The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
NEWSY LOCALS.
PICKED UP ON THE STREETS
AND ABOUT THE HOTELS
Odds AND ENDS OF CITY GOSSIP
Mayor Evans IM.-Pat Rollins, thc
RalI Play er In winchester-In thc
City nnd Out-Richmond Census
a Dissnpo sntmcnt.

Mr.. j. B. Stewart, Of Glasgow, is
registered Hotel Felix.
Mr.. J. H Hancock, OF Elk Garden,
Va, is visi ing Mr.. Walter Budwell.
Mr.. Charles II. Davis, wife and son
of New Orleans, are guests at the
Continental
Pat Rollins, who played good bal.
here with the Hagerstown's, is nov
in Winches ter.
Captain Thomas E. Blair left yes
terday on business trip through
Southwest Virginia.
Mr.. C. E. Quinn, of Huntington, W
Va, is in le city prospecting, and Is
domiciled ut Hotel Felix.
Mr.. L. L. Sinkleton, Of Botetourr
county, YVES in the city yesterday ant,
invested in real estate.
Mayor f .ans was unable to beNir
attendance at the Mayors court yes
terday on ccount of illness.
Pierce 3 .os. have assumed contro.
of the Cril pie Creek News and prom
Use to max it bright paper.
Mr.. J. H Cutching, of this city who
is sojourn ng at the Blue Ridge
Springs, WIS in town yesterday.
Mr.. B. Malone, the well known
railroad contractor is visiting. hii'
family at ancaster, Pennsylvania.
The Gov ,rnor and family will spend
their vaca ion at Farnville unless
warmer we Gather drives them further
The new store house building a.
the Machil Works has been com
pleted, anc will be moved into III 6
few days.
Mr.. J. F. Marshall, of the Cafe, il.
spending week at Virginia Beach
He will Wis Petersburg ard Rlch-
nond befol his return.
The Tel nessee Press Association
of which litor Charles II. Slack, o.
the Bristol Courier is president, vii
meet at Br stol, Tenn, July %.
On their return from the series o.:
games now being played in this city
the Phoebus base ball club will crosi
bats with the Portsmouth cracks.
Mr.. A. D. Bonnell has returned
looking br ght and rosy from visit tt
his family who are sunmerlnS oil
Mays Head n. c., a delightful resort
Mr.. Fran Haywood, who brought
the Massac lussetts editors TO Virginia
is now gett ne up a business mems
excursion ON Norfolk TO New En-
gland.
Rev. C. +. james oil the Allegheny
Institute, as been appointed a deli
gate to Rel resent the Baptist Foreign
Mission Be .rd, of Virginia, at the
district ass ociations during the sum
mer.
Mr.. John NJ. Specie, clerk of the
court of BE 1ford county, was in the
city yestert ay. He spoke OF Bedford
City rs on .. big boom, and destined
to become city of considerable i'm
portance.
Mr.. Jessie Snead, a well-knowr
telegraph operator, and en- expert, by
the way, formerly of Big Island, Bed
ford county, was in the city yesterday
shaking ha ads with old friends aud
acquaintan ces.
Mr.. D. d Renora two daughters.
Of Knoxvilie =, Tenn, are registered al
the Contin ntal. They are en- route
on a pleasa 1T tour, and before return
ing home Will visit all the principal
cities in thu United States.
Mr.. j. E. Boyd, who recently ac-
cepted position with the Norfolk
and Western railroad, has purchased
property h re and Yesterday removed
his interest ng family here and will
make Roam oke his future home.
The agents OF the Countess Bur
dette-Boults have let the contracts
for the first of the houses to be built
on her property in Radford, and the
others will soon be built. Quite a
number OF fine residences will he
built in the same neighborhood.
The verif cation of the census re-
ports of X chmond were concluded
yesterday, and Supervisor Youngs
rough calcr lations make the popula-
ton of the ;ity S0,G31, or about G,000
less than W is expected. The addition
of Manches er and the suburbs of the
two places makes over 100000,