The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-25
MEN AND THINGS.
SMALL TALK ON MANY INTER
ESTING TOPICS.
p9HE NOTE BOOK OF A GOSSIP.
Opening OF the Third Ward Market
House Sent ON to the Grand Jury
transportation FurnisEed-The Cur
bage Receipts at the Market House.

Ubsse akcCclptS hb thc iAuTAc1 SAUatSc,
Mr.. j. R. Slicer, of Buford's, is visit
ng friends in West Roanoke.
Mr.. Robert Lang, of Lynchburg, is
visiting Mr.. A. Grinberg, of Fifth
avenue.
Mr.. S. V. Fulkerson, of Bristol, is
here.
Mr. j. William Bushong, of Salem,
vas here yesterday.
Mr.. Charles S. Lake, of Bluefie!d, is
n the city on a vacation.
DR.. Joseph A. Gale returned yester
lay from visit of several weeks to
Washington.
Mr.. James b. Strawbridge, of the
.venhoe Furnace, is at Hotel Roam
ike.
Mr.. c. NJ. Webber and Professor j.
T. Crabtree, of Salem, were in the
;ity yesterday.
Captain John R. Johnson, of Chris
ilnsburg, who has been in the city
or several days returned yesterday.
Mrs. William Gordon Robertson re-
jurned yesterday from trip to the
lot Springs, in Arkansas.
Mr.. James Maber, of the freight
lcpot is visiting his brother Mr.. N. ID.
Maber, of Blueiield.
Carson and Newman College, Tenn,
las conferred the honorary title Of ID.
D., upon Rev. o. L. Hippo, the
| Roanoke Baptist pastor.
Mayor Evans has been quite sick
;ince the election. 1t isn't over eXer-
ion, for he didn't have to make much
Effort to be elected. The boys did
lat.
Mr. George w. Fagg, Proprietor of
lie Montgomery White Sulphur
springs. is ut the Felix. He says that
lis hotels will be ready for the
reception of guests by June 1st.
Mr.. John Blearey, of Richmond, is
lere prospecting. Numbers of Rich
uond men have made big money
lcre and he wants to join the host.
Mr. Hinton Helper returned yester-
erday from New York, and when he
egistered at Hotel Roanoke he ap-
pended the word city after his
zane.
Mayor Evans yesterday furnished
transportation to r. w. Brooks, the
nln who was hurt Friday by Il fall
the Norfolk and Western yards,
nd he left for home on the morning
rtin.
Resale, aged ten months and five
lays, infant daughter of b. f. Bryant,
If No. oil Third avenue, northeast,
led Friday evening about o'clock,
L was buried at II o'clock yester-
lay morning in the city cemetery.
Mr.. John f. Alexander, of Wash
nston, chief engineer of the Steele
on Company's steel plant at Salem is
the city. He will at once begin the
york of laying off the site and the
buildings will be erectedat once.
The party of capitalists from Della
ware, who passed through here several
avs ago for Alabama, returned yester-
,iay morning and left at 8 o'clock for
Iltome over the Shenandoah Valley
abroad.
Colonel George p. Button, of the
Salem Times Register, was in town
-esterday. He says the proprietors
{ f that paper are charging the build
ing and will add to their plant pre-
,aratory to issuing daily.
Mrs. j. c.. Rave left yesterday even
iayt Join her husband in Roanoke.
lie has resided in the county long
enough to become one of our own
eople, among whom she leaves q
j TIMBER of warm personal friends
"ezewell News.
n the Hastings court yesterday r.
j. Wingfield qualified as a notary
l,rblic for the city of Roanoke, ard
Iiettie Brice, who is in jail on charge
Is felony, was bailed in the sum OF
If 500. Beyond this no business
vas done, and the court adjourned
|, the next term.
The Third ward market house was
psned up yesterday. 1t was supplied
With plenty of meat and all kinds OF
e yetables. The establishment of a
l;.rket in this locality is great con-
eaience to residents of East Roam
oke as it is long way to the First
srd market.
Che market this morning was well
supplied with fresh meat, fowls and
e,etables and Strawberries, which
we're disposed of rapidly. Forty
wagons paid the curbage tax, amount.
i ~ to S7.45 Fifteen hundren and
fnty-three chickens were offered for
lie up to 10 o'clock.
Charles Otey had a trial before
Judge Howerton yesterday morning
4 the charge of assaulting Benjamin
I bbard. The evidence was suffi-
c ent to send him on to await the ac-
t on of the grand jury at the next
t I'm of court. Hubbard is much
inoroved and will recover.
benjamin Stanfield, who struck
ev. D. w. Harth, principal of the
c)lored public school, with baseball
b a., had a trial before Judge Hover
tor, yesterday afternoon and was sent
l to await the action of the grand
juy. The Commonwealth was rep
scented by A j. oliver, the colored
|; vryer and the defense by w. Q:
T ardaway. oliver made a good
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