The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-14
ABOUT THE CITY
THE GOINGS AND C0MINGS o
PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
TIMES REPORTERS NEWS item,
Suicide OIL. Il. Kennady.-G eorr c
Smith Sent on to the Grand Jury =
Licenses Grantcd-The City For, C
Mncadamizing Salem Avenue.

Mr.. H. w. Bonhage. mercha, t
tailor of Baltimore, is in the city.
Mayor William G. Evaret, returne d
yesterday from visit to Fincastle.
Captain VIM. Beale, q prominei t
citizen of buchanan, is in the city.
Mr.. w. X. Oyler, a large tobacc )
mist of Abingdon, was in the ri Y
yesterday.
Mr.. w. H. Mclaughlin, of the fir II
of Robinson, Tate Il Co, Lynchbur :,
is in the city stopping at Hotel Fell :.
Messrs. Clayton and Boiling, of Be l.
ford City, are here looking after Il 9
interests of the Otter View Lal d
Company.
The remains of Laura MART i,
colored, aged thirty seven, who di, d
Monday, were inferred in the color d
cemetery yesterday.
Mr.. Logan c. Snyder, of the re Il
estate firm of Snyder & Hitler, IF
Salem, was in the city yesterday n
business connected with his firm.
NJ. III. Jennings, esq, of Danvi:. 2,
of the wholesale commission house IF
NJ. Fl. Jennings u Co., this city, W vs.
registered Mt Hotel Felix yesterday.
Mr.. w. l. Caldwell, representa- &
the wholesale grocery house of JAG b
H. Franklin & Sons, Lynchburg, W IS
here yesterday in the interest of ! is
firm.
The only business transacted in le
Hastings Court yesterday was lie
granting Of barroom and malt liqu n
license to Pettis & Parker, on the { Il
Lick road.
One hundred and thirty-seven me r
chants and thirty-seven liqu ~
licenses had been granted up to Ii It
night by Commissioner of the Reven te
c. NJ. Turner.
Tho shipments of the Pocahont IS
Coal Company, for the week end <
Saturday, May 10th, were 81, 1S9; a: d
for the month up to and includi z
the 10th, 50,SO5 tons for the year, G.; :
ST. tons.
Mr.. j. VIM Garrison, an emplo =
of the Roanoke Machine Works, / =
ported for duty yesterday after be- z
absent for some time, on account If
the illness of his family, who RESI- e
III Salem.
Mr. Samuel Bright, and son, Il r.
George Bright, OF Rocky Moui t,
Franklin county, father and broth IT
of Mr.. Zeb Bright, OF the firm If
Bright & Penn, of this city, are II e
on Il visit.
Mr. y. w. Coulton, of Front Roy; !,
Va, who has made an extensive II p
through Southwest Virginia, look. =
for profitable investments, pass u
through the city yesterday Ell rot e
for his home.
Mr.. Jno. Borden, of Goldsboro, '.
c., is at Hotel Roanoke. Mr.. Bore n
is one of the progressive young IL II
Of the North State, and is here in re
interest of the furniture factory viii h
be represents.
Barnum & Bailey's greatest shc "
on earth,n have contracted with il r.
Geo. Huff for ten acres of groun |,
Just south of the baseball park, alo' g
the river, on which to pitch their ten $,
Tuesday next.
The rain, yesterday afternoon, VI Is
quite a relief to those whose busine IS
require that they should be out If
doors most of the time, as it settl d
the dust, which was before thrown Y
the sportive wind, into tie face If
every pedestrian.
Captain a. Rick, OF Richmond, VI.
who has the contract for paving wi h
Belgian block the street in front IF
the Norfolk and Western railroad f
fees, and between their tracks on Je +
ferson street, is in the city looki: G
after the work
The city force was engaged yesttr r
day in remacadamizing that porti' n
of Salem avenue lying between ST =
ond street S. w. and HofTman's DIR; 6
store. This is much needed il l.
provement and work of the same XII d
wovld be appreciated in numero Is
other places.
Mr.. George Blanton, Il plumber n
! the employ of L. F. Burks s. Co, wi o
so nearly lost his life by gas strang l.
lation Monday, mention of which w IS
made in the TIMES of Tuesday, W IS
able to be up yesterday. and expec IS
to resume work today.
The condition of Ben Hubbar l.,
whose skull was crushed by a roe :,
thrown by Charles Otey, Saturd; Y
night, mention of which was made n
Sundays TIMES, is but slight y
changed, and but very little hope $
entertained of his ultimate recover :.
The case of George Smith, charg. d
with shooting Wesley Briggs ONT t e
night of October 10th, 1889, at a dan e
on Railroad avenue was, tried befo e
Justice Howerton yesterday evenil g
and the prisoner sent on for the fu :
Their action of the grand jury. BIZ il
has been applied for by Smiths cou i
sci, A. j. Oliver
The remains of Mr. J. L. Kennel :,
were brought here from Richlan' S
yesterday evening, where he col l.
mitted suicide Monday morning ~
shooting himself through the heal !.
The body was taken in charge by [ i
dertaker G. w. G. Woolwine, wi o
embalmed it, and will be shipped .
his former home in Brooklyn, n. I :,