Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-11
THE FRESHEST
LOCAL MENTION.
iatters Personal and General In
And Around Portsmouth.
IzARO ON THE STREETS.
sossIp and Events In Which our People nre
Interested. Chroniciod In ConciscForm-
a Daily Diary OF happenings Presented
to our Readers Fresh Every Morning
snnp Shots of our Busy City.

Miss Goldie Bailey and Miss Sallie
Broughton will leave tomorrow for
Niagara Falls to spend the rest OF the
summer.
Mrs. Charles Syer and sister, Miss
Virginia Watts. left yesterday for Va
riety Springs.
mouth, but now OF Washington. ID. c.,
is the guest of Mr.. Richard Mclean,
202 Fourth street.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
Company has issued circulars making
the following appointments: Mr.. w. r.
RULER, Jr. appointed general agent at
Tampa. Fla. The Office of travelling
freight agent formerly held by him is
abolished. Mr.. Il. V. Peterson, former
~ travelling passenger agent, with
headquarters at Savannah. Ga, is
transferred to the Florida territory,
with headquarters at Jacksonville. MIR.
Peterson is succeeding as travelling
passenger agent at Savannah by Mr..
William Butler.
"A runaway horse yesterday came up
on the sidewalk on High street and got
tangled up with Mr.. MONEYS bicycles
on the sidewalk and knocked them
Mr. John a. Morris has returned from
spending his vacation at Orkney
Springs. Va.
a license was issued in the county
clerks office yesterday for the marriage
OF VIM. ii. Warden and Miss Jessie
Sylvester.
The case of the negro Josey, charged
WIFI stealhB from Alr. Charles Brown,
~, ''."ueu'
omn ne murine Danlel morgan, whom
C 49, WiI'nlnSuer arrested 1or using
Nulsar anu obscene language on the
yesterday. He paid 1t. and said that 1t
would learn him how to use his tongue.
with rohhir, AZ. r. ~ 'C en-, .au . Ecu .
house OF some spoons, knives and forks.
was called in the mayors court yester-
day. but was continued until the 18th
Inst
The EMPLOYEES of tho G 7. sho,s
nre vorv ,nnch d,ean,rni,'.a1 -. 80 S.iopS
ceivtnr tbcir Observation-Disclosures pnn at nor re-
Through some unavoidoile c,,,so t%o,,
will moi no nai1 orr rn'ty ,, on1su lily ~,
18th.
There are n nun,bcr or email how,
both white and colored. who 20 dawn
to the wharf known as Cooks wharf
that was recently purchased bv Inc
ferry. and fish off the end of The dock
which IS In n dilnnidntn1 condi,;on
Yesterday one of them fell ovcrhoard
and came near being drowned.
Complaint was modo 10 tho n,ovor
yesterday by n gentleman from Sontr,
Portsmouth. who said that n coIored
boy named Luther Perkins was ridina.
up and down on the sidewalk in Souib
Portsmouth on a bicycle, and Knocked
his boy down and ran over him. a
warrant was issued for Perkins ar
rest.
Unless rain comes very soon tho
farmers saw that every frr0yyinr tbin,r
will he I'm i,ired Some vc~otohios i,o,,a
been parched TO death
rbo oxc,rs,n, 49, - l., g.,
I,ttioton ~ ~ ~, 49, Ju.ic IN from from
snail Thcrc wcrc onIv '., ,So,, W' S2o qm n
.i..'' iHS4e were OILY apoul -oV per-
so.S'
"A negro woman complained to an Of
ncer Yesterday and said that another
woman had been throwing sarcasms
at her. The officer was not sufficiently
charge.
Aticntion is called to adj of r. S.
brooks' IN which he has much to tell
YOU
a good clothing and shoe salesman
can secure permanent employment by
referring to our advertising column.
a force of men worked all night
Thursday night to repair damages to
the float and dock in this city done by
the Norfolk County in coming in the
dock at full speed.
A number of persons who have beon
off on n vacation ore return;no ho,,'o
Mr. John Emmerson has sutI i,,
recovered from the wound he received
to be able to be on the streets for a
short while yesterday.
High Constants Andcrton wont o,or
to Cane Charles Yesterday IN tbn raco.
Miss Hattie Armstead' of Mcmnhis
Tenn. is visiting friends in the civ.
There will he Il game of ball his
afternoon Mt League Park '''''
There are no courts in session o. this
time, and will not be until September.
Mrs. =. II. Jones. stamp and money
order clerk in the postomce, has re-
turned after ten days absence in
Baltimore.
Mrs. Hattie ". Braswell, of Park
view. LEFT yesterday TO visit friends