Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-28
IN AND AROUND PORTSMOUTH
Gathered on the Streets, at tho Hotels. in
Counting Rooms and Elsewhere, and
rutin Abbreviated Form for the Edia-
cation of Hcndcrs of tho vIrsIninn-piiot
Tho Movements of People Snap
slotsat Events In Which tho Public is
Interested.


yesterday upon charge of selling
liquor without a license at West Nor
folk. Eckhardt was fined 500 and
costs, which he paid.
Owing to the absence Of Rev. r. +.
Beadles from the city, his pulpit will
be filled Sunday by REV. Paul Bradley,
OF Churchland. in the morning, and
Rev. w. II. Proctor. of Norfolk, at
night.
Yesterday while working a planning
machine Mr.. Wiley, foreman at Tai
borts planning mill, at Port Norfolk
had the thumb on his right hand sew
cred. Mr.. Wiley was in the act of
putting board in the machine when
he lost his footing. causing his hand
to strike one of the knives of the ma
chine
Sarah Arnold, colored, dropped dead
Wednesday at her house in Mt. Her
man about o'clock. She had HIM
orrhage from the head. a few seconds
thereafter she died. Justice r. z.
Bunting held an inquest over the body
The verdict rendered was that the wo-
man came to her death from natural
causes.
There will be watch night services
In q number of families in this city
Monday night.
Miss Emogene Barker, of Nansemond
county. is on a visit to friends in this
city.
Attention is called to ad. of A. II.
Lindsay. in which he gives notice that
he has withdrawn all permission to gun
on his land.
A gentleman and wife advertise for
board in a good family. See adj
Merchants who have holiday goods
left over would do well to let the public
know where they can secure them by
advertising.
A horse attached to n country cart,
in which a colored man and his wife
were sitting, ran away yesterday and
threw them out, bruising them both
quite badly.
An aged colored man was taken with
fit on the street yesterday just after
noon, which lasted him for some time
He was finally carried to his home by
some colored men.
There will be a Christmas tree every
night for a week at one of the
churches.
Mr.. A. H. Martin and party of
friends have been spending several
days at Ragged Island, N. C.
Judge Croker will assume the posi-
ton of judge of the Hastings Court
Tuesday, January LIST. He will open
the January term on Thursday.
The City Council will hold their
meeting on the first day of next month
and at the beginning of the century.
Mrs. George Johnson is critically Ill
at her home on County street. Her
friends feel very apprehensive about
her.
Rev. w. F. Fisher will return from
Concord next week some time.
Deputy Sheriff Hoofnagle is confined
TO his home on account OF sickness
A party of gentlemen, strangers, with
a few friends from this city, went to
Ocean View yesterday and had an
oyster roast. They returned about
nightfall we'll pleased with their trip.
Several Northern capitalists were I'm
the city yesterday looking around.
Ihey were well pleased with tho APP
pearance of things in this locality.
Mr.. Moore, the man who assaulted
Hoges, had hearing in court yester-
day and was discharged.
SHERIFF Williamson Smith yesterda..
afternoon rendered an oyster roast to
the members of the police force The
oysters were prepared in the yard OF
the jail. The roast came off ali +
O'clock
officer w. S. Huybert yesterday
made raid on crap den uptown and
captured eight players. who We're found
at the game. They were William and
John Benton. Kelly Newsom Walter
Waugh Henry Sykes, l.. and c. Check
and Ernest King, all colored They
were given 80 days in Jail each
Va. Is visiting friends in Portsmouth.
A Christmas tree will be given TO the
scholars of the Friends church tonight.
Mr.. f. Q. Cain has an i'll child at
his home. on County street, near Wash.
ington street.
Mr.. John c. Ashton and Prof. w. s.
jenkins are attending the State League
of Teachers In Richmond.
Atlantic Lodge, *. of p. had spread
last night after the election of officers
Taylor Hunt the escaped convict
from the Raleigh pententiary was
taken to Raleigh last night.
John Nichols, the negro who was shot
by Constab bic Evans has been taken to
st. Nincent's Hospital for treatment.
a white man named Pritchard while
al work on a dredge at the Dismal
Swamp canal. had his skull fractured
and Is In precarious condition.
The children OF The Fourth Street
Raptist church We're given their annual
Christmas tree last night.
The building committee of the Court
Street BAPTIST church will begin work
on the new church as soon as spring
orens.
a big effort is being made to have 81.
Paul's Catholic church completed in
tlmo to hold Easter services there.
The slate at the station house last
night registered blank
G. w. Hudgins is Offering his stock
OF goods at sacrifice.
Board can be secured at no County
street.
The stores will begin closing at {
o'clock after January list. 1901.
Tho new bell on the Fifth ward
schoolhouse will be rung New Years
Eve night for the first time
Miss Lizzie Murfee of Margarcts-
vile, n. c., is in the city the guest Of
MIR. Clyde r. Smith, in Washington
street.
The funeral of Mrs Elizabeth Blunt
Ing will take place this afternoon at
2:30 O'Clock from the residence OF her