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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-22
ADJUSTMENTS.

Mr.. M. A. Moseley has served as secre-
tary and treasurer of the Opera House
for two years, ever since Mr.. Beokner
took charge as manager.
The following correspondence ex-
plains itself:
NJ. A. Moseley, Esq:
DEAR SIR: Fully approaching your
services for the season just closing. 1
take pleasure in Offering you financial
token in tho way of an annual benefit
Choose your company and date and ac-
cept the house receipts in full with my
compliments
Wishing you success and thanking
you for your hard work. I am yours
truly, G. w. BECKNER, Manager.
To the above Mr.. Moseley has replied
as follows:
G. w. Beckner, Esq, Manager Opera
House:
DEAR SIR: Your letter of March 5th
was duly received. In reply allow me
first to thank you for your appreciation
OF my services and for your liberal
offer. have selected March Goth,
easter Monday and have been forum
ate in securing the great actress, Lillian
Lewis. hope my friends will keep mo
busy that evening. Yours truly,
M. A. MosELEY.
March 21st, 1891.
The McGibeny family will appear to-
morrow night OF this company the
Omaha Herald says: A highly pleased
audience greeted tho McGibeny family
at Boyd's last night, and since their
last appearance here in 1885, they have
made rapid advancement and give a
grand musical programme.
NM
The Sawtelle Comedy Company that
recently played weeks engagement
here, will hold the boards the remainder
OF the week, beginning Tuesday night
and giving matinee Saturday after
noon.
Ezra Kendall in "a Pair of Kids"
gave tho theatre-going public as much
fun the first night as they could stand,
for the house was very small.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-22
TRusrnEs. SALES.

TNRUSTEE'S SALE-By virtue OF q deed
Il Of trust executed to mo by O. D. Muir
ray. dated December 81, 1880. and of record In
the clerks offce OF the Hastings Court for the
city OF Roanoke, Virginia, in deed book q,
ment of the sum OF three hundred and thirty
three dollars and thrirty-three and one-third
cents, evidenced by two certain negotiable notes
dated December Il, 1889 and payable in ono
and and two years respectively from December 81.
hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-siN and
twO-thfrds cents with interest from date until
paid. and default having been made In the pay
ment or the first OF tho said notes and its in
terest falling due on December 81, $780, and
being required so to do by J. Thomas Gibson, 1
Virginia, ON THURSDAY, THE 10TH DAY
OF APRIL, 1891, AT IL NJ, the following de-
scrfbed lot OF land, to wit: Beginning at point
lou feet east from tho northeast corner of
Grove and Elm streets, thence i30 feet north to
an alley, thence with said alley east 50 feet to a
point, thence south 100 feet to Elm street,
thence 80 feet to place of beginning, known as
lot No. IL OF section 8, of the map of the LOWS
addition to said city.
cutting this trust and to discharge tho amount
of money then duo and payable upon the said
notes, which latter will be about one hundred
and eighty dollars; the first payment to. fall
due and payable on tho 2lst of.December 1891,
and to be for en- amount sufficient to pay Off
and sixty-six dollars and siXty-six and two
thirds cents with interest thereon from Do
cember 81. 1859, and the balance payable in two
equal annual installments with interest thereon
and two years from day of sale. All deferred
payments to be evidenced by negotiable notes
of the>purchaser and secured by deed of trust
mar15-3Ot j. c. DAVENPORT, Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-22
2 CHURCHES TODAY.
jan be services at the churche

:. jan be services at the churches
tw..y1yy to-day as follows:
st. Marks Lutheran Church will wor-
Ship this morning in the chapel
tof the First ward school building at IL
yo.clock, Rev. j. A. Huffard will take a
subject appropriate to the day, "Palm
sunday" Sunday-school at 10 O'Clock.
Second Observation-Disclosures tonight
4 at 1880. Sunday-school at 8 p. m.
nj. E. Church South, Greene Memoir
2ial-Services at IL a m. and p. M. by
Rev. j. H. Boyd. Sunday-school at 0
la. m.
Trinity-Preaching by Rev. P H.
Whisner, D. d. Sunday-school at 8
sp.m.
Rev. DIR. G. f. James will preach for
1.-THE Calvary Baptist congregation at the
Y. M. G. A. Hall at IL o'clock. Sunday
Sschool at 0 o'clock.
"a Reformed Church, Rev. Lewis Reiter,
4 pastor. Services in the Wright block
lat IL o. m. and 1880 p. N. All are cor
idially invited.
Rev. G. III. Buchanan will take charge
his new work at Vinton, preaching
lis first sermon to-day at 10 o'clock.
~ Mass will be celebrated at st. An
drews' Catholic Church this morning at
and 10 o'clock, Rev. Father Lynch
officiating. Sunday-school will be held
at p. m.
There will be services at St. Johns
Episcopal Church at IL a. m. and at D.
m. to-day, conducted by Rev. DIR. Meade,
pastor.
Rev. o. T. Hippo will preach in the
First Baptist Church to-day at IL a. m.
and 1880 p. M. Sunday-school at 0:3O
q. m.
Mission Sunday-school over the
"Bee Hive" in East Roanoke at p. m.
Rev. II. b. Sherman will preach at
Fourth Avenue Christian Church this
morning at IL o'clock, and this evening
at 1890
Rev. Mr.. Slower, of Union Theologi-
cal Seminary, will preach at Vint on
this evening at 1880.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-22
Buena Vista, Virginia,
Offers Free Sites to Substantial
Industries.

