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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25
MAY DAY.

News of labor troubles comes from al
most every quarter of the civilized
world. The first day OF May promises
to be an cvcntful one in tho United
States as we'll as in Europe. The labor
ing millions will on that day arise and
demand what they deem their rights.
prolonged struggle may follow in
some instances, but tho results of for
NOR strikes have about convinced labor
and capital that strikes are more
often injurious to both than otherwise.
The time will soon arrive whom differ
ences of this kind will be settled al
most entirely by other means.
1t is useless to deny that there are
still some serious phases of the labor
question: but it can hardly be disputed
but that each side is coming to APP
prcciate more thoroughly the rights of
the other. While some threatening
clouds seem to gather about the coming
May day, there are reasons to hopo that
no serious results will follow.
Roanoke, for community so thor
ouGhly industrial, has been peculiarly
fortunate in having been free from scri-
GUS labor troubles. Workingmen, like
all other classes, are more contcnrcd
hore than in most places.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NOTES.

The Liberty Iron Company, Shenan-
doah county, Va, which has rebuilt
from the old Columbia Liberty furnaces
modern blast furnace, has completed
the same and, having fully opened it's
iron ore mines and accumulated stock
of ore as we'll as a large supply OF char
coal, is ready TO go into blast and mako
fully six times as much iron in the one
furnace as was formerly made in the
two.
Colonel Andrews, Of the Richmond
and Danvillo road, has taken formal
possession of the Danville and Western
narrow gauge railroad.
The Staunton Steam Roller Mill will
be ready for operation this week, the
machinery being all in place and the
grain on hand.
The Powell Valley Iron Works. near
Edinburg, lately acquired by Boston
parties, will be put in operation at once.
The iron ore deposits near the place are
reported to be large in quantity and Of
satisfactory quality.
j. R. Campbell. an expert diamond
drill runner from Ohio, has been en-
gagged by the Virginia Mining and In
vestment Company and will begin ac-
tive operation at once. The drill was
shipped to the property of the Allegheny
Mining and Development Company, at
Low Moor, Va, yesterday, where the
first test will be made.
Mrs. j. j. Bush has sold her farm of
1874 acres, lying north OF Waynesboro
and adjoining the Basic City lands on
the west, for S35, OO0 A. +. Mostly has
sold 20 acres of his farm, reserving the
fine orchard of 20 acres, for Sl5, 000-in-
GLIDING the improvements.
The Bertha Zinc Company have at the
recommendation of Capt. Thomas Jones,
the company's superintendent, con-
cludcd to adopt a new process for roast
ing ores: machinery for tho new process
is being put in now; and will be in oper
alton in a short time. The process en-
ploys gas as heater.
Capt. j. S. Redd, OF Martinsville, has
the gavel with which the first meeting
in the interest OF the Roanoke and
Southern railway was raped to order.
The Captain calls it his coulter st elk 4"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25
THE CIRCUIT COURT.


