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PORTSMOUTH NEWS PICKED UP 1IE STREETS News Notes Gathered From All Parts of the City. Ten Days for Disorderly Conduct. Reported for Being Asleep on His Beat. A Widow Lady's Misfor? tune. Returned From Pocahontas. May steps out to tluv. Ttio circus iu Norfolk to day will be ? drawiug card. James Opideu was arrostod yesterday for atealinK a pialul. A run mad dog was killed on South street yesterduy afternoon. Twelve meu of tlio toldier companies returned homo last night. Tbero is a regular baseball fever among tbo f;irla as well as tue boye. Yesterday wivs the hottest yet. Tbe thermometer crawled up in tbo eighties. A white man was nrrestod yesterday ctiarged with Btoahug 2~) cents worth of paiut. Delaware Page was committed to jail for sixty days yesterday for carrying a pistol. A tine looking dog was run over and killed on Union bridge Wednesday uight. ? Farmers are taking advantage of this pretty weather and aro working their crops. It is said that another excursion will come in to day from up the Tar Biver road. A number of tho excursionists who remained over will return to ltaleigh to day. Tho Street Committee and tho street railroad men will hold a mcutiug to? night. Tbo ladies' union prayer meating will lie held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at Central Church. Mr. Carey J, Hunter, superintendent of the Union Central Life lueurauee Company, iB in tho city. 'the School Board will meot next Friday to make arrangements for olos lug the public schools. Tho County Court wns in session yesterday, but did uothiug except irauaact civil hutiness, Tho Portsmouth team will leave HoUd Portsmouth to day and locate at n privato boarding house. Neit Sunday will be tbe anniversary celebration at Kbcne/.cr Baptist Church. They will have a big time. Sarah WilhauiB was committed to Jail for ten days yesterday by Mayor Davis for disorderly condtiot. Lev. Mr, Beams, of Bichmond, and ltov. Mr. Martin, of Scottsville, will tjxehaugo pulpits for one month. None of the public offices, except the postotlice. was closed yesterday in honor of Federal Mumorial Day. Dr. ?. C. Bindenwald, Maj. War? ten und Ce.pt. Coo. A. Brooks, all re? turned from Pucuboutus Wednesday night. Most Worshipful Master O. W. Wal? ker, was master of ceremonies at tho corner stono laying yesterday after noou. t'npt. B. L. Herbert hut at last fixed a way by wbioh the rusidoutx uf Park View will have their mail deliverod to them, The conti actors for putting up the tiwiiii go at the market house huvo about completed tho job, both sheds being np. Hernes aro worth scarcely nothing now. Tho truckers will give you us many as you want if you chooso to pick them. Mr. and Mrs. Ceo. Prown lost by sleuth at their homo in Scottsville yes? terday their iufaut child, it was buried the eamu day. The colored post O, A. R. held their memorial exorcises at Mt. Cavalry Cetnotoiy. Lev. Klins Boldon was the orator of the day. Miss .leuuiu Ltlieredge, one of tbo teachers in the Second District 6chool, pro her hcbolars an outing ut Pinner's Point yesterday. Neal Porter, a noted^charaeter, who vss turned out the county jail on Wednesday, was returned to that in ?titution again yesterday. Mr. Hope Torkin and Miss Dunn, daughter of Mr, J, Thomas Duun.weru married very privately at tbe resitteuco of the bride's father last night. Portsmouth sent a pretty good delo gatiou over to Norfolk yesterday after? noon to see the gamo of ball betwoeu tbo two cities. Norfolk had her now loam out. Head the advortiseuiout of C. F.. Jones, in which ho annouuoey that ho lias on hand pure blackberry juice for medicinal purposes; also DuQy'a malt whiakoy. (live him a call. Mrs, Montague, a widow lady, lost a bundle of dross goods on High street yesterday. Tho Under would render Jier great service by returning tbo same to her at her result nee on County Street, near Crawford. Mattio Htggine, a demented white woman, who has mndo her escapo from tbo Floreuce Crittcutlon Homo in Nor? folk, ".vas picked lip again by tho police Wednesday night and wns returned yeetorday to Norfolk. Acting Liout. Tatonilreported Oflloer Brittiogham to ihe Mayor yesterday for being asleep on bis boat on Wed aosday night whilo ho was on his ronuds. The matter will bo refered to tho