Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-17
Matters Personal aid General in
4 and Around Portsmouth.
HEARD ON THE STREETS
Gossip and Events in Which Our People
are Interested, Cl,roniclcd in Concise
4 Form "A Daily Diary of Happenings
Presented to Our I,cn,lcrs Fresh Evey
Morning Snap Shots of Our Busy City.

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q the, county clerks office yesterday priv
4ileging Mr.. james c. Mayo and Miss
s Mary b. Lewis to wed.
tS Chancery business of no general in
terest to the public engaged the atten-
ton of Judge Prentis yesterday In the
Norfolk County Circuit Court.
John A. Leonard. pitcher, and d. L.
Crockett second baseman, have signed
Portsmouth contracts for The coming
baseball season.
In the Hastings Court yesterday Mr..
l.. A. Markham qualified as admins
traitor on the estate of his deceased
4 father. Mr.. b. F. Markham. The bond
was placed at $4,000.
Ocean Council, Royal Arcanum, on
next Wednesday night. expects TO ln-
tiate twenty-five new members. The
meeting will wind up with a banquet.
The midget tugboat of the harbor,
3ss.Nellie," Of which Captain William
Hancock was master. has been sold to
lumberman, and left here for More
head City yesterday morning. She is
to be used in Cove sound, in the lum-
Der trade. She draws but four feet OF
water, and is, therefore, adapted for the
service in the shallow waters there.
The purchase price was $500.
Lumber is being hauled to the Sea-
board Air Line wharf at the foot of
High street. which will be used In the
construction of two more freight barges
for the company.
Preparations for the building of the
mammoth warehouse for the reception
of cotton and ootton-seed oil on the re-
Gently acquired wharf Of the Seabonrd
Air Line ut the foot of London street,
shows conclusively that the company
intends to have the work completed at
the earliest moment possible.
No o. a H.
ginia for the Hartford Life Insurance
Company, Col. r. B. Parrott. of Wash
tngton. D. c., is in the city, the guest
Of Mr.. Walter c. Brooks.
The remains of James T.. Brady who
died In 1899, were removed yesterday
from private cemetery at Bowers Hill
and inferred in one Of the Norfolk GEM
eteries.
& o. D. Jackson. trustee, has purchased
the old Drewry farm, OH the old Deep
Creek turnpike. near the city, of Will
lard r. Cooke, paying $4,000 for the
same. The farm contains 59.16 acres.
Mr.. Jackson is president of the Amer
lean Real Estate Investment Company,
OF Norfolk. 1t is rumored that the pro-
perty is to be improved
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of 10. r.. Barksdale, In which he
offers Southampton hams of the best
quality for is cents a pound.
Mr.. George Banes. of Petersburg, was
In the city yesterday on business.
Yesterday morning an old colored
woman, who sells in the market. while
en- route to her work at an early hour.
slipped on the Ice and hurt herself
quite badly. Two colored men, who
were passing when she fell, assisted her
to her home on North Green street
The first car on the Portsmouth street
railroad did not get down until $40 yes
terday morning.
The town clock stopped at 245 yes
terday morning, and did not run all
day.
The Young Mems Hebrew Association
will give calico ball at Kim Hall
Thursday, March 22d At Kim Hall
tickets will be sold for 25 cents each.
The committee reserve the right to re-
ject any holder of a ticket. See adver-
tlsement.
The negro, Charles Wilson, who was
arrested charged with passing counter
felt money, was given GO days In jail.
- + our small boye-4stteet.e=AAed $1-eseff
yesterday for throwing bricks at peo-
pies houses
The case OF the negro Henry Ellet,
charged with stealing cigars. will come
ap for examination Monday, the 10Th
instant.
A white man was fined $40 for dis
orderly conduct by Mayor Baird yes
derday.
q This is Saint Patrlck's day. We may
expect our usual blow.
4 The Republicans of the county will
hold convention April I'd, to nominate
delegates to the State Convention
which meets in Richmond.
The crew Of the Sumner arrived last
night and went on board of her at
once.
Messrs. N. e, Whitehurst and D. w.
Hall We're elected by Old Dominion
Lodge, J. o. o. F., last night as repre-
sentatiyes to the Grand Lodge, which
meets at Hot Springs, Va.
( Mrs. Harriet Hall lost her voice n
few days ago and has not recovered it
vet.
II you want good drink Of coffee
Eall on c. W. Hudgins and you will
get 1t.
~ A sober. industrious druggist can Sc
cure employment by addressing
Mr.. and Mrs. Carey are both CON
fined to their home in Park View on ac-
count of sickness.
Two new candidates came out last
might for some of the city Offices
4 AD effort is being made to reorganize
the Old Dominion Guards Quite
number have signjfied their intention
OF Joining.
Miss sallie Northrop of Nanscmond
county, arrived In the city Yesterday
on visit to friends.
4 Miss Schafers elocution class gave
an entertainment last night at the
Presbyterian Chapel. There was a
large crowd present. who enjoyed the
entertainment very much.
4 Alexander Petree. colored died sud
denly yesterday afternoon after a few
days Illness.
"a An attempt was made to enter the
residence of Miss Virginia Dey, corner
OF Crawford and Glasgow streets The
man had partly gotten through the
window when he was seen and shot at.
fIe succeeded In making his escape.
DOM forget your shamrock to-day In
sionors!of st. Patrick, IrelanTs patron
'eaint,