Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-30
The Latest Happenings of a Per-
sonaI and General Nature.
IN AND AROUND PORTSMOUTH
Gathered on tho Streets. at the Hotels, In
Counting Rooms and Elsewhere, and
Put In Abbreviated Form for the Edit
cation of Readers of the virslnIan-Piiot
The Movements of People Snap
Shots ut Events in Which tho Public is
Interested.

The New Bern IN. CO Journal says:
THE centre piece rallied for the bene-
NJ OF st. Pauls Church was won by
Mrs. VIM. Bullock, of Portsmouth, Va.
The pastor tenders thanks to those
who have kindly contributed"
The streets were quite lively yeSter-
day with people who were seeking
pleasure of all kinds.
MIR. John A. Morris will have q cut
rate sale to-day.
Mrs. Hattie Williams, OF Newport
News. is in the city visiting her par
ents.
Mr.. John C. Fulford will sever his
connection with the ferry to-day. He
has held the position OF collector for
seventeen years.
Rev. DR.. Newton. the new pastor of
Owens Memorial Church. arrived We'd
nesday morning and filled his pulpit
that night. He will live at GO Clifford
street.
Rev. r. F. Beadles has been elected
president OF the new Methodist preach
ers' meeting.
There was gunner for every bird
yesterday. So great was the number
that they looked liked n small army
moving.
A white man was arrested yesterday
and locked up at the request of his
mother. he being very drunk and
creating a disturbance at home.
Quite number of people went to
Richmond yesterday to see the football
game between Virginia and Tennessee.
1t looks as though the marriage
fever has not subsidized. Several promi-
nent marriages are announced for De-
cember
There were no courts of any kind in
session yesterday, it being a holiday
Mr. y. II. Martin and Judge Portlock
spent yesterday at Ragged Island gun
ming. They will return this morning.
Portsmouth Lodge, b. p. 0. e.. will
hold its annual memorial services next
Sunday at the Lyceum Theatre.
Silas Fellows Post No. Z, G. A. r.
(colored) and several posts from Nor
folk and Berltley, held parade yes
terday afternoon and last night had a
supper ut Websters Hall.
Rev. RI 7. Waterneld, late pastor of
owens Memorial Church, and family.
left yesterday for their future home.
in Cambridge. Md.
Vice President ST. John. of the Sea-
board Air Line, is expected to return
to-day from New York.
Miss Lizzie Culpepper, who has been
teaching school in Phoebus, Va. has
been compelled TO return to her home,
in ScOttsvillc. on account of sickness.
The fruiter Donald arrived in port
yesterday with cargo of bananas and
oranges consigned to the Scaboard Air
Line railway.
MT. II. kills. anu Quiet Scnllt-
men interested in securing an appro-
priation for a public building in Ports
mouth. Will go to Washington next
Wednesday to be on hand at tho open
ing of Congress. They are more hope
full than ever Of getting the appropria-
tion passed.
Frank Cooley. colored. from Great
Bridge, has been declared insane by a
commission who examined him re-
Gently. and was yesterday committed
to the county jail for safe keeping
pending his removal to an asylum.
Deputy Sheriff Hoofnagle and Detec-
tive West yesterday arrested Cissy
Cranky n colorcd woman, who is
wanted in Norfolk for robbery. After
the robbery Cissy concluded that Nor
folk was not n desirable place of resi-
dence and consequently came over to
this city, and has been living in re-
tirement. as 1t were in King street.
She confessed her crime to the officers
A haystack was burned in Park View
yesterday afternoon. No damage was
done to any other property.
Mr.. ]. f. Carr, Il well-known citizen.
died at the residence of Mr.. Martin
Hughes. on the Gosport road, last
night.
The meeting at the South street Ban-
fist church last night was we'll at
tended Rev. Mr.. Rddick, OF Norfolk.
will preach tonight.
The attendance at the football game
yesterday was the largest of the sea
son. But for the cold. chilly wind the
game could have been enjoyed much
better.
a strayed COW is advertised for.
Captain John w. Wood and n party
went out rabbit hunting yesterday.
They got thirty-flve rabbits.
Mr.. John Dorsey is critically III at
his home, on Randolph street.
The Portsmouth street railroad will
have to put vestibules on their cars to-
morrow.