Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-23
THE SOUL OF W TT
is BREVITY, AND HERE IT IS
FOR ALL TO READ.
CHOICE BITS OF GOSSIP.
They Come Back. MIR. BruGh Invea :.
Looking for Investments. Locomo :
tires en- Route. Gone 10 Richmond :.
The Houston Conf and Coke Co.

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from q visit to his old home, Buell.
anan.
Mr.. James NJ. Waltz, of the FREQ
ericksburk Free Lance, is in the cit 2
stopping at Hotel Felix.
Mr.. Z. B. Gallaher, of Waynesbor
is in the city selling stock in til
West Waynesboro company.
Miss Mollie Lemon, of Houston,
in the city stopping at the Rea /
House.
Mr.. Jacob Brugh, of Botetoul
county, was in the city yesterday an |
invested largely in real estate.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Brugh, of Bott
tourt, were in the city yesterday shol
ping.
Mr.. G. S. Payne, of Snow Hill, WIS
in the city yesterday prospecting. II J
says he is coming back again.
The clerk of the court today issue
marriage license to Mr.. Theodor
E. Falls and Miss Florence Camper
The Norfolk and Western railroa
company yesterday received ten ne
gondolas from the Machine works.
The switch of the dummy eXtensio
of the Street railway on Railroad ayt-
nue. is being repaired.
The contract for doing the galva1
lied iron works of the Ponce de Leo
Hotel has been awarded to j. E. Mu :
care.
Messrs. John s. Elliott and j. ! Z.
Crump, prominent business men If
Richmond, are in the city prospecting
Colonel TIE Houston, secretary an |
treasurer of the Houston coal ali |
coke company at Elkhorn, is il, t. :
city.
Mr.. Frank FolIansbee, who has bee |
visiting his family at Fort Sprins ,
West, Va, returned to this city yc'
terday.
Messrs. F, E. Ellis and Frank Wei :
eel, of Anderson, West Va, are in t. ,
city looking for real estate inves
| ments.
Miss Annie NJ. Clore left for Rict =.
mond yesterday to spend few wee !
! with her sister, much to the regret
her many friends.
Mrs. Camelia Leary, who has bee
visiting her brother, Prof. P.
Leary, has returned to her home !
Baltimore.
Rev. NJ. P. Logan and wife, {,
Wytheville, and Miss Mollie Logan, 6
Salem, were guests at Roanoke Hotc
yesterday.
Mr.. Vim. l.. Nelson, OF Washington
has accepted a position with til
American Bridge company d.
draughtsman.
Miss Agnes Terry, aged fifty-f7
years, died at 3 a. Ill. Monday at til
residence of Mr.. Smith Jones No. 81
First avenue southwest The remai1
will be taken to Bedford City fo
interment.
Five ten-wheel freight locomotive
passed over the Norfolk and Wester
road yesterday en- route from tn
Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Phils
delphia, to the Savannah and Wesl
ern railroad.
Wesley Brigg and Henrietta Wad
were before Justice Howerton yesteI
day with the theft of a baggage chez
from the Norfolk and Western RI
road company. The parties could no
prove their innocence and were sen
on the grand jury.
Mr.. J. M. Shea, formerly chief trail
dispatcher Of the Lynchburg divisie.
Norfolk and Western railroad, vii
headquarters in this city, but nov
occupying similar position in Lynch
burg, was here yesterdaysseeing hi
! friends.
The prospects for paper-bag ia?
tory in this city are very good. TIE
machines will be received some tim
this week, and if they are satisfa,
tory to the directors of the Old Dc
minion company preparations 10
work will at once be made.