Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-26
Matters Personal and General In
And Around Portsmouth.
HEARD ON THE STREETS.
Gossip and Events In Which our People are
Interested, Chroniclcd In ConciseForm-
ADaiIy Diary of Happenings Presented
to our Readers Fresh Every Morning
snap Shots of our Busy City.

Gen. II. Kyd Douglass, of Hagers-
town Md, who was on Gen. SIonewall
Jackson's staff, was in the city yester
day.
Business generally was suspended
yesterday afternoon.
A gentleman at Primers Point claims
to have seen n mermaid near Piuners
Point Friday and shot at her fourteen
times without effect.
The Woodmen of the World are look
Ing forward to next Thursday night.
which time they will have n big time
in Norfolk at Armory Hall. The Grand
officers of the order will be there and
will make talk on the merits of the
order.
A young white man attempted TO
jump off boat at the foot of High
street and fell overheard yesterday. lie
got off with good wetting.
The explosion of an oil lamp on Cliff
ford street yesterday morning came
near causing II fire.
Mr.. jacobson has returned from
Berkeley where he went one year ago.
He says there Is no place like Ports
mouth.
The S. A. l.. Band deturned yesterday
morning from Charlotte, where they
had been to take part in the celebra-
tion there.
If the weather is good this afternoon
the match game of ball ut Colum bia
Park will be well attended.
The clored people are very much
alarmed over the eclipse. Some of them
think that the world is coming to an
end.
There will be quite number of
strangers in the city Sunday and Mon
day to see the Eclipse.
The rains are doing much damage to
the truckers.
The City Council Will not meet until
June 5th. The question of railroad eX-
tension in the Fifth Ward will come up.
The election Is over and all the ex-
element has subsidized
The Navy yard employees were paid
yesterday for the first half of May.
Yesterday morning n lady twisted
her foot on the broken pavement in the
huckster market and had to be carried
home.
Miss Maria Longstreet. of Peters,
burg. Va, is In the city on a short STAY
The Brandt Company will have a.
special sale on Monday. For particulars
see Sundays add.
The present spell of weather must be
what is usually called the long spell in
May. although 1t is several weeks be-
hind hand
Harris Nicllle Plate show gave Gre
ditable street parade yesterday. and
two good performances. They 20 to
Petersburg to-day and will be In
Lynchburg on Monday.
ne NdtnOHc SCHOOLS are rehcarSinE
at Kern Hall for an entertainment
which they will give shortly
Two rooms in mn excellent locality
furnished or unfurnished are offered for
rent
There was no docket In the the May
ors Court yesterday. No ARRESTS having
been made during the preceding
twenty fur hours.
Mr.. Bcaton, the painter, who fell
from off Mr.. Brink lej's house while
painting. was much worse yesterday.
The entertainment which was to
tave taken place at the Prents Place
Mission on Thursday night last, has
been postponed until Tuesday night
next.
The ladies of Central Mission Aid
Society will give "a lawn party Tues
DAY night next at the corner of Queen
and Virginia avenue.
Mr.. John l.. Watson. wife and daueh-
TER. Will leave during the later part of
July for Europe. They will be absent
Tor about three months
Attention is called to the ADVERTISE
ment of w. I. CThud g. Co.
Sunday. June 10Th, will be observed as
Chiidren's Day at Monumental Church
instead Of the 9th of May, as was first
mentioned
The attention OF contractors is called
to the advertisement az proposals want
ed to build a churc b.
The rain again infeffered with base
ball yesterday. The fans were much
disappointed at there not being any
games.
Attention is called, to the advertise
ment of Anderson l& Thompson. in
which they tell you that they have n
beautiful assortment. of lamp globes.
One of the long cars OF the Ports
4 mouth street railroad was brought
down from the Seaboard Air Line shous
yesterday and was carried out to the
power house. 1t will be put on the
line as soon as the weather clears up.
Grimes Battery Ihradcd in the rain
yesterday afternoon after coming from
the cemetery.
number OF the. veterans who were
in the Spanish American war viii
shortly organize camp in this city.
General Henry Kyd Douglass of
Hagerstown, Md. who served on stone
wall Jackson's staff during the war. is
in the city on business
THE CONVENTION.
Now that the convention has hean