Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-05-09
PERSON
GOSSIP PICKED UP HERE AMI
THERE YESTERDAY.
LOTS OF VISITORS ARE Tn 70Vt
Sewer Excnyations-postp
Stockholders MectinS-xic Says III
Was Observation-Disclosures of Eni!rOn'
WOrkers-Othcr Interesting Notes.

Was Observation-Disclosures of Enilron'
workers-Othcr Interesting Notes:
Mr.. joe Frank has returned froG
Baltimore.
Mr.. w. W. Moore, of Lewisburc
West Virginia, is here prospecting.
Mrs. n. f. Bragg, of Lynchburg, is
visiting relatives in the city.
Mrs. Thomas Mel, of this city,
the guest OF her sister, Mrs. Patton, i
Lynchburg.
Mrs. w. l.. Bernard, of Rock
Mount, is visiting her son, Mr.. JoL
II. Bernard.
Mr.. r. a. Preston of Abingdon,
large dealer in live stock, is registere
at Hotel Felix.
DR.. Claud Barley of Front Roya,
is in the city, accompanied by his sc
LIE Roy.
Mr.. r. b. Norman, ir., a studen
at Oxford academy, at Jacksonville,
Floyd county, returned home yeste
day morning.
The excavations for the sewer alon
Shenandoah avenue have reache
Jefferson street and will soon be iii
ished.
A caboose car on the Norfolk al
Western railroad was derailed ut IL
Union depot yesterday about Il
O'Clock.
Colonel Thomas Smith, OF Warrel
ton, ex-iudge of the Supreme court &
New Mexico, is in the city prospcc
ing.
\ marriage license was issued by Il
clerk of the Hastings Court yesterda
TO Mr.. John p. Goodman and Mi
Emma Hughes, both of this city.
The annual meeting of the stool
holders of the Roanoke Rolling NJ
will be held in the office OF Mr.. Chi
g. Eddy this morning ut o'clock.
The two new refrigerator cars f,
the Virginia Brewery company ha,
Just been completed by the Roanol
Machine Works. They are bea ute
The tracks of the Viuton eXtensio
of the Roanoke street railwu
are being lowered at the point whe,
the line enters the wood opposite IL
furnace.
Miss Hasseltine j. Sims, has gone
Danville TO visit the family of Dr.
a. Wiseman, from which place she VI
20 with friends to Petersburg TO a
tend the musical festival.
The WytheviIle Development con
pany has arranged with Captain J. ,
Wingate, of this city to, survey AZ
plat their, containing about 600 acre
The work will be commenced tn
week.
Mr.. II. b. Harris, OF PittsburS, W
has been employed at the West EE
furnace for some months past, IL
last night for his home. He wi
return in few days and it is said
will bring bride with him.
Mr.. J. w. Gibson, prominent me
chant of Callands, Pittsylvani
county, who has been in the city f,
several days prospecting, returIe
| IlDllit Dlab hill iCthlil SUI
and make this city his home.
a colored man was put in the cal:
boose at Vinton Wednesday nigl
charged with beating his wife. Whr
the sergeant went around TO visit hii
next day the bird had flown" IL
wife will probably sue the town f
forcing her husband to leave home.
About ) O'Clock yesterday afternoo
the attention Of passersby was attraC
ed to Il negro boy standing on the &C
ner of First street and First avenue
He was yelling Ut the top OF his VOC
and could be heard several squar.
away. He claimed that he had bee
shot at the "deppo" by anothe
negro. He started out TO find a polio
man in order to have his assailant a.
rested, but the cop ran him in f.
being drunk and making disorder.
noise on the street.
The police of the city would confe
q great favor on our citizens if the
could suppress the gravel-shoote
nuisance. Nearly every small boy j
the city has one of these perniciou
contrivances and the mischief !.
does with it is great. The law c.
the subject is explicit, and every be
caught with one should be arresteG
The Mayor yesterday gave orders t;
this effect to the force and it is hope
that they will use all diligence {
abate this nuisance.
There have been numerous com
plants made to the Mayor latel
about the behavior OF certain en-
ployes of Codwise s. Allen, the con
tractors who are double-tracking II
Norfolk and Western. 1t is claimeC
that after work is over they are ii
the habit of firing of pistols ant
otherwise disturbing the peace. Al
officer was sent out to Skaters eros:
ing last night to see that order W..
kept and to arrest any parties whc
might break the law.
The public school at Vinton close
it's session today, and tomorrow tt
pupils will be given big picnic in tt
grove Just above the residence
Mayor Gum. The present term unde
the management of Mr.. George s.
Jack, who was ably assisted by Mis-
Carrie Brightwell and Lucille Bo:
we'll, two accomplished young ladie:
both graduates of the State Normal
has been extremely successful and tt
pupils have made great advancement
Superintendent Holland has spokei
very highly of the school and the Pre-
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