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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
The First Stem.

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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
KILLED ON THE DUMMY.
5. G. Falls Meets Death at Ma
sons Creek.

A young man named s. T. Falls, bet
ter known as Griff Falls, from Blue
Ridge Springs. was killed on the Roam
ole and Salon dummy line yesterday
slabout noon.
The dummy was making its third
trip after being repaired, and when
crossing tho bridge at Mason's creek,
Falls, who had just been employed pro-
viding the job suited him, leaned out
Stof the cab window when his head came
in contact with the iron bridge at
that point, knocking him off into the
creek. he was on the engine at tho
Time, and as stated above, had made
two trips to sec whether or not the
work would suit him.
hr. George o. Houston was running
the engine at the time, and stopped it
on nearing that man had been knocked
OH: number OF passengers got off and
(, pulled him out of the creek. He was
then placed on the car and brought back
to the city, but he died before he
reached the city.
The back of his head was crushed and
MS body was otherwise bruised up He
was taken TO the undertaking establish
ment OF Woolwine & Oakley. and Coroner
Gray notified.
An investigation was had about 4
O'Clock yesterday by the coroner, and
Messrs. Houston and Mcconnell and
captain Peck were examined, but it
seems that no one saw the accident.
colored man saw him falling and
hrst gave the alarm that a man had
Deen Knocked off, but he did not see tho
blow
Mr.. Mcconnell said the young man
maue application few days ago by
letter for job as fireman and nirht
Waterman. He was told to report FOR
duty yesterday, which he did, but had
not been employed
Mr.. Houston said it was impossible
for man to DO killed there in the dis
charge of his duty The space between
The car and the side of the bridge was
two and half feet.
1t seems that Falls leaned out look
ing at a calf which had como near being
run over. lie was looking backward
and holding on by one arm.
DIR. Gray said the only decision he
could mako was that tho young man
not being an employee of tho road, that
the bridge was in accordance with the
law, That no one was at fault, and That
the young man came to his death by
going beyond his duties as party who
was applying for a positions and that his
over anxiety caused him to avoid pru-
dence, and that he came to his death
by either being struck by the bridge or
falling off in the creek.
The remains will be sent homo to his
people at Blue Ridge Springs to-day.
When tho people on tho cars learned
OF the accident, they went back to the
scene and the entire crowd seemed en-
tirely overcome, with the exception of
Ed Dolan, of Roanoke, who was the
only man to take hold of tho body to
pull 1T out of the water, for some timo.
In few minutes, however, the others
recovered and rendered assistance.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
Merit Wins.

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The finest, PROTEST and largest line
of guitars, banjos, violins, harps and all
kinds of musical instruments ever ex-
hibited in Roanoke has just been re-
ceived by The Hobbie Music Company.
They. handle only the very best; no
shoddy goods kept. They are open
evenings till nine o'clock, at 157 Salem
avenue.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
LEMON ELIXIR.
Pleasant, Elegant. Reliable.

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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
THE POISONING CASE.
The Jury Resumes Deliberations-No
Verdict Yet.

The Jury Resumes Deliberations-No
Verdict Yet.
The coroher's jury in the poisoning
case Of Amanda Leftwich, colored, who
died last Tuesday a week ago, resumed
their deliberations again yesterday
morning.
IL was supposed that the chemist,
Mr.. Corse, to whom the stomach had
been referred for an analysis, would be
present to mako his report, but he was
out of the city, and consequently failed
to appear.
Several witnesses were examined,
among them being Ed Tucker and his
wife, who testified to hearing Sarah
Leftwich make threats against the d cad
girl. Sue Campbell, who Sarah Left
witch first had arrested on the charge of
poisoning her stepdaughter, and which
action resulted in an investigation, was
also put on the stand. sue testified
that Sarah and John Barksdalo had
been caught by her on two occasions on
criminally intimate terms.
The jury adjourned again till Satur-
day morning at 10 o'clock, when they
will hear the report of the chemist
Coroner Gray stated that Mr.. Corse
would testify that he had found poison
in large quantities in the dead girls
stomach
The jury talked very strongly of
f1ning Mr.. Corse for failing to be
present, but decided to hear his excuse
first. He was reported to be out of the
city on a pleasure trip.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02

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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
A Narrow ESCAPE.

A colored man named Turner en-
ployed by City Engineer Dunlap on
the work of deeping Lick run near
Tinker creek met with an accident yes
terday morning in which he came ncar
losing his life. A water" boy threw a
dynamite cap in the fire which was
minute and sent portion of tho shell
into Turner's neck. His hands were
also badly burned from being near the
fire. David Davis, who happened to be
passing, gave the negro his DUNN Y
ticket to ride to the city to have his
wounds dressed. The shell that entered
the.neck came near severing an artery.
A physician dressed Turner's wounds,
after which he was taken home.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
OF for Chicago.

