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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1895
Page
5
Personal notes and transfers of real estate, social events, lodge meetings, and local incidents in Portsmouth. Reports include a ferry collision near Norfolk, a dog wedged under a warehouse floor, medical visits, obituaries, and shop notices from local merchants and tailors.
In Aprilet Henry Watson and Huskine Skipper, two Black men, faced a felony indictment in a distant district for a dispute on Mr. Cauey’s farm. Watson allegedly shot Skipper. a jury later returned a verdict of three years. Defense sought a new trial claiming the verdict unlawful. Also noted is Commonwealth v Cherry Vaughan for alleged infanticide on Green Street extended. jury could not agree. The Portsmouth District Conference and several clerical appointments are listed. An Owens paragraph mentions potential election of Mr. St. John to a commissionership with a $20,000 salary.
Local Suffolk and Southampton County items include visits by attorney N. Burges and Walter Jordan, and Mrs Virginia White visiting Norfolk. notes on county court activity, a warrant trial for Mrs Alice Cuddebork, local burglaries, and adult fines for disorderly conduct. Virginia officials, Masons, and veteran groups plan events. minor sports disputes and a remodel of Mill Swamy Baptist Church.
Prominent Alexandria businessman George Ki Shink dies by suicide after taking poison. Shink had been in Alexandria Virginia when he died after being found unconscious. The Norfolk and Western committee discussions in London and New York press toward an equitable reorg plan, but no pact expected before September due to current earnings and strike impacts.
Edenton reports progress on the Hat Trick Brick Building as local clubs pursue arrangements for a match with Hartford boys at the fair grounds. Warm weather continues. An Ohya steamer excursion party traveled to Franklin yesterday. Mr. Sam Holmen lost three fingers at the box factory yesterday morning. An ad touts impure blood causing skin eruptions with a blood purifier sold in large bottles.
Fred Edgar of Corning attempts to corral a rattlesnake with a forked stick and is bitten, then freed after an hour by a risky maneuver. A rubber rat and terrier spectacle on West Madison Street draws a large crowd before a dog finally defeats the lifelike toy in a noisy, comic street scene.
A fragment from the New York Sun describes riders on bicycles and their varied habits. It notes wheelmen who adjust their position, light pipes or cigarettes, and chew gum while riding, painting a vivid, humorous street scene.
The Easington carpet mills announce reopening on Monday July 22 after a labor dispute. Mill owners state they will resume at the pre strike wage rate and conditions unless the weavers accept the proposal, with all mills in the district signed to reopen.
The Committee on Privileges and Concessions of the Cotton States and International Exposition reported Mr J Kelley of the Atlanta Constitution proposes building a fine exhibit hall for license paper exhibitors. The aim is to attract newspapers from across the United States to showcase and distribute new ad trade journals. The recommendation was unanimously adopted by the Executive Committee.
A vintage drug advertisement touts Syrup of Pigs as a superior laxative for cleansing the system and easing colds fevers and constipation. It claims broad medical approval and urges buyers to insist on the California Syrup Covenly label, warning against substitutes.
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