commissiouera at thoir next meet? ing. A now iron fence which will be put ?round tbo Ziou's Baptint Church ar? rived yesterday. It will bo put up im? mediately. I lie ohtirch will bo dedi? cated on June Otb. Bov. Dr." lbnga, of ^Manchester, Virginia, will preach the dedioatory sermon. Some young ladies und gentlemen started out on a crabbing expedition jeulerday, one of them m her desire to pull a arab in the boat fell over? board and reeeiVed a good ducking. This broke up tbe party, they bad to return home. Information was receivod here yes? terday of the death . of Mr. Q. b. Myers at Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Myers ie the father of Mrs. Admiral Brown, who left here on Wednesday for Indianapolis, in hopes of getting there before her father died. >:ill?m<l Memorial Ony. National Memorial Day passed oil' quietly in this oity yesterday. At early morn the members of the post could be Reen flitting here and theie, visiting tbe graves of their deceased comrades in both cities. At 3:1)0 p. m. the lino was formed on South streot in i the following order: Naval Pout Band, sailors and marines from the yard, Parragut Post, Q. A. K., of this oity; Worden Post, of Newport News; J. S. Tborntou Garrison, Army and Navy Uuiou und other nKsoeiatious. The mBroh was dowu South street to Court, to High, to Greeu, to the Naval Gerne? tcry, to the United States Hospital grounds, where the programme as pre? viously published was earned ont. Mr. John McDonald, a well-known young gentleman from this city who had been selected as orator of the day, delivered a most excellent address. The band thou played a familiar air after which benediction waa pro? nounced, then the deooration of graves commenced; after spending almost an huur in placing floworsupou the graves the line was reformed and marohed back to Temperance Hull, where they were dismissed. The day was only observed as a holiday by Government employes. None of the banks or publio build? ings were closed. A Dliiciiiii'd Crowd. Yesterday morning announcement was made iu all thu papers that Mana? gers Brady and O'Neil had decided to nuvo a game of ball at League l'ark, in this oity, between thu two teams. About 1,500 people presented them? selves to flee tt c game. Among the crowd was a large number of ladies from both cities, To their great sur? prise and disgust a message was re? ceived about 1U a.m. stating that owiug to the shape the Norfolk team was iu they could not ahow up. Mr. Brady ollcred all kinds of inducements to come over, but they refused, so the peoplo bad to leave, feeling an utter disgust for people who acted in suoh a mauuer. Our team was on hand, tilled ! the bases, pitched three balls and, it is j sud, will claim the game. The action of the Norfolk team lost to thorn at least $150 ou the morning game and tho attendance of about 500 peoplo, who would hare gone across the river in tho afternoon to seo the game, but refuted to go on account of the morning treatment. Many disap? pointments of this kind will cause the atleudauce to be very slim, especially when our brothers across tho way ara to piny in this city. i li<- i im hit Mom' Laid. Yesterday afternoon at :t o'clock a large number of persons assembled at the corner of South and EfHnghain streets to nee the corner stone of the new Baptist Church laid. Seaboard Lodge of A, P, and A, M., of this oity, luid the stone, Most Worshipful Mas tor 0. W, Walker presiding. Tbe asseniblngo was called to order by the Worshipful Muster. Siugiug?"To Heaven's High Archi? tect" was suug. The corner stone was theu raised by the worshipful muster and his wardeu. A number of articled were deposited in tho vault, after which tho usual cere? monies were gone through with. Dr. A. E, Owen theu arose and de? livered tho oration. He spoko of the etlorts niado by the congregation to build the beuutifui edifice, tho corner etono of wtnah forms an important part. He spoke for about forty min? utes. Lev. (ieorge S. Kennard then offered a prayer for thu success of the undertaking. "Let There Bo Light," was sung, after which the benodition was pronounced. \ii hxcllins dinar. Yesterday morning a countryman from North Carolina, named Williams, brought some hogs to the city to sell. 1 n taking them out of his cart one of them got away, and tho countryman