The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-28

THE OWL HAS DEPARTED.
He Finds Old Friends and Returns to His
. Native Haunts.

He Finds Old Friends and Returns to His
. Native Haunts.
THE TINES owl has escaped. A most
remarkable circumstance attended his
capture; greater one attended his
escape. The owl displayed great wis
dom during his brief stay. He was
silent all the while, and refused to ac-
cept consolation or advice. He would
have been fitting emblem had it not
been for his ferocious temperament. He
is thought to have been run out of a
moonshiner's cave on Shooting Creek,
Franklin county, and sailing over Mill
mountain took refuge from the light Of
the day in the roof OF the boiler shop
1t will DO remembered that he nearly
wrecked the office, but was finally run
into the lower portion of a desk Here
he held the whole establishment at bay
When the city editor left his owlship
was reposing calmly in one corner and
refused to be aroused. After tho form
were sent down to the press, the fore.
man came to share the remnants of his
lunch with the insolent bird. He eau
tiously opened the door and tossed in a
slug of rare beef The owl noticed it
not. He was busy bordering over tho
great question of the Immortality of the
owls soul. The foreman pulled his
tail slightly. He made fearful
blunder and regrets it. He has been
incapacitated ever since. He is now a
student of ORTHODOXY, especially that
part pertaining to bills and claws.
Before day a one-horse wagon drove
into the city. 1t was from Shooting
Creek. Several original packages were
aboard: Tho owl had in the meantime
escaped through tho transom and was
sailing at random about the streets,
humping against every telephone pole
in frenzy of rage. He recognized his
old friend, tho moonshiner, and took
refuge in the roof Of his wagon. The
owl must have been sot. Every one
in the Office believed it from his first
appearance. He seemed to enjoy the
company of bold, bad people, So he
took up with the moonshiner.
HE TINES people are all glad he has
gone. All bear marks of his violence
His presence with the moonshiner was
hoodoo. A policeman spied the sus-
picious looking wagon about daylight
and started to investigate. The alarmed
man gave reins to his animal and drove
out of town. The last heard of the
whole gang they were humping the
rough road toward Franklin, the owl on
1oW~uiSlual, SllcnC anu Om1nOuS as be-
fore.
THE TIMES Searching Party will not
hunt him up.
INTEREST IN THE MORRISON CASE
An Officer VIII Probably be Sent to Ar
rest Him.
BRISTOL, Tenn, March 27.-TSpecial.
The announcement yesterday that D.
S. Morrison, deputy circuit court clerk
of Scott county, Virginia, was forger
spread all over the country like wild
fire. Excitement in Gate City, Bristol
and surrounding country ran high.
| People could not understand how he
could get away with so much money in
such short time.
The police in Washington City were
notified to arrest him, but they have not
done so. The reason why will be seen
from the following telegram, received
here this evening from the superintend.
ent of police, Wm. Moore.
"WAsIINGToN, d. c., March 81.
Morrison has not been arrested. Re.
cent decisions of our court in habeas
corpus proceedings are that we arc not
justified i'll arresting a fugitive from
| justice on a telegram"
An officer from Richmond will likely
be sent to Washington to mako the ar
rest.