Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-05-13
The SMALL TALK OF A DAY
Fell from Box Cara Negro MAJ
Killed Nenr LynchburG. ON III
Norfolk and Western RaiIrOnd-
Death of J. r. Kennedy.

Roanoke, is here.
Mr.. w. G.. Mcdowell, real estat
agent, of Buena Vista, was here ye
terday.
Mr.. John It. Windle, of Hammond
Printing Works, is visiting friends i
Lexington.
Mr.. Charles b. Harris, of Scottsyill,
Albemarle county, is visiting frien1
in Vinton.
Mr.. r. S. Boswell, of Washington
is here in the interest of the phon'
graph company.
MIR. 7. l.. Alfred, the insuranc
man of Richmond, is ut Hotel Roar
oke.
Mr.. r. F.. Pedigo was here ycste
day collecting hands Tor work on IT,
railroad ut Big Stone Gap.
Mr.. w. II. kinnier, of kinnier
Co., who has been seriously i'll f
several weeks, is out again.
The plumbing establishment {
Fuqna and Boas has been removed
No. l0l South Jefferson street.
Four new coal cars for the Rort
Mining Company were put on til
track yesterday.
Mr.. w. II. Spickard, postmaster {
Blue Ridge Springs, was in the cit
yesterday.
Mr.. J. NJ. Maupin returned from
visit to relatives in Albemarle count!
accompanied by his mother.
The alarm of fire last night, at |
O'Clock, was caused by the explosion
lamp in house near the gas work
The Roanoke Machine Works Fl
ished twenty gondolas for the Noi
folk and Western railroad yesterda!
Mr.. q. a. Walden, of the firm
Tanner, Walden y Co, Is quite Ill
his residence on Fourth avenue.
Mr.. Mike Welsh had the first fling
of his right hand cut of in the pla.
ing mill at the Machine Works yeste
day.
Mr.. J. s. Moon, Il prominent bank:
of ScottsvilIe, Albemarle count
passed through the city en- route
Salem.
Mr.. Francis Z. Brinkley, late of til
Land Improvement Company lei
Yesterday for his new home, Bristo
Tenn.
Mr.. r. C. Percival and wife.
Lynchbure, accompanied by MI:
Anna Goodman, are stopping at Hott
Felix.
Mr.. James w. Landlord, dept
agent at Chilhowie, on the Norfoo
and Western railroad, was III the cit
yesterday on business.
CAPTAIN w. O'Brien returned ye:
terday from Bramwell. He has tn
contract for laying oil the new POI
ton of the city.
Mr.. w. J.. Ludwig, of the real e!
tate firm OF Francis b. Kemp y &C
returned Yesterday from Il busine:
trip to North Carolina.
Today is the last chance voters viii
have to register See to it that you
name is enrolled, or the RICH: of SUI
frage will be denied you.
Mr. T. R. Davis, the Norfolk an
Western railroad engineer who ha
his leg broken some time ago, is +:
covering very rapidly.
The sale of stamps by Deputy &c,
lector OF Internal Revenue j. 5. Pattit
for the month of May TO daI
amounted to about 5000.
Mr.. j. H. Harlebarger, trave!ir
salesman for G.. L. Stevens, left we.
terday for a business trip throusl
Southwest Virginia.
Reubin Harris was fined 81 b
Mayor Evans yesterday for disturb
ing the quiet and good order of tt
city, and John Harston SO for sin
liar offence.
Mr.. w. D. Diuguid, of Lynchbure
has in his employ the woman who al
tended the Siamese twins in their las
illness.
Mr.. J. T. Kennedy, civil engineer
formerly partner of Mr. w. M. Dun
lap. city engineer of Roanoke, died
Bluefeld, West Va, yesterday morn
ing.
MIR. A. Med. Smith, of Vinton, r:
turned Yesterday from visit to III
son, J. ID. Smith, who is attending tt
law school at the University of VII
ginia.
Richard, the infant son of Mr.. r. j
LeGrand, died Sunday morning an
was buried at AppomattoX Cour
House yesterday afternoon at
o'clock.
Mr.. w. H. Mackay has just place
in the engine house an improved fir
alarm box of the Viaduct system. III.
system is u very complete one ana
is probable that the fire department
will adopt it. Mr.. Mackay is genera
agent for Roanoke.
A wreck occurred in the West En-
yard Sunday morning. The two var
engines with heavy trains attache'
collided knocking one car OIL tn
track and badly breaking up tire
others. The train hands all Jumpe
and no one was hurt.
Ella Whorely was fined. $40 l.
Acting Mayor Evans for disturbir
the quiet and good order OF the cit'
She didn't like the mayors sentenc
and began to kick vigorously, so Ii
added an additional fine of $40 fc
contempt of court.
At meeting OF the kadaf
Sholam held Sunday evening the fc
lowing officers were elected for TIL
ensuing year: President, G. MAY
treasurer, 1. Bachrach; secretary, :
Levine. The order is in yer
healthy condition.
MIR. G. E. Chaflin, a fireman on til
Norfolk and Western road, fell fro
a box car on Southside Island ear
Sunday morning and fractured hi
skull and collar bone. He was attenc
ed by DR.. billiard, of Lynchburg. MI
Chaffin resides at Bonsacks, abou
five miles below the city.
East bound passenger train No.
of the Norfolk and Western Railroa
ran over and killed a negro man ju:
west of the Lynchburg tunnel. Tn
man was sitting up above the mout.
of the tunnel and fell off just as til
train approached. No blame is at
tached to the company.
Murrel Ross, colored laborer. wa
before Justice Howerton yesterda.
charged with stealing watch value,
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