startod after him. The more he ran, the faster the pig wont. Piggy contin? ued his llight down County to Court,to High to (ireeu and out to the hospitai woods before he was captured. The poor countryman was nearly out of breath when piggy was oaptured, He tied his legs and throw him across his shoulders aud lugged him back to the cart house. \\c < im Suvc Voll Something ou every purchase. Goods well bought are half sold, thoreforu tuku advsntagu of our well selected stock, which cannot help but pluase you, if you oare to be treated justly and get your money's worth. Cheviots, serges, worsteds, diagonals, at reduced tiguros for the balance of tho season. Our largo stock must be cut down and if prices are any inducements for you to buy we'll sell you your clothes. We moan business, do yon? Levy & Jacobs, 200 High streot. it nici ma Bm?i?i0m. Mr. J. H. Oobb, publisher of the Mirror, at Brocton, N. Y,, says: "For nearly two years the Mirror has been publishing tbe advertisements of Chamberlain's Remedies. A few days ago the writer was Buffering from a bowel trouble and resorted to an old remedy which did not prove eftica cions; finally ho triod Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy aud two dotes did the business, obeok lt completely." For sale by ell drug? gists. win be Carried to Korita ?nrotiiin. Sheriff-, of Raleigh, N. 0., ar? rived here yesterday. He oarue in search of a man tunned Johusou who escaped about two year* ago from n former Sberilf of Haleigh while eu route to the penitoutiory. Council came to this city aud has been loitering around the county for some time uuder j tbe name of Rulhau Couuoil. He was I ideutitled by a Norfolk county Con? stable a Hbort whilo ago aud was ar? rested. The North Carolina authori? ties were uotitied aud the visit of tho Sheriff is tho result of a cor respoudence. When Counoil was brought out so that ho could be soou by the Sheriff he re? marked, "What yon waut to tools, at me for, I am no robber." Tho Sheriff remarked: ".May bo you aro not, John sou, but I waut you auyhow." Tub Yikuinian learned from the Sheriff the following particulars about tho mau's orime: Ho wus emploved iu Carolina on a farm by an old gentle | mau, who bad implicit confidence iu him. One day some ono oame to tho house of tho mau whom Counuil lived j with aud paid him SbO. Counoil saw tbe money and a desire to become pos? sessor of it seized him, so ho waitod au opportunity, which oame soouer thau be expected. Tho next day tbo gontlo man had occasion to leave home. Counoil or Johnson took a club, went in tho house, beat the man's wifo until be made her tell him where tho money was, After get? ting it he hit her another blow and left, her for dead. Whsn her hnshnud re turned he found her in bu insensible con? dition, and Johnson gave au alarm. Johnson was soon captured und was I tried, found guilty and sentenced to I tbe pemtoutiary for ten years, but made bis OBOapo before reaohiug there. Ho will be returned to Raleigh to-day and will be very apt to reach the pom teutiary this time. r::nuiii, uni i.ntt Nigtol. George W. Morton, Esq.. national comuiauder of James Thornton Garri? son. Army aud Navy Union,'arrived iu tho city last night from Old Poiut aud was mot by the oommitteo and was carried to the headquarters of the Post. A special sossiou was held and a num? ber of pluasaut littlo talks were in? dulged in, after which a banquet fol? lowed. Judging from the enthusiastic applause tbat camo from tho hall the boys must havo enjoyed themselves. THE COCKADE CITY. Many Matters to Interest Petersburg? ers in Norfolk. Speolal Dispatoh to The Virgiuiau. pKTEtismjRO, Vo., May 30.?At tho meeting of tho Commou Couucil ou next Monday aftoruoou, tbe committee appointed to frame au ordinance in re? ference to the propelling of bicycles on tbo sidewulkcs will make their re? port to-night. I learned to-day from a member of tho Council that there will be big opposition to allowing bicycles on the sidewalks or Central Park. Federal Memorial Day was observed with appropriate exercises at Popular Grove Cemetery, in Dinwiddie county this afternoou at *-i o'clock, uuder the auspices of George H. Thomas Post, Grand Army of the Kepublio of this city. There were selections and einging by choir and addressee by Rev, II. \V, Rattle. D. D,, pastor of tbe First Baptist Church, and Bev. 11. M, Hope, pastor of Market Street M. E. Churob. Some forty or more of our merohants aud business men left this moruiug ou a spocial train for Grand Rapids, a short distance from Weldoo, N. C, to inspect tho improvements mode there by the Grund Rapids 1'ower Company. A I.cat Fluttered by Iba Wind Is uot more tremulous thnu iurve? debilita? te.1 or overstrained. Nichts ot unrest tot low -d by da} 8 ot discomfort are tho com mou lot of ttie nervous. 