The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-08
LOCALS.
PICKED UP ON THE STREETS
AND ABOUT THE HOTELS.
THEY ABE SHORT BUT INTER GSTING
Died at AbinSd"n-Left for II Tour OF
Inspection-Accept IL Position In
abama--Sbipments of the POca-
hontas Coal Company.

Miss Alice Boyd. of Lynchburg, il
a guest at Hotel Felix.
w. II. Doss, of LynchburS, is regis
tered ut the Continental.
T. w. Spindle, of Christiansburg, is
a guest ut the Continental.
Mr.. Jacob Frank returned to his
home in Wytheville yesterday.
MIR. w. II. C. Hall and daughter, OF
Norfolk, are visiting friends here.
Harry Crouch and Edwin lixspent
Sunday at the Montgomery White.
8. q. Wingtield, clerk Of the corpo-
ration court of Lynchburg, is in the
city.
Captain Anderson and wife, of New
berry, w. Va, are registered ut Hotel
Felix.
Mr.. a. b. Hammond and family,
are at the Montgomery Red Sulphur
Springs.
Mr.. j. a. Wilson returned yester-
day from Petersburg, where he spent
the Fourth.
J. NJ. Brosius, the inventor of the
Brosius Motor Sewing Machine, is at
Hotel Felix.
The track of the street railroad on
Jefferson street is undergoinga course
of substantial ballasting.
The shipments of Pocahontas coal
for the month ending Saturday, July
5, amounted to 1856 tons.
Mr.. Harry DeBerg, OF Bluetield, w.
Va, who has been wishing his father
in this city, returned yesterday.
E. d. Hatcher, cigar manufac
turer, and w. l.. Otey, of Bedford
City, were on our street yesterday.
Miss Mary Wiseman, of Danville, is
spending a few days with her aunt,
Mrs. Dr. Sims, on Campbell street.
Mr.. John Dabney Smith left yester-
day for Richmond to present his ere
dentials to the Supreme Court of APP
peals.
Mrs. C. j. Gardner, nee Miss Yes
tine Brown, left yesterday for visit
to her former home, at Goodies, Bed
ford county.
Messrs. &. w. Jones and Thomas
Watts, prominent Lynchburg capital
lists, are in the city looking after their
real estate interests.
The first annual encampIuent of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
will be held at Hampton from July
18th to 2Sth inclusive.
J. G. Cassel, superintendent of the
Lychburg division of the Norfolk and
Western railroad, is confined to his
room by indlsposition.
j. 7. Pennygrass, mechanic, and
a well known volunteer fireman of the
city, left yesterday evening to accept
"a position in Birmingham, Ala.
j. Stanhope, of Haeerstown, Nd,
arrived in the city yesterday, and will
accept clerical position in the audi
ting department of the Shenandoah
Valley railroad.
S. H. Stokes, formerly well known
cabinet maker of Salem, died a few
days since at the Eureka Hotel, Abb
ington, of which his son,in-law, |.
Lewis Clark, is proprietor.
Mr.. J. Alexander Garland, of Roam
oke, is in Lyncnburg on visit to his
sister, Mrs. J. w. Overstreet. Mr.
Garland formerly reslNeu tHere anu
many friends welcome him.
General Manager Sands and Assist
ant Manager Hippey left yesterday on
a special coach on a tour of inspection
over the Norfolk and Western and its
branches. They will be absent about
u week.
A number of young men went on q
fishing frolic to Roanoke river yester-i
day, and returned with only few
broken hooks and lines. They say
the fish didn't bite, and are inclined
to blame it on the moon.
Mr.. F. Z. Brinkley, at one time
Superintendent of the Land and Inn
provemenu Company, now in the real
estate business at Bristol, left for that
place Yesterday. He has been visiting
his family for several days.
Blue Ridge Springs offers great at
fractions to Roanoke young men just
now. Nearly every trade and profess
sion, it is understood, was represented
there on Sunday. Two pretty and
charming young girls from the Lone
Star State are said to be the cause.