The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-04

HRiEF BITS OF NEWS.
Little Local Paragraphs Of Interest
to Every One.

Little Local Paragraphs of Interest
TO Every One.
Mr.. C. p. Mambert, of Staunton. is
in the city.
d. w. b. Dodge, Of Stuarts Draft,
is in the city.
Judge i. d. Yarrell, of Emporia, is
at Hotel Roanoke.
Mr.. Edwin Barbour, OF Big Stone
Gap, is in the city.
Mr. w. Fl. Savage, of this city, is
visiting in Richmond.
DR.. II. G.. Cline, Of Front Royal was
in the city yesterday.
bIr. w. H. Spickard, postmaster Mt
Blue Ridge, isin the city.
Mr.. J. II. Silverthorn, of Lynchburg
is in the city looking after business
interests.
The work oflaying brick began yes
terday on the Kirk building on First
avenue.
Messrs. C. e. Workman, ir, and
p. Carson, of Richmond, are at Hotel
Roanoke.
Miss Hettie Blanchard, of Bristol. is
visiting her brother. Mr.. L. I. Blanch-
ard, at Hotel Felix.
Mr.. C. e. StoulTer, chief clerk of Mr.
y. II. Smith, at the Blueiield stops,
was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. r. @. NJ. Davis and family, of
Winifreede, w. Va, are visiting Mrs.
W. II. Felix, Mrs. Davis sister.
Messrs. Baker and Markley real
estate agents, moved into their new
office on First avenue yesterday.
Forty-one wagons paid the curbage
tax ut the Second Market yesterday
and the amount collected was $500.
Mr.. w. b Barclay, of Radford, was
here yesterday Mr.. &. a. Sullivan:
of the same place was also mt Hotel
Felix.
Tie sidewalks on Fourth avenue
arc being lowered in obedience TO an
order recently issued by the city
council
4 concrete pavement is being laid
in front of the Office of Pedigo q
Gunn Mr.. +. l.. Wilkinson has the
contract.
\ marriage license was issued to
Jos. II. Randolph and Miss Maggie
Raine, of this city. Both were for
merry of Rockingham.
Miss Maggie Sublett, of the Vireinia
Bromide and Arsenic Springs, of
Montgomery county, is visiting Miss
Salie Turnbull of First avenue, s. ".
Car No. of the street railway Lire
was run into yesterday on Fourth
avenue near Second street by a care
less driver The wagon was deinol-
ished.
On Sunday Mr.. Charles Irwin, of
this city went to visit his parents at
Front Royal. He was ACCOMPANIED
by his brother-in law, Mr.. w. II.
liver, of Staunton, and by his wife,
who remained during the week.
Messrs. r. N. CLANCY, of Maryland,
and B. w. Butler and Andrew An
derdank, of Winston, n. G., are at
Hotel Felix. They are connected
with the Roanoke and Southern Rail
road Company
The young gentlemen of Nintoa
will give a mplmentary strawberry
festival to the young ladies OF that
place on Friday evening III the grove
of Mrs. NJ. CT. Dennis. The Italian
band of this city will furnish the
music, and IL general good time is
looked for.
A white tramp whose name was un
known. was killed by Norfolk and
Western'train No. yesterday. He was
walking along in the middle of the
track and made no effort to get Oft the
track when the engine blew the whis-
tie 1t was on ashort curve, and no
blame is attached to the company.
The case of the commonwealth
against Emily Burlls was tried before
Justice Howerton yesterday after
noon. The defendant was accused by
E. A. McGehee of taking number OF
roses from his premises. Messrs. Penn
& Cooke represented the girl, ana
after o hearing of the case it was dis
missed.
Mrs. Mary n. Fairweather, aged
twenty-nine years, wife of Alexander
Fairweather, died in this city yester-
day morning at 1.30 o'clock. The re-
mains will be taken to Bedford City
this morning on the 10 o'clock Nor
folk and Western passenger train for
interment.
Mr.. Charles Kizer, son of Colonel
Thomas E. Kizer, the deputy clerk of
the Hastings court, arrived in the city
last night from Norfolk, where he is
employed on the Daily Virginian,
Mr. Kizer is delegate tothe lnterna-
tional Typographical Union which
meets at Atlanta, Ga. next week.
a number OF, men under the charge
of Mr.. J. T. Boyd started to work on
the stone foundations of the Midway
Iron Conpany's plant at 1 O'Clock
Yesterday. Mr.. r. w. Davies, geli-
eral manager, will go to Pennsylvania
at once to purchase the necessary
machinery and ship it here. A force
of surveyors are also at work laying
off the land.
Meeting at The BAPTIST Church.
U,ba monthly business meeting at