The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-17
PERSONAL ITEMS.
What People are Doing In and
Out of Roanoke,

Mrs. Nora l.. Wallace. of Loudoun
county. is here visiting her brother. Mr.
j. {. Wallace, ST.. on Eighth avenue
- W.
\. l.. Payne. Esq. returned Yesterday
mornind from Il visit to buchanan. Fin
castle and other points in that section.
lie says real estate in Buchanan is look
ing up and there is no lack of real
estate agents i'll that locality. The Fin
castle fair is Il success, and the attend
ancc is large Roanoke Should profit
by the example and hold Il grand expo
Sition next fall
SiXty-eight wagons paid the curbarc
tax at the Second ward market house
yesterday. thereby contributing $1,000
To the city treasury.
Worllmcn were engaged Yesterday in
repairing the floor around the Mon
depot. IL seems only short time since
new floor was put all around the de-
pot, and yet it was two years ago. Tenn
puts fugit.
Postmaster Asbcrry has recovered
sufficiently from his recent injuries to
be on the street again. lie is not at all
dlsfigured and is still in the ring
W. B. Butcher. formerly of Peters
burg, Va, now of Washington, ID. c..
is at Marshall's cafe.
One Of the most popular and enter
prising real estate agents of Roanoke
discovered novel remedy for dyspepsia
The remedy is chcstnuts and mineral
water. The dose and time of taking arc
secrets and will not be divulgcd until
patent is applied for.
why are Roanokc's sidewalks in
rainy weather like sheet music?" asked
one of Roanokc's sweetest young ladies
OF her escort. II will give it up he re-
piled. ''l'ccausc," said she. If YOU do
not see sharp, you will be fiat"
Mr.. r. II. Gray, of Gray Il Boswell.
returned yesterday from ''Shendore.'
His usual good fortune attended him.
and he drew several of the best lots.
Some straw hats still make their ap-
pearance on the streets. a prominent
and popular insurance man sticks like
grim death to his.
MIR. James Mcdowell. prominent
real estate man of Buchanan. was in the
city yesterday.
Mr.. Frank II. Taylor and wife. Mr.. T..
a. llcintz and wife. Miss IIentz and Miss
Jackson. all of Baltimore. are guests at
Hotel Roanoke.
Mr.. :. j. Van Sell. general manager
of the American Preserving Company Of
baltimore. which has recently purchased
the works of the Virginia Packing Com
pany. is in the city.
Mr.. Robertson Gordon, of the motive
power department of the Roanoke Ma
chine Works. has just returned from
charlottesville, where he attended the
marriage of Miss Hattie Gordon to Mr..
T. l.. Rosscr Jr.. son OF General Ros-
ser. The marriage took place on the
18th instant. at the Episcopal Church,
in the abovc-namcd city
+. Horcr. Jr., left yesterday for Ennis.
Tex. to remain during the winter.
DR.. Joseph a. Gale and Hon. Il. s.
| Trout returned yesterday from IL bust
ness trip To New York.
Mrs. Charles Wainwright is seriously
i'll at her residence on Fourth avenue,
northeast.
Miss Lyle Blair of Richmond. arrived
here yesterday on Il visit to her aunt.
Mrs. DIR. ). y. Christian, of No. III l4th
avenue.
Three special trains of Pullman cars
passed through tho city yesterday after
noon about o'clock with Northern
capitalists en- route from Kcnsington,
Tenn. to their homes in Philadelphia
anu New DIX.
Mrs. and Miss Eayrc, of New Jersey,
are visiting their relative, Major Malcolm
W. Bryan, at "Oakhurst,' his homes in
the southern part of the city.
The Roanoke Musical Society has
rented room over the store on the
corner of Henry street and Salem avenue
and will give an entertainment in the
near future.
Mr.. Grave Sims Of the firm of Skinker
Il Sims, contractors was in the city yes
to-day. Mr.. Sims came on here from
Bristol. where his firm is finishing up
the masonery work on the furnace now
being erected there.
Fred Young, of Australia, is regis
tered at Hotel Roanoke.
! An EXPERIENCED and reliable man
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