Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-10-06
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s S;ss g old m Few Words Tho Past. tho
S;Ss Present nnd3the Future Revealed,
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~ The old Nash residence. corner OF
h Middle. and London Streets was solu
3at auction yesterday for s4.510. Miss An
gnie Nash becoming the purchaser.
yysslaS Large crowds from this city attended
the fair in Norfolk yesterday. They
say that the racing was excellent.
5ss All the excursionists who went 70
washington have returned home. and
quite a number are coming back from
! New Y ork.
"a patent medicine man Is drawing
quite q crowd in South Portsmouth by
giving a, free street entertainment
nightly.
The October term of the Hastings
Court began yesterday
Miss Nellie jackson, of Edenton. NJ
CHS lin{tEe city on a visit
sg The School Board will hold their reg
8ular monthly meeting tonight.
i. S. Miller. manager of the Ports
mouth Coal & Ice Company, asks you
@to try their coal for the best results,
7 etc.
Yesterday morning about o'clock
two colored men ran another culored
) man out their lot son King street The
man had partly gained an entrance INTO
Stheirshouse They came running down
King street in hot pursuit, but he man
eyed to make his escape.
jt9. The long looked for rain had not ar
rived when this report closed yesterday
afternoon.
MIR. George Crsmund still remains in
q critical condition. There is but lit tie
glope of his recovery.
3ss Mr.. Chas. Partin, n machinist in the
~. S. navy, who has been at Manila
Since the beginning of the Spanish war.
returned home yesterday. and left last
night for Baltimore to join his family.
Z yyf1n nrp In that nj
Messrs. III. o. Pearson, Joe Boothe
and Hugh Steele returned yesterday
from New York
Mrs. r. B. Eggleston and children re-
turned last night from Louisa county,
where they have been spending the
summer.
Rev. DR.. II. e. Johnson lectured last
might ut Monumental NJ. e. Church on
the Power of Beauty"
n The coming criminal term of the
County Court will be the heaviest for
several terms, and every term is quite
q large one.
The new Commandant of the navy
yard, Captain a. S. Barker, reported at
this station yesterday for duty.
Mrs. Frank Vaughn and her nieces
the Misses Maggie and Lizzie Gaskns.
who went TO Washington TO witness
the pewey demonstration, returned
y " IT.
S. Mr.. C, r. Ballentine is suffering from
an Injured collar-bonc. TIe was in
practice game of football with the
4 Portsmouth eleven Wednesday. when
he met with the injury which is
thought to be n fracture.
The new ferry boat is nearly ready to
go on the line
The condition Of Mr.. L. w. Greene is
signify improved. Mention was made
IN this paper several days ago of his
pelns very III with typhoid fever at his
nome, No sos Dinwiddie street.
s.y The flower gardens around the city
look as pretty MS though there had been
no frost. Roses are in bloom and lool,
beautiful.
I, Miss Mamie shanott, of Wilmington,
N: G., Is In the city on n visit.
Mrs. Ship had rehearsal of her new
opera at Maupin's Hall last night.
"a horse belonging to Mr.. Louis Codd
Deputy Sheriff OF Norfolk county, ran
y nd HI. Buggy
all to pieces. s'