The Business Transacted BY That Body
Yesterday.
The Circuit Court convened Yesterday,
Judge Henry E. Blair presiding. The
following business was disposed of.
William II. Dowell VS.. S. L. Tyler,
receiver of the Shenandoah Valley rail
road, was ordered to be dismissed from
docket.
John G.. Caswell VS.. L. C. Snyder,
action of assumsit; ordered that the
plaintiff be non suited, and defendant
be allowed to recover costs of plaintiff.
Rivermont Company vs.. II. w. Spin
die, action of debt; remandcd to rules.
Tanner, Walden & Co. VS.. the Com
monwealth of Virginia, petition to YER
ify compounds; plaintiffs allowed to file
petition, and commemorative attorl ey
ordered to appear at next term of court
to defend the same.
Scot & RiveS against J. r. IIockaday
and London, Thomas e Co. against the
Commonwealth, petition of plaintiffs to
verify coupons filed, ond commonwealth
attorney ordered to defend same at next
term of the court.
Wharton Mcknight against the Roa-
noke Roller Mill Company, action of
assumpsit, remanded to rules.
Colonel r. L. Maurv, of Richmond,
Va, d. S. Goode and w. o. Hardaway
vualified to practice law in the court.
The following amouns were allowed
officers of the court Tor tLeir services at
this term: Roy Il. Smith, common
wealth's attorney, S25; J. b. Traynham,
city sergeant and jailor, SIT; S. S.
Brooke, clerk, Sis; K. Ii. Wright, dep
uty sergeant, So.
John T. Dunlap and wife against S.
Il. Tyler, receiver. decree was made
declaring that the heirs of Mary G..
Dunlap, deceased, may revive the cause
Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe
Deposit Company vs. the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad Company; decree made
ordering that the sum of S53. 81 be paid
to the trustees of Thomas Ashby flom
the funds received from the sale Of said
railroad.
On petition of the vestry of st. Johns
Church, decree was entered allowing
them to exchange the church lot with
Col. 5. S. Brooke for lot on the corner
OF Jefferson street and Eighth avenue
and $4,000 additional. The trustees
were empowered to use the proceeds and
enter into contracts for the erection of
place of worship on said lot not ex-
cccding 49,, 900.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25

THE New York Sun told tho truth
when it said that no ruler in the history
of the world ever took such q trip as
President Harrison's iaunt across
the continent. Tho homage of
the populace has been paid him
at every hamlet along the route.
He has been rendered brilliant re-
ccptions by those highest in authority
where he has been. Tho roar CT artil-
1cry has saluted him, cheers of the pco.
pie have welcomed him and now his
path is strewn with flowers. Is it prob
able that the President has dreamed of
tho simple log cabin of his grandfather
since he left Washington
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25

"A TERRIBLE story of the ravages of
smallpox and yellow fever comes from
Cuba and South America, Tho most
fearful epidemics from which the United
States has suffered have been caused by
the importation of disease. and the
Atlantic ports cannot be too careful,
especially those ia the Southern States
There arc really some advantages in MOI;
being seaport town.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25
ROANOKE. VA. APRIL 25. 1891.

The TINES has the largest
circulation Of any paper print
ed in Southwest Virginia.
Press room, mailing list and
subscription books open to the
inspection Of advertisers.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25
Mary Was Drunk.

Bell johnson was tried before Justice
llowcrton yesterday evening on the
charge of stealing Si.1O from Mary
Wells. Witnesses testified that Mary
was drunk and as Bell had secured a
lawyer who smashed The whole scheme
and proved that Mary and all her con-
federates were lying, the case was dis
missed
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25
a Kansas City Hustler Here.

E. X. Bowden, until recently con-
nected with an important real estate en-
terprise in Kansas City, is in Roanoke,
with view Of becoming interested in
Roanoke reality. Mr.. Bowden is we'll
pleased with Roanoke, and was out
looking at some fine property yesterday
afternoon.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25
MIR. VERT FOR COUNCIL.

Interest in the coming municipal
election continues to grow. The north
west section como; to the front with a
candidate in the person of Mr.. Wilson
Wertz.
Mr.. Wertz is native of Roanoke
county, and has been citizen of Roam
oke for about nine years. lie has been
engaged principally as contractor and
has been successful as business man,
having acquired considerable real estate
interest. Mr.. Wertz is popular and is
considered a strong candidate in his
section.
Tho northwest section shows a com
mendable interests in the public affairs
OF the city, and, doubtless, like every
other section, needs more improvements.
The names Of many good citizens are
being proposed for Council There is
need Of good men and plenty of work
for them to do.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25

Entered at the Postofncc at Roanoke as sec
ond-cass matter.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25
THE ROANOKE TIMES.
TELEPHONE NUMBER l2L

THE TIMES is delivered in Roanoke, Salem
and Vinton every morning by carriers for SO
cents per month.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25

The increase in the rent of the mar
ket house stalls is another one of those
little things that are constantly bobbine
up, showing how Roanoke grows. The
increase is nearly so per cent. Tho
stalls are worth more now than
they were year ago because of the in
crease of population since that time.
and because several more people will
find homes in Roanoke before they are
again offered for rent
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25

