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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
MORE ACTIVE.
REAL ESTATE RESPONDS TO
INCREASED DEMANDS.
TRANSFERS INCREASING lO9 ADAY
Over 500. 900 "a Nay is the Figure on
Which Real Estate Agents are ssper-
iing-Every 1t of ROanoiSe Shares
I'm The Movement.

Real estate business continued ac-
tive yesterday, and sales were again
immense. There is no way of ascer-
tanning tonight the exact amount OF
the days transactions, as in many OF
the sales practically made the con
tracts have not been closed with the
necessary papers. THE TIMES has it
from a reliable source that the sales
on Wednesday were scarcely less than
$500, 600, and a talk with most OF the
real estate men Of the city brought
out. the fact that the sales OF yester-
day exceeded those of the day before.
Some of the agents sold mostly to
home purchasers, while Others sold to
visiting capitalists. The hotels were
crowded last night, and a large num-
Der of strangers could be seen in the
carriages of real estate men all day
long.
Wednesday West End and Belmont
property was most active, while yes
terday the equilibrium was restored
and property went easily all over the
city. The sales were not confined to
suburban property o residence lots,
and quite a number of business loca-
tions changed hands. The days
transactions, if all were known, would
probably foot up something owe
$500, 900, and yet no big sales were
made.
There are but few who hesitate to
say that the receiving of the northern
terminus of the Roanoke and South
ern is the cause of the activity, but
one prominent real estate man, who
is selling property from n end OF
the town to the other every day, told
THE TIMES that he thought the
general prosperity of Roanoke had
o to do. with it than the securing
of another railroad. Real estate has
been active all the week, and it is
more than probable that the sales
will amount TO more than a million
dollars.
Yesterday and day before nearly a
hundred deeds were filed for regis
tration, and they a-e not near ali in
vet. 1t wilt be remembered that the
largest number of deeds ever filed for
registration in one day was 1870. This
was during the big boom last March.
A member of q leading real estate
firm stated that the average amount
of each sale would be not far from
So, 1000, which goes to show that Il
middle class of investors is coming
into the field actively. People in
comfortable circumstances are secnr
ing house lots, not for spec llative Fnr-
poses, bat to build. If his ldgment
is accurate Il gratifying increaso in
building operations will Immediately
SET in.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
FOR THE CONFEDERATE BEAD.
To Enclose tho Nelson County Gene
terry and Erect Il Monument.

LYNcHBURG, Va, Sept. 11.-Mr.
William ID. Cadet, Senator Barbour,
and others are making an effort to
have the Confederate Cemetery in
Nelson county. between Newmarket
and Variety Mills, enclosed and a neat
monument erected to the Confederate
dead buried there. The cemetery is
on afr Barbour's land, and that gen.
tleman has signifed a Willingness to
aid the enterprise, in the promotion
of which Mr.. Cadet! is actively inter
esting himself.
Mr. Van Ness has agreed TO furnish
the monument at cost. and put it
in position without charge. A fund
will be reqnired to consummate the
scheme, and liberal subscriptions
have been made to the work by pri-
vate citizens. but still q much larger
sum is required to make it complete,
and it is confidently expected TO be
raised in a short time.
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THO n. @. & St. n. Mecting.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Sept. 1.-THE
stockholders of the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and st. Louis Railway met
here yesterday. The annual report
shows gross earnings for the year to
have been $3.550,461, and operating
expenses 50, l39, $50, leaving as net
earnings S1,410,610, most of which
was expended in extensions, improve
ments and the building of new shops
at Nashville. An increase of 10 per
cent. in the capital stock of the com.
pany was authorized.
The stockholders elected the former
directors. The directors elected Off
GERS as follows: President and general
manager, j. w. Thomas; secretary
and treasurer, J.. HI. Ambrose; chief
engineer, r. G. Morris; comptroller, j.
ID. Nancy.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
NEWS NOTES.

