The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-13
Tcifar from Roanoke.

sALTM-A GROWING ToWE-DCFAL HOUSE
PROPOSED IMrR0yEMENT--RED ULPH UR
SPRINGS ROANOKE COLLEGE LEWIS CEN
TE>S!AL Halt H0LLINS INSTITUTE.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.]
SALEM, VA, September 10, 1876.
Sacm is to-day more infused with the
spirit Of progress and Improvement than
ever before. The new Simmons building,
on Man street, Is going up rapidly. The
contractor. +, j. Chapman, Esq, is live
and cntcrlri>ing man, and Is doing much
for IL. PROSPERITY OF the town. The F'lem-
ing building. adjoining the Dural House,
was completed several weeks ago, and the
s:Orrroom> arc now occupied by Fleming 4
Brother aud }. Il. Bransford i Co. Post
master Oakley will soon erect, on The corner
OF hi lot, opposite the Duyul House, q
tlrcc.>iory brick building with the hand
soonest front in Salem.
TIE DUAL HOUSE.
Under the very efficient management Of
Nests. :. VI. Williamson & Co. this house
has added /" lis well.established reputation.
i i, popular Summer resort, ard Is crowded
during the season With visitors from all sec.
tion> of the country. At present several
families fr,,n New Orleans are soJournlDg
here. This house is certainly one OF the best
in the State, and richly merits the large pa
trunA@c it receives.
! learn that several gentlemen intend to
form /. Joint stock company to erect hotel
for summer resort 1T the Big Spring, at
Mrs. JohnSon's, quite near Salem. The esii-
mated cost is $4,000.
ROANOKE RED SULPHUR SPRINGS.
This old and popular resort, ten miles
a.; hu. no f1pa rannt0tinn
under the polite and excellent proprietorS,
Me>sr>. Berkeley, Smith & CO. The season
has been far more successful than was anti
cipa,ed, and it is thought its present accom-.
modations will not be sufficient for next
summer. Tue Red Sulphur is kept in good
style at the low price Of $50 per month. D..
ROANOKE COLLEGE.
This institution has been gaining ground
very rapidly since the war, and now stands
among the hrst colleges of the South. The
twcnty-third session opened on the ISL In
Slant. The attendance is so much Increased
that the Faculty are discussing plans tor
new building for the accommodation OF stu
dents. Already twenty-five young men
have entered from Texas, and others are ex.
pec,cd soon. Nearly all the southern States
are well represented. / notice from the
Times that u grandson of the late Colonel
Greenwood Lefore, the last chief OF the
Choctaws, has entered Roanoke College
from Mississippi. --..-.....
TIE young men at this school sustain q
fine reputation. There are tive churches IN
tue town. There is a aourisbing Young
Mems Christian Association in the college.
The people of the town and county owe a
debt Of gratitude TO President Bittle for bis
success in building up the college and inn
proving the country.
LEWIS CENTENNIAL HALL.
The increase in the libtary aud the neces-
silly OF additional buildings for the library
cabinet and public exercises have called for
action on the part of the trustees. They
nave determined to put up building, to De
called the Lewis Centennial Hall, IN honor OF
the memory of General Andrew Lewis, OF
the Revolution; and Professor Drehr, OF the
college, is directed to enter upon the collec.
tion OF funds for the purpose. The building
Is TO be sixty feet wide by ninety or one hum
dred feet long, and forty feet high, with
1ali tower Tor an astronomical observatory.
Professor Drehr, financial secretary, seems to
be meeting with success. Captain y. II.
Rah, of Tennessee, has given 81, 600 r. >.
Chapman, Of Salem, 5000; John Trout, OF
BIZ Lick, $500. The canvas for subserip.
lions is going on. JoHs SMITH.