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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1895
Page
5
A chaotic day with attempted suicide, New Year observances, and varied local notices. Tramps quartered at the station, arrivals from Richmond and Washington, church festivities, a gas accident, and a plan for cash-only business at a local store mark the day's eventful mix.
The Portsmouth Street Railroad stockholders met and re elected officers after Judge L R Watts resigned the presidency. General Siegfried was chosen to fill the vacancy, A J Phillips became director, and the bond debt was extended from 50000 to 200000. Work was ordered to begin at once with a strong crew to push completion. No public details emerged after the stockholders adjourned and the directors met. Then a Friday night fire destroyed two negro shanties known as the Cottage by the Sea, the toolhouse of Wm Thomas, and the stables and a horse and boat at Gallilee, with hay and food also lost.
Deaths yesterday of Mrs. Martha McDonough of South Portsmouth aged 76 at 204 Second Street. Funeral this afternoon at St Paul’s Catholic Church. Thomas Tierney of South Portsmouth dies at 314 Fourth Street in his 6th year. funeral tomorrow at St Paul’s Church. J Lovitt of Centerville is attacked on the road by a man named John Brown, later captured and jailed.
Grice Lodge 1 OO elected officers for the ensuing six months: Charles Brivel noble grand. J W Rightman vice grand. G A OG Scott recording secretary. Robert T Cuthertell permanent secretary. J Thomas Dunn treasurer. Cy Menning chaplain. J Thompson janitor. A board of trustees and a school committee were also chosen. The Modern Mother endorses Syrup of Figs as a mild, effective laxative for children. produced by California Fig Syrup Co. Wilder Boone, a switchman on the Seaboard Line, damaged hand while coupling cars Thursday. Dr Alonzo Billsuly treated the wound.
Several merchants announce price cuts and sales on clothing carpets and household goods. John A. Morris & Co promotes one price system and best foods for low prices. Levy & Jacobs advertises return tickets from Norfolk to Wilmington and other cities at discounted rates. A. J. Phillips and M Rosenbaum push suits overcoats shoes while Bressaure & Anthony highlight woolens and carpets at reduced prices with a large assort ment.
Construction profits are expected to shrink with large portions suspended until January 1. Ensign Bristol has been detached to the El Marys. Amphitrite to be completed tonight after round the clock work. The post trader at the yard will no longer sell beer or intoxicants, likely prompting withdrawals from several applicants for the position.
Thief broke into W. L. Sawyer's eating house in the market on Friday night. The intruder ransacked every plate, ate and destroyed pies beans and other food, raised the window, and left the place in confusion. No money was taken, so the loss was incidental.
Charles M Hays, aged about 36 in Rock Island Illinois, rises from clerkship to general manager of the Grand Trunk railway with a salary of forty thousand dollars a year. Hays began in railroad service in 1873 and has held key posts on the Missouri Pacific Wabash and Grand Trunk lines, earning praise from executives and colleagues. He will wield near presidential authority at the Grand Trunk as the company’s top executive.
A quoted fashion note discusses how women should wear belts to slope downward at the front and up at the back. It claims a well shaped dress can slim the waist, but only the cleverest women and dressmakers master the technique.
The 1896 edition of Mostetter’s Mimanae, a medical treateise published by the Hostetter Company of Pittsburgh, will run about eleven months and reach over eleven million copies in English and multiple languages. It promises health guidance, humorous testimonials, astronomical data, and chronological items, with free distribution through druggists nationwide.
New York December 27 investigators a New York Yacht Club panel opened hearings into charges of foul play by the Earl of Dunraven owner of the Defender. The session featured a long list of notable attendees including George L. Rives E F Phelps J Pierpont Morgan and J N Choate with Asquith presenting the case and Charles Iselin and others present. Evidence focused on alleged ballast manipulation and deeper water levels after the race while witnesses described measurements and possible concealment. The committee adjourned near 6 pm with a report to follow and possible public proceedings to come.
An amused Washington scene recounts a cranky visitor who pretends to reach the secretary of war by using a fake telephone setup. The old soldier complains about a soldiers home and is directed to the war department, where the clerk lets him vent for an hour before exposing the ruse as a prank.
The piece catalogs German army nicknames for units and roles from guards to artillery, noting terms like guards called hnammol and infantry termed fold rats, with Hussars branded whitesmiths and other corps earning playful labels. It also recounts a courtroom anecdote about a vagrancy case and a police officer’s amused testimony on a 10 cent beans plate remark.
Ruth Ashmore urges daily life as a vessel for Christian beauty and quiet witness. The piece cites cocoanut uses from cement to yarn and curry ingredients, noting its cultural value across Asia and the Pacific, with quotes from the World and Stanton.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant liquid laxative benefiting kidneys liver and bowels. It claims universal satisfaction, medical approval, and no weak ingredients, sold in 60c and $1 bottles by druggists, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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