The Shenandoah Valley agricul-
tural fair. at Winchester, is very sue
cessful. The attendance is unusually
large and the exhibits have fuller
lists in all the departments than for
five years past.
The Virginia grape crop is q great
success. The growers have discovered
a remedy for rot. Profits as high as
$500 anacre are reported.
The Farmers Alliance Warehouse
Company will soon open their gen
eral warehouse at Lynchburg:
The Danville Register recalls a re-
mark from Hon. John E. Massie. He
had been travelling over the Norfolk
and Western railroad, and had Wis
tied SO many '%'cities' en- route, that
he remarked, when he finally reached
Richmond, that sit did his lungs
good once more to get a breath OF
pure country air"
The Norfolk and Western is putting
in some large scales at Ivanhoe.
Richmond,s new City Hall is going
to be a magnificent building. 1t will
be one of the finest of its kind in the
South, and will be excelled by few in
this country.
The ladies of Asheville, N. c., have
formed o society, the object of which
is TO fully discuss the servant girl
nrob,em. and to adopt ways and
means to improve that class OF labor
Eight hundred hands are at work
IN Sta Nv county on the railroad from
Salisbury VIA Albermarle to Norwood,
near the Pee Dee and Rocky Rivers, q
distance of forty one miles.
Mr.. C P. Huntington has given a
| fine lot of land to Newport News,for
school purposes, and it is understood
to be his purpose also to erect suitable
buildings on it and to donate them,
too, to the city. for which be las done
so much to create and adorn.
Samuel Cox q prominent citizen OF
Campbell county, died Friday night.
He was a courier under Stonewail
Jackson during the late war.
A Southwest Virginia syndicate has
purchased 14O acres Of land In the
neishborhood of Lambarts Point,
near Norfolk, for $4,000
Young man named Thomas Crog;
han fell under a B. and Q train AT
Staun-on Saturday evening and hae
both legscut OIL
The increaseofv values in Richmond
and HenricnN county during 1ds 81 g PES
] I've yeats nggregafe S9sgue,eo
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CONTEMPLATED IMPROVEMENTS.
The vIn,on land and Improvement
Company HOLD n Meeting.

kOtkbebtbJ ~
The directors of the ViDton Land
and Improvement Company met yes
terday at the office of Mr.. j. b. Levy,
Messrs. r. J. Notlnghap, A. G. Free
man. w. j. Lawenburg, ID. Lawen-
burg and II. L. Page. of Norfolk, in
attendance. Routine business was
disposed of, and to facilitate the man
agement of the business of the COM
pany, the directors decided to have
an executive committee. DR.. Jos. a.
Sale, ] B. Levy. and VIM. Lumsford
were appointed. Rush q. Derr was
elected general counsel Of the com
pany.
The question of general improve
ments was discussed, but as the gen
erai manager, NJ. II. G. Jordan, was
absent, nothing definite was decided
upon.
The company controls the Preston
farm of 800 acres in the eastern part
of Vinton. Streets are to be opened
through the property, which will be
laid off in lots and villa sites, and it
is probable that the dummy line will
also be extended. 1t now runs within
a few rods of the property.
The Norfolk party, after the trans
action of their business, took a drive
and look at the Magic City.
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SOME OF THE LEADERS.

Hon. Henry S. Trout is one of the
who has done much to bring
about the present certain outlook for
the road and for hegood OF Roanoke.
He has worked for the success of the
enterprise from the start, and has
been a director or officer since the
organization of the company. At
the annual meeting in June OF last
year he was elected president. and
was reelected Monday.
Mr.. j. W. Fries, the first yice-pre-
sident, is of the thrifty Moravian
stock which make up the population
of the interesting old town Of Salem.
He, with Messrs. Frank and Henry
Fries, are members of the firm OF +.
e. II. Fries, and all of them have mado
fortunes out of their extensive cotton,
wooden and Touring mills, They
stand in the front rank OF the pro-
gressive business men of North Car
DINA. Colonel Frank Fries was sec
rotary of the North Carolina State
Exposition in 1884
Colonel j. w. AlspauSh, a member
of the present board of directors, IS
one of Winston's pioneer citizens. He
is getting along in years, and IS the
typical Southern gentleman OF ante.
bellum days lie has been mayor OF
the ,iiy. anl Tor Tie last several years
has done much for his town as a
member of the board of aldermen.
He has been cashier of the First Ma
tional Banks since its organization.an
is one of the most prominent laymen
of the Methodist Church in his
State.
Mr.. 6. W. Hinshaw, also member
of the board of directors, is one of
Winston's most successful wholesale
merchants. Heis largely interested
in Winston real estate, and is a large
tstockholder and directorin the Poo
pies, National Bank. Mr. G. IL
Vogle, of Salem, the treasurer OF the
road liz a successful contractor, and
is a thorough business man.
Mr. Jas. a.. Gray, of Winston,
another director, is cashier Of the
Wachoyia National Bank, and,thUrgh
yes Young, has amused Wealth.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
INTERESTING FLASHES FROM
MANY PLACES.
FAILS 10 GET A QUORUM
The Hons Democrats FiIibusters suc.
cessYuily against I.angston - The
Shenandoah Valley Reorganization
Minor Telesraphic Tips.