Sa location
tries town OF 600 worth indn
'o"n with the promise Of
Folowing List of the Secured and
fTrn copee
MILLS ana Lumber Yards Qn Chair Eaov g
Fence Mills
Electric Light Plant
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20 SslO00
advocate
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Co operation)
sanca $500 G%g sS Boiler b Plant bndng
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-22

Il. w. Spindle desires it to be stated
that he has sold the above property and
the purchasers assumed above men
toned notes.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-22
Young Mems Meeting.

The Young men of the city and
strangers alike are cordially invited to
attend gospel service this afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock in tho rooms of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
Topic: The Three-fold Character of
God-Light, Salvation, Strength
THE TIMES desires special CORES
p0ndents In every town in Southwest
Virginia aud the Shenandoah Va 'ey.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-22
TRUSTEES SALES.

FfNRUSTEE'S SALE.-By virtue of n deed of
Il trust executed to me by j. f. Quarlcs and
q. *. Anderson, dated March 5th, 1880, and of
record in the clerks Office of the county court
OF Roanoke county, Virginia, to secure to j.
II. Cook the payment of the sum OF seven hun
as evidenced by two certain negotiable notes
or even date with said decd, executed by J. l..
puarles and q. *. Anderson, and payable with
interest from date to the said j. Fl. Cook, in
one and two years from the date thereof, and
default having been made In the payment OF
the last or tho above mentioned notes, at the
request OF the said j. III. Cook I shall sell to
the highest bidder, by public auction. upon the
property, in Roanoke City, Virginia on TJJ ES-
DAY. APRIL u 1891, AT IL NJ, all that Ger
tain 0t or parcel of land lying i'm the county of
Roanoke, State OF Virginia, adjoining the city
OF Roanoke, bounced and described as follows
to wit: Beginning at the northeast corner OF
walnut street and Franklin road, thence with
the latter north Il degrees, As minutes east 7I.5
feet to q point; thence north degrees, Is min
utes west 27.5 feet To point; thence south 80
d grees- 10 minutes; east 1881 feet to an alley;
thence with said alley south degrees, Is min
utes west $50 feet to Walnut street. thence
with Walnut street north So degrees, 45 min
utes west 1882 feet to the beginning.
TERMS: Cash, as to enough TO pay off and
discharge ono OF the above notes, viz: three
hundred and eighty three dollars and thirty
three cents, with intores, from date of said
note and expenses of sale, and the residue to
be announce1sst the time of sale.
mar22tds w. E. BIDB, Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-22
TRUSTEE SAFE OF VALUABLE ROA-
L NOKE REALTY

BY virtue of deed of trust executed to me
py w H. Horton, bea ring date January 18th,
1SS9, and recorded la deed book 81. page go to
secure to Bolivar @. w ebb. Moses &. Webb S.
II. webb, A. E. Webb, s. G. Webb the payment
OF certain money therein specified, and whereas
default having been made in the payment of
the last mentioned deferred note of s2S}ts' and
at the request OF the beneficiaries, will offer
ct public sale, on the premises the hereinafter
described property. on tho 2lST DAY OF
MARCH. 1891, all OF that certain lot or parcel
OF land, situated on the north side of Ernest
avenue and known as lot No. g. section 10, us
shown by the map OF the lands OF j. w. Webb,
deceased.
Also lot No. II, section 10, in same addition.
@TERMS OF SALE shall be cash. and to pay n
note OF 1888, dated on the 18th of january
1882 and payable two years after date with in
terest, and the expenses 81 This sale and the
residue to be made payable at such time as will
be made known on day of sale
The above described lots have been sold and
the purchaser assumed the payment OF the
notes that were past due. JAS. S.SIMMONS,
febl1-tds Trustee.
This sale is postponed until Monday, March
I'D, vi, ut II o'clock. noon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-02-12
SOME QUEER PEOPLE.

