Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-18
Matters Personal and General In
And Around Portsmouth.
HEARD ON THE STREETS.
GOSSIP md Events In Which our People aro
Intcrestod, Chronicled In ConciseFo =
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TO our READERS Fresh Every Morning =
snnp Shots of our Busy City.

Assistant General Passenger Agent
John ID. Potts, Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway has notified Hon. III. l..
Maynard, OF the Board of Trade com
mittee, which recently took up the
matter of the Chesapeake and Ohios
irregular schedule to Portsmouth. that
hereafter the company's steamer would
come to Portsmouth in the afternoon.
This change went into effect yesterday
MIR. Potts says. however, that when
ever the trains from the West are too
late to allow this, the Portsmouth trip
will be abandoned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Brennan, for
mcrly of Portsmouth, but recently of
Brooklyn, n. Y, have returned to this
city to reside in future.
Miss Fannie ODER. of Washington, d.
C.. is visiting Miss Blanche Moore in
County street
The work of repairing the Third Dis
trlct School building will begin next
monday. Contractor Hodges expects to
nave the repairs completed before the
date for the opening of the schools,
September Sd.
The Rev. Chas. J. Holt, at one time
rector of Trinity Episcopal Church
here. but now rector of st. James
Church. Fordham. New York City, is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. r.
Nash in Middle street Mr.. Holt will
probably be in the city for several days
ana in all probability will I'LL his former
pulpit at Trinity on Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. G.. ID. Newly, of Hert-
ford. N. C.. are visiting Mr.. and Mrs
George S. Bell at their home. No l07
Dinwiddie street.
ii. S. Leard. n well-known travelling
passenger agent of the Seaboard Air
Line was in the city yesterday attend
Ing to railroad matters.
Miss May Bell, of No. III Dinwiddic
street. is visiting friends I'm Boykin. Va
An excursion from Lewiston and in
termediatc points brought I'm $50 peo-
pie yesterday morning. The excursions
lists spent the day for the most part,
at the beaches, ana started on the re-
turn trip at $3.50 o'clock.
Another one of the Hudspcth Liners
has arrived and will be loaded
Mr.. Guy Bunting left on n business
trim for Delmar. Md, last night
Mrs. Schmoclc and son, accompanied
by Miss Indie Moore, left yesterday for
Warrenton.
Mcssrs. Roland Ballentine. Brooks
Burton and George Bailey. of this city
were caught In the storm in rowboat
off Lambert's Point. Their boat was
capsized. but. fortunately, the occu-
pants were good swimmers After,
strenuous efforts they reached Primers
Point shore. The boat was found YES
terday ashore at Primers Point.
L. u. Lindsay'S store, on Crawford
htIttl. WAS Iounu open Dy the nOllcc
Thursday night.
Mr.. T.. r. Barksdalc. who for scve-
raj years has conducted n grocery bust
ness at Court ana Glasgow streets. has
disposed of his interests there to Mr.
John Il. Robertson. MIR. Barksdale will
attend to the wholesale grocery bust
ness in Crawford street.
The remains of Mr.. james IT. Glenn
ents will arrive here this morning for
intermcnt.
Mr.. Charles Armstead was out on
the street for n short while yesterday.
He is slowly improvinG.
Mr.. VIM. r. Wood. Of Court street
left Yesterday to visit friends in North
cumberland and southampton counties
~ large excursion came in from Lew
1ston yesterday and returned last night
a private picnic went 10 Rodmans
Farm yesterday. They spent n de-
lightfnl day fishing boating. etc.
William Russell colored was fined 81
yesterday for using indecent language
on the street.
y married man, whose family is out
of the city, locked himself out his
house accidentally by closing the door
He had no key and attempted to get
in through n window and was taken
Tor q burglar by the next door neigh
Dor and was shot at. He soon made
himself known by hallooing to stop
shooting.
Rev. Mr.. Geo. s. Ben. of MARYLAND
will preach at the First PRESBYTERIAN
Church tomorrow Mt both services.
Rev. w. f. Fisher will return home
to-day
Mrs. r. L. Johnson has gone to Pen
Mar. Md. for her health. she was oc-
companied by Mrs. John ]. MulCurran.
Mrs. J. G.. Salisbury. of Park View.
left yesterday for Hamilton. n. c.. to
visit her father. who has typhoid fever
There were four drunlis in the
Mayors Court yesterday. All OF them
paid the usual fines.
A negro man named b. Hawkins wo c
fined $50 yesterday for having Il pair Of
brass knucks in his possession.
There will be two games of ball to-
day all for one admission. The benefit
game will take place Tuesday.
The last piece of staging from
been taken down. Workmen will com
mence lathing on Monday. Steel Iaths
will be used.
The lawn party at the residence OF
Mr. John Mahoncy. in Park Virw
which was hold last night for the ben
eft OF ST. Paul'S Catholic Church. viii
be repeated tonight
y horse attached 20 Il buggy. in which
there WAS no rider. ran away on King
street yesterday aftcrnoen and ran in
to the fire hydrant on the corner of
King and Washington streets and
Knocked it all to pieces. Tho buggy
was also knocked tn pieces. The cor
ncr is flooded around there
The sidewalk on County street. near
inc corner oc Washington street. is in
dangerous condition. IT should be
lttended to Mt once.
Misses Sadie Burcher and Vivian
Soniwell of Menchville Va. are the
,uests of Mr.. and Mrs. f.. c. Riddick.
Park View
y grocery store doing n good bust