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. II At the
meeting here today of the Democratic.
State and Executive Committees
called by Chairman Ellyson for gen
eral conference there were eight out
of the ten Congress sional districts re-
presented. None OF the Virginia
Congressman were present and the
only candidate in attendance was j.
w. A. Jones, of the First district. he
told of what is being done in his
locality and agreed with the district
chairman that harmony prevails and
the chances are good for electing the
Democratic nominee. In fact, he
thinks there is no doubt whatever
with a full vote.
The reports from the third, fifth,
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth districts were ali encouraging
and the committeeman express the
utmost confidence in the result. The
second and fourth are the only dis
trlcts in which nominations have not
been made by the Democrats, and the
convention for the former meets at
Suffolk the oath, and forthe latter at
Petersburg a day ortwo later.
There is some division in sentipen5
as to whether there should be a nomi-
nation in the second What will be
done in the fourth depends lasgeiyz
upon the decision reached in the
Langston-Venable contest. If the
former is seated it snot believed that
Mr.. Venable will run again and there
would hardly be any other romina-
ton. Mr.. Ellyscn urged upon the
committee the need Of organization
and he was requestedto address a cir
cular to county chairmen on this sub
ject and also to issue az address to
the people.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
FIGHrIAG AGAINST EaSGsroN.
Speaker Reed Unable to C0mnta Quo
rum for Once.

Speaker Reed n TO COnut q QUO
run for Once.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-As Speaker
Reed entered the chamber this morn
ing a few moments before noon he
received a round of applause from
the Republican side of the House,
and from spectators in the galleries.
After prayer Mr.. O'Ferrall, of vir-
ginia, made a point that no quorum
was present.
The Speaker. without taking notice
of the point, stated that r1esFsestion
was on o~rderingthe previous question
on approving the journal OF Tuesdays
proceedings, and directed the clerk to
call the roll. On ordering the pre-
vious question the ote stood yeas 81,
nays "A. No quorum, and on motion
of Mr. Mckinley. amid Democratic
applause, the House 1T 1885 adj
joutned.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
Racing Yesterday.
sHEEPsHEAp BAY.


First race, seven. eighths of Il mile
Worth, won; Druidess, second; Re-
clare, third; time 1.30. Second race,
one and one-eighth miles-Cousin
Jeems. won; Diablo, second; Benedic-
tine, third; time ,:5545 5. Third race,
Flatbush stakes, seven-eighths of a
.mile-Potomac, won; Strathmeath,
second: SaIlie McClelland, third; time
1:29. Fourth race, Sheepshead stakes,
one and one quarter miles-Demuth,
won; Frontenac, second; Her High
ness, third; time 2:10 ). Fifth race,
Great Falls Selling stakes, one and
one-eighth miles-Raymond G., won;
Eric, second; Lotion, third; time 1:57
Is. Sixth race, n and three-elghths
of a mile on turf -Lavina Belle, won;
Philosophy, second; Macbeth, third;
Tina 0.OS o.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
Eamnnd wnadilI Dend.

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 11.-Edmund
Waddill, one of the oldest and most
accomplished court clerks in Virginia,
who had served the county of Charles
City in that capacity for nearly forty
years, died yesterday afternoon at the
age of II. He was twice married and
leaves twelve children. n of whom
is the present Congressman from this
district. Mr.. Waddill, unlike his son
and namesake, was a Jeffersonian
De nocrat, and was nominated for the
House of Delegates several times by
that Marty.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
TO MEET All
SovcmDrr IL andI3 Fixed for the Real
Estate Convention.

The Norfolk Real Estate Exchange,
at a recent meeting, fixed November
18th and 18th us the date for the pro-
posed real estate convention and the
following committees were appointed:
Transportation.-George Nj. Pol
lard. Thomas Hoggard, II. L. Page, [.
o Gardner. Work for the conven-
tion.-T. L. Rogers, Thomas Town
send, o. +. Baxter, Walter Sharp, T..
N. Henry. Finance.--W. II. IL.
Trice, Geo. NJ. Pollard, T. E. Noting
ham, James Y. Leigh, Fl. l.. Page.
Accommodations. &C. b. Roper, w.
D. SonthaIl, r. N. Wilkinson. In
vitation.-Walter sharp, e. r. JOY
mes, w. II. Fentress, c.. b. Roper, H.
G. Hoggard. Reception.-The Elk
change as q body.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
Kettle Bernard Chas Mt the Opera
HOuse.