'It,is Oitli Oi invalids, too. is usually troubled with iu llgestiotl au t imperfect aaairuil ition. Indeod, to the Ina? bility of the tyttsm to perform theso tvnu fuuetione may bo largely attributed all ner \ ous a; mutonia. Hostatter s stomach Unter? is a soverowu remedy tor nervousues*. Dyspspsia nud n u assimilation of the I o 1 nre remedied by it, ni uro u'.so malarial and kiducy complaints. biliousueoB, couat patiun and rite imattsm. Continued ntn ottaua a cannot be portnHiioutly remeuied by opiates or sedatives, ?hieb are highly prejudicial to health, and soon tail oi effect cave in increasing doses. I bu Hitters flrtt initiates, then CO norms a vigorous discharge of the various functions, aud remove, obstacle- to that end. lake .t; persistently at llujular intervale. Aarevabiv surprised. "I had a very severe cold on my lungs that caused much soreness and gave me considerable uneaaiuess in re? gard to tbe result." says Mr. T. E. Smith, of Billerica, Mass. "A local druggist called my attention to Cbam berlaiu'e Cough Remedy, and on bio recommendation I gave the remedy a careful trial. Tbe result surprised me; 1 recovered entirely in tbreo days." 26 and 50 oont bottles for sale by all druggists._ I he Cool 9>|?fll whiou wo have experienced the past week has beou quite a drawback to business generally, but we've beou kept busv nevertheless. Its those ridicu? lously low prices that attract tho peo? ple. Tho idea of selling a $10 suit for SG; a 812..ril) snit for $7.50; a $15 suit forS'J, and so ou all through our stock. But the goods have to go. We have to mako room for the workmen, who com mence remodeling our storu about Juuo lat. Ita to your interest to purchase from us if you want to save dollars. Breslauer .V Anthony, 111 High street. Ilou'l iii?? ill i Advertised i Irnriimc Mill- Koxv t.uiutr on >i( Sin mm ill's. It will pay yon to attend it. Iiam mill's, ;V20 High street, Children's white duck hats 15 oents C. B. Woltou & Co., umbrella men. BERKLEY BRIEFS. Yesterday morning a pair of horses belonging to lrwiu's Express Company were engaged in hauliug pipe to Jonu ?ou'a mill and wlnlu orossiug the bridge which spans the stream betweeu Turns' aud .lottiiHon'8 milla tbe bridge gave way. prooipitatiug horses aud driver all to the river, auout tifteeu loet below, Fortunately, noither horsos or driver were senouidy injured, Tho harness had to be cut and the horses swam about '200 yards before they could be gotten out. Don't fail to attend the entertain? ment at Market Hall to-night for ben? efit of Chestnut Street M. E. Church. Misses Hume, of Portsmouth, aud a number of others will participate. There was a gaoju of ball in South Norfolk yesterday nioruiug betweeu the i Blutern of tho navy-yard aud the Borkley boys, which resulted in a vic? tory for tho latter by a score of 25 to 5?. Sandsbury White, colored, was ar? rested yesturday for breaking opeu und robbing the residence of nuotbur colored mau named I,cms Hayes,about live miles from town, lie was caught in tho uet aud when Hayes saw him enter he wout after Mise W. li. Cherry aud Mr. 0lemming, who run him in the marsh up to Ins waist before they succeeded iu capturing him. He wan brought to town an carried before ?lustice R. B. Scott, who sent him on to the graud jury. An old colored man named Archie Simmer was knockod down by a gnu t Ionian iu a buggy yesterday, but tho horse woh stopped before tho Vehicle passed over him, consequently ho was only slightly bruised. HOW TO PREVENT "RIGGS" DISEASE." A Sure Dent royer nf Teeth, Seldom De? tected Until Too Late. RiggrT disease of the gums is a reeos ?iou of the flesh from the teeth scarcely perceptible to tho sufferer. Tbe enamel of the teeth is several tlnun thicker above und below tho skin tl\iui undrr ib. What is called the normal line of tho guni, the