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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31
The Roanoke Development Com.
pany.
nlar1i-Gin

Tho Bridgewater Carriage Works, with
an enlarged plant and increased capital,
Will go at once upon the property of the
Roanoke Development Company. No
section of the United States OF the Same
population is buying as many fine car
riages as Southwest Virginia. 1t is pre-
pared to furnish all kinds of vehicles
Manufacturers of spokcs, hubs and
wheels, springs, tires, aXlcs and other
parts of carriages and wagons, will find
at Roanoke center for their industries
for which market Of hundreds of miles
In extent is ready and active. The tim
her supply is ineNhaustablc and of the
best qualities. In the same line har.
ness and leather manufacturers will
find markets which need no drumming.
The Roanoke Development Company
desires to negotiate with such industries
For further particulars address
ARLINGTON GllPlhJ.
General Manager Roa nokc Develop
mcnt Company, Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.

CHARLES b. PEET, .... President,
Late of Rogers Pcct ~ Co.. Clothicrs,
Nos. 500 to SIS Broadway, n. Y.
JOSEPH J.LITTLE, First Vice Presd't.
OF j. j. Little & Co., Printers and
Bookbinders, Nos. 10 to go Astor
Place, New York.
j. ED. SIMMONS, Second Vice Presd't.
President of the Board OF Education of
the City of New York, and President
OF the Fourth National Bank, NY.
GEO. R. SUTHERLAND, Secretary
and General Manager.
President Of the Bank of Campbell,
Campbell, n. Y.
GEORGE j. PEET, General Attorney.
Lawyer, No. 500 Broadway, N. Y.
VIM. BRO. SMITH, Special Attorney.
Lawyer, $50 Broadway. n. Y.
JAMES r. PITCHER, Treasurer.
Secretary and General Manager of the
United States Mutual Accident AS
ISOLATION of New York, Nos. 800,
3a2 and 324 Broadway, NY.
WIN. GIBSON. Director of Agencies.
Trustee ofthe Loan Fund:
The Mercantile Trust Company of N. Y.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31
THE FIREaIES's CONVENTION.

The Junior Hose Company to Leave Tues