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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1897
Page
5
Yesterday's notes recount frost, payrolls for March, illnesses, visitors from Erie, a man buried for city expense, and corrections on a stabbing report. Election news includes Locomotive Engineers officers, shipwright contests, Methodist church plans, and port Norfolk church affairs with delegates and leadership changes.
Miss Victoria Stafford will present entertainment tonight at the house of Mrs Joseph Stafford corner South and Pearl streets for the South Street Baptist church bell fund. The Misses Brown contribute vocal and instrumental music while Miss Martin recites. The church musical association performs Phantom Party. Admission is free. refreshments offered at reasonable prices. A free will offering is accepted.
An obituary notice reports the death of Thomas Moore following a subfocation incident. Details indicate he was involved in a local event, with no further outcome provided.
Yesterday morning a stack of bags toppled in the Atlantic and Danville warehouse in Gosport. Thomas Moore, a Fang, was buried beneath the pile and died before help arrived. Coroner Holladay declined an inquest. Moore’s body was buried by city funds with possible exhumation planned by relatives from North Carolina.
Macon Telegraph published an extensive sketch by Julien S. Rogers recounting Capt E V White and his account of the Monitor Merrimac battle. It notes White’s Georgia birth in 1839, relocation to Macon, apprenticeship as a machinist, service with the City Light Guard, entry into the Confederate Navy in 1862, and his long association with the ironclad until its destruction on May 11, 1892.
The Virginian reports a surge of interest as the Ble flight result unfolds with rapid updates. Inquiries flood the office, staff answer phones across city and county, and readers learn the outcome within minutes of Carson City’s announcement.
Judge Watts approves the appointment of C. W. Steele as receiver for the Ports mouth Lumber Manufacturing Company and the Norfolk and Camden railroad, replacing resignations by W. W. Robertson and J. E. Cole. Steele bonds $8,000 for each post via Fidelity and Deposit Co of Maryland and will begin duties immediately. The move unites both firms under one management per agreement among Robertson Cole and other interested parties.
A meeting at the Madison hotel elected Joseph T. Duke as president and Gnarles T. Bland as vice president with James A. Wallace as treasurer. Directors include R. EF. Stewart Joseph T. Duke Jno Newberne Col. W. H. Stewart and others. The firm plans a day ferry between Pinner's Point Bear Trap and Norfolk and a night ferry between Norfolk and Portsmouth. significant stock is already sold.
Exenor Brown a young man arrested for stabbing Howard on Court street was tried in Mayor's Court. The youth received a thirty day jail sentence after a stern lecture warning against early crime.
Yesterday afternoon about 5:80 oclock smoke was seen issuing from windows and roof of Miaupin's hall upper part. Officer Meginley sent alarm from box 24. Engines arrived but firefighting not needed. smoke from a fire in the store caused by a stopped up pipe.
Judge Watts yesterday morning announced his decision on Leo Judson trustee's motion to dissolve the injunction against the sale of the Southern Electrical and Supply Company plant. He refused to dissolve the injunction, which had been taken under advisement several days earlier.
Judge Prantis overruled a motion for a new trial in the Halstead against Carter breach of promise case. A jury last week returned a verdict for Halstead, the plaintiff, prompting the ruling yesterday.
Citizens observed St Patrick’s Day with morning mass then an evening banquet at Ikes hall by the Independent Order of Hibbernians. D J Reardon served as toastmaster guiding toasts, speeches, and songs before revelers dispersed at midnight.
Portsmouth Virginia March 17 1897 letter to the editor from Joseph E F Barrett denies drinking and disorderly conduct claims. Barrett says he has not touched whiskey for eight years and insists he has never been in the Green Street Friends church. He asks space in the Virginian to state the truth.
Judge Prentis yesterday denied a mandamus petition to compel the county clerk to permit copying of legal records. The decision ruled the petition was too broad in scope.
Advertisement notes a cold remedy with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Sells through druggists with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure. Price listed as 26c. Includes schedule hints sp8 tu thu sat 7m.
In Berkley Mr John Whetston chairman of the Finance Committee advertises for scale proposals for 25000 dollars of 0 year 6 per cent permanent improvement bonds. The Berkley street railroad company will begin work on their roadbed today weather permitting. Miss Mollie Prost recovering from pneumonia is reported better. No services at Main Street Christian church last night due to sickness in the pastor family. Mrs John M Armbrecht returned from Richmond yesterday. The juvenile department of the Berkley Military Institute will give an entertainment at o clock tonight at Pythian hall. Public is invited.
The ad extols Ostelter's Stomach Bitters as a potent purifying tonic that revives wasted frames. It claims to restore color and flesh, prevent dyspepsia and malariaish ailments, boost appetite and sleep, and counteract exhaustion and exposure effects.
Receiving Daily, New Spring Goods. In order to make rooms we are not holding back any medium weight clothing, but letting them go at any price. For pretty neckwear look in our window. Breslauer & Anthony. Have your shirts made to fit by Charles R. Welton & Co. Hats sold very cheap.
See our windows of children's wares by W E Virnelson and Co at Levy and Jacobs Gent's Outfitters under Madison 200 High Street. W E Virnelson & Co advertise embroidery arrivals and a three day sale. Gendron bicycles and pneumatic tires for baby carriages arrive, with J S Crawford's Furniture and Carpet House showing textiles.
The long bout between Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons continues with brutal exchanges as both fighters trade blows to the head and body. Corbett opens and counters, but Fitzsimmons bleeds and presses, while fans bet heavily on Corbett yet show rising excitement as the match goes deep into the rounds.
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