The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-24
CHOICE BITS
FROM THE FLY LEAF OF A
REPORTERS NOTE BOOK.
SHORT BUT INTERESTING ITEMS.
Assigned to Duty Yes,erday-Thc E:s-
tension OF the Dummy Line-Quari en-
Comins-To Present n Petition. M a
Other Paragraphs.

1t is very warm, very dry, and
very dusty.
Some men are hogs for they are
built that way.
Mrs. ]. Bunting, Jr., of Bristol
Tenn, is spending the heated term 1T
Coiners springs.
Mr. N. H. Lakewood and family
are spending the heated term at
Thaxtons. Bedford county.
Twenty coal cars built at the Roam.
oke car shops, were assigned to duly
on the Norfolk and Western railroa d
yesterday.
Miss Ida Goodman, who has been
visiting Mrs. Horton on Third avenue,
N. W., left yesterday for her home in
Lynchburg.
If u man were to tell you that me
had drunk mill dam dry, you would
very likely believe that he had tod
you Il dam lie.
The force on the Salem extension Of
the dummy line numbers nearly two
hundred, and almost three miles of
the road has been graded.
The flow of water in Trout Run
sewer is greatly retarded by the PIE
sence of moss, various kinds of fill h
and bull frogs. This should be cleaned
out at once in order to insure the
health of the city.
The rain yesterday had the effect
of laying the dust and cooling the at
mosphere slightly. The thunder
heightened q great many ladies, bat
the lightning stayed within its bounds
so far as is known.
A horse attached to q dray wagon
ran OFT on Commonwealth avenue ye $
terday morning, and colliding with
the railing OF the bridge, broke tie
front wheel Off the wagon. Further
than this, nothing serious resulted.
Quarles, of last years season, is eX-
pected to arrive in the city today
from Hampton, and will participate
in the games this week between the
Roanokes and Hagerstown. Mr.
Quarles is pitcher of repute, aid
made big reputation here last yea :
The people of Southeast Roanoke
will present n petition at the neit
meeting of the council asking for GER
tain sidewalks there, which are abso-
luteiy essential during rainy weather
The council will no doubt comply
with their wishes.
Steps are being taken towards haY
ing Il big time here on the Fourth. 4
Fourth of July celebration will bring
scores of people here on that day,alt
| 1nr1,t tl,, N 10. nd Ins :
men will give such aid as will maj
the celebrations thorough success.
John Davis, Roanokes colored ca }
italist, is at work eXcavating on nor b
Jefferson street for frame buildii 9
G0x100 feet in dimensions, to be three
stories high. The ground floor W IL
be used rs storerooms, and the re
of the structure as residence apal E
ments.
All the pleasant resorts about tie
city, it seems, are becoming the re-
ceptacles of the carcasses of dea
animals. The suggestion Of Mr.
Mcconnell that 4 special buryir 9
ground be supplied for dead animals,
is a very wise one, and should lie
adopted.
The new cemetery is located abol
half way between this city and Salem.
The man who cannot gain notoriet J
any other way might he able to gain
some distinction as being the first
buried in this cemetery. But whel,-
ever person to be buried there ask 9
some one to be pail bearers, he ash 5
for no less than $50 worth of physical
labor.