Dr. 81. A. Sims left yesterday for
Chicago, where he will take up his future
residence in the practice of his profos-
sion. He was accompanied to the train
by large number of friends aud former
patients, wLo were 10th to lose him.
DR. Sims came to Roanoke in 1888. He
built up good practice in a short time.
His family will remain in Roanoke
until his business is settled at their
new home, when they will join him.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
On the way t. conference.

Rev. Lomax w. Childress. OF Romeo
verte, w. Va, is in the city stopping
with his father. DR.. j. A. Childress, 412
Eighth avenue 8. W. Rev. Mr.. Child
ress is on his way to the Virginia con-
ference of the Methodist Protestant
Church, which convenes in Scott
county on Monday. He will leave here
on that day and be present at the de-
alterations on Tuesday.
THE TIMES desires special correspond
ents n every town In Southwest virg.oie
and the Shenandoah Valley.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
Bucklen's Arnica saIve.

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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
Lick Run Sewer

The Lick run sewer has been nearly
completed, and it is now entirely COW
cred from Shenandoah to Common
wealth avenues. Workmen have begun
the stone work on the archcd bridge
over Lick run on Shenandoah avenue,
but 1T will be some time before this
portion of the work is completed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
C. NJ. Ryan Dead.

c. NJ. Ryan, well-known stone
mason, died at his residence, near the
Grocer Furnace. yesterday morning at
l:3O o'clock, after brief illness of
rheumatism. Tho funeral will take
place to-day from his late residence at
4 o'clock, Rev. DR.. Hippo officiating
The remains will be inferred in the CITY
Cemetery.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
A Trip On tho Il. s. s.

Messrs. r.. A. Buckner, John Sheehan
and City Solicitor Miller, in company
with Mr.. A. Undertook, of the Roanoke
and Southern, mounted an engine yes
terday morning and took trip of ten
miles down the new line. 1t was
kind of inspection tour prior to turning
over the city bonds which wore voted
to that road. The trip was enjoyed
very much.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
CARROLL a snARpER.
The Man Who Wanted to Pawn the Cloth
ing Had Tried Other Tricks.

Tho Man Who Wanted to Pawn the Cloth
ing Had Tried Other Tricks.
1t now seems that J. o. Carroll, the
man who was tying to pawn s421
worth of goods for 5000, or sell them for
$50. was bent on playing sharp game
in way of merchandising.
A lines reporter met Mr.. w. A. Ped
igo, the Vinton real estate agent, yes
terday morning, and was informed by
that gentleman that Carroll was indeed
Z unique figure.
Mr.. Pedigo stated that Carroll came
to Vinton some time ago and repre-
scented himself as a physician. This
profession did not seem to suit his pur-
pose, SO he went away, and soon came
back and said he was q capitalist and
intended to open big wholesale gen.
oral merchandising house. He had q
large quantity of letter heads printed
in the name of j. o. Carroll & Co. He
said tho company was man who ro-
sided at Radford.
Some days ago Mr.. Pedigo was at
Marion on business, and stopped in the
store of Venable & Co.
Whtlo there he was shown an order
from Carroll requesting tho shipment
of about 5000 worth of country produce,
such as butter, chickens, potatoes and
onions.
VeL able inquired of Mr.. Pedigo re-
garding the new Vinton firm, but the
latter gentleman could give him no sat
isfactiOn other than that he had
printed lot of letter heads. The
goods were not shipped.
Mr.. Pedigo says Carroll ordered goods
from all parts of the country and car
ried on a big correspondence for sew.
eral days. He firmly believes that Car
roll intended to play sharp game.
The goods which Joe Frank rccov-
cred from Nyburg's were sent back to
Baltimore yesterday.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
Just Thfnkf

A new rosewood upright piano,7h oc-
taves, warranted five years. with fine
silk plush stool and cover, for $3.50. on
the remarkably easy terms Of ss5 cash,
and ten dollars per month, at tho Hob
bic Mnsic Co.'S, ISL S lem avenue, Roa-
noke.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
Mayors Court.

President Buckner, of tho City Coun-
Gill; held court yesterday morning, and
disposed of the following cases:
w. c. Godsey and w. c. Clark were
up for fighting on Railroad avenue.
Clark was fined s. and Godsey So. so.
Frank Hatfield and Charles Sultzcn-
berger got into row on Railroad avenue
and were soon taken in by tho police.
Hatfield was fined $50, an additional
charge being preferred for disorderly
conduct at the mayors office. Sultzen-
berger was fined So. Hatfield was COM
mitted to the chain gang in default OF
payment.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NOTES.

