The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-06
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NOTES.

Iron Mountain. The price paid was
$1,000.
The election in Carroll county resulted
in the election of the following: T. J.
Banks, Republican, for sheriff; Isaac
Webb, Republican, treasurer; Walter S.
Upton, Democrat, commemorative at
torney.
Staunton is having considerable
boom. big sale took place there this
week, AMI S25,e00 worth of lots were
sold in little over two hours. The sale
was grand success, and lots were
Knocked off rapidly and low to prevent
high bidding.
The Christian Church people have
purchased two of the Aston lots on JEFF
ferSon avenue, near Hon. j. e. Moore's,
for $1,000, and will at once commence
the erection of their church edi6ce.
The location is most excellent one.
EAcccrding to recent order issued by
the Postohice Department the post
master at Pulaski city will hereafter
dispatch tho inner registered sack
made up in his office for Lynchburg via
the Lynchburg and Bristol railroad
postotiicc train at 1882 a. IN.
Two criminal cases were disposed of
in the county court at Newbern this
week. Will Jones was tried and SEN
fenced to five years in the penitentiary
for shooting w. r. Upton, and Will
Brooks, colored, pleaded guilty to break
ing into Levin Bros. store, and was
sentenced to three years in the peni-
Tertiary.
A contract has been signed by the
Cochran Roller Mills, of Escanaba.
Mich, to Immediately remove their
plant to Basic City. Instead of tho
Cochran Roller Mills Company, the con-
Germ will hereafter be known as the
Basic City Iron Works. The company
will make speciality Of manufacturing
flour mills. There will also be manu-
featured other machinery, such as
chilled plates for ore crushcrs, car
aXles, turntables, chilled shoes and
dies for stamp mills, cou cling. shafting,
boiler fronts, fire arches, fire doors, fly
wheels, etc.
The Charleston Iron and Furnace
Company is the name of a newly incor-
porated concern at Charleston, w. Va.
The purpose of the company is to deal
in iron and mineral plants, and the au-
thorized capital stock is 81 100000.
j. 1. Grasty, of Gordensville, in look
ing up tho mineral resources in Rich
mond county, has discovered some
large deposits of sulphurites and ex-
poets to form company to develop
the property on which those ores are
found.
Adams Bros. &c Paynes, of Lynch
burg, have increased the capacity IF
their brick works at Lynchburg to 5OO,-
600 bricks per day. Their works at Chill
homie in Virginia will go into operation
about June 10. They will make at
Ch:lhomie the very best grade of vitrificd
paving brick blocks.
r. II. Padgett has left Roanoke to
cast his lot with Pulaski. He recently
purchased the John Wygal property on
Roanoke avenue, of which he has come
to take possession. Mr.. Padge It will
erect neat store on the property and
go to merchandising.
On Monday the executive committee
of the Pulaski Agricultural and Mechan-
ical Society met at Newborn and pro-
cecdcd to elect n new committee for tho
current year. The gentlemen elected
were III. b. Howe, chairman; John Il.
Whaling, r. M. Crockett, O. E. Jordan.
i. c. Kent, Jr., King Il. Hartman, C. w.
Hartman, Is. +. Morehead, r. Nj. Chum-
bley, Joseph Graham, Jr., a. l.. Ingles,
j. W. Painter, j. Il. Summerson and j.
Nj. Weisser, secretary
bedford City has through the finance
committee placed bonds to tho amount
of $4,000 at par and accrued interest,
and will doubtless soon place the re-
naming bonds authorized for street i'm
provements. This $1,000 will be de-
voted to the building of tho market
house, an Improvement much needed
OF the 16,500 600 acres of land in the
State of West Virginia it is estimated
that no less than 5000, 900 acres are still
in the virgin forests. This tends to
show what advantages there are for tho
timber industry
The Ladies' Memorial Association of
Petersburg have perfected arrangements
for memorial cele bration on the 9th
of June.
Mr.. w. Ii. Shackelford, one of the
Democratic judges at Wythe district,
near Hampton, on Thursday, and also
one of tho commissioners of election,
has received a threatening letter signed
Republican voters
The new Methodist Church at Buena
Vista is nearing completion.
Rev. II. L. Shealey, OF Staunton, Va,
organized congregation of Lutherans
at Bucna Vista, Va, a few days since,
and the following officers were elected
and duly installed: Elder, r. S. Wise;
deacons, Jas. r. Fray and Geo. w.
Walters. Henry Reinhardt, Jas. f.
Fray and j. e. Scleigh were elected as
board Of trustees for this congrega-
ton.
The Sisters of Charity, of Lynch
burg, will begin about the latter part
OF this month the erection of new
home on Clay street The structure
will be Of brick, four stories in height,
and will cost SIS, 900.
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