The property Ct the Roanoke Gas and Water
Company Mill Mountain is now attracting
great attention. Come early and let us drive
you over it. The view from the mountain over
looking the city is superb. The altitude of the
property, its nearness to the city and the mag
nihcent view of Roanoke and the valley which
it commands make it the most desirable prop
erty now Oh the market. Come early and let us
show it to you.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the undersigned for the erection of the
Academy Of Music Building at Roanoke,
Va. up to IL o'clock noon. May 10, 1891.
building, stone and brick; interior, iron
and wood construction. Seating ca
pacity, 1900. Bids must not include
decorations or furnishing, proposals for
which will be asked fer later. Plans
and specifications can be seen at the OF
fee of BROTHERS DE SAUSSURE Sc
WATERS, Architects, Roanoke. Va
apr227t
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25

THE TIMES desires special correspond.
ents IN every tow, IN Southwos' Virginia
and the Shenandoah Valley
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25

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The Republican journal., 1891-01-22

Colonel Rey Meyers, of Huron, 5. D.. was an
pointed consul to san Salvador a year ago.
progress. The seige continued day after day
and when the firing had ceased he made for the
docks aud returned to Washington. Colonel
Meyers has now instituted a suit for $50 900
damages against the San Salvador government
and will press his claim through the state De-
ment.
The Republican journal., 1891-01-22
Something Worth Knowing !

90 You Kaot there .5 g.eat advantage n buying
from a4NEM FURNITURE ss~ D2E. TH7 III THE SIM
PIE THOTH, ana win toN gou vshy During GOOD
many years prices nave baan an6 every season, each
oGe more thaI me aEica5 are a1on2 4own ID
bottom They ean ao INV loyfer very ~etl- gsow In
o1 establishes o4sas i1st a5nilt Eals 7ar stock
oid war S''ne priced goods They represent much
value, and tae interest h1a Tie addaa To- the
prices o. new pso5ncts. THIS I'D 8D5,3ESS ana il IS
done every Gay We aaya not oE sca Furniture
IN our Store, and vshen @2 say sa2t can save you
twenty-five per CENT. wa ET4CTa-T vs9ae we are
talking aaou Come aa4 lha n5CGsg 2se Of sfosI-
day Goods in ta'e city. 9e@p't,
The Republican journal., 1891-01-22

Now she i, at Pine Ridge, nursing the sick
and wounded there.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-13

One Saturday afternoon, according
to their wont, two friends of the noble
game OF chess sat playing together in a
Frankfort cafe. Suddenly one of them
started up from his seat in a passion
and exclaimed;
"You have taken one of my pawns !"
A glance at the board and men suf-
feed TO show that pawn was really
missing. The excitement over the lost
pawn became so intense that lively
alteration ensued, in which all the
other gentlemen in the room took part.
Quiet was at last restored, and the
player who lad lost his pawn resumed
his seat and began to drink his coffee,
which was covered with thick cream,
when he all at once got something into
his throat which nearly choked him.
He succeeded however, In extricat-
Ing the intrusive article, which turned
out 10 be the missing pawn. The chess
player, intent on the game, had thrown
It into his cup in the place of a lump OF
sugar Wiener Extrablatt.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-13
AndalusInn Enthusiasm.

II African women are to be transported
to Granada to fitly adorn these ancient
ruins, the native Andalusian damsel would
vie with them for the right, for the Anda-
lusian is far more beautiful gem, and
worthy of being born in the shadow of the
Alhambra or the Alcazar.
Her form is soft and flexible, the quint-
essence of the word "pliant" applied to
her. She crouches in the smallest corner;
she robs the sharpest angle of its sharp
ness by sliding stealthily around it; she
winds her supple body through the narrow
est crevice. Her senseSpartake daintily of
what may be offered To them. Her nose
! fingers but moment above the fragrant
chalice of the rose; her lips sip but single
drop from the fiery malaga and reject the
rest.
Her most powerful sense, Unsuitable, yet
held in check by her. and holding others
within its wondrous ban, is her large,
beautiful eye. In the midst of the snowy
splendor of her face this strange, black
flame is the confession of the extremes
which unite in her breast. Chicago Globe.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-13

