Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-05-04
T @ W N I A TT I E
TAKEN FROM THE NOTE BOOKS
OF "TIMES" REPORTERS,
. MALL TALK FOR SUNDAY READING
New Gums for the Infantry. StranEort
within oar Gates. Some Come 10 set
Others to Stay. street Improve
mcnts. Tho Hotel Registers.

Mr.. ]. William Boyd md Charli,
Felix returned yesterday from a Wis;
to Buchanan.
Mics Emily Child, of Hagerstown
Nd, is visiting her sister, Mrs. w. G
Campbell, on Fourth avenue.
Mr. w. A. Kramer, of Carlisle, Pa, i
in the city.
Mr.. George r. Mills, of Pulaski City
is registered at Hotel Felix.
Professor C. H. Cooke, of Holm
Institute, was here Yesterday.
Mr.. l.. V. Clarke, jr., of Philadci
phla, is registered at Hotel Roanoke
Mr.. Charles p. Stacey, Of Rich
mond, is registered at Hotel Roanoke
Mr.. Arthur Powell, of the Steeltol
Land company, of Salem, was in til
city Yesterday.
Mr.. a. F. Mosby, OF Waynesboro
Augusta county, is in the city.
Mr.. j. II. Bartlett, of West Lynch
burg, is here.
Judge w. Griffin is spending Sun
day ct his home in Salem.
Mr.. Will Wooten returned las
night from Petersburg.
Mr.. W. Merry Perkins, of Pulaski
City was here yesterday.
The City Council will hold its regv
lar monthly meeting Tuesday nighi
Mr.. g. Y. Booker, secretary of til
Inter Urban Land company, is i
ChristiansburG.
The crossing on Second street i
front Of G. Il. Wertz's store was II
paired yesterday.
Messrs. John d. Hewctt and j. K. !
Steele, OF Bramwell. West Va, are i
the city.
The police officers will be paid
on next Tuesday. The pay roll ft
the month amounts to $6S334
Mr. j. |. Goodman, secretary {
the Young Mems Christian Assoc;
ton is in Buchanan.
A fire plug has been placed at t
corner of Jefferson street and Secop
avenue, n. Z.
The Junior Hose company has o
dered new set OF uniforms OF Andc
son and Jones, lSl Grand street, No
York.
Messrs. John NJ. Pagan and F. .
| ScwelI, OF Corthage. n. c., will :
to work for the Bridgewater ca
riage company.
The Roanoke Light Infantry vest.
day received fifty guns from Il
United States arlnory at Springfie
Mass.
Mr.. George Rench. formerly
Brooklyn, n. y, is in the city. He
thinking OF making this his futu
home.
Mr.. C. r. Bush, with Harmon,
Printing works, leaves for Puas
this morning on business trip. t
will return Wednesday.
Mr.. David J. Duffy, OF Salem, W
in the city yesterday. He is a plumb
and thinks of opening an establis
ment here.
joseph Gale, the scycnmonths-o
child OF Rev. J. H. Boyd, died yeste
day afternoon at o'clock. The
terment will take place in the C
cemetery.
Messrs. Samuel Grocer, founder
the Grocer Steel and Iron compan
E. p. Grocer and L. E. Weston, Il!
of that company, of Upland, Pa, :
in the city.
Earle Gordon st. John, infant St
DR.. Hunter ST. John, died yesterdi
morning at o'clock and was inter-,
in the city cemetary in the afternot
at o'clock.
Mrs. Roy b. Smith is confined
her bed at Hotel Roanoke by an
tack of the measles. Her moth
from Lynchburg arrived in the CT
last night.
The belgian block pavement l..
been laid as far north on Jetferss
: street as the upper end of the Norfc.
and Western railroad offices.
Colonel Thomas G. Blair, of Roa:
oke, Va, has closed the purchase
some five thousand acres of the Ha!
mum land in Unicoi county. Tt
contract price was $4,000 Of viii,
$4,000 was paid down.-Brist.
Courier.
The double tracking of the Norfo
and Western railroad between Roar
oke and Radford is progressil
rapidly. 1t is the intention Of t.
railroad company to double trac
their entire line, from Bristol to No
folk, a distance of 40S miles.
| Several freight cars, manufactura
at Harrisburg, Pa, passed throug
the city over the Norfolk and Wester
railroad yesterday, enroute to Cha
tanooga, Tenn. The cars are equil
ped with patent brakes.
Mrs. T. 6. Weber, wife of the ass,
ciate editor of the Salem Times-Regi
ter, died at her home yesterday mon
ing about o'clock, of consumption
The funeral will take place this afte
noon at o'clock.
Mr.. ]. E. Bonsack, of Bonsack str
ton, is at the Felix, as is G. S. Ricl
ardson, of the Warm Springs. Bo.
are cadets at the Virginia Agricn
tural and Mechanical College, {
Blacksburg.
Mr.. Charles L. Bush, of Vinton, hs
bought half interest in the planil?
mill OF Garner s. Co. The plant will (
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