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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-03

the Left Side. and Is ENts.iy Injured
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3 fSpcoiall-
~ special to the Times Der,-oracs FROM
Tyler Texas, says . train .obbery oc-
Cured between and 10 o'clock last
night on the Cotton Eclt road between
Big Sandy and Winona.
The train was No. %, y. iycd passcu-
ger and freight train, and was bound
south.
From Oscar Schmit, of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. onc1or the passengers. tho
following particulars we're obtainod:
At Gilmcr - sparc-faccd man about
five foot and seven inches, with \ black
mouStachc and black eyes, bought y
ticket for Big Sandy. There he rot off
and bought ticket for Tyler. When
the train started to pull out from the
| water tank between Big Sandy and
! Winona, the compiling between tho pas
| scnger coach and tho cars in front
either broke or was purposely removed.
and the train pulled out, leaving the
! coach behind.
There were several passengers in tho
coach. among thcm enc culorcd woman.
u, IL.
Gcrnart. and the man who committed
the robbery, left the car and went out
on the platform To discover what was
! the matter.
The first intimation tho rohber gaze
OF his intention was tho pulling of a bio
| pistol, firing SHOT into the tor Of the
car and crying ont. ";;ani.s up, gentle
| men,
Schmit said: al looked around TO ace
| what was the NATTER, thinking il was
| some drunken man.
II found tho pistol under NY ncsc-
The man With the pistol told me 10
shell out my money. and made haste To
| reach down IN my pocket and gavc hiu,
| what silver ! had, aoout - or $40. Ito
then Turned 10 GcIhart, WHO was IN scat
with me, ard asked him FOR his ney +.
pointing tho pistol III his breast A:;
! he did "a, Gcrhart SAID. \ hayo az,
! money"
~ know brttcr, shell out" sa;d The.
rohhcr
Gorhardt raised his hand 10 turn
aside the pistol, when tho robber fired.
the ball entering Gorhudts LETT side
Just below tho heart. Gcrhardt then
grappled with The robhcr, trying to get
possession of the pistol, and fought hin,
to the door OF the car.
Daring tho scuille tho robber fred tiyr,
times. Then, his pistol being empty,
he turned and ran.
The trainmen say that as the engine
started leaving the passenger coach ho-
hind, three men signaled them but
mistrusting that was wrong they refused
to stop. After the robbery they backc,!
up and the coach YVES taken on again.
Gcrhardt, the wounded man, was
brought to this city and placed in the
railroad hospital. lie cannot recover
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BristoI's New Bank.

WASHINGTON. Dec. a--lSpecial]- The
comptroller of currency has authorized
the Dominion National Bank, of Bristol,
Va, to begin business with capital OF
Sl00,000; and the Gulf National Rank.
OF Tampa, Fla, with capital of $50, 600.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-03
NEW. ENTERPRISE.

We beg leave to announce that VIC
have inuaguratcd the Magic City
Transfer CO.. and arc now ready for the
transportation of passengers, baggage,
or freight. We have nice vehicles,
polite drivers, and will wait on You
promptly night or day. Leave orders
at our Office, liz Jefferson street, or with
any Of our drivers. Respectfully,
nov13-tf DUvAL II SMITH.
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A new $4,000 OPERA HOUSE
That's What Roanoke Will! Have
by Another Season.

The Company Organized with x. H.
Wond,u:n ?rcsi!cnt--Thc Opera House
to be on Salem Avenue Hctwccn Rou-
noko and Park Sirce.s--An r,c Sub
soribcrs To the S;toc,. Substantial Citi-
1ens.
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THE STREET RAILWAY COMPANY.
Still After Salem Avenue for its
Electric Line.

Counter Petitions in the Council Meeting
Last >Night--Oriinnncc to 10 Prepared
position to Issue Donds--Resular Eou-
tino business Of the Month.
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Alliance WAREHOUSES nurns.

New MANGA, D3c. Ifs H..
Fire occurred in tn warehou, Tho
Alliance last nigl destroyna M
pletely. The loss 5000
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The Weather, ro-,,av.

For Virginia: Il i weather es civ
winds, slight cha in t,lnt so.
North Carolina, sNlth Caroisn nd
Georgia: Fair, en-. rly winds ja-
airy temperatures
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We can sell lots in the heart OF
tho town at % to 40 per cent.
lower than any other lots near
them can be bought for.
SIMMONS, AMBLER e CO.,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
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Id HEUMATISM OF ALL KIN DIS
-EO quickly and permanently cured by
DIR. SUTOR, 353 Seventh avenue and
Franklin street.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
,EoR SALE.

