Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-02
THE REVOLUTION IN ROANOKE.
Democratic After sixteen Years of Radi-

Democratic After sixteen Years of Radi-
cal Rule-Various improvements.
r-.-r,-p1n1ence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
SALEM. VA, May 3O.--Salem people feel
c.,.. iergblY ulated at tine recent Demo-
5-.te victory. For sixteen long years the
..,fy Offices have been filed by Republic
Gals. all the whole county seemed 10 be
L.r..y tired Of it and reloices at the
l.., redube administered 10 that ticket
.....rl.r. Much credit Is due Colonel A.
a. j. imam. the new chairman of the
I.r ratio County Committee, Tor his
o. cough organization, whilst the newly
'a.-I Piedmont Club also did effective
r.-s. Had 10 not been for the rain the
fr..I.au defeat would have been worse
Ga. % .-. though goodness knows II IS bad
t..s-t. The Alliance did not figure at all
o. tr. election. though the Republican
4-Hl.tes received about all the prohibi-
I.ly.t., that were cast.
BEFREsHING RAINS.
The recent heavy rains have fairly re-
e1.i ,le growing crops and fruits from
o.. Effects II the previous drought, but
'.r -...y interfere with building opera
Us. .l which az present we are more IN
..r.--eI. This wear all the promises made
.. f.u.r last wear will be redeemed IN re-
l.-.t. the building of hotels and dwell
BE- ..I the erection Of industrial plants,
-.. :-r the present active speculation IL
.-l.Liei. whilst the more solid WORK OF
81. Ing pro- resses. 80, -,
Ilo Holstein Woollen-Mills will go into
r7...t..uucxt week. and the large clothing;
factory. in connection with the mills, VIII
tl -Led a month later. Work on the
tl1-s Of the Chadwick TwO-Wheeler
Company. from Olean. n. Y; the Coroett
-.lc-machinery plant, from Washington,
u. C.; rho r0.liug-mills and muck-bar nlll'
ir- Cincinnati, and the mlneralnOre
Ga .'urv. from Alabama, are all progress
--Iaely. and should be in operation by
81. These are not boomers lies on pa
I.t. but actual facts, and any man can see
-.- here for himself.
NEW HOTEL
Tho 800. 900 brick edifce known as Hotel
Stem Is nearly ready TO befurnished. me
"..r I.ylt IL was broken into and about
,-l worth Of carpenters tools stolen.
d. Jas morning it was discovered tnaI one
A.. J. Bauser. carpenter recently DIS
charged. had shipped the tools by express
g. Marion. and was then tremping along
60 Norfolk and Western railway IN that
direction. City-SeTgeant Frier boarded
O.. -.l. train and caught Bauser at the
g.. station beyond Salem, handcuHed
i.-. brought him back. and he Is now III
a. awaiting trial, whilst the tools have
..s, recovered IN Marion. Many OF these
perry tagfts occur in Salem and 1t Is very
AL .y.ug.
BEVERAGE.
Recently the Council let 10 contract the
-iLg down Of sewerage-pIpes for aDo,lt
L-t the town and the work has already
.@uerced. twill be done, like ali Salem
I.u1yemeuts. in "a substantial manner.
Machinery is arriving for the electric
Lighting Of the town, aud there IS niue
-tt but that the company will be ready
O. ,acls, Of July, the specified time.
sumner visitors, principally from tne
a' South, arc commencing 10 arrive u.
>..m'- rcsorts-the Lake-Spring Hotel
Ell Roanoke Red Sulphur. Reports from
,-s- and other springs in the neighoQr-
-.t Indicate that a full season may be
expected.