Miss Hettie Bernard Chase appears
at the Opera House next Monday
night. This popular soubrette APP
pears in II new piece entitled "Uncle's
Darling" Miss Chase is, of course,
the darling. The scenes are laid ia
British Columbia and Alaska, and its
characters are all sea-faring men Miss
Chase takes the part OF Little Oar, F"
n regular sea nymph who cal row a
boat with the most perfect oarsmen
and swim like a fish. The part is pc
culiarly fitted for Miss Chase, who
clothes it with a free, easy, honest
grace that charms her audience and
stamps her as one OF the finest of sou
brette artists.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
A Wonderfui Coal miner.

McKEEsPoRT, Sept. 10.-The cele-
brated Lechner electrical mining ma
chine, manufactured at Pittsbnrg,
was tried at the coal works of Cap
tain Sam Brown, at Boston, recently
and was pronunced an assured snc-
cess. The machine cut III five min
utes through a solid piece Of coal 8
feet wide and 4 feet 7inches deep, and,
it is claimed that when it runs steady
it will cut through solid coal 5 feet
wide and 8 feet deep in three minutes
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
Damaged by Fire.

A fire in d B. Geyer's tailoring
establishment yesterday morning did
several hundred dollars damage. 1t
is not known how the fire occurred.
The office boy came down in the
morning and found the goods on the
middle table badly damaged by a
smouldering fire, which a distin-
guished without difficulty. The room
was all right whom Mr.. Matthias lett
the evening before.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
Gaming 10

Aparty of Massachusetts capital
lists, Messrs William Button, of Lynn;
e. Carhart and George T. McManners,
of Boston; Peter G. Richards, Cam
bridge, and o. B. Cooper, Worcester,
arrived at Lynchburg from Norfolk
yesterday moring andleft in the af-
ternoon on the Richmond and Allie
ghany train for Natural Bridge, from
which place they will go up to the
Southwest.
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Fatal ATrnY.

AsHEvILLE, N. c., Sept. 11.-Dr.
James E. Rogers was fatally shot by
William 7. Boyd, neal .Alexanders,
this county, last night. Rogers res
ceived three balls in his head, and
died in forty-fve minutes. The cause
of the shooting was a dispute about
the payment of an account due from
Rogers to Boyd. Boyd was brought
to this city this morning, and com
mitted to Jail. He claims that the
shooting was done in self-defense.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
RAPIDLY APPROACHING SALEM.
3'hr Dummy Line Has Crossed Peters
Crce!x-TO be Firished October IL.

2hr Dummy Line Has Crossed Peters
Cree!S-iFO be Finished October H.
The Peters creek bridge, two miles
this side of Salem on the Salem ex-
tension of the street railway, was
completed Yesterday and the first
train ran over it in the afternoon.
The first car to cross was Il Norfolk
and Western fiat and it is to be used
in distributing rails along the line to
Mason's or Elk.
The rails will be laid to the latter
creek by the middle o. next week
probably, and it will not take yer Il
week TO complete the bridge over that
stream. Then it will be plain sailing
and the road will be completed TO Sa-
lem by the fifteenth of October. The
Vinton extension is paying the COM
panv II good profit and the Salem line
will doubtless do still better.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
A strike which Failed

LYNcHBURG, Va, Sept. 1.-The
colored truckmen and baggage hand
lers at the Norfolk and Western de-
not, about thirty in number, went
out on a strike Tuesday morning. The
discharged about five of the
instigators, and the remainder re-
turned to work on the old terms, see
ing that the only result their action
would have would be to force the
railroad company to hire other men.
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0uay NAV preah silence.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. lit
was rumored at @ late hour tonight
that Senator Quay has in course of
preparation an address to the Repub-
licans of the United States in which
he denies all the charges affecting his
integrity, and that he proposes cir
culating copies of the document
throughout the country. 1t is said
that his statements will be sustained
by numerous affidavits from promin-
ent Pennsylvania Republicans.
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Fayors enc Norro,k ana wessern.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. Sept. 1.-THE
City Council have unanimously
adopted resolutions in favor OF the
Norfolk and Western railroad. which
has authorized an extension to this
city. The resolutions are highly;
Mandatory of president Kimball and
his associates.
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..r. anne $. simmons Recovering.

