The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-26
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YOUR FRIENDS AND
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SHORT BUT INTERESTING ITEMS
Death of am Iniant-The CcnIrac. e"
DC Let Purchase of Fine
Cnttlc-A Runnway-To be Taiscn to
Richmond.

A mule attached to II dray ran away
on Commonwealth avenue es.erday.
The vehicle was completely de
molished.
Bedford City has voted $50 600 Sab
scripton to the Bedford and James
River railroad The was but one
vote against it.
Messrs. SkinKer aud Sims, of This
city, will today let the contracts
for paving and grading the streets OF
Tazewell Court House.
The Young Peoples Society of the
Presbyterian church met in the lee
ture room last night. Despite the
rain there was a large attendance.
]. l.. Longley, colored man, fell
from n freight train near the Grocer
furnace yesterday and his arm was
broken. Otherwise he wasnot injured
The infant daughter of Mr.. G. +.
Potter died Yesterday morning at
the residence of her parents sos Rail
road avenue. The interment will be
today.
Two car loads of negroes passed
through the city Yesterday en- route
to the Ohio extension Of the Norfolk
and Western where they will he
employed by contractors.
Yesterday before Judge Williams
Jerry James, Il colored boy, was ar
raigneG, charged with picking the
pocket Of Margaret Anderson, a deni
zen of Railroad avenue. The cast
was continued until today on &C
count of the absence OF certain wit
neSses.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. w. l.
Kelly, a brakeman on the Norfolk ant
Western. fell from freight neal
Carnegie and his right arm wa
broken. He was taken to the BIZ
Spring hotel where lie received til,
necessary medical attention.
Mr.. j. Y. Brooke and his brother
B. f. Brooke, returned yesterda,
from Il fishing excursion on New
river, where they enjoyed the fun 70
two days. They caught one cat tina
weighed twenty-nine pounds, anothe
that weighed twenty-siN pounds, be
sides Il number of smaller ones.
The Pulaski News says that Colo
mel James Macsill has purchased o
Major Thomas Lewis. OF Roanoke. III
entire drove Of fourty-four JerSc,
cows. The colonel already ha,
twenty-five Jerseys, giving him nov
sixty-siX head with which 10 rui
Clarmont dairy.
Detective Williams has arrested
III an and woman charged with beini
accolnplices in the burning OF a hous
near the Grocer Furnace last week
The couple were committed to jail
pending an examination before Mayo
| Evans. The names OF the partie
have not been made public.
A horse belonging to Mr.. Waite
Budwell became frightened yesterda
near his residence, ON Jefferson street
and ran away The frightened ami
mai was stopped at the livery stabl
of Over and Hives, considerably in
ured and cut about the legs. TIL
buggy WAS badly broken. Fortu
nately no one was hurt.
Little Nellie Pope. the only child o
Paul w. Pope, which died on Thur
day night ut ! / o'clock, will be CARRIE
| TO Richmond, Va, where the bod.
will be laid 10 rest in Hollywood
cemetery. Mr.. and Mrs. Pope hav
the sympathy of a host of friends il
this city and Richmond.
The game of base ball to be playe'
this afternoon, between the Alerts, o
Washington, and the Roanokes prom
Uses to be most interesting. The as
ISOLATION has been at considerable eX
pense TO get the Washington clu'
here. and the game this Afternoon
should be well patronizcd, as so fan
on account of the inclemency of tn
weather, only one game has beer
played.
a most enjoyable german was he'll
at Lake Spring hotel, in Salem, o.
Thursday night y number of youn
gentleman from this city wer
present, and returned yesterda
highly pleased with their trip. TIL
young ladies wore pretty costume
and were exceedingly charming. TIL
ballroom was handsomely decorated
and music was furnished by the LAX
Spring orchestra.