Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-04
IN AND AROUND PORTSMOUTH
Gathered on tho Streets, Mt tho Hotels, in
Counting Rooms and Elsewhere. and
Put in Abbreviated Form for tho Edit
cation of Readers of tho virginian-Pilot
Tho Movements of reoplo-snap
Shots ut Events in Which tho Public is
Interested.


afternoon to see "AIcFadden's Row OF
Flats"
The coat that Curtis was trying to
dispose OF when arrested has been
Identified b. Charles Boyd. a colored
man came TO the station house and
Claimed the coat as his.
Tonight Mt the armory IN this CITY,
AdJutant General Joe Lane Stern will
muster the Old Dominion Guard into
the State service.
MIR. z. j. Johnson, well-known
young man of this city, son of Boat
swain johnson. u. $. N, left yesterday
Tor baltimore TO resume his studies at
the College OF Physicians and Sur
gerry.
The Roanoke Times says: Miss Car
RE DauSherty White. who has been the
guest oi Mrs. Samuel w. Glass for the
past six weeks, LETT Sunday for her
nome IN PORTSMOUTH, We. Miss White
Is IL most charming young lady, and
made many iricnGs while in our city.
DR.. A. a. Bilosiy. j. w. S. Butt,
Ietc gallagher, George Grant. Charles
Schroeder and Dr. .. f.. Byrd are In
Richmond attending the Trappers
Carnival, which was in session yes
terday and to-day AZ Dlandon Park,
The Temple Builders OF Central
church will give Il lawn party Tonight
In the old jail lot, corner of High and
~ oil music and cake and cream. The
tho ladies' are trying To- raise funds
t. help build the church.
An excursion train over the Norfolk
and Carolina Hallway brought in about
ioo colorcd cXcursiQnIs;S this morning
from Goldsboro, n. {. Several hundred
colored people left yesterday over the
Senboard Mir Line for Raleigh. n. c.
Misses Lucille and Coiona Newell, of
Park View. have returned home after.
,r.t -. L..
ida.
Three colored excursions left this
city yesterday pleasure bound.
The \. NJ. &. ~. special services Sun
day were well attended by both ladies'
and gentlemen
There was no session or the Police
Court yesterday, it being a legal holt
day.
Mr.. Hobby White commenced yester-
day to remodel the First Pres byterian
Church. in this city.
ltcV. w. Is. Fisher returned Saturday
night from Gloucester county, where
he conducted II successful meeting at
Union Church. There We're 40 converts
and 81 were baptized.
Tie City Council will hold their rcgu-
lar monthly meeting tonight.
y large number OF persons saw the
bicycle races, both morning and even
Ing yesterday.
.'thDi'ti ilpil6 SidIES INV Itiluc lnclr
appearance III the market and sell
readily.
\ negro man who was under the in
nuencc oi liquor tell off Il street ear
yesterday ana bruised himself quite
badly
Miss Nellie Jones, Of Petersburg, re-
turned To hcF home yesterday.
w. G. Eubanks coorcd. who was ar
rested on charge of stealing a trunk
valued at $50, requests this paper to
state that the charge against him was
not sustained before Justice Rustic,
ana that he was honorably acquitted.
Miss ThuiuQsey Mecnlcyer returned
yesterday from Hanover county. She
was accompanied by Miss Laura Car
ter.
Mrs. r. y. BuntlHg rvrurrcu rroTn
Atlanta, Ga, yesterday, where she had
been for II month visiting her sister.
Nh. Charles Stewart. OF the Treasury
DEPARTMENT in Washington, is in the
city visiting his brother Colonel W. II.
Stewart.
l1very availahjc boat that could be
had yesterday was used for fishing.
The iinny tribe suffered
The mosquitoes are said Ia be worse
In both country and city than was ever
known before.
Miss Mabel White of Washington.
D. c., who has for several days been
the guest of Mrs. NJ. T.. Saunders. in
County street returned home yestcr-
day afternoon.
Yesterday morning three ladies' were
in house on County street on the
second lloor, ana when they started to
go down stairs the entire floor gave
way and dropped them down TO the
first floor. Fortunately no one was
hurt
The Portsmouth VS. win meet to-
night at S:15 o'clock at the home of
the president. Miss Virginia Watts,
No 30S Dinwiddic street.
The regular noontide prayer meet
ing OF the w. C. Il. Z. will be held ut
Central Church to-day at II O'Clock.
The election OF officers will also he
held. a full attendance is requested
Every member of the Board of
Health was on hand at the usual hour
of meeting Last right but found them
selves shut out OF the Council Cham
Der. where tie meetings are uaually
held. Ii being loyal holiday tho jan
itor didn't show up with the keys.
Jncnndcscent electric lights on the
down town circuit went out last night.
and business houses not supplied with
gas were in difficulties. The failure OF
the lights is said 10 be due to the burn
Ing out OF a fuse. and ii was said at
the works .nat matters could not be
remedied until to-day.
Henry Battle. coiorcd. was arrested
by Officer McCarris yesterday charged
with wife beating Battle and his
wife had difficulty at their home in
LACE street. lie was locked up for q
hearing this morning.
BROKE Ills LEO.
Yesterday morning a horso belonging
20 Nottingham g. N-rn,iu ~, NnrfnIl,