AN Oroville (Cal.) man keeps thieves
from his orange trees by tying cow
bells TO them.
A WELLINGTON (Kanl hotel man
charges thirty-fve cents for single
meal, or seventy-fve cents for two.
THREE deacons at BeIlaire, Mich,
threw brother out of church because
he refused to sing, or speak, or pray.
A VERY careful man is Farmer
DrislSo, of Jonesborough, Me. He has
pillow which has been in constant serv-
ice for fifty-three years.
A LADY who advertised for girl ito
do light homework" received letter
from an applicant who said her health
demanded sea air, and asked where the
lighthouse was situated.
A BROOKLYN bridge for women only is
the latest idea, and Brooklyn spinster
will build it when@ she gets rich She
says that women receive brutal treat
ment from the men at the bridge sta
tons
A WEcTERN farmers daughter, who
persuaded her father to give her farm
for her own, manages the entire eighty
acres herself, and last year managed to
clear 81, 900, besides buying her clothes
and machinery and stock for the farm.
She has a girl friend for a companion,
and keeps one man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-02-12
LITERARY SMALL TALK.

SIR EDWIN ARNOLD gets $4,000 for
his poem 1.-The Light of the World"
OVER $4,000 copyrights have been
granted to American authors during
the present calendar year.
ARCHIBALD CLAvERINe GUNTER has
received $4,000 in royalties upon his
MIR. Barnes of New York"
john G. WmTTIER's birthday gifts
included barrel of pitch-pine kindlings
from the Whittier colored school at
Tuscaloosa. Ala.
THE House of Seven Cables" which
Nathaniel Hawthorne made famous, IS
still to be seen on Turner street, Salem,
Mass. 1t was built in 1862, but re-
ceived many alterations by its sue
cessive owners until it became the
curious structure which attracted Haw-
thorne's attention, and was at one time
his home.
EMERsoN's old home at Concord is be-
coming more and more a shrine for the
literary pilgrim. II is nov the hos
pitable home of Mrs. Emerson and Miss
Ellen Emerson. One of the most inter
esting relics in the house is a fine old
classic engraving that was presented to
Mrs. Emerson by Carlyle as a wedding
gift. On the back of it is pasted the
paper containing Carly le's autograph in
scription.
E. H. HOWE. the Kansas newspaper
man and novelist has been offered one
hundred dollars for the original manu-
script of THE Story of a Country
Town." the novel that made him famous
six years ago And yet, according to
the Kansas City Times, there were
lots of nights while Ed was writing the
story that he would have taken fifty
cents for the whole business and thrown
up the Job"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-02-12
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The News Condensed.

Harry Blake, a horse-thief, was SEN
fenced at Madison to two years in the
State prison.
st. CroiX County has female super
intendent of schools, Miss Wright, who
is said to fill the Office better than any
male superintendent that ever held it.
There was said to be movement on
foot to make Milwaukee the capital of
the State.
The Kaul1auna paper mill owned by
Van Nortwick Bros. was totally de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, S175, 900; insur-
ance, S75, 600.
Wendell kleiner, who went to She
boygan from Milwaukee to open a sa-
loon, fell down stairway in his house
and was killed
George Wathart, a farmer, walked
into the river at Manitowoc and was
drowned.
James b. Simcock, resident of
Waupaca for over forty years, died of
heart disease, aged So years. He was
prominent business man.
John Koepsel, of Sheboygan, hard
NdlC AllNACiidtib. dcoiS llCI- AC lidUll-
tiles were S12, 900 and the assets SIC, 900.
Harry Faudenburg Madison photog-
rapher, was arrested and taken to Lex
ington, KY, where he was wanted for
larceny.
Frank Becker. dealer in dry goods
at La Crosse, assigned to E. j. Kelly,
who gave bond of $4,000.
ing rooms of the National Distilling
Company were burned. The loss was
about $50. 900; insured.
Mrs. Eliza Turner, of Cassville, was
instantly killed by train.
The Bank Of Commerce Of West Su-
perior which suspended some time ago
has resumed business. the capital hav-
ing been increased from 100000 to
$3.50, 900.
Large gray wolves have made their
annual appearance on the bluffs four
miles south of Palmyra One of pack
of four was shot by hunters the other
three escaping.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton, Of Beloit which has been in a de-
Ginning condition for the last two years.
has been recognized and its debts all
paid.
Rose Zoldossi, ared Is years. was
held to trial at Richland Center on the
charge Of poisoning the wife Of DR..
Mitchell and afterward Ella Mally.
whom She thought tile doctor was about
to marry. Rose was in love with the
doctor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-02-12
MIME BALLS.