COR SALE
One lot fronting on Railroad avenue rs
feet east of Henry street, fronting 25
feet by los feet to an alley. Price $500.
81 900 cash and nothing to assume before
s the last of January.
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Buchanan. Va

Buchanan, Va.
Off1ee corner Washington and Water
streets.
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Exchange Building.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-03

WILBUR S. POLE 81 co.
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One MAN HOLDS UP A TRAIN.
a Bold and Daring Robbery at
Big Sandy, Tenas,.

Fhc Kohbsr Removes the Coupling f:e-
tween the Passenger Cocch aud tin.
Cars in Front--During the :scufHe Onr-
efthe Passengers Receives q shot In
tse Left Side. and Is Fatally Injured
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
FA CTS FOR THE FASHIONABLE

Dyed parrots are used on small bats
Light, ileecy furs are used for trimming
house dresses.
Pompadour ribbons of various widths are
stitched on evening dresses in rows from
the neck to the hem of the toilet.
Pretty cotton, merino and challie cloths
have printed borders along one selvage that
will work up neatly for house gowns.
The furor for plaids this season received
its first impulse from the tartan cloaks and
gowns made for the Duchess of Fife.
Straight sashes OF three-inch padded silk
and angel sleeves of gauze are Characters
ties of very novel house or party dress.
Fringing of monkey fur is a cosy-ooking
finish for a walking jacket. 1t Is also seen
on princess dresses Of black silk and cloth.
Boat shaped turbans have been displaced
by the military cap made of the dress ma
teral, with baad of fur to match the
muff.
Any profit i'm the fur trade for the season
has come from small pieces such as cuffs,
mulIs, collars, vests and capes. The Eng
lish fashion of wearing fur capes in summer
will doubtless be repeated next season.
A novelty IN yelling lisa dotted net with
a Van Dyke border, below the points of
which fiue fringe is woven. So arranged
as to have the points fan over the mouth
and the fringe dangling about the chin, no,
man IN million would be able 10 tell his
own mother,
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

Rosa Bonheur is short, firm faced, lofty
hammered and 81. She wears her white
hair parted ON the side, and affects mascu-
line attire and pet monkey.
General Horace Porter is grizzly, small
eyed and singularly uDjocoselooking, yet,
withal, he is the best after-dinner talker In
America, after Chauncey Depew.
Louis Pasteur is thick set, sparse bearded,
brief in manner and the same age as Rosa
Bonheur. He smokes cigarettes coffin
ually, and is an unrelenting worker.
Roswell P. Flower is plump aud prosper
Gus to view, and his face is framed in
abridged side whiskers. He is extremely
hard-headed, very popular and mildly phil
anthropical.
Senor Tamagno, the famous tenor, is
broad-shouldered curly-headed and eight
and thirty. He is not as handsome as Cam
paninni, but can take a chest c or pint Of
Chianti with equal facility.
Florence Marryatt has written forty
seven novels, believes firmly in ghosts,
once owned a newspaper and still owns a
lar-dog. She is stout, thoughtful-looking
and impetuous in manner
Paul du Chailu, who discovered the
gorilla, is stunted, stopped, ugly and 81.
He is one of the best rdcOnteurS anywhere,
and has friends innumerable all over the
civilized and uncivilized world.
w. s. Gilbert is ruddy-cheeked, side
whiskered and three and sixty. He is Il
hopeless cynic, skeptical as to the existence
of real virtue in the world, is brusque in
manner and yachts immoderately.
The Reverend Robert Collyer is Ga, sill
very-haired, has benignsut expression
and resembles the late Henry Ward
Beecher. lie has a salary of $4,000 year
as pastor of the Church of the Messiah.
President Porforio Diaz of Mexico is
w-compleXioned, with blue-black hair,
closely cropped, and a dropping mustache
tinged with grey. lie has invented cork
screw, prefers Scotch whisky to his native
tequila and is past 90.
The Comte de Paris is supple-built, mo
bile-faced and blond mustached. He is 81.
! has written History Of the american Girl
lIdr, has celebrated his silver wedding,
shaved off his beard and been fired out OF
France, and received an intimation from
Queen Victoria that England was to small
| for him.
Robert Louis Stevenson is lank, long
haired lackadaislcal looking individual o.
sea-sick complexion and brittle Scotch
accent. He believes Napoleon and Byron
to have been cads of the first water, mar.
ried dicOrcee, and his favorte book i
Huckleberry Finn. He is five foot ten an(
his stepson is just as tall.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
OPINIONS CONCERNING LOTTERIES

The Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, OF Boston,
preached last Sunday sermon against lot
teries, and the Boston Beacon referring edi-
to rally to the fact, says:
It is earnestly to be hoped that all of
the clergymen throughout the city and
country will follow the example so visor-
ously set, and will SO zealously espouse the
cause of law and order that lottery agents
will find themselves behind prison bars or
driven from the practice of their nefarious
business.
If any one of the six bills already intro
duced in Congress to suppress lotteries
should pass, severe blow would be dealt
the Louisiana State Lottery, the most in
famous concern of all g General
BlDgham's measure is the best Of all, and
It should be promptly passed.-Phdadel-
phid Ddily NeWs.
Touching the proposition to sell out the
State Of North Dakota to the Louisiana
Lottery, the Minneapolis Tribune says:
''The bill insults the honor and decency of
State that is abundantly able to pay its
way and that can afford to dispense with
lotteries just as well as Minnesota can,
The honest people of North Dakota have
an issue ON their hands Public morality
and decency is involved in this measure !"
Speaking of the situation in North Da-
kota, the St. Paul Dispatch says: "Ina State
wherein stringent prohibition law is al
ready in force it is hard to reconcile an eX-
ercise of the law-making power which
authorizes the carrying ON of a business
/ such as that Of the lottery company, against
/ which the religious element of society has
steadily protested, and against which ii has
! hpnn A s1n
MALL
The Louisiana jobbers have worked thell
lottery scheme in the North Dakota Legis.
lature with more skill and with more sue
cess than is generally supposed on the out
side. Reliable adyices from Bismarck bring
the information that over two-thirds of the
members of the Legislature are already
pledged to its adoption. " III thi'
is the best showing of Republican politics
that North Dakota can exhibit, il looks a,
If it were about time TO retire the Repuh
| lican party from power and give the new
State a chance to malea decent record
50. PdW Globe.
That the Legislature Of North Dakota Il
on the point of permitting the establish
ment Of a lottery company in that State il
almost incredible. Yet It is true.
II would be difficult to conceive Of a more
brazen piece of business than this.
In view OF the eXtraord mary circumstance
surrounding the affair few persons win fal
to give credence to the reports Of larg
hribes given to supporters Of the bill 4" ''
That stupendous plague, the Louisiau
Lottery, is believed TO be at the bottom q
the mischief. a Satan never insp pire
a more accursed piece of legislation tha
that about 10 he thrust down the thrOats o
the people of the new commonwealth
Chicago DQiy Ners,
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

TESTIMONY or EYE WITNESSES
Some ycarsagoin Toledo otworailroad men
were walking down street early in the even
Ing and one Of them stopped down as they
crossed q street-car track aud put upon the
rail signal torpedo which he had in his
pocket. He told his friend what he had
done and the two secreted themselves near
by to await developments. Pretty soon q
streetcar bowled along and the front
wheels hit the torpedo. There was bril-
linnt flash and loud report The scared
driver set his brake sharply, left the plat
form aud dashed into hotel near by. The
two railroad men followed and found him
In the Office, pale and out of breath, talking
to a wondering crowd. "The Lord knows"
lie was saying, "that never threw straw
in any mans way, and why he should shoot
ct me / can't say. But he ran from the
sidewalk to the track and fired at me point
blank. ] saw the flash" Two men came
in at this point and declared that they had
witnessed the shooting. Said one Of them;
"The man wore brown overcoat and a
slouch hat, and when he fred the shot he
ran over into the park" Another mau
came in and declared that the would-be as
sassin had brown mustache and blue eyes.
The police were notified aud began search
fer man answering the description given
by "eye-witnesses." Fortunately they
found no such man or they would have
locked him up. The two railroad men
listened to the fairy tales and when they
left they agreed between themselves that
evidence in an assault case was a thing to
be weighed carefully Chicago Herald.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

