Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-03
Matters Personal And General In
And Around Portsmouth.
HEARD ON THE STREETS.
Gossip And Evonts In Which Our People
Are Interested, Chronicled In Concise
Form-A Daily Diary OF Happenings
Presented To Our Readers Fresh Every
Morning Snap shots or Our Busy City.

Mary e. Eure. Plnkey Ann Brown and
Lizzie Walker, three white women.were
before Justice Matthews. of the county.
yesterday for lighting. They we're COM
mitted to Jail in default of fine.
Mr.. b. IF. Cattenhead appeared before
Mayor Baird yesterday and stated that
he had received satisfaction In the re-
cent assault case, and would like to
have the same dropped. The Mayor ac-
quiesced in the matter.
All candidates who fail to serve the
Clerk of the Court a notice of their In
tentions to run at the coming election
on the oath instant by tomorrow. will
DE debarred from running.
Justice Peed yesterday sentenced the
negro woman, Mag White, who cut an
other woman to Jail for six months in
both cases. She will have a year to
serve.
A few home raised Strawberries were
offered for sale yesterday In the mar
ket at twenty-five cents q quart.
The Commercial office building will
be ready for occupancy by June list.
The School Board will hold their reg
nlar monthly meeting tomorrow night.
The funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. Owen
OConnors little daughter, Margaret
Estelle, was conducted from the resi-
dence in Brighton yesterday afternoon.
The services were conducted-by Rev.
Father Brady. Interment was in st.
Paul'S Catholic Cemetery.
The two clubs will cross bats in
Portsmouth again to-day.
The minstrel troupe drew quite q
crowd yesterday afternoon.
Rev. Mr.. Hines meeting at Park View
Baptist Church is increasing in inter-
est.
Justice Bunting yesterday sent Fred
Miller to jail for one year for an assault
on Lena Davis.
Miss Mamie Riddick. of Nansemond
county. is in the city on a visit to rel
atives.
The crowd that went to Norfolk yes
terday to see the ball game was small
compared to that OF Monday.
The Madison Hotel has closed busi-
ness. Arrangements are being made by
another party to open 1t again.
Twelve thousand dollars was the
amount paid for liquor licenses in Nor
folk county In two days. One-third of
this amount goes to the public schools
of the county.
The Norfolk County Court has ad-
bourned for the term.
Mrs. Emily Atkinson is quite sick at
the home OF her niece in Nansemond
county.
'Workmen were engaged yesterday in
pulling down the old delapidated shan
ty in the Bowery. It will be replaced
by a modern building.
Mr.. Sam s. Hope, former citizen,
but now a resident of Botetourt county.
IS In the city. Mr.. Hope IS u delegate
to the State Convention.
There was no docket in the Mayors
Court yesterday.
The Hastings Court Will begin the
May term to-day. There will be grand
jury.
The entertainment at Mrs. Irene Eth
eridge's will take place tonight at Sis
o'clock. Fine talent will be there.
Mr.. James Y. Armenshaw, n promi-
nent member of the bar from Mobile,
Ala, is in the city. He attended the
convention in Norfolk yesterday and
met quite q number of old ex-Confed-
crates. He is a most excellent gentle
man.
"A slight fire occurred in a colored
morning about 0 o'clock. 1t was put
out notwithstanding in an alarm. The
dmage was comparatively nothing.
The funeral OF Mr.. c. e. Culpepper
will take place this afternoon at 3
o'clock from his late residence on
Court street.
1t is said that the oil fuel on the tor
pedo boat worked very satisfactorily
on Tuesday.
Hon. George C. Cabell and wife, of
Danville, are visiting relatives in the
city.
& Rev. E, II. Rawlings will return from
Marshall Tenn. to-day. where he has
Rev. Dr. d. c. Rankin, of Nashville.
Tenn. was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. s. B. G!lls. the newsdealer, still
continues Ill at his home on High
street.
Primrose & Dockstader's MinstrcIs
49,. I'll f1A
night under tent at the foot of Court
street to large audience. Neither
Dockstader or Primrose were in the
show, much TO the dissatisfaction of
those who went there to see them.
Fish are biting nicely at PORT Nor
folk One gentleman pulled in twenty
five nice ones yesterday afternoon.
"a Quite a number of people went over
to the convention last night.
The meeting at the Park NJ. e,
Church is growing in interest Services
will be held nightly.
The remains of Clayton Curtis, son
of Richard Curtis. were brought over
from Norfolk yesterday afternoon and
were Inferred in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Mr.sJames walters is quite sick at his
home in Brighton with pneumonia
hegChamhers Fire Company elect Of
flcers tonight for the next year, be-
ginring July ].
The members OF Chambers Fire Com
pany are requested to attend the annu-
al meeting of the company this even
ing at S O'clock. as the election of OIL
GERS Will take place.
A good barber can secure employment
by referring to our advertising column.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.
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