INDIANA has an organization know as
THE Soldiers Rights and Service PEN
sion Alliance"
THE subordinate corps w. r. c. Of
Ohio gave $500 worth of articles to the
Sandusky Soldiers Home.
THE War Department has decreed
that April Is, 1861, was the official first
day of the rebellion and May /, 1865 the
last day.
COMMUNICATIONS VEAsEY has APP.
pointed VIM. Lochren, OF Minneapolis,
Mimi, Judge Advocate General Of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
WM SIMMONS, historian, National As
ISOLATION Of Naval Veterans, No. 1882
Wharton street, Philadelphia, is compil-
ing listo ali surviving veterans Of the
late war who served in the Union navy.
NFw HANPs HIRE claims the Oldest
veteran attending the encampment at
Boston-Jame5 Randlatt, Com fanny p,
Second New Hampshire Volunteers.
The comrade is cighty-tWo years Of
age
THE largest patriotic contribution
made BIZ one man 10 the Union army s
thought to have been made by Charles
Brandon, Of Mondsville, NJ Va. who
sent seventeen sons out Of q family 81
thirty-fye children, all sons,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-02-12
woMAN's WAR SERVICE.
Female Attaches in the Fields and Hos
pitfalls During the Civil War.

Female Attaches in the Fields and Hos-
pitfalls During the Civil War.
Although it is impossible to discover
just how many women gave their services
in the fields and hospitals during the
civil war Captain Ainsworth, who is at
the head of the pension division of the
War Department, has recently prepared
a table giving an idea of the vast num-
Der who did what they could for their
country by nursing and caring for those
who took active part in the struggle
The records are incomplete, but as far as
can be ascertained there were probably
10, 600 women, with and without regular
authority and pay who performed the
duties wherever they happened to be.
OF these, rs were hired by contract by
the War Department; 337 went by the
appointment of Miss Dix; PAS were Sis
tiers of Charity; 81 were provided by the
Sanitary Commission, and 90 by the or
der of the Surgeon General. In addi-
ton to those who went as nurses, there
were matrons, cooks, laundresses, etc,
making, it is thought, no fewer than
10000 women in all, three-fourths OF
whom were white and from the North.
There are now on the pension rolls
the names of 200 women who acted as
nurses, and these were placed there by
a special act of Congress; but as yet
nothing has been done for most Of these
noble women, many of whom are old,
feeble, and nearly forgotten.
Representative Bell5nap, of Michigan,
an ex-soldicr reported bill to the
United States House of Representatives
placing on the pension list at Sl2
month "all women employed by
the Surgical Department of the
United States Service as army
nurses, or otherwise officially recog-
nized as such during the War Of
the Rebellion. and who rendered service
in hospitals, in the camp or on the bat
tle-field for a period of six months or
more, and who were honorably relieved
therefrom, and who, from the results
of such service or the infrmities of ad-
vancing age, are unable to earn their
own support. w oman's Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-02-12
HIS LAST CRACKER.
A Soldiers Cheerful Philosophy Under Dis
eouraging circumstances.


Mr. George Cary Eggleston. in Bat
ties and Leaders Of the Civil War. fur
nishes an account half-pathetic, half
comic, of the nearly famished condition
of the Confederate soldiers during Cen
era Grants final campaign. They ate
their salt pork raw, partly because
there was no convenient means OF cook
ing it but more because cooking would
have involved some waste
When we reached Cold Harbor the
command TO which | belonged had been
marching almost continuously day and
night for more than fifty hours without
food, and for the first time we knew
what actual starvation was. Ii was dur
ing this march that heard man wish
himself a woman-the only case OF the
kind ever heard of-and he uttered the
wish half in grim jest and made haste
to qualify il by adding. ''or a baby"
Yet we recovered our eheerfulness at
once after taking the first nibble at the
crackers issued TO US there. and made
jest of the scantiness Of the supply.
One tall, lean mountaineer, Jim
Thomas by name, who received a slight
wound every time he was under fire and
was never sufficiently hurt to Quit duty,
was standing upon a bank OF earth,
slowly munching bit of his last cracker
and watching the effect Of some artillery
IRE which was in progress at the time,
when a bullet carried away his cap and
cut strip of hair from his head, leav-
ing the scalp for space as bald as if it
had been shaved by a razor
He sat down at once to nurse a sharp
headache, and then discovered that the
cracker he had held in his hand was
gone, leaving a mere fragment in his
grasp.
At first he was in doubt whether he
might not have eaten it unconsciously;
but he quickly discovered that it had
been knocked out of his hand crushed to
bits by bullet; whereupon, as he sat
there in an exposed place, where the
fire was unobstructed, he lamented his
loss in soliloquy.
IF / had eaten that cracker half an
hour ago, it would have been safe, he
said. Il should have had none left for
next time; but have none left as it is.
That shows how foolish it is to save any
thing.
''Whew! how my head aches / wish
1t was from over-eating but even the
doctor couldn't lay it to that just now.
sThe next time | stand up to watch
the firing, III put my cracker-if have
any-in safe place down by the breast
work, where it won't get wounded poor
thing! BY the way, here's little
piece left, and that'll get shot while
sit here talking"
With that he jumped down into the
ditch, carefully placed the mouthful Of
hard tack at the foot of the works, and
resumed his interested observation Of
the artillery duel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-02-12
SELECTED SLIPS AND SHIPS.