the timer had been brutality whipped
by one Mcdonald, with a whalebone
coach whip of the largest size, receiving
at least 2O0 lashes, and being nearly
blinded and terribly laccrated. Nc
Donald had been arrested and taken
before the Police Court, where he was
fined $50. The citizens Immediately
subscribed twice the amount, discharged
the fine, paid for the broken whip,
bought railroad ticket for the victim,
and sent him out of town. He has
never, said Nr Ingalls,, been heard
from since
Well, Mr. FAM has been heard from
now. lie says that he went 10 Aber-
deem in October. After the death of
jefferson Davis, in December he went
up on the roof of building TO work
and found rope, which he united.
He did not know then that it was the
one which held the efligy of Secret Try
Proctor o the War Department. When
he came down he learned that 1t ha |
been reported that he had said no elligy
should be hung while he was in town.
VIII Mcdonald, bricklayer, asked
him about it and struck him across the
nose and eye, intlicting slight wound.
He concluded to leave the town. The
Mayor came and asked him to stay,
promising him protection. Citizens
also asked him not to leave. He went
off on the night train. He learned that
Mcdonald came to the depot to talk to
him, but did not see him lie did not
| think much of the affair and saw no
cause for all the fuss which had been
raised. Finally Mr. FAM declares that
he is a hot headed Democrat himself,
and that he doesn't want to hear any
more about the episode which Senator
ingalls, made so brave an effort to i'm
mortalize.
In this marked discrepancy between
the statement of Senator Ingalls, and
that of Mr.. FAM, THE CRITIC simply
submits that, considering the circum.
stances, Mr.. FAM ought to'know what
he is talking about.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
A TOPICAL SONG.


When you find your weaker neighbor has
fallen by the way,
1t will do no harm to give him one good
lift;
If you find your brother in the pit, and likely
there TO stay.
It will do no harm to give him one good
lift.
For the road of life is rocky and 1t takes
heap of care
To keep yourself from stumbling and your
head up in the air,
And should a man stick in the mud, and
you should find him there,
1t will do no harm to give him one good
lift.
If man comes to your office with a new
"McGinty" gag,
II will do no harm TO give him one good
lift.
Just hoist hin up and drop him till he's slim
Der as rag
It win do no harm TO give him one good
lift.
# perchance you elevate him so he'll through
the window GO,
And fall upon the stony street some forty
feet below,
The jury will excuse you when they've heard
your tale of woe
It will do no harm to give him one good
lift.
When a fellow tries to work your blind and
you've the better hand,
II will do no harm to give him one good
lift.
just raise him half stack or so, according
To his sand
II will do no harm to give him one good
lift.
And after he has drawn his cards and bet his
little stuff"
Thenisy yourtim TO make a raise with an air
of timid bluff,
And If ne thinks you're frightened you will
surely win enough
It will do no harm to give him one good
lilt.
-Ttfts Haate Ecpfcss.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
EMMA .JUCHS FAD.

Nearly everybody has hobby, aud, ac-
cording to the Brooklyn Times, Emma
Juch's hobby is crystal, not low-priced
fad ae she INDUCES it. Every successful
tour of her opera company adds to the
treasures OF her dining-room. This dining
room is furnished to make the crystal more
beautiful, Its yellow heor aud blue and
terra Gotta rugs and walls, its polished oak
furniture do but bring out the brilliancy
and the sparkle of the cabinet, which is its
chief ornament. This crystal cabinet is
like cave of diamonds with its shelves of
quantity fashioned jugs and bottles and
cups and bowls and pieces of every use
with those which are clearly decorative.
There are old French candlesticks and cut
glass trays and French vases with handles
in brass and old barrel-bottles and lamps
and wine glasses with armorial tablets in
gilt and German glasses of the seventeenth
century and Venetian glasses and Dutch
glasses and old Mexican glasses and glass
plaques with figures and shields in color
and curious things and rare things almost
without end. Miss Juch never travels that
she has not an eye to the bric a-brac stores
for something odd or precious in crystal
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
THN SnCOESS OFA ROOK.

