damaged thu Suffolk
and Carolina tracks NEARBY. No trains
have been going on that road to-day.
The roadbcd was washed in several
places.
AT LAKE KILBY.
At Lake kilby the water began ris-
Ing six inches an hour. Then most of
the big flood gates were raised. That
caused the water to back up into the
hydraulic pump-housc. The turbine
wheel was stopped. The waves rose
several feet high on the lake.
Fifteen feet of the smokcstack was
blown down, crashing through the boil
er-house roof and just missing the
steam pipe. That will not affect pump
ing, as the company has an auxiliary
boiler The new pumping machinery
has arrived, and will soon be put in
place.
The wind tonight has abated, and
tides are running nearer their normal
growth.
PRIMARIES SATURDAY.
Southampton has its primary Satur-
day TO nominate House representa-
tive. The names of Senator Martin and
Governor Tyler will be printed on the
ballots, that voters may express their
choice The primary will not determine
on delegates to the Suffolk convention.
That will be done next Monday at d
CORTLAND mase-meeting
SAYS HE DOESN'T REMEMBER.
Now that Will Scott has been SEN
fenced to penitentiary term of is
years. and it doesn't affect him wheth-
er he talks or not, he is just as un-
communicative as before. Scott claims
he does not remember cutting Jones or
any other person. That is what he said
at the coroner's inquisition. and goes to
strengthen the theory that he was
drunk The preponderance of testi-
mony was that he was not drunk, but
had been drinking to some extent.
SATURDAY BAPTIzING.
There is to be a baptizing in Ducks
mill pond al 10 O'Clock Saturday Some
OF the a converts at Mt. Carmel Chris
tian Church will be immersed The re-
vival was conducted by Rev. II. H. But
Ter, of Suffolk; Revs. /. w. Johnson. j.
Q. Atkinson and NJ. l.. Hurley helped
THE FIREMEN'S CAR.
The Phoenix Fircmen are planning
their trip to the State iFremens AS
ISOLATION. They expect to go in spc-
cial car. They need more money yet.
A. B. Miner gave s. to-day
FEW PEOr' rs DOINGS.
Rev. J. F. Love astor Of the Bap-
tlst Church. has armed from North
neld. Mass. where ..e had been passing
vacation and also attending u. f..
Moody's big meetings
Mrs. D. N. Farnell has gone for a
Jew weeks stay at Swansboro. y. &.
Mr. j. c. Brady. who had been visit
Ing various points in North Carolina.
arrived a his old home in Suffolk to,
day.
Miss Lizzie Morgan has gone 10 Rock
bridge Alum Springs, where she win
stay a week
Mr.. c. f. Goodwin. OF Beaufort s. C.
was In Suffolk to-day.
MIR. and Mrs. Isaiah Nicholson Of
Belvidere N. C.. are registered M tba
bound. III
Miss Dasity Barrett. of Norfolk is no.
Ing entertained by the Misses Buck %
Main street. ~ ''