Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-17

Thursday. January 18TH That's the
time the Veterans Will celebrate Gem
eral Lees birthday. and they want ev-
erybody to JOIN with them in honoring
the day; The Mayors request is the
result OF Il visit to-day from u COM
mittee OF Inconsistencies II. r. Al
len. l.. w. Jordan and II. r. Smith.
Some of the store proprietors have
stated q Willingness to comply and like
ly nearly all will.
POLICE COURT.
Police Judge Brewer only had n cou-
pie of SINNERS at his bench to-day, but
these two paid for the trouble.
julia Morris is II duslly damsel. who
doesn't attend Sunday school regular
ly. She was charged with saying bad
words and doing other things not pre-
scribed IN tho constitution. 1t cost her
1880. She paid part and found u
friend to stand for the rest.
Thomas jones. for one plain drunk,
without any trimmings, was taxed $50.
ALL LADIES CLUE.
The An Ladies' Gard Club will have 4
meeting tomorrow afternoon with Miss
Josephine Causey, at the home of her
sister. Mrs. George l.. carton, No. II
Saratoga street. This will be the sec
ond meeting since organization. The
club Is young yet. The members will
play Whist and take II lunch.
INCREASED POSTAL RECEIPTS.
Postofllce receipts are q right good
barometer to the business of n com
munty If that be true the year 1898
was better than 1897. and 1899 will pro-
baby be best of all. The postoilice
cash goes on growing steadily, but not
so Very fast. The total receipts for
the past year. Postmaster l.. L. Har-
per told me tonight. We're $500. That's
about $Io more than was taken In the
year before.
VESSELS ARRIVED.
Schooner ]. Dallas NIarvil. Bennett.
arrived from SharpstoWn Md, to load
lumber from the Suffolk Sawmll Com
pany.
Schooner ]. ]. Stewart. Harris. ar
rived to-day from Hampton to load
lumber from the Chesapeake Lumber
Company.
Schooner Martha a. NJ. Johnson,
Smith. arrived to-day from Newport
News TO load from the Chesapeake
Lumber Company.
DEEDS ON RECORD.
These deeds We're put on record to-
day i'll the County Clerks office:
w. j. lilby. trustee. to Sarah II.
Dixon 49, acres of land in Holy Neck
District. S27
Sidney b. Dixon ct ux. to Rola Shaw,
the same property for the same con-
sidcration.
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.
y nuptial permit was sold to-day for
the marriage OF Henry j. Gaye, n
farmer, aged "a. to Miss Florence V.
Pick. q years old, daughter of Nathan
lei Il. Pick. The ceremony will be per-
formed in the county.
a. @. Scammon's side Track" Com
| pany gave IL good performance Mt tho
City Hall Theatre tonight There was
Il fair audience present considering the
weather. They so from here to Dur
ham. n. C.
| Mr.. w. X. Robertson. of Worcester.
Mass, who had been hunting around
Suffolk for Il week. left Sunday for
North Carolina to chase turkeys and
birds. Mr.. Ct. il. Register, of Suffolk.
went with him.
Mr.. r. II. Tynes, n popular citizen OF
Chuckatuck. visited Suffolk to-day.
Mr.. Wallace y. Lassiter left tonight
for business trip to Norfolk.
When heard from to-day Mr.. ].
Spratley Ellis, of Wavcrly. was sim
living. His son. County Treasurer S.
t. Ellis. of Suffolk. is at his side
Miss Mollie Alley. former Suffolk
| girl, will be married in Petersburg to-
morrow.
Mr.. James C. Causey, No. II Frank
lin street left to-day for n trip to Bal
tmore.
Mr.. a. r. Miner got back to-day from
business trip to Franklin, Va.
Miss Ruth Howell returned to-dnv
from Portsmouth,
Mr.. VIII Dennis, of Crittcnden. Va
came to-day for IL visit to his father
MI. X. G. Dennis. Kilby street.