THE cedar bird is great devourer Of
canker worms.
INDIAN INK is made in some unknown
way from burnt camphor; the secret is
known only to the Chinese, and they re-
fuse to reveal it.
WHEN vessels or timber sink to great
depths in the ocean, the pressure is SO
great that the water is by this means
forced into the pores, and the wood be-
comes too heavy to rise again.
A SMALL leather bag was Kicked
about in the streets Of New York re-
Gently by pedestrians which, when
opened by hotel porter, was found TO
contain six thousand dollsgs worth Of
diamonds.
Tine accumulation u wealth, esti-
mated at fourteen per cent Of the gross
earnings Of mankind, now aggregates
five billion dollars per annum, and Is in
creasing relatively as well as absolute
~ from year TO year.
THE inventor Of the sweatband in
hats has been fighting the hat-makers
in the courts for years and has recently
secured a decision in his favor From
his figuring he finds that they owe him
about three million dollars.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-02-12
IN THIS AND OTHER LANDS.


OVER 400, 600 negroes are annually en-
shaved in Africa.
WITHIN the last decade 5,a45,5SO for
eigners have come to our shores.
ONE of the latest crazes in ST. Louis is
that of riding upon the electric cars to
cure rheumatism.
ALTOGETHER, Englishmen buy be-
tween eleven and twelve hundred mil
lions of foreign eggs a year.
A ToURMALINE ledge. recently discov-
cred on a farm near Auburn. Ne, is
said to have already yielded 800 worth
Of gems.
JUST above Vienna. on the Danube, is
the convent and school Of Melk. which
has just celebrated its lOO0th anniversa-
ry.
IT is said that from st. Malo alone
the mistletoe annually shipped to En-
gland is equal in volume to half the
houses of the town.
THE Commercial Travellers Society of
France, founded ten years ago, has :, 500
members. The President is NJ. Bris-
son, member of the Chamber of Depu-
ties
OK account Of their ightness and i'm
permeability, compared with wood,
large tin packing cases are now fire.
quently used in the shipment Of light
manufactures to South America.
M Germany they are making coffee
from linseed meal roasted to dark
color and mixed with some glutinous
substances before passing through ma
chimes which form it in the shape of
beans.
A BELGIUMgun manufacturer says it
is mystery TO him what becomes of
all the guns made. They are not per-
ishable or easily destroyed, yet year
after year the great manufacturers
have increased their works until the
number of guns and pistols that are
made each year is something enormous,
and the trade instead of decreasing is
continually growing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-02-12
a Case of Leprosy.

A case OF leprosy has been reported
to the State Board of Health. The pa
tient is a Norwegian woman who re-
Gently came from the old country. She
is a resident of Buffalo County, and has
had this trouble. which is finally pro-
nounced leprosy, for eighteen years.
The woman has four adult children,
but on none of them had symptoms of
disease appeared.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-02-12
RockefeIler Invests.

John u. Rockefeller. of New York,
and several of his associates, have sub
scribed for 81, 800 600 stock in the West
Superior Iron & Steel Company for
the purpose of increasing the capital to
S. 900, 900 and adding facilities to the
plant. The steel plant will then give
employment to 5000 men aside from
the steel barge works. which employ
1900 alone.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-02-12
An Awful Accident.

Jorgen Nelson. a farmer living ten
miles from Whitehall, killed his step
playing with some other boys about
his father while he was chopping wood
and dashed in front of the latter, re-
-eeiving the full force of blow from
the axe on the head, killing him in
stantly.