dentine or enaruelod portion, is not exposod, aud nature provides tho heavier shell coating to protect the visi? ble port not only from cold and cli? matic conditions, but from the danger generated by small microbes flouting about tho uiouth after eating. When the gurus recede from tho teeth toward tho root, the dentine is left a helpless proy to every acid the mouth contains, and decay begins at the top, cutting off all hope, of saving tho lower part This recession is rarely visible except I to the dentist. Its probable effect is ?.light bleeding of the gums whenever a stiff brush is used, while the teeth Beam? ingly remain in their normal condition. The cause of thn irritation is tartar poison. Thu saliva of the month iu partly formed of phosphate of lime, which, by chemical notion, is converted into tar? tar. This fastens itself upon the roots of the teeth, aud irritating the tender membrane causes u bleeding, sore con? dition. In this weakened, porous condition these innumerable microbes that lurk in the cavities of the mouth float out from their hiding pluee.s and seize upon tbe wounded Hue of Bkin. This is tho fatal condition, and only the must care? ful treatment dislodges them. The tar? tar substance becomes poisonous, and the whole eats its way into tho gums, which slough and gradually decrcuso. Of course this disease is not common to every mouth. It is caused primarily by on acid condition of the saliva, he? reditary in soino constitutions, und its sarliest arrester is an antiseptic. Should, however, any bleeding occur in brush? ing, u dentist's help should bo called in. The treatment for it continues from six months to a yeur, and even then the disease i.s only arrested; tho re-estub Ushment of the gum is never assured. The nature of the disease is so insidi? ous that prudent women should see to it that tho mouth is frequently examined. Any dentist can toll whether n person is Inclined to this condition and at once remove tlip tartar and advise uu antisep? tic that destroy.- tho microbes. In fact, some such preparation should bo frequently uswd to retain u healthy zouditioii of every part of tho month. A 'i per cent solution of salicylic acid is especially recommended by tho pro? fession. _ Uow to Cook I'lanti Hhud nt Ilouie. Take a long narrow baking pan and put it on tho stovo with a picco of beef met to try out slowly. Split u roc shad as for lxroiling, dry it well inside und ont with u than white cloth, rub it with quite a little rial; and after rubbing tho pan with the melting suet lay tho fish, skin up. iu tho bottom and sot it in ti hot own. Let It brown and sizzle till it is puffed in tiny blisters all over I the top, und then you can bo pretty sum it is done. Slide it out ou a hot platter and serve garnished with lemon and parsley. Cooked in this way, all the rich juices of the fish uro preserved, and i there in not so much odor through the ' house. The K.nd of Jingoism. "It cannot he too often recalled," says the Baltimore Snu, "or too strongly im? pressed upon tho minds of the Ameri? cans of today, that the jingo policy and the policy of international force and ag? gression are utterly nn-Americau and nnrepublican. Jnpaner e Mver rolle!? nro small and mild; eaiy to take; no griping, thu inoit planning eiNieU atlt-n l their u*e. Fifty ilo.os, o, For n.d ? by W, R, Martin Ail the choioe fruits with Bade at Dr, L. A. Bilisoly's. Ioe cream soda at Dr. L. A, Bill ?oly's. pim-rsrioirrfi Anvt.titiikjiksts E'KE the most talked about and busiest Clothing store [in the city to-day Can't help hut be so. No matter what your wants may be, we stand ready to save money for you. Suit for best occasions. Yes, $ioor as much higher as you want. $15 tfcts very superior. As line and good clothes to-day for $10 as formerly for $15. It's wasting money?to pay $10 or $12 for Suits sold by us $5 and $6.75. It's wasting money?to pay $15 for Suits sold by us for $10. It's wasting money?to pay $20 for Suits sold by us for $12. Never mind if they do say it hurts tne business to sell at lower prices. The wonder of the town. It's not understood how wc do it. It's done. As wonderful prices in Boys' Clothes. You needn't pay more than $5 for Biggest and $3 for smallest liov's Suit. You'll hardly believe it can be. A Man's All-Wool Sun, $5 and $6.75. The