The sale of Edward Belamys Look
ing Backward" passed the sol ,000
copies during the month Of January,
Al d the demand was over 900 day.
Of the foreign pirated editions about
$4,000 copies have been sold in Eng
land, while Danish and French transla-
tions have not been drug in the
market. The bulk of the 800, 900 has
been sold during the last twelvemonth.
This remarkable record cannot b.
taken as an Endorsement of Mr.. Bel
lamy's book in a literary way. AS q
matter Of fact, Looking Backward is
not literary work. 1t is based on an
imaginative idea which had been uti
lized many times before Mr.. Bellamy
took it up. AS story it has no inter
est - as demonstration of a
social theory it is neither ana
lytical nor profound 1t has not the
faintest touch of The satire which rem
dered the work Of Dean Swift classical.
One may see in Looking Backward p
certain artistic possibilities undevel-
oped. As a whole, il is the product of
mediocre writer completely under the
sway of that American impulse of
haste which renders good thought and
careful treatment alike impossible.
Looking Backward, " in its imper-
feet way, exhibits the mirage of con-
tent to restless, anxious, suffering
society. 1t presents TO the poor the
vision of plenty and to the rich
the hope of peace. The nineteenth cen.
tury is louder in self.aggrandizement and
more desperate in dissatisfaction than
any century the world has ever known.
We proclaim our progress in stentorian
tones, but in our inmost heart we doubt
it. We see in that progress thousand
new obligations-and in those rare,
calm moments when we steal the
opportunity of reflection, we wonder
if in striving 10 render life more beauti-
full, we have not succeeded merely in
rendering it more complex. We yearn
for similar conditions-for fewer prizes.
We find that the more we have 10 gain
the more desperate we become In the
strug gle--and the oftener we fail
The deep disheartenment of the peo-
pie is exhibiting itself in many direc-
tions, and it does not require particu-
larry audacious prophet TO proclai n
that we are on the eve of
convulsion which may be one
thing or the other-a revolution
or renaissance. That a book 50 III
differently put together as Mr.. Bel.
lamy' g, promulgating so vain and vague
a hope, should be the sensation of the
hour, is perhaps the most significant of
| the signs of coming change.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
WHAT THE FARMER NEEDS.

The people of Nebraska have taken
the initiative in an attempt to secure
higher prices for grain, and as the rail
road was the nearest and easiest object
of assault, they have forced the rail
roads between Nebraska and Illinois to
a reduction of rates which will take
place on February II. The pressure
which they brought to bear upon the
corporations was considerable. The
Governor of Nebraska began the public
campaign in an open letterto the rail
way managers, and this proclamation
was followed by declaration OF war by
the Attorney General Then the other
State officers joined the movement.
Senator Paddock added his influence,
and the Nebraska newspapers sup
ported the Officials unanimously.
1t cannot be reasonably hoped that
the reduction of rates which is promised
by the railroads will afford the farmers
of Nebraska much relief. Dis
patches from there this morning, indi-
cate that the benefciaries are them
selves disappointed. The cut is only
ten per cent. and they compute that, al
lowing all possible effect, they cannot
/ receive cent more per bushel for their
corn than they would receive without
| the reduction.
Railroads are generally arbitrary and
eXacting, and it is true that they should
/ be forced to carry their share of the
burden of a surplus product, but the
chief reason why corn is ruinously
cheap is that there is too much corn.
The supply is greater than the demand.
If The railroads should transport it from
the far Western States to Chicago fol
nothing, the result would unquestion
ably be drop in the Chicago price SC
nearly equivalent to the reduction in
rates that the farmers would not be able
to pay many debts with the net pro
Ceeds.
There are several ways in which the
farmer of the West may be assisted
Slight assistance may be furnished by
the fair adjustment Of railroad rates
Another element of amelioration will b(
found in the establishment of glucose
and other factories designed for the con
sumption of corn, and still another il
the increasing production Of hogs
which, Notwithstanding the vast numbe
produced annually, are worth Il fai
price, profitable to the raiser But tn,
most feasible method of aiding the far
mer is to cease taxing him to death
We can reduce his expenses more thar
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
A HAUNTED ,SPRING.

In the western part of North Carolina is
what has long been known as the haunted
spring. The spring comes up from under
meath huge rock, and frequently tempts
the weary traveller to dismount. Nothing
peculiar is noticed until STOPPING posture
is taken over the spring for the purpose OF
drinking. Then most frightful face ap-
pears in the bottom, and as the PERSONS
face approaches the surface of the water
this spectre face, with most horrid grimaces,
rises to meet it. No one has ever been
known to have the courage to drink the
water after the appearance of the appari-
tiOn
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
ARTLSTIC TE1-l[AhING.

To make tea before the open fire is per-
baps at present the most fashionable way.
It's very pretty, especially at twilight, and
when you find really clever hostess she
doesn't draw her curtains and light her gas
before the guests arrive, but she lets It get
a trife dusky and then she kneels on the
hearth in the fickering freight and the
flames dance on the wall and make flicker
ing shadows in her hair. A very common
place face becomes positively charming in
such picturesque attitude; there's moth
ing like it for displaying hand or an arm.
The newest Tenders are provided with
cranes for holding tea-kettles, and the de-
vice is much cleverer than the samovar.
They make tea regularly at the University
Club in this way Brooklyn Times.