Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-05-06
ROANOKE GOSSIP
YESTERDAYS NEWS IN SHORT
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Death Of Mrs. Stinnett. Meeting Il
TIE Mcid-Gone to Phiiadelphia-Ar.
rival of Machinery for the Paper
bag Factory
MIR. C. It. Baldwin of this city wal
in Lynchburg yesterday.
Mr.. J. Il. Boaz, editor of the ingalls,
City Times: was here Sunday.
Capt. S. G. Crute left yesterday fol
Bluetield, West Va.
Capt. William O'Brien and wife lef
last night for Pulaski City.
Mr.. j. Harry Chapman, proprieto
the city yesterday.
Mr.. J. n. Moses returned yesterday
from a trip to Radford.
Miss Nora Hyde, of Buchanan, il
visiting friends at Hotel Felix.
Mr.. Will S. Camden, who has beer
quite sick for several weeks, is GU
again.
Miss Virginia Thomas, of Blacks
burg, is visiting Mrs. A K. Sarvay,
Hotel Felix.
Messrs. Henry Jones, wealthy
citizen, and S. w. Harrell, OF Suffolk
are in the city prospecting.
Mr.. J. H. Bramwell, of Bramwell
w. Va, one of the largest coal opera
tors in that section, is in the city.
A. B. Pugh, ESQ.,, q prominen
LAWYER of Washington, D. c., wa
here Sunday.
Rush U: Derr, esq, has returned
| from business trip to Huntington
w. Va.
Miss Ella Ragland, who has beef
visiting Miss Mamie Trent, on F'irs
avenue left yesterday for her home il
AppomattoX county.
Miss Minnie Vaughan, of Paris
Texas, is visiting Mr.. Joseph Brent
family.
General Peyton Wise wants to be .
commissioner from Virginia to TIL
Worlds Fair.
MIR. William Sweeney, of the Unite,
States navy, is in the city. He wa
formerly resident of this city.
Mr.. Joe Frank, the Jefferson stree
clothier, left yesterday for Baltimor
to purchase his spring stock OF good;
The machine works finished yestei
day for the Norfolk and Western RI.
road company thirty-tive freight an
six baggage cars.
Miss Gerte Haney, very popula
Young lady of Buchanan, is vlsltin
| hf Tfnnrfh
S. w.
Mr.. Edward T. Dadmun returne
Yesterday from trip TO Lynchburg
the interest of the Young Mems Chri
tian Association.
Miss Fannie Pollock, of Vinton, VII
has been visiting her brother-in-la
Rev. V. w. Wheeler, of Clifton Fors'
returned yesterday.
Superintendent D. w. Flickwir all
several other officers of the Shenal
doah Valley railroad company, LEI
yesterday for Philadelphia.
President Kimball, of the Norfol
and Western railroad, says that wo-
on the Pulaski rolling mill company
plant will commence in thirty days.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stinnett, of No. a
Fourth avenue n. E., died yesterdu
afternoon of pneumonia and will i
buried this evening in the City Cen
etery.
The stockholders of the Buchansl
Land and Improvement company w
hold meeting in the office of Franc:
B. Kemp & Co., this evening at
o'clock.
Mr.. NJ. T. Bragg, of Norfolk, solicit
ing agent for the Norfolk and Wester
railroad company, is in the city. Il
was at one time ticket agent at tn
Union depot here.
Mr.. s. w. Sinefix, of the city market
left yesterday morning for Concord
depot to remove his family from tina
place to this city, which will be thei
future home.
Mr.. G.. N. Parker, of Harrisburg
P, is in the city prospecting. H.
represents fertilizer company ant
says if properinducements are Offered
he will open branch establishment.
here.
A corporation, known as the Roam
oke Land and Investment company
composed mostly of Philadelphians
was granted a charter by Judg,
Robertson yesterday.
Mrs. Mary E. Phelps, of No. 400
Fourth avenue, N. E., died Sunday
evening, aged seventy-seven years
The funeral took place yesterday
afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Epis-
copal church.
The dedication services at Glover.
dale announced for last Sunday were
postponed on account of Indictment
weather. The dedication will take
place Sunday 18th at which time the
church will be opened morning anc
evening.
The first machine for making paper
bags for the Old Dominion company
arrived in the city yesterday and n
test will be made at the Bridgewate1
Carriage company's office today,
which if satisfactory will be estab-
lished here at once.
Messrs. G. B. Houston, of Chester
and r. J. Houston, of Lancaster, Pa.
are in the city for the purpose of at
tending the annual meeting of the
| Grocer Steel and Iron company, to be
held tomorrow at the company's
office.
Ground was broken yesterday on
the corner of East avenue and Fourth
street, n E., for tie foundation of
the new Market House, to be erected
in East Roanoke by order of the City
Council. This will supply a long felt
want and the citizens of that section
appreciate the action of the council
Hon. James NJ. Marshall Cyclone
Jim, as the boys in Southwest Vir-
GINA call him) was warmly greeted
Gu hic Richmond friends TO-DAY Mr.