William Ii. and Martha Jane Brown,
near Lincoln, Loudoun county, cole
brated their golden wedding Wednes-
cay.
1t is expected that the bridge across
James river at Howardsville will soon
be built. The estimated cost will be
about $4,000.
The Washington and Lee baseball
team of Lexington defeated tho vir-
ginia Military Institute cadets in a
game of baseball there Saturday.
Branch Roach, colored, aged 81 years,
accidently shot and killed John Jeter,
colored, aged IA, at Walton's farm, near
Farmville, last Friday.
j. G. Hylton, of Ervington. Dickin-
son county, was arrested. charged with
an attempt to smother Jesse Lee, whom
he had enticed into barn. He begged
the sheriff to remove the handouts,
which he did, whereupon he promptly
made his escape.
Mr.. James Coleman, Of Petersburg,
came very near being killed on Satur-
day by being buried alive in sand
pit near the gas works in that city. He
was engaged in digging sand to BIO used
on the streets when the earth above
caved in on him. lie had to be dug out,
but was not injured.
Sheriff Dyer. OF Allegheny county,
while visiting the Lynchburg jail Sat
urday, recognized in Jack Prince, q
negro confined there for shooting Nor
folk and Western Conductor Galloway
at Wythcyille, the perpotrator of an
other murder committed in ALLEGHENY
Prince coolly admitted the latter charge
A convention was held at Burkeville
Monday to nominate a candidate for
tho House of Delegates from Nottoway
and Amelia counties. S. p. Epes, edi-
tor Of the Courier-J Journal, staunch
Democrat and county chairman of Not
toway county, was unanimously nomi-
mated. lie is a young man, and all hail
his success.
The Chicago Tribune recently said :
1t was learned yesterday that for the
last three weeks an agent of the
French government has been quietly
picking up an enormous amount of grain
and meats. In meat they have bee
buying in Virginia, Southern Ohio and
Kentucky. But it is for flour and
wheat that they have given their larg-
est orders, amounting to 1000, 900 bar
rels of flour and 25, 600 bushels OF
grain. An inquiry as to why the
French Government should be secretly
such a buyer brought out this explana-
ton: Tho Government is in delicate
position in regard to both grain and
meat in France. Prices are high and
the demand for a removal of tariff is
pressing, yet the Government does not
like to directly let down the bars.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-21
THE CURIOSITY SHOP.
Origin Of the Name America as Told At
the International Congress in Paris.

Origin Of the Name America Told II
the International Congress in Paris.
The discussion on the origin of the name
America was opened at the international
congress of Americanists in Paris by NJ.
Jules Marcou, who asserted, says Science,
that the name America was derived from a
range of mountains in Central America,
which, in the language of the natives, is
called "Amerique;" and that Vespucci
never bore the Christian name of "Ameri-
CO." because this latter is not saint 8
name in the Italian calendar; and, further,
that he changed his name "Alberico" to
"AmerigO" for the first time after the
name by which the New World is now
commonly known began to be used in order
to cause it to be believed that the con-
tinent was so named in his honor.
But NJ. Cow proved two years ago that
the name "Alberico'' is in the Florentine
language identical with "Amerigo;" and
that Vespucci, before the year 1900, some
times subscribed himself "Amerigo" ap-
pears from letter recently discovered
among the archives of the Duke of Con
zaga at Mantua. This point was corrobo-
rated by the Spanish-Americanist, De la
Espada, from letters and pamphlets pre-
served in the Archiv de las Indias at Sc
vile, in which Vespucci sometimes calls
himself "Alberico," and sometimes 'Amer-
igo." En- PEASANT, the Spanish savant men
toned the interesting fact that the first of
the so called "quatuor navigationes" was
not made by Vespucci at ALL
M. Hamy adduced a further interesting
proof of the incorrectness of NJ. MARQUIS
contention in the shape of map of the
world, prepared in the year 1890 by the
photographer Vallescu, of Mallorca, on the
back of which is note to the effect that
the map was bought in at an auction by
the merchant Amerigo Vespucci for 100
gold ducats. Further, the general secre-
tary of the congress, NJ. Pector, pointed
out that, according to a communication
received from the president of Nicaragua,
the range of mountains in question is not
called "Amerique" at all, but "Amerisque."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-21
Eight Men Rescued nv n D,r.

The dog has long been known as the
faithful friend OF man, but it is rarely that
one hears of SO remarkable an instance of
canine courage and devotion rs the follow
Ing: During the gale which blew the other
day at Halifax, n. S, the fishing schooner
Senator Morgan, of Gloucester, Mass,
dashed ashore at Cow Bay, point east Of
that port. The sea was SO high that it
meant certain death to try and land on the
rocky beach. The crew then lighted a fire
on deck. This was done in order to at
tract attention 70 their perilous position.
Two brothers named Mosher, On perceiv-
ing tho flames, fastened 10 the scene and
made every effort TO afford assistance. The
captain of the Senator Morgan threw tub
overheard containing life line, but it did
not make for land. The brothers Nosher
were fortunately accompanied by their
dog, which they encouraged 70 enter the
loanlng water. The animal with marvel
oos sagacity SWAN out TO the tub. secured
the hfehne and brought It to shore. A
hawser by this means was hauled to the
peach, and the Senator Morgan's crew,
aght In alt, succeeded by its help in scram-
ing to land with great difficulty and after
many exciting failures
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-21
THE LATEST AIR SHIP.
SIS INVENTOR BELIEVES THAT IT
WILL BE A SUCCESS.

