Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-17
BRIEF MENTION
YESTERDAYS NEWS IN SHOR-
PARAGRAPHS.
FROM SHOP AND SIDEWALK
Norfolk and Western Surveying Par
ty. Work of the Excise Board. y;
loon Men Tender Money Only.
Mad Dog Killed.

Mrs. E. Didier is visiting friends !
Lynchhurg.
R. H. Woodrum, esq, was in Lyncl :
burg yesterday.
Mr.. c. NJ Figgatt of Lexington
arrived here yesterday.
Mr.. C. D. Carter, an extensive catl e
dealer of Smyth County, was in tie
City yesterday.
Judge George w. Richardson, w s
of Marion. is in the city looking aft r
real estateinvestments.
The New York Southern Societ
will appoint committee to after l
the Lee Monument unwilling.
Mrs. William ID. Walden of this cit. +,
is visiting her uncle, Mr.. e. II. Rea' {,
of Goose Creek, Bedford county.
T. NJ. Lewis fell from u scaffold a
the Northwestern part Of the Cit Y
yesterday and broke his left arm.
Mr. o. NJ. Cummings, OF the Har :.
ford Life Insurance Company, arrive !
here yesterday from Baltimore.
Maj. John a. Koiner, of Fishervil e
Va, came in the city yesterday, looi-
ing after his real estate investments.
Mr.. 0. NJ. Cummings, agent OF II g
Travellers Insurance Company 9,
Hartford, is u guest at Hotel Roanok ).
Mr.. J. o. Hanes, the popular pre- :
prietor of the City Hotel, returne /
home yesterday from short visit %
Lynchburg,
Dir. William Lee of Graham. was l
the city yesterday, guest at the
Read House. He is enthusiastic as ID
the future of Graham.
\ call on councilman W. G Evan,
to run for mayor is being circulated {,
and has among its signers many Ct
the most prominent men ofthe city.
Mr.. w. f. Winch returned yeste :
day from visit to his old hom' +,
Cleveland, Ohio He found that ST, :
ton of the United States very pro! :
porous.
The appointment of Major Edwar
Mcmahon, of Staunton, as postma :
ter at that place is the result OF I!
compromise between the Malone an
anti Malone Republicans.
In the account of the death of Ow5 /
Hughes in the TIMES of yesterday Il ;
types made the day of the finding I
the body Monday instead of Tuesda.
which it should have been.
Mr.. 4. Albertoli, the contract0 :,
has started force of men on t. :
stone work of the two hundred-to /
iron furnace at Max Meadows and wi |
leave for that place this evening.
The employees of the Roanob c
Machine Works were paid Off yeste =
dav, for the month of March. Tt ,
aggregate amount was nearly $4,000 +,
the largest monthly pay roll in tt
history of the works.
The Roanoke Excise Board, was i
session all day yesterday, issuing ! :
cense to retail liquor dealers, all
whom are paying the same in none. :.
Only Mr.. K. A. Buckner president u!
T. NJ. Miller, Esq, were present.
Mr.. G.. Huntington's dry dock el :
terprise at Newport News is gettll {
On rapidly. This plant and other ei :
terprises which Mr.. Huntington h :
under way there will cost 100000 :.
He will give employment to 1000 Pc :
pie.
Mr.. Frank P. Ninniger, son of :
Ninniger, was in the city yesterda,
He has Just returned from Ohio, whefe
he has been attending school i. =
will 90 from here to Salem where ]: J,
expects to go into the real estate BIT :
mess.
The new gate at the side entran:,
to the Hotel Roanoke grounds on Jc :
ferson street and Shenandoah aven1.
is built for strength and is COW proc !,
but against wandering goats or swlj
it would not answer as well. The la
against these latter animals is, how
ever, so rigidly enforced that they ar
seldom seen at large during the DE-
or night.
Mr.. W. L. Cobb, late bookkeepe'
at Hotel Warwick, Newport News
and brother of Mr.. J. d. Cobb, A.
sistant Manager at Hotel Roanoke
has accepted a similar position at til
last mentioned hotel to the one h
held at Newport News. He has beel
in the Hotel business for sometln'
and is evidently, in his new position
the right man in the right place.
Salem Il. Il O. Land Company.
The Salem B 6 o Land Compar
have filed their charter with the fo'
lowing officers for the first year
Dros;SaDt n G Brown Salem: vie