proof?see it. Perhaps the very suit you have seen some one else wearing, and took it for $10 or $12 worth. Was bought here for $5 and $6.75. RA. ROSEWBAUM, 1 1 6 and 118 High St., Portsmouth. NOTICE. U yon want PUUK ULV?KUB11UV JUIOG und ULI- l Il?8 tt UItK MALT WHI8KBY cull tit c. E. JOHrS'. corner Middle and County sis., where you will Dud n ul supply, myll-ltn QN pr KRWAIID?LOBT; ON TUK8DAY night, about !l o'clork. near Pig Point, opposite Newport Newa, n small Hkitt or imtto?. It 'ott long, 4 feet wide, painted mirk ilrab;liad aiaall pin Iron ?ud one i air oars and Kcoup. Kinder will bo rewarded i Special for To-Day Fine Sun h ied Pi> ?.. i.. -. l'-" c per ptnud Fancy Mivod i akos. lOu per \ ouui!. I lue 1'nked U mm, Co per can. Hire's boot lie, i, ready lor driukiug, 10c. per bottle. JTMMt RKNT?No. 6V>a l ir?t street, khIouii. ' $ It! per month; >o. 321 Crawford st.. s -' bU per mouth; No :i2ti High at..dwelling, t'ju per a.ontli No :ioo i iuwiddio st., dwi II lug, r.'6 ? ur uiu.it. . No. ill Uinv.iddie st.. duelling, till per mouth; No. 113 Lincoln street, dwelling, $10 pur niOlltli. i-'evi rnl nice itoeos nil i tome sun I dw llings at \ ery reasonable renU. All are in koou order mid iioarly all bare c ty w.itor Pi rti a desirlUK K00,1 lioiihos must cull early; JNU. 1.. VYA'f? HUN, Portsmouth, Vn. 1081'?KITH Ell On 111(111 OH WASHING. ; ton btreet, Monday n11;lit, u . el ring with initial "K" on it six diamonds and sot. Iteward it lelt at 613 County st. myiu-.it Ono ltuuiiretl rolls new matting re ccived to ilay. Neat, handsome puttorus very ebony. Call to sao it. L'arpota, ruga, oil cloth, etc., at J. b. Crawford's Furniture House. For Malaria, Liver Trou? ble, or Indigestion, use BROWN'S IRON BITTERS i air oars anil bv notifying mvuo-zt capj. .l.uir; WBITB, !>orfolk, Va. c. w. nuuniNa a oo., H02 Crawford street. PORT NORFOLK. MU. MATT J. MbLVEY, thu well known | caterer of tills city, has jeasod tho HOTEL 1 VKKNUN. Cure will run over* half hour oil Saturday aUil Hun.lay. hvory think lirst-cliiss | Kor aujoyiiiflnt, rumfort und pleasure oomo \ lit nil time* to thu Motol \eruOii. whoro everything ?i I be kept In season to supply I thu iHbl i tiio bar. mm a in to tho enmtort of visitors mid guests. Motol ie now open. ] SPECI?L S?I.E Big Willow ltn Wit, only $1.50: large Im? porte I Hugs. IUO tn 7Mr. Look at thosu price*: Mattings that sell for lOe, *20o. 2Bo. :;Uc por yardi our price, 8c, Hie, lfio and 18o, UOLR'B, niy'JS aoti County etroet, eity.^ GIVEN AWAY. We are giving nwsy tboBc flno articles of furuitnre which you ecu displayed in our window, fur every cash purouase yon will re. lav.. coupons, ('omo in ?nd K'-t our olr cular of explanation. We have just received tho largest and mi,, i oomplat i linn uf Ladies' Musliu Uii dorwoai io bo lonn I in cither city. Those goods uro of ni mi mauufoolui o and tho cele? brated look stitch brand. Fronch Organdies. Ginghams, otc. Whito Cioude of ovory description, Embroideries, Shin Waists, oto. I ull line of liont'u Fur? nishings, (lent- Dlaok ami Fancy Suiting* bv the vitril or inado to order, and a lovely lino of Bprmg Paintings. W. C. NASH. -J2'J High itreot. UNE CALIFORNIA, CHANGES, 1'INE APl'LEB, DAN AN AH, LEMONS, ETC, At I THE E. O. HUOOKS CO., 113 High street, l'ortsuiouth, V?. LOOK AT THIS: ? AIN'T WE IN IT." Three Biggest Sellers, Three Best Wheels Made. WAVERLY, $85. COLUMBIA, $100. * EAGLE, $100. Sand for our new catalogue. Cost you nothing but a postal, . N- Wliite's sporting House. 103 HIGH STREET, PORTSMOUTH, VA. JUST RECEIVED, AT 215 HIGH8TBEKT. another lot of those lama V.o piotio Huge, will bo sold nt $2.25 or 94.25 the set. Hurh, 80x74, *l. The best Misssos lOo Seam, los? Hose in tha city. Great reduction in llov'a Jersey and lllouse Suits. GEO. 8. BELL, Aueut, Brandt Building. A PLUCKY YANKEE GIRL. Ulli Took Will Attempt the Ascent of the I'crilouu Mnttcrliorn. Thirty yean ago tlio summit of the Mutter horn had uovor been touched by u human foot, but now tho ascent of this lofty und dauguroua peak is often accom? plished, and Miss Annio S. Pock, u plaeky Amorican woman, is about to bravo the perils of the snow capped Al? pine sentinel. Miss Pock is a resident of MISS AKN1K 8. PECK. Providence iy.id is a scholar of nnusnal Mtidition und a lecturer of considerable note. She