Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-20
CHRONICLES
or INTEREST
Portsmouth, The Beautiful City
BY the Sea.
FOUND HERE AND THERE
The --latest Hnppenin-s In tho city
aud County Prcscnted fla Concise
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The Glacier is taking on coal at
Lambert's Point Where she finishes
she will sail for Manila. With one mil
lion pounds of fresh meat.
The Portsmouth Chapter. Daughters
of the Confederacy. will give an excur-
sion to Port Norfolk next Friday for
the benefit of the chapter.
Miss Kathrne Mcclure, of Peters
burg. is visiting friends in South Ports
mouth. She will be here several days.
Mrs. Isaac Fass. who has been spend
ing some time in New York. returned
home yesterday. much improved in
health.
Mr.. Hiram Plummer will within the
next thirty days begin the erection OF
fine house on Washington street.
The employees of the Scaboard Air
Line shops knocked off Yesterday after
noon TO take part in the Memorial cX-
ercises.
y Sunday school picnic will so to
Delaware Park on May S0th. Notice
of same will be given later on.
The Junior Order of Mechanics from
Norfolk came over yesterday and took
part in the flag raising on Prcntis
Place.
Yesterday afternoon a negro man
named John Wilson. while chopping
some wood. cut one of his fingers off.
The boys connected with the Prentis
Place public school and those of Glebe
school Will cross bats this morning at
10 o'clock near the Glcbo's school house.
The principals of the two schools will
act as umpires. The game will be a
hotly contested one.
Attention Is called to the advertise
ment of T.. X. Barksdale. in which he
tells YOU all about good bread. &c.
Attention is called to the advertise
III
in which they tell you that they will
keep all kinds of newspapers. periodi-
calls and other literature on hand See
advertisement.
Yesterday was beautiful day for
Memorial day-the air was cool and
bracing.
Francis Hodges contributed five
dollar bill to the City Treasury yester-
day for being drunk and disorderly.
Elmora Walker was before Mayo,
Baird yesterday on n charge Of larceny
of a watch. The evidence not being
conclusive she was discharged.
A horse attached to a wagon became
frightened on County street Yesterday
by an electric car. ran away and threw
the driver out, hurting him quite
badly.
Mr.. John ]. King. president of the
City Councii, left last night for Bal
timore. where he will spend several
days on business.
Two vacant lots on the east side OF
Washington street, near Griffin. We're
sold at auction yesterday by Mr.. John
c. Niemeyer, auctioneer, for Major ]
+. Crocker. trustee. The purchasers
were. Mr.. w. II. Dashiels one lot for
5000. and Mr.. II. b. Wilkins one lot al
$500.
Mr. Thomas Edison, the Wizard" OF
Menlo Park. passed through the city
yesterday en- route home from the Te-
legraphers convention in Wilmington
n. c.
The former Spanish cruiser Reina
Mercedes. is said to be on her way
from Cuban waters to this navy yard
The date of her arrival is not stated
Ransome Butt is in the county Jail
where he was sent in default OF n fine
of $40 imposed for cursing and abusing
Mr.. ]. r. Simpson early yesterday
morning.
Chief Engineer I. S. n Reeves, of
the U. S. receiving ship Franklin was
on yesterday promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant Commander. under the pro-
visions of the naval personnel Dill.
The Navy Department has approved
the survey of the cruiser san Francis
co. now at this yard and extensive i'm
provements will be made in the ship
at that yard, involving a cost of about
SfouOuu. Sne VIII be changed from 4
flagship TO captains command Flee
trio machinery is to replace the steam
hosting apparatus now in use.
Advertisers are respectfully re-
quested to send in their changes of
ads" at an early hour to-day. and
every Saturday hereafter.
The baseball cranks surround the
Virginan-Pilots bulletin board night
ly to get the latest from the games.
Officer John McCarris investigated
the pistol shots which evacuated from
a house on Griffin street last night,
but nothing of real interest resulted,
notwithstanding the fact that a wo-
mans voice was heard as If in great
fear.
Mr.. Vernon G. stores will leave for
Matthews county this morning for a
visit of few days.
The second and third floor clerks in
the office building of the Seaboard Air
Line will fight il out on the diamond
| at Columbia Park this afternoon.
Israel Ketchum was locked up again
last night for drunkenness.
The S. a. L. employees will give an
other excursion to Delaware ark early
in August.
Two little children. living at 7O5
County street. got lost last night and