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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1896
Page
2
The Imperial Cafe at 374 Main Street offers breakfast or supper for 25 cents and dinner with se id service. Fine wines and liquors are available. Bargains this week from Wright's and other displays. A. Week has left the city for new weeks only and will return later.
A vivid Norfolk view notes busy activity across the city. Mrs. Riles and daughter sail to Baltimore, several officials travel for business, and tramp ships gather at Lambert's Point. A sidewalk at Main Street's west end is in poor repair while an infectious disease scare surrounds 105 Chapel Street extended.
The Academy of Music opened last night with A. G. Field's Minstrels and Vionla drawing full houses. The show pleased with excellent singing and new acts like the Brownies and the Utopia circus. Dixie Land, starring McIntyre, Heath, and Lizzie Byans, follows as next week's attraction with scenic novelties and strong comedy, marketed with reserved seats on sale now.
In Arkansas refreshing rains cool hot Texas conditions. Spot cotton in Liverpool fell 32d while London silver rose 20d per ounce. New York futures closed steady with 17 to 18 point gains. sales reached 208,000 bales with futures for August 8.20 to 8.24 and October 8.13 to 14. United States port receipts totaled 6,790 bales. Bombay receipts estimated 10,000, Galveston up, New Orleans down 1/16. Memphis market advanced small.
Mr. Fred Stevens faced two armed men near the Fourth ward school at 9:20 p.m. They demanded spare change, one brandishing a pistol. Stevens drew his own pistol, causing the crooks to flee. He reported the incident to police and says he could identify the assailants.
United States Court officers recently took charge of the Ocean View property and applied to the Revenue Commissioner for a liquor license, keeping the hotel bar closed pending approval. Edward L. Norton, son of the railroad auditor, was named hotel steward, seen as a capable appointment likely to benefit hotel management. Cape Charles Headlight notes a Norfolk report of Capt. C. M. Bunting being shot in the nose after a drunken altercation, followed by gunfire from his crew at two of two negroes near a steamboat slip. One wrist and one shoulder wound reported. authorities doubt intentional targeting, suspect a fall injury.
The Southern States Telephone Company advances on East Water street and Union Street with ducts being rapidly laid. Many telephones installed and service expected within the franchise window. Handome instruments with storm pegs and large battery compartments suggest strong connections and clear communication. Subscribers may retain their Bell phones. Pocahontas Council hosts an infant sanitarium fundraiser excursion next Tuesday with Breakwater promenade access for a ten cent fee, promising an enjoyable evening.
Messrs Fred Mehegan and C Barco of Brambleton ward sped from home at 8 am and returned by 6 45 pm covering 105 miles in nine and three quarter hours. They plan a Norfolk Currituck Jarvisburg run next Monday, 150 miles round trip. Syrup of Figs promotes cleansing and kidney liver activity to ease constipation and purify blood.
Prosiee's sale of R W Saunders stock continues with price cuts on India linens quilts towels and dress goods. Slaughter sale notices and remnants listed with marked discounts. trustee W N Portlock at 172 Main Street conducts the sale. Dysentery remedy Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy touted as trusted since 1878 with wide sale through druggists.
The Norfolk Police Court heard a major criminal libel case against J B White, a noted commission merchant, after he accused attorney W H Sargent Jr of filing a false warrant over an onion shipment. The judge must decide today while other youths faced multiple minor offenses, including a boy aged under eleven boasting four prior jail terms for theft.
Levy Bros announces Johnston China Co stock cleanup to make room for fall goods at 29 to 33 Granby. Prices advertised Sunday hold for the rest of the week as they push bargains to clear inventory.
Washington forecast shows warmer conditions in Virginia and North Carolina with fair skies and southerly to easterly winds. Mississippi Valley and upper Great Lakes regions expect partly cloudy skies and possible local showers. Port calendar lists sunrise and sunset times, high and low tides, and moon phases for August.
The Willoughby Spit railway track was expected to be completed to the pier by last evening, finishing a key link in the rapid transit system to Old Point, Hampton, and Newport News. A ferry steamer between the Spit and Old Point is planned, with traffic to follow.
Tickets are on sale through Washington or Baltimore for mountain and seaside resorts. Apply for tickets and more information to Arthur G. Lewis, Passenger Agent, 60 Main Street.
Mixed obituary and funeral notice fragments from Norfolk Virginia list Maj ROTISAT B TAYLOR of St Pauls DeChareh and Dr ROBERT B TAYLOR late major Sixth Virginia Volunteers with service times and locations. Also several minor notices about White family death and addresses.
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