ww graduated from the Uni? versity of Michigan in 1878, spout some time in study ha Germany and attended the American school of archieology in At htm. Whilo studying in Athuus in lbbo und 18N0 she ascended Hymettns and I'entelicuH, nud the experience was so fascinating that she has since becomo an ardent devotee of the health giving and instructive pastiino of mountain climbing. After her return from Europe Miss Puck was professor of Latin in Smith college for a time end then began lec? turing on tho art and archieology of nn cicut and modern Greece. Sho has spo? ken before the National Geographic soci? ety, the American Geographical society and innny colleges, institutes, clubs and schools. In 1888 during a trip to Cali? fornia she added to her famo as a moun? tain climber by clambering to the very top of Mount Shasta, u distance of 1H, 000 feet. Sho is said to have been tho first woman to accomplish the under? taking. Sho bus done considerable other mountain climbing, is possessed of ex? cellent health, strength and courage and bolievcs sho will succeed in her ambi? tion to stand on tho summit of the mighty Mattorhoru. The Matterhoru is a mountain of the Pennine Alps between Switzerland and Italy and is l-l.SSfi foot high. It is ono of tho grandest poaks in the world und tho most difficult to climb. On July 14, 1805, Edward Whymper, the famous mountain cliinbor, after eight unsuc? cessful oitgmptSQt luiit won the honor ?i nrsc mustering tno precipitous siaos of the- Hntterhern. He way accompanied by Lord Francis Douglas, Rov. Charles HudHun, i)- He ].?.?. Robert Hadow uud three guides, Michael Crox, Petor Taug tvalder and Potor Tuugwnldor, Jr. In descending Hadow lout his nervo aud his footiug, and Hudson, Croz. mid Douglas, ?who were fastened to tho bhuio ropo, wore draggod with him. Whymper and tho two other gnidee clung desperately to tho rocks and Bofely withstood the shock of the tightening rope, but tho ropo broke, aud Hudson, Hadow, Croz and Douglas fell 4,000 feet down the precipice and wero da9hnd to pieces. THRICE A LL. D." ' Career of Dr. WhiUitt. l'resldent of th? Kuathern lluptiit Theological Seminary. Tho Rev. Dr. William Heth Whitsitt, tho new president of the Southern Bap? tist Theologicui seminary, was born in Nashville Nov. 2C, 1841, und was tho son of James Whit t, sitt, who owned considerable reul e.stnto in tho vi ?^cinity of Nash villo. Yonng I Whitsitt was brought up on a J farm throu miles de. w. ii. wniTsiTi. from tho city and was graduated with honoris from Union university, but did not receive a di? ploma, owing to tho outbreak of tho re bullion. Early in tho war ho joined tho I Fourth Tennessee cuvalry, and during J tho last two years of the war his ser? mons, interesting and original, wero ut tructive featured of tho cump life. After tho war youug Whitsitt was made pastor of Mill Creek church, a country meeting house on his mother's farm. The church had neon dismantled by tho invading armies, but under his pastorate tho ruins wore cleared away and tho place was beautified. The years 1806 and lt>(>7 ho spent at the Univer? sity of Virginia, und after finishing his 1 studies there he attended tho Southern | baptist Theological aemiuary, then lo? cated at Groenville, S. C. A year's I Course in tho University of Leipsio and another yc;ir in tho University of Berlin completed his education. Upon his ro tiuu to America ho served six months as I pastor in Albany, Gn., and in 1872 he was electud to a professorship in the Southern Baptist Thoologioul seminary, which post he ha? hold with credit evor I since. In 1878 Mercer university made J him n D. D., and Georgetown college, | William Jewell college and tho South- j western Baptist university have honored j him with tho degree of DL.lv Dr. Whitsitt is the author of five hooks of a theological or historical character and has written for numerous periodic? als, He iu in aunt dwiamLw a le?tvu;? und proaehcr ana litis delivered ud droHKos in all the prominent cities of the south. In 1881 he was married to Miss Florence Wullace of Kentucky, and two children have come to brighten his home. Value* Him at SIS. A Philadelphia young lady who sued her ox-sweetheart for $50,000 for breach nf promiso compromised in court for $10.! 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