Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-12
SALBM'S BUDGET
SHE HAS BEEN DIVIDED into
THREE WARDS.
PROUD OF her RAPID STRIDES
The Proposed Dummy Railroad Line
Between the Two Places Being sur
veyed "A Handsome Piece of Work
mnnship. Personal Mention, dc.
TIMES BUREAU, HOTEL LUcERNE,
SALEM. VA. ADril II. 1890.

TIMES BUREAU, HOTEL LUcERNE, |
SALEM, VA, April il, 1890. !
During the recent session of TIN
General Assembly Salem was dividct
into three wards, and at the last tern
of the county court the registrars TO-
each ward were appointed. They ar.
b. F. Ammen, first ward; Bentol
Wiley, second, and j. H. Henning
third. The registration books wer
opened today in each ward and vii
remain so till May 10.
Mayor Younger and the ]3residen
and board of directors of tile Glen
more Land Company were EN- ragged o.
day today pricing the lots in tina
company's addition preparatory +,
placing them on the market which
will be in q short while.
An engineering corps was engage
yesterday surveying the route of tn
proposed dummy line from this cit.
to Roanoke at what is known, as TIL
Summit, the highest point betwee.
the two cities and are coming thi
way. The party is in charge Of Car
tain j. Fl. Wingate, of Roanoke.
Your correspondent was show
today q most beautiful piece Of mason
work. 1t is writing desk, and wa
made by Mr.. w. j. Moon, q citizen @
this place. 1t is composed of fftee.
different kinds of wood Of as man.
shades OF color, and con tains owe
four hundred separate pieces, TIL
greater portion of which were secure
from the battle fields around Freder
icksburg, while some of it came frol
Mr.. Moons residence, which was a
one time the home of Mary the mott
er of Washington. The center of tn
lid is a Maltese cross, around this is /
double diamond, and 10y an additici
it becomes cross again. The des!
was sold to Mr., J. Harry Chapman
today for 500.
Water pipes are being laid on til
Boulevard, Roanoke, College avenue
Colorado, Alabama and other streets
Grades are being established on ,
number of new streets. Mayor Ioun
or and the city council are showir!i
commemdable promptness in havir
this work done.
Capt. T. w. Spindle, of Christians
burg, is in the city.
Mr.. G. A. Hamilton, proprietor o
Hotel Hamilton, of Martinsville, Hen
ry county, is in the city making es
tensive Investments in Salem rea
estate
Mr.. w. D. r. Duval is having erect
ed on Colorado street, near Main
seven large buildings to be used II
offices.
DR.. Joseph A. Gale and Mr.. Tol
Powell, of Roanoke, were in the cit.
today, also Mr. II. Chapman, senio
member Of the real estate firm o
Chapman, Massie & Co.
Mr.. w. Vanzant, whose death wa
announced yesterday, was buried il
East Hill Gem etery this afternoon II
5 o'clock. The funeral services werr
conducted by Rev. j. s. Hutchinsol
in the Lutheran Church. A commit
tee of twelve from the fire depart
ment were the acting pall-bearers.
w. M. Nelson has moved his ofiic
from Hotel Lucerne to q room hand
somelv fitted up in the Critz Building
on Colorado street.
DIR. H. Mayer, the celebrated oculi:
from Vienna, Austria, who is gra
duate Of the Royal and Imperial Unl
versity Of Vienna, and two other proI1
inent colleges, has been in tue cit.
| for several weeks practicing his pre-
fession and is giving the utmost salts
faction to all patients. The doctor
reputation as an eminent optician he'
preceded him in this vicinity and nov
hundreds of our citizens can attest hi
skill as an experienced specialist
Those of our citizens who have visitet
DR.. Mayer at his rooms in Hotel LII
cerne are loud in his praise both as al
oculist and skilled optician. Thu
TINES correspondent has suffered b!
the incessant use of unsuitable glasse
and he called on the doctor today
who after a diagnosis of the case fur
nished a pair of glasses that quick.
relieved the strained condition of tt
eye produced by the glasses forlnerl.
used. As soon as q suitable office cal
be secured in Roanoke, DR.. Mayer vii
move there for short stay, and thos'
whose eyes are defective should civ
him trial.
Mr.. Clarence b. Strouse left thi
afternoon for Lynchburg to attend /
German to be given there tonight.
Mr.. w. NJ. Nelson will return in tt
morning from his trip to Norfolk.
A white man named Jim Woodson
who is employed by John Kelly, th'
contractor, was taken violently ill e..
the works just above the city tn
afternoon, and left tonight for hi.
home in Prince Edward county.
Arrivals at Hotel Lucerne:-A. X
Kipps, Huger City; j E Whitlocli
Christiansburg;C W Callahan, WITH;
c S A Moorman, G NJ Helms, Rock.
Mount; j A Pattee, Richmond, P /
Wilson, j F Landes, Staunton; J E )
Pierpont, Harrisburg, Pa; j "
Plaine, Bonsacks; NJ B Rowe, Freder
cksburg; R Nelson, Union Mills; w :
Poindexter, Lynchburg; t W Spind'
hristiansburg; John Cooper, Hinton
W. Va; T NJ Nelson, Chambersbnrg
Pa; Robert johnson, n Beamer, w /
Chapman, Norfolk;A j Evans, States
Vile, N. G; d o Mathews, Blacksburg
Joseph A Gale, T Kindred, Roanowe:
G L Riefe, Baltimore; S S Brown
North Corolina; Col w W Moran, 5 I
Biggs, A E White, West Virginia.
Joseph Cohn, the Salem avenue
clothier, is now prepared to make
shirts of all descriptions to order.
Late hut Good.