Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-07

Hall, and all Democrats are REQUEST
ed TO be present and enroll their
names. Eight o'clock will be the hour
of meeting.
he Portsmouth Hook and Ladder
Company has engaged the Scuboard
Air Line Band to accompany them to
the Fircmcn's Convention in Rich
mond. Each of the Portsmouth COM
panies will carry Il band. The indie
pendent Company has engaged the
Home Band will accompany the
Chambers firemcn.
MIR. S. II. Weams. agent for the
Seaboard Air Line at Durham, n. c.,
and II. NJ Boyltin. division freight
agent in Richmond. were here on OIL
cial business yesterday.
In Police Court yesterday morning
Mary and Blanche Hunter, both COL
ored. were fined 81. MIR. and Mrs. A.
Trailer, of South Portsmouth. were
Samuel Rau. neighbor. All are res
idcnts of South Portsmouth. The case
was continued until to-day.
yesterday morning about 1880
O'clock thief was seen in DR.. v. CT.
Culpcppcr'a house on Court street.
The family is out of the city. and
there is 40 one at home. A light in
the house attracted u genteman's at
tention. who gave the alarm, and the
man ran off.
Steam Enc,neerng department We'd
neSJ:y light.
Re:. Nj. l.. Farlnnd and family
haze reiulred from the Blue I,jdge
Springs.
The third quarterly conference for
Owens Memorial NJ. Il. Church will lie
held tonight at o'clock. All the Off
cial members of the church are re-"
qucsted TO DC present.
Rev. j. Z. Watcriicld, of Owens
AfnmOrinl In
his vacation ana will occupy his pull
pit next Sunday and every Sund W
thnreaftc until conference.
Mr. James HEBRON and family, of
Dalton. Ga.. who have been visiting
Mr.. Nicholas Brescla, have returned
home.
Mrs, Rosa codd. wife of Deputy
Sheriff Lewis Codd. is quite sick ut
her home.
4 horse attached to delivery
wagon ran away on Court street yes
tcrday about o'clock When he
lcat he'd the corner of High street he
succeeded in freeing himself of ;,.s
hare ss and continued his flight down
Corrt street
The Scahoard Air Line employees
eXreCt To be paid tomorrow and the
navy yard men Monday.
The street force cleaned out the
gutter on Washington street. between
County and Columbia streets. We'd
nesday morning. Yesterday afternoon
the dirt was still there. That is
wasting money.
The city is full of tramps begging
from house To house. They are a
nuisance and Should be run out at
once.
The Charlotte excursionists will re-
turn home tonight.
~ coIored boy fell overheard from n
sloop at the North street dock yester-
day and came near being drowned
I'll had gone down twice Nyhnn I,a
rescued.
The School Board will hold their
regular monthly meeting tonight
They will decide upon what history
the schools will use.
Mr.. II. o. Pearson is in Canada
having gone there from-DotEait.-He
Will return home next week.
Portsmouth will be well represent
ell at the Colored Baptist Convention
which meets i'm Richmond Septembar
1g,h to 10Th inclusive.
Mr. a. H. Martin will return from
Mountain Lake, Va, on Saturday. so
a" 10 be ut home in time to prepare
the business for his court, which
meets on the 18th.
The colorcd truck hands at the Sea-
board Air Line wharves make from
81 80 to Sl3.50 per week by working
fifteen hous to the day ut Is cents
an hour.
\ person who has never seen the
quantity of freight that the Bay Line
steamer now brings would scarcely
believe that 1t is possible to store so
much stuff in so small a place
The Scaboard Air Liue depot is GER
tainy busy place. Clerks, both
male and female, are scattered all
over the halls, and are working under
difficulties.
The seaboard Air Line is having
the old Stanwood shop, on Water
street, on their newly acquired prom
nrft LODI 4 1,DS
for fifty years.
Mrs. Irwin is having built three
new stores in South. between Middle
and Crawford streets.
The VirginanP Pilot received let
ter yesterday from Pckin China. Civ
ing description OF the taking OF
that city and how the Americans
We're treated. The writer says that
the place was shelled for thirty con-
secutive hours before the troops
started in and then they had some
trouble getting in.
There was a crowd of females in
the Mayors Court yesterday on a
peace warrant. The case was contin-
ued until to-day.
The children in the Second District
school request this paper to call the
proper authorities attention to the
fact that water has not been turned
on at that school
Mr.. Robert Hurst. of the firm of
hurst d taSs, returned yesterday
from a months stay in Northern
cities.
Mr.. M. d. Eastwood is having the
old Whenever warehouse. on High
street. pulled down. He will put up
more modern building.
Mr.. w. n. White returned home
yesterday from New York, where he
went on his return from Detroit
Two excursions, one white and the
other colored, came in yesterday
morning from Charlotte, n. c.
The firemen We're all happy yes
terdnY over the Nnrfnlls and lNastarn