The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
NEWS ON TOAST.
YESTERDAYS GOSSIP SERVED
AT BREAKFAST.
End IN AN ATTRACTIVE HAMMER
l.on. spencer c. Jones, OF Maryland,
la TowH-1lr Grayatt amd Bride
IrOmc Agnin-Deaih Ofa Little Child
-coal Shipments Last Week.

la TOwH-iir. Grayait amd Bride
Home Again-Death Ofa Little Child
Goal Shipments Last Week.
Colonel a. P. McClung, of West
Virginia, is here.
Mr.. w. II McLaughlin, of Lynch
burg, is in the city.
j. Allen Watts, esq, left last night
COR Il trip to Old Point.
Mr.. Z. II. Sudduth, of Big Stone
Gap, was here yesterday.
Mr. John &. Osbourne, OF the Nor
folk and Western Company, is in the
city at Hotel Roanoke.
Rev. L. A. Cutler, of the Christian
church, OF Culpeper county, is visit
ing friends in the city.
Mr.. L. w. Petit, of the West
Staunton Land Company, is in the
city on business for his company.
Mr. F. B. Richards, of Buena Vista,
is in the city. Hesays the steel plant
is an assured fact, and the boomlet
is Oh.
The shipments of coal by the Poca-
hontas company for the week ending
Saturday June eth, amounted to 34,-
900 tons.
Mr.. George Grayatt, accompanied
by his bride, nee Miss lnez Collier
Hippo, returned yesterday afternoon
from their bridal trip.
Mrs. a. A. Hughes, of Charleston,
w Va, mother OF Mr. y. S. Hughes,
returned to her home yesterday after
brief visit to her son.
Mamie Barksdale, daughter Of
Captain 7. +. Barksdalc, is visiting
her sister in-law, Mrs. u. II. Barks-
dale, at Marion, Virginia.
j. Il. Schleig.i, of the Shenandoah
| Valley railroad, who has been ON Il
visit to relatives in Hagerstown, re-
turned yesterday morning.
Messrs. James j. Simmons s. Co real
estate agents, sold yesterday real
estate to the amount Of $50, 800, all OF
which was sold to parties outside of
Roanoke.
The right of way has been granted
oy the town Of Huntington, w. W.,
TO railroad company that viii build
q road to connect with the Norfolk y
| Western road.
Announcement has been made Of
5he marriage of Mr. George II. Hide
20 Miss Ella Lee, both OF this city,
which interesting even will take place
Wednesday next.
Mrs. q. Z. Britt, of Viuton, accom-
companied by her daughter, Miss
Nola, left yesterday evening for a
trip TO Glasgow and other points IN
Rockbridge county.
Hon. Spencer C. Jones. clerk of the
supreme court of Mary land was IN
the city yesterday and made some ey-
rensive purchases Of real estate. He
thinks Roanoke the wonder of the
age.
Read the advertisement of J. II.
Featherston. He has been recently
made agent for the sale of the FAN
mont Cemetery lots. You will find
him polite and ready at al times 70
Show these lots. His Office is ut 30
Campbell street.
The Virginia baseball club, of this
city, played a match game with the
Roanoke college team and secured a
victory by a score of 1G TO -. NValtl-
all and Kirby was the Virginias bat
terry. Kirby is daisy.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. c.
POtcet, aged four and Il half months,
died Yesterday morning at , O'Clock,
and Will be buried III the city Gene
iery this afternoon. Funeral services
will be held at the residence OF tie
parents, No. $50 Seventh avenue, :.
Rev. l. Z. Carpenter, colporter of
the American Tract Society, has conl-
lnenced work in Roanoke. Mr.. Car
penter represents an undenominl-
tional society and has the endorse
Inent of the churches. He will supply
good and useful religious books at
prices TO suit the times.
Engine No. /, of the Rorer iron
mines, which recently jamped the
track and rolled down an embank-
1lent near the narrow-guage bridge,
is undergoing repairs at the COM
pany's repair shop at the washer, and
will be put upon the road again in a
lew days.
;SThe drug store of Colrman s. HoE-
man was entered by thieves Monday
night. An entrance was effected by
the transom over the rear door ard u
lot of cigars were taken. The cash
drawer was broken open, but no
money was found in it. The thieves
were evidently thirsty Us they drank
several glasses of soda water.
A TINES representatives counted
three white and four negro boys
bathing at the narrow-cauge bridge
yesterday morning, which was in plain
view OF the residence OF Mr.. William
Welsh and other residences. They
were probably not aware that this IS
prohibited by an ordinance to that
effect, and it was evident that the
police were also unaware of them
being there.