Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-23
The Latest Happenings of a Per.
sonaI and General Nature.
IN AND AROUND PORTSMOUTH
Gathered OH tho Streets, at the Hotels, In
Counting Rooms and Elsewhere, and
Put In Abbreviated Form for tho Edin-
cation of Readers of the virginian-Piiot
Tho Movements of People-snap
Shots at Events in Which tho Public is
Interested.

DR.. r. B. Garrett. pastor of Court
Street Baptist Church. will deliver his
famous lecture BOY Life in Dixie In
War Times at the Central Avenue
Baptist Church. Norfolk. tonight. Be
sides helping Il good cause, pleasant
evening is promised to ALL as the lee
ture is full of wit. humor and pathos.
Admission. % and Is cents.
Miss Irene Hockaday, of Norfolk
county, has gone TO Harrisonburg, Va,
to spend several weeks with relatives.
VIM. Day, colored. was committed to
Jail yesterday for failure TO give u
peace bond. he having threatened to
kill his wife.
a driver of wagon from Berkeley.
was arrested yesterday on the charg:
of allowing his horse to linaw and in
jure some shade trees belonging to alr
Larkins.
Mr. John a. Morris advertises a spe-
cial sale of clothing for to-day only.
See ad.
The largest crowd from Portsmouth
during the week attended the Confer
ence in Norfolk yesterday.
a negro boy named Isaac Paige was
arrested yesterday while offering a
lady's hat for sale. He claimed that
his mother had given it to him TO SELL
but it was learned later that he stole
it.
Tomorrow will be pay day for the
workingmen at the yard.
A chimney on fire in County street
yesterday morning came near calling
out the department. 1t made quite Il
blaze.
The hot weather is keeping pork from
coming in, consequently hog meat con-
tinues high and scarce.
Some time during Wednesday night
rnbIaI
Park View of their chickens.
Green Lodge, l. O. O. T.. initiated
several new members last night after
which spread was set, and all present
partook of II.
Yesterday morning an aged colored
man fell over some bricks in Green
street and injured himself quite bad
ly. He was attended by DR.. France.
a countryman had two watermelons
in market yesterday which he offered
for SALE More than one longing eye
gazed on them.
BY the time spring opens the people
of Portsmouth will be able to go almost
anywhere they want to on the electric
cars. the lines keep extending so.
Capt. r. l.. Herbert has had a re-
lapse and will not be out again for
several days.
Master Raymond Rogers, who was
SO badly hurt. has sufficiently recover
cd from his late accident to be able to
come out to-day. His arm will lie in
q sling for at least three weeks vet
Attention is called to ad. of J. p.
Carr in to-days issue.
negro named Henry Long, while
at work yesterday handling some lum
ber let piece fall on his foot. mash
ing u quite badly. He was attended by
DR.. Bilisoly.
The Portsmouth Street Railroad will
put the vestibule fronts on their cars
December LIST so as to comply with the
law. Thus far this season they have
not been needed.
Quite number of persons went out
to Columbia Park yesterday afternoon
TO see the Portsmouth Gun Club shoot
at live birds.
The Norfolk County Court has order
ed the road between Centrevile station
and point on the Old Gum Swamp
road. about $50 yards distant from the
station to be changed. SO that the road
Will cross the railroad track more at
right angles.
Messrs. w. J. Joyner and c. N. Rovd
returned Wednesday evening from a
hunting trip in the neighborhood of
Newsoms. They brought back 100 birds.
which they baggcd in n day anu a
half's shooting.
Quite number of people called at
the Virginian-Pllot Office last night to
ledrH upOut tne appointments. Not be-
ing present when they were read. moth
Ing could be learned.
The Portsmouth Cotillon Club gave
q german last night at Kim Hall
The slate at the station house last
night was blank at 1890 p. m.
Mr.. Walter G. Brooks advertises for
n lost shrine chain. See ad.
a. lost fox terrier is advertised for.
See ad.
Pill boxes have gone up 25 per cent.
since the election
The box in which the money that be-
longed to the Portsmouth Street Rail-
road. which was stolen, was found last
night. but the money was gone.