Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-15
Matters Personal and General In
And Around Portsmouth.
HEARD ON THE STREETS.
Gossip and Events In Which our People arc
Interested, Chroniclcd in ConciseForm
ADaiIy Diary of Happenings Presented
TO our Readers Fresh Every Morning
Snap Shots of our busy City.

Miss Althea Schoonmaker. Of New
York. is the guest of the Misses Wat
son. at the navyyard
Miss Isabella Pigmum, from Wash
ington. ID. c., is the guest of Miss Bette
Ashton. In London street.
Miss Kendall, of Boston, is visiting
Miss Virginia Wise, on the United
States receiving ship Franklin.
Mrs. DIR. Vernon Culpepper left yes
terday morning to visit her friend. Mrs.
Adrian Riddick in Richmond.
Four employees of the Portsmouth
street railway, who were at work Sun
day repairing cars. were arrested by
Special Officer George w. ID. Ainsworth
charged with working on Sunday.
Superintendent Mountney. who claims
that the work was necessity, had the
cases continued.
meeting of the ministers at the Y.
NJ. G. a. rooms yesterday was adjourn
ed indefinitely. There were only four
ministers present, namely. Rev. A. c.
Thomson. Rev. H. S. Far.and, Rev. II.
+ Beadles and Rev. r. Is. Egglcston.
This was not IL sufficient number for
action on the important subject to be
discussed. presumed to be Sunday OBJ
servance. hence the meeting will he
held later.
The highest temperature at the navy
yard Sunday was SO degrees at 4 O'clock
in the afternoon, and at 1880 Yesterday
grees. This is the hottest weather of
the year.
An accident at the Portsmouth street
railroad power-house yesterday kept
the cars from running from II: 80 a. IN.
TO 2:45 p. M, much to the inconvenience
OF the general public.
Mr.. Charles Armistead, chief cnci-
neer OF the Portsmouth Water Com
pany Is seriously sick at his home on
randolph street, In South Portsmouth
The Baltimore boat does not come to
portsmouth in the afternoon now. Pas
sengers are carried to Norfolk on q tug
This Will last until after the shipment
or truck Is over. BY this arrangement
the truckers can get their shipments in
much later.
The Belt Line began handling truck
yesterday In refrigerator cars. They
1 nere turned over to the New York,
Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad for
shipment North. This Is decided i'm
proVement over the old way of hand
ling fruit.
Mr.. Harry Hall killed water moe
casin snake in his back yard on Scott's
creek sunday. Just where the snake
ZONE from no one knew
Sunday and yesterday were two hot
days. The thermometer crawled wolI
up.
KEY. Mr.. Beadles. during the service
sunday night, lost his voice while
- nihs ana had TO dismiss his con-
Eregation. He was much better YES
terday.
Kev. Mr.. Rawlins. pastor of N1onu-
mental church, Is absent from the CITY
Nnu could not fill his pulpit Sunday on
account of the illness of his mother.
me visiting tiremen will arrive here
10 o iiIhg ABOUT 1880 o'clock and will
We quartered at the Madison.
horse attached to a buggy rim o,yoY
on county street Sunday morning and
elnasheu the buggy all to pieces NV
pole. wy" telegraph
no The hremen will parade this after
ii" ION IN honor of their guests.
mere Will he an open air concert on
me courthouse green tonight hv tho
soldiers Home Band. ~ 'He
iarse number of pcople took nd
saI'age or the excursion rate Sunday
viii r mrna 10 richmond. Most of them
nui,e 'ain over during the week.
HriIneS Battery will go to Richmond
tomorrow afternoon at O'clock IT,,
eNrect To carry about flfty men
was short session OF the IJus
n n.mSs Sourt yesterday. but little bust
y. me ne large number OF people that were
d, Columbia Park Sunday afternoon -.
ah evidence of how 1t would no notro,
!Heu IL the railroad company wouId mn
u IN order and have music out there
Mo diterent parties went to Lake
it,iuinmond Sunday. They reported
tmrnn6 i iau d oeilghtful trip. They re-
turned just after nightfall
FlcnicS Will soon be in ordor nou, A..
number ioi quite
"a stranger would be impressed with
me large number of houses that are
n noi"s DGiit an over the city. They are
not confined to any exclusive snot
MISS Carrie Barlow has gone TO Rich
mona to spend a week While there
Sne VIII ne the guest of Mrs. Shields on
franklin street o'
Mr.. Petit. formerly OF Portsmouth.
lsPesentatlve of the old Pilot, but now
OF New York. was in the CITY vestordav
on business 'eS'ciu aS
John Beilany was fined S. in the Nav.
duct. ~ Gull
Miss Carrie Williams. of Richmond.
t mno mas peen visiting in the city. re-
turned home yesterday.
There will be civil service exom,r.
ION held at the postofiice June G.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence D. Freeman
ana tneir niue daughter Ruth Bckers.
lett yesterday afternoon over the Ches,
aPeake ana OHIO railroad for Richmond
on q visit to relatives
Miss Calle Taylor. OF Mancbnstor
Va, Is visiting Miss Florence Hawkes.
in Park View. ''
The brickmasons will resume work On
the Monroe Hotel this morning and
Will push it ahead as rapidly as pos
sible. 'o'
There were about sixty strangers in
the city from Boston and Providence
looking around at the sights that are
to be seen around here
Rev. Mr.. Lacy preached at the Port
Norfolk Baptist Church Sunday. Rev.
DIR. Dunaway being a little under the
weather.
Mrs. Emmett Deans Ia quite sic,. M