Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-28
A Compilation Of Miscellaneous
News Matter In Condensed Form.
FRESH CLEAN AND BRIGHT
a Daily directory or the Happening.
OF Dny RraeI'y Told. though
Small, None Tho Less Interesting
and Important fnrorma,ion For
Those VINO Sock 10 Know ma Un-
acr.tnnd what Is Going on Among
she People.

yniliarly known as Barney" was last
night elected manager OF the Ding
Bat" baseball club He is ready to re-
ceive challenges from any similar or
Eanizaton.
Miss Leila Dyson will close her dane
3ng school tomorrow night with Il
6oiree.
number of Northern commission
merchants are buying all the chickens
they can, which makes them scarce and
high in this market.
Mr.. w. n. White will tomorrow orcn
q ten-pin alley at the store opposite
his place of business. All or tomorrow
afternoon will be free. The public is in
yited TO attend.
Mr.. Peter j. Johnson, son OF Mr. Pc
ter Y. Johnson, graduated last Friday
as doctor at the Baltimore Medical
College
Four clippers and caulkers will be-
gin work on the Reina Mercedes this
morning, requisition being made for
them yesterday afternoon.
Miss Carrie Mccoy will close her
dancing school on Wednesday night,
31st instant with an entertainment TO
her juvenile class from s to 10 O'clock.
concluding with soiree from 10 to
O'Clock.
All the members OF the C. A. r. In
the two cities have been Invited to take
part in the Federal Memorial exercises
on Tuesday next. Mr.. w. II. Fairless
will deliver the address.
Il.
Dempsey, in which he offers his scrvl-
YES as paper hanger.
A negro named Jim Williams was ar
rested In the county yesterday on sus-
picion of having stolen some chickens.
but before the officer knew 1t Williams
was gone. and has not been seen since
The people of Portsmouth feel proud
of the part they took in bringing the
Mercedes to this yard.
Yesterday morning about 1880 o'clock
m D,on whit 1,n, H.
while on n bicycle by u negro man,
who was driving q wagon, and was
bruised quite badly.
Cherries of choice quality made their
appearance In the market yesterday,
and sold very cheap.
There was but little done in this city
yesterday morning. Everybody waited
to see the steamer about which so much
had beer said, consequently all the
business was done at night.
Frank Trant, one of the Vrginian-Pi-
DOT carriers. fell OF bicycle Friday
night and injured his arms quite badly
Two DRINKS found shelter in the po-
lice station last night
Great improvements are yet to be
made In the fine Seaboard Air Line Cor
net Band. several more reed and brass
pieces are to be added, as well as o
drum fife and bugle corps.
Virginius Moore, colored was sent to
Jail for thirty days by Justice Rustic
y
of G. Boone. Moore was picking straw
berries without permission, and when
spoken to picked up a club and threat
ened to use 1t on Boone. hence his ar
rest.
The County Court Will be adjourned
by Judge Portlock for the term Mon
day.
Mr.. Alvah H. Martin will enjoy a
short rest in New York. He left last
night.
New, I,,yi,, y1r,rron a. g., 4,,o ao,,.,..
Jail, where Justice Rustic sent her for
thirty days for stealing n pocketbook
from Sarah White. The purse contain
ed St. so.
The Young virgintas beat the Cham
pion Sluggers in game of baseball
yesterday afternoon by the score of 8
to 1. Batteries: Young and Smith;
Thompson and Gray.
There will be music ut Columbia Park
this afternoon, and the company says
1t will have sufficient car service TO
handle all who wish to take the out
ing.
Charles Allen, a small colored boy
cut his left thumb off yesterday With
a Ratchet while chopping kinding
wood.
w. w. Holloway, colored, is in the
county Jail, whittier he was sent for
shooting another colored man yestcr-
day named Andrew Banks. Holloway
VIII have to wait until the grand jury
VI 1NolIolh county DdSSeS Oh MS case.
Mr.. III. p. Simmons, of ST. Louis. Mo.
was In the city yesterday. He is well
known commercial traveller. ana has
not been here for eleven years. He says
the growth and improvement in this
city is the most wonderful he ever saw
The boys who assemble nightly on
the corner of Washington and London
streets and annoy the residents by
yelling and fighting are kindly admon-
dshed to behave themselves. The next
complaint will be lodged at the police
station.
Mr.. r. A. Alexander and bride return
ed home yesterday from their bridal
tour.
Mr.. George Trant, one of Ports
mouths young commercial travellers
employed by large northern business
house, is home on q flying visit.
The Methodist Sunday School Asso-
citation will hold It's regular monthly
fneeing at Monumental NJ. t. Church
this afternoon at o'clock
The Virginian-Pi1ot is requested to
state that the proceeds OF the concert
recently given by the Kings Daughters
under the management or Mrs Charles
x u, Culpepper. resulted financially in
gross receipts OF s1T2.50. The expenses
were s45.25. net proceeds. S127.25
William Bailey, colored. was given
5nil sentence of six months yes terday
by Mayor Baird for the larceny OF $40
from a colored man named Joseph