Mr.. James s. Simmons, who has
been confined to his room since Tues
day, will be out again today. He
was quite ill when the Roanoke and
Southern meetings were held Tues
day, and had been for several days. 1t
was contrary to the orders of his ply
stefan that he gave his personal at
tention to preparing the contract
with the Construction Company, but
he was SO anxious to see the business
settled that he left his room for that
purpose.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12
musings ronrf.

In the Hastings Court yesterday
the following business was disposed
f: John M. Snyder was appointed
administrator to John j. Bassler, de-
deased. Alexander Barnett VS.. the
Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany, a suit for S5.0O0for the]oss OF
an arm, yerdict for defendant.
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Naseball Yesterday.

National Leauge Boston, 2; Phila-
de]phia, l. First game-Cineinnati,
Q: Pittsburg, o. Second game-Cin-
cinnati, a; Pittsbhrg, l. First game,
Chicago. s.; Cleveland. O. Second
gameoChicago, z; Cleveland, 8,
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belonged so Postmaster Asberry.

A small wooden building on5the
corner of Ernest avenue and sixth
street was discovered to on he fire last
nj hit about $50 o'clock. The aisrm
was turned in and the fire depart
menr was soon out. The fire a ex-
tineuished, but the house is a1Ilossa
total loss. It was vncant and was not
worth more than $500, The frewas
of incendiary origin. Postmaster AS
,herty was the owner.
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strt.kers return to work.

NBw YORK, Sept. i'll Herald
special from Albany says that the
men who struck on the Delaware and
Hudson yards returned to work last
night.
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oyerwne,minsly for Til.man.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 11.-Tillman
was nominated for governor to-day
hy q vote of $50 to 40.
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Rex. Mr. Beyd.s Record.

Rev. il a.. Boyd said to q TIMES
renorter as he came from Greene
Memorial Church, just after tue wed
ding: This makes seventy coupe
/ have married during the three ny
a. half years ! have lived IN hoan
oke.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-12

Bnyyonr Salem Development lots
hruughsA q. M Bowman y Go.
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2lCIAJ ATTRACTIONS
STORE.

side band suitings, closing price, &c
yard.
outing cloths in beautiful patterns,
s $ and 10c a yard.
Elannelettes in new and stylish
stterns at l23c a yard.
Dress ginghams, 5, s and 1oca yard.
4 few pieces of Scotch ginghams at
}c, worth 25c a yard
Still a CIV chauies at 4c and &c a
.srd.
also a few more pieces of checked
-:ahair at 25c Il yard.
fohairs in al shades at %, 81! and
Ia yard.
White goods in all the newest ma
e.ialS and at lowest prices.
\ special bargain in pure Turkey
table covers, 81, 75c and s 10 SIZE
..-h.
fable linens, towels and napkins in
.ilesS variety, and at prices that
y competition.
Noother case of white bed quilts at
! each.
-aaics' and Gents underwear and
~iery in great assortment and at
ton prices.
.arge stock of bleached and un-
.ched cottons and sheetingsj y all
!ths.
zhildrens white lace hats and caps
II 15c up.
Fans, Fans, Fans, Fans, from &c up.
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100 1T. On Albermarle street.. $1,000
50 1T. Oil franklin Road. 1900
4 choice Cor. on Mountain St. 5000
te2ft.on Roanoke St fine shaded 5000
fine Residence ON Jefrcrsonst. e,5Os
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-25

An effort is making in the Massachusetts
legislature to change the law of libel so that
malice shall not be presumed, in the case of
a statement innucently made, and corrected
as soon as the facts we're known. OF co urse
TINS change Is sought chiefly for the benefit
OF the newspapers which are so situated that
they cannot thoroughly investigate every
piece OF intelligence that comes to them, and
nave to take many things on trust. AS the
law Is now, If a boston newspaper publishes
statement unjustly rejecting upon per-
son, which was telegraphed it by some gen.
eral press correspondent In a distant town,
the law presumes that it did it maliciously
though as soon as 1t ascertained that the
statement was erroneous it may have
made full correction. This seems unnec-
essarily severe. When malice actually ex-
lists the paper ought to be held fully &C.
countable, but for mere mistake for which
reparation has been made. and where there
Is as matter of fact no malice, 1t does
not seem just or fair that the law should
step in and presume malice. As rule libel
prosecutions founded on mere mistakes are
either instigated by cheap attorneys who
have little business or by impecunieus per-
sons whose Objects not so much to vindicate
their regulations, as to make dollar. They
are generally devoid Of any merit, and there
Is no good reason why the law should
smile upon them.