Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-28
The Latest Happenings of a Per.
sonal and General Nature.
IN AND AROUND PORTSMOUTH
Gathered on the Streets. at the Hotels. in
Counting Rooms and Elsewhere, and
Put in Abbreviated Form for tho Edia-
cation of Readers of tho yirsInian-Pilot
Tho Movements of Peopie-snap
Shots at Events in Which the Public is
Interested.

The Rev. r. u. Beadlcs, pastor of
Central Nj. E. Church, has gone to
Southampton county to assist his
father. the Rev. r. b. Beadles, in hold
ing q revival.
Mr.. George Bldgood, of Richmond, is
visiting Mr.. w. S. Langhorne in Mid
die street.
A negro named Eubanks was COM
United to the county jail late Saturday
night, charged with stealing trunk
from Joseph Richardson. containing
awaiting examination.
Frank McJorland. colored, was sent
to the county Jail yesterday for sixty
days. He was charged with wife
beating.
Mr.. VIM. H. King. Jr.. of the Sea-
board Air Line clerical force is i'll at
his home. in Hatton street, Park View.
Many people from this vicinity will
attend an 'old country picnic" to be
held at Delaware Park next Friday.
The event will be q great reunion of
the farmer folk within radius of fifty
miles of the park.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Kenneth Nc
Pine U. S. a.. arrived on Sunday from
Washington. They have recently re-
turned from Monte Video, Argentine,
and Lieutenant McAlpine will probably
+, remain here for some time for the
benefit OF his health.
Two colored excursions left town
yestcrday-one went to Delaware Park
and the other to Hampton. The latter
was composed OF the colored fire COM
panies from the county.
one of the colOred eXcursionists, in
getting on the train yesterday, slipped
and fell. spraining her ankle quite
badly.
The time clerk Mt the navy-ynrd has
not had very many nattering things
said about him since Saturday on ac-
count of the delay in paying off on
that day. The men will, however, re-
ceive their money to-day.
Mr.. John Mosley. of Durham, N. c.,
was in the city Sunday and yesterday.
He Is en- route North to buy fall and
winter goods.
DR.. H. #. Butt has gone to Ocean
View for week or so. His daughter
Mary has entirely recovered from her
recent illness.
The Port Norfolk Railroad Company
should put on more cars at night
They cannot accommodate the travel
with the number they now run.
negro man. in attempting to jump
on car while in motion yesterday.
was thrown violently to the ground
and was bruised considerably.
Mr.. Carroll Deans left Yesterday
& morning for Mathews county to join
his family.
MT. -. L. WllliamS, wife and daugh-
ter returned Sunday from a trip to
Europe. They say that there is no
place like America.
Master Raymond Rogers returned
from Southampton county Saturday
and left yesterday for Gloucester coun-
3 ~ 10 join his mother and sister, who
are sojourning there.
The cry of catch thief" attracted
considerable attention yesterday morn
Ing. storekeeper was running after
a small boy who had stolen from him.
but he failed to catch him.
Mr.. II. O. Pearson has gone to De-
troit. Mich. with the Pythians.
The two companies of Pythians in
this city only carried nineteen men to
Detrolot. One company had thirteen.
the other six. 1t was too warm for
the boys.
party who wants to leave the city
VIII sell new house In Prcntis Place.
with modern convenienccs, at a sncri-
flee. Sec adj
Attention is called 10 advertisement
of j. p. Carr. in which he tells you
he VIII have special sale of soaps for
ten days only.
Miss Alys o. Frawner. of Richmond
Is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Rosa Lee
in Scottsville.
Mr.. j. y. Armentrout and wife VIII
leave for the mountains to-day for a
two weeks stay.
Misses Essie Calvert. Grace Beaton
and Ellen Wilson left last night for n
several weeks visit to Richmond.
The Independent Fire Company have
received information that the Reading
Fire Company, which was to visit them
on the 18th of September cannot come
before the spring.
The Independent Fire Company
elects dulefates to the Firemen's Con-
Vention tonight
A negro man named Eubanks has
been committed to the county Jail on
charge of insanity.
IN MISS Nora Calvert, daughter of Police
Officer Louis Calvert, is suffering from
nervous prostration, caused by shock
from the bolt that struck the Fourth
District Schoolhouse during a storm
last week.
Attention is called to advertisement
of Browns Bazaar in this issue.
Miss Dot Rowley, OF Crlttenden Va,
who has been visiting Mrs. J. II. Elem
Ing. in Park View. for the past month,
will return to her home to-day, accom-
panied by Miss Ivy o. Fox, of Philadel-
Phia, and Miss Adele McCurdy. of
Rtchmond Va.
Miss Martha y. Porter, OF this city.
VIII leave to-day on q visit to Mrs
Charles Divine in Rocky Mount, N. c.
Inc members of Carpenters and
TONER'S Unions arc requested to meet
Io-nlght to complete arrangements for
LnDor Day. See al.
The w. G. T. U. will meet this after
moor noon at o'clock with Mrs. Chaizer
1905 Green street,
Attention is called to adj of a prac-
.icnl stenographer and typewriter of
several years experience. in which he
announces that he will open a school to
teach young men. See ad.
Inc BOARD of Health failed to meet
last night for want of a quorum.
Shiloh Baptist Church (colored) of
m
terdny to Delaware Park, carrying sew
eral hundred passengers