Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-05-03
ABOUT ROANOKE
CONDENSED LOCALS BY THE
TIMES REPORTERS.
FROM STREET AND HOTEL LOBBIE !
Sunday Services Mt the Y. NJ. G. "A,
Struck on the Head by Falling Tin :
Der. Stock Placed ON the Harke ..
Notes orInteresf. Personals, etc.

Nothing OF Importance WAS uol t
in the Police Court yesterday NOR l.
ing.
A man was ut work with law II
mower yesterday, identifying Il e
grounds of Hotel Roanoke.
The Hollins' Institute girls are r.
ginning to think about their gradua :
ing dresses.
Miss Eta Quick, of Scottsville,
Albemarle county, is visiting relatlv g
in this city.
The Hagerstown Daily News cal g
out Yesterday in Il bran-new dress a! q
presents very attractive appear
ance.
The regular monthly meeting If
the Board of Police Commissions s
will be held Monday night.
Subscription to the Midway ire n
company was closed yesterday; II e
amount of stock taken being S5O,Gl }.
Mr.. }. w. Barnett, of Haynes, BE r
nett & Company, real estate agen IS
of Carnegie City, was here yesterdi y
on business.
Mr.. j. II. Earsliin, formerly OF tue
Rluefield Inn, left yesterday tor
Salem to take charge of Lake SpriI g
Hotel.
DIR. H. w. Harrison has return, d
from u visit to Blackshurg, where ne
was on professional business.
Officer j. Fl. Vest returned yesterd; y
evening from business trip o
Lynchburg.
Mr.. B. n. Bernard, yard conduct lr
of the Norfolk and Western railroa l,
is confined to his bed by indispo J.
ton.
No matter how plain Il drug Gle k
NAV be. in warm weather his iizZ is
ALWAYS attractive to the girls.
Yesterday was very dry and dus y
and the need of u street sprinkler is
felt.
MIR. J. l.. Daddow will conduct I e
services at the Young Mems Christ n
Association hall tomorrow event. :.
Mr.. Fl. T. Hollock, of this city, Wis t.
ed Pearisburg, Giles county, yest' +
day.
wGreat improvements have be II
made on Commonwealth avenue E.
tween Lick Run and Shenando; a
avenue.
Rev. II. s. Coe, pastor in charge 1t
the Roanoke circuit, Methodist ZIP s.
copal church, was in the city vest r
day.
Mrs. William O'Brien, wife of lie
contractor, arrived in the city vest r
day from Baltimore, and will ma e
this her home.
Mr.. II. E. Crawford, one Of the me At
faithful and efficient officers on nc
police force, is a candidate for the /
flee of constable.
The Shenandoah Valley yard for ,e
has been busy during this week ps T.
ting in additional side tracks TO &C
commodate the increased traffic.
Mr.. VIM. w. Jones and Mrs. sur Z
Hockenberry were married in III IT
Roanoke Thursday night by Rev. j.
H. Boyd, pastor of the Green Meme r.
ial church, A big supper was serr d
afterwards.
Mr.. D. ]. w. Clarkson, of NJ W
Castle, Craig county, is in the Cit,
having the plans and specification rs
drawn up for fifty room hotel to re
erected at a cost Of $4,000.
Quarles. of last years baseball tear |,
now of Richmond, pitched in a ga; e
with that club against the Baltimo e
team Thursday and the Dispatch So. s
did effective work. Only five scatts :
ing hits being made from his delive: :.
Mr.. a. w. Nelson, an employe If
the Bridgewater carriage factory b; d
the index finger of his right han d
badly lacerated yesterday by gettii g
it caught in the morticing machln }.
1t may have to be amputated.
Messrs. J. T. Windle,of Hammond S
Printing works, and H. 0. Adams, #
the Bell Printing company, have Zee q
elected delegates to the Information Il
Typographical Union which meets t
Atlanta, Ga, in June.
This is the last month of springtim !,
gentle Annie, and the smile that ers !
while played upon the countenan, e
of the editor, is returning as Il e
spring poets are growing beautiful y
less.
The board of directors of the Int r
Urban Land company, held meetlT :
at the office of i. L. Powell s. c. {,
Yesterday afternoon. Among 9th r
business transacted was that of tai :
ing steps toward securing q suitab e
office building.
1t looks gloomy and dead on tt e
corner of First avenue and Jeffers1
street, now that the City Hotel hi 9
closed down. Mr.. J. o. Hanes unde :
stands the hotel business in all its d =
partments and it is hoped that / Re
will return to this avocation aga: 4
soon.
1t is said that Mr.. Felix, the pr =
prietor of Hotel Felix, at Roanoke, hi
made a barrel Of money in six year
State.
Mr.. Felix was at one time captai /
of a packet boat on the ':ragir :
canawln that flowed by this plac
Scottsville Courier.
Mr.. 8. H. Markley, of Columbii
s. c., proprietor of large hosiery e
adjustment, is in the city endeavo :
ing to make arrangements to have II s
plant removed here. He should he
encouraged so that Roanoke may g.
cure another Industry and good CT
izen.
A colored man named Smith We 5
struck on the head by q piece of tin
Der about o'clock yesterday afte
noon and received severe cut. TIE
piece of wood fell from the top of the
Ponce de Leon hotel, and would pre-
badly have killed him if it had struc
him anywhere else. DR.. jasper
dressed the wound.
The stock of the Roanoke. Evapt
rating and Preserving company Wa
placed on the market yesterday an
is being rapidly taken. The evaport :
tor ofthe company is on exhibition )
the Office of L. L. Powell s. Co., an
is, according to the Coleman patent
which has been tried successfully i i
Newark, N. j., and other norther |
cities. The company has been cap
talized at $50, 900. divided into share
of s5() each. L. L. Powell g. Co., ar