The tTas Engine and Aluminium Employ
ed in tho Construction and Equipment
of the Big Machine-The Propeller Con.
structeo, on New Principles.
There are, several problems in mechanics
which have, kept their places among the
unso,ved dc spite all efforts. Since Watt
first used ste sm as the motor power of the
industrial w, rld, thousands of lives and
millions of ln Dley have been devoted to
making a prac Ical rotary engine, but SO
far without su ccess, and many eminent
engineers have pronounced it impossible.
Another problem !, and one of vastly greater
importan ,e, is & vat of aerial navigation.
This has occupied the front rank of great
things to be done for nearly hundred
wears, and it, too, has been many times
pronounced unsolva bic; but in spite Of dis
enlargement and failure the world has al
ways believed that some one would put a
propeller and a rudder upon the balloon
and make man the equal Of the bird in To-
comotion. This Mr.. f. J. Pennington, of
Mt Carmel, Ills, claims to have done. He
has now on exhibition at Chicago a crude
model illustrating the two leading princi-
pies which he claims for his air ship-viz.,
the propelling and steering apparatuses.
1t may be well to state here that vessel
traversing water or air must be able to
move independently of the currents it en-
counters in order 10 be manageable. Hence
in aerial navigation propelung power Is
a prerea uiSite to dirigibility.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-21

father, II. c. Diehl, having no son, shaped
his daughters education with the view of
bringing her forward as a reformer At
the age of 16 years she appeared at many
public meetings of the Greenback party
and delivered recitations. Her parents
moved to Montrose, Colo, where they lived
a short time, and then returned to Kansas
The daughter accompanied them, and soon
after accepted position in the Office of the
register of deeds at Great Bend. Later she
was appointed deputy register, which posi-
ton she filed for two years, when she re-
signed Dan. /, 1890 to go to her parents in
Oklahoma.
Miss Diehl joined the Farmers Alliance,
and though but q years old became a
leader and speaker. She was unanimously
nominated by the convention of the peo-
pies party in session at Guthrie for regis
ter of deed, and was afterward Endorsed by
the Democrats. She conducted an aggre S.
sive campaign, and accompanied by her
father stumped the county. Her speeches
evinced ability and earnestness, and she
got the largest majority of any one on the
ticket She has the distinction of being
the first woman to hold office in Oklahoma,
and also is the youngest woman in the
country to conduct political campaign in
her own behalf.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-21
And II Stopped.

She was very deliberate about stopping a
Woodward avenue car, and still more so
about getting aboard, and when she handed
the conductor nickle she said:
81 want to go-to go-to get off st"-
He waited, but she seemed worn out
with exertion and didn't finish When the
car had proceeded about mile from the
city hall she beckoned to the conductor
and said:
"Conductah, wish you to stop the cab
on the down side of the street"
eyes m"
Things rolled along as before until the
car had made another mile, when she beck
oned again and asked:
"Conductah, are we very aeah Elizabeth
streetg'
Elizabeth Why, ma'am, you got on
only one block below Elizabeth, and have
been goin' away from it ever sincew
Very well, tEen-I will get OBJECT
Off
He stood with his hand on the bell rope.
waiting for her to finish. bat she took her
time about it and rode another block and
half before finishing:
get off here, / guess. You may
alarm the drivat and stop the cab. -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-21
A Good MANY Wives.

Col Robert G. Ingersoll is apt in stories,
and some of them have become famous
He is never at a loss for good story to
illustrate any point. Not long ago group
of gentlemen, in which the colonel was the
central figure, were discussing people who
have knack of saying the right thing at
the wrong time. The colonel said:
81 can illustrate that by relating a case
in point which occurred in Western
state. A we'll to do merchant, Mr. Thomp-
son, living in town noted for its malaria
and funerals, whenever his wife died
would go into an adjoining county and
marry again. He had married his fourth
wife and taken her to the malarial town to
enjoy quinine and domestic felicity, when,
as the novelists say. this story begins A
loquacious lady in the healthy county was
in the habit of assisting Mr.. Thompson to
find some eligible young woman willing to
marry him and take her chances Some
six months after he married his fourth
wife he appeared again in the healthy
county. The loquacious lady greeted him
and said:
How is your wife, Mr.. Thompson'"
'She is dead" he replied sadly.
"What, dead AGAIN. cried the loqua-
cious woman in surprise.-New York
World.