The tender, budlike hopes of Lewiston
youth who has been dreaming the first few
winks of loves young dream are crushed,
and he sometimes thinks that he never will
recover, but we think he will.
He has been keeping young lady in
Raymond up nights good deal lately, and
she has been reciprocating the attachment.
The only party to the affair who was not
warmly and deeply in earnest was the
young lady's father, and for some reason
or other he didn't seem to warm up bit
and didn't seem to pay much attention to
IL one way or the other. The Lewiston
young man has been over there a good
deal, his disease of the heart keeping him
restless at home. Now and then he has
hitched up the horse of his father-in-law-
never-to- be and has taken his girl out to
drive in the sober moonlight, and by a ju-
iicious care in getting the sleigh out noise
iessly he has finally learned how to evade
suspicion and drive with one hand at the
same time.
A large, mellow night came along and
stopped at that town very recently, and
the young man was caracoling the old
mans horse over the hills gayly. Coming
back he committed a great error. He tied
the horse with slip moose. The horse did
not die He was discovered before death
had claimed him for his own, but he was
almost moribund and the flash that had
erstwhile been in his eye had flashed out.
He was depressed beast.
The old gentleman made no charge for
the extra Kerosene coal and wood that had
been consumed in the front parlor, but he
says that young man with such danger.
Gus familiarity with slipknots can't have
his girl, and the match is off.-Lewiston
Journal
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-13
What n Small nox Can Do.

Prince Morgan is the name Of little
thirteen -year-old darky boy living at Shedd,
Linn county, whose career promises to be
somewhat checkered if he lives long
enough, as it is already decidedly spotted.
He S the lad who few months ago pur-
chased gun on forged order, shot off
two fingers and then before his fingers
were well ran away from home with prop
erty belonging 70 others. He was captured
bat the grand jury refused to indict him
owing 20 his extreme youth. Not having
a gun of his own any longer, he concluded
TO make one himself, Securing gaspipe,
he made a hole In 1t at the right place and
plugged the end with wood. Loading It,
he touched IL OIL with match The plug
dew in splinters, one piercing an ear, and
the powder scattered over his face, burning
Il some, yet not injuring him seriously.
He rushed into the house and told his
mother big man in rubber suit had shot
him through a crack In the barn,-Port-
land Oregonian.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-13
a Parrot That seemed 70 ThInI..


am inclined to fancy that parrots
learn and perhaps understand phrases
relating to eating and drinking almost
sooner than any Others. One of my
feathered acquaintance was in the
habit of inviting visitors to take refresh
ment. Wont you have cup of teal
DO have a cup of tea" she would say
and sometimes it was really awkward,
as almost compelling the mistress to ex-
tend her hospitality TO visitors for whom
such an invitation had not previously
been intended.
This bird was also fond of saying
"Goodby," and never said it at the
wrong time. When the visitor was
about to depart he or she would be
startled by a voice from a parsonage
hitherto unseen, saying, well, good
byl goodbyl" II that parrot did not
know that this was the proper thing to
say, and that this was the proper time
for saying it, am no judge Of parrots.
This bird had been taught to count
up to six, but she could rarely say the
all in order. She often missed
one--not the same figure, however;
three, four Or five were (but only one
at time) her usual omissions. She
was always conscious that she had
made mistake, and on skipping" a
figure would give shrill comical whis-
tie and begin again. Some kind of
thought and calculation must have
passed through her mind during this
performance. Chambers Journal
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-13

|IH4Inea IttN WORK - hscaIf if"nn " o-t
foe Uniforms in Public.
While at paradcs the police captain
afpear to be proud OF their spick and
span Uniform, set of With brass buttons
and gold lace. it Is n curious fact thai
in ordinary circumstances they seem x
be unhappy when they are compelled
10 appear IN them in public. Various
reasons may bo assigned for this repug
nance to wearing the livery Of the force
Perhaps IN the streets and in public
conveyances it attracts attention to the
uearer and cxcites comment, not only
m regard to him. but the force in gen
eral. A shrewder guess is that If, for
distance, a police captain Is summoned
70 police headquarters in hurry, he
may, when his business is transacted
there, wish to go elsewhere and not be
conspicuous.
At any rate many lodges are resorted
to to escape uniform wearing in the
streets. One of them is to forward the
uniform ahead to the Central Office,
don It down stairs on arriving, and ship
it off when leaving. This succeeds in
the main. but patrolmen are often
delayed, and as often are untrustworthy
messengers, and instances abound of
captains arriving just on time and fun
ing because their garments have not
arrived, for the rule against appearing
before the superintendent, the commits
sioners or in the trial room in ''mufti"
unless specially excused is rigidly en-
forced.
Another scheme is an ingenious one.
The police tailors are all near the police
headquarters, and the rule was circuln-
vented years ago by having dummy
uniform coats handy and of several
sizes ready for emergencies, so that a
captain summoned in haste could slip
into the tailor's civilian and emerge
In all the glory of blue, brass and braid.
Sometimes, however, officers have
been caught in trap by the uniform
that would fit them having been don
ned by another, and have had no al
tentative but to wait or put on gar
ments too tight or too baggy. Nobody
has ever been disciplined for this, but
both Mr. Murray and Mr.. Byrnes have
now and then ''reckoned up" subor-
dinate in i'll fitting uniform in fashion
that made him feel unhappy, while the
contrast between even well fitting
coat and Broadway promenade trou-
sers has been startling.
Like accommodations are to be found
for patrolnen who do duty in citizens
dress, and are required in certain and
sudden circumstances to appear in uni
form at the Central office. Some Of
them have been detected and guyed
into unhappiness. New York Times.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-13

New York, Paris aud Berlin all togethe
have not 80 large an area as London.
Never offer to 20 to the room OF an in
valid upon whom you have called, but
wait for an invitation 70 do So
It has been calculated that a bee must
buck 2l9,550 flowers for every ounce OF
honey gathered.
Laugh and the world laughs with you
! doesn't always hold good when you laugh
too heartily at your own story.
True friendship consists Of knowing a
mans very soul and keeping what you
know to yourself.
After a Buffalo fire case Of lamp chin
neys that had come down from the third
story were found unbroken.
To complete their growth the nails Of
the left hand require eight to ten days
more than those Of the right.
The income of Lord Revelstoke, the head
Of the house Of Barring, will not in future
exceed e3,000 year. IL was once more
than 10000.
Some of the working girls clubs are dis
cussing the advisability Of joining build
ing association and owning their own club
houses.
Diluted alcohol and thorough shampoo
ing will remove the stain from your hair.
Do not use brass hairpins; small silver or
shell pins are not costly and will not stain
the hair
A fourteen-year-old girl who was sworn
as witness in a Camden On. j. murder
case said she had never seen Bible before
she entered the court room.
A Carpaar rraecrintion for rraventinoy
cold sores and boils from coming to a head
is to paint them five to ten times daily
with equal parts Of boracic acid and water.
The United States has now become the
greatest iron producing nation in the world,
having produced 9,202,703 gross tons in
1890, against 100000 produced in Great
Britain.
The Hungarian government favors a
scheme for an electric railway between
Vienna and Buda Pesth, distance of $50
miles, to run single cars every ten minutes,
like street service, in two hours and a
half
Wash the feet every day with soap and
water and wipe them perfectly dry on
every part, particularly between the toes
A good hard rubbing with coarse towel
will tend to keep the skin healthy.
According to a recently published polit-
ical encyclopedia, there are only three
states in the Union-M Massachusetts,, Con
necticut and Rhode Island-in which it is
required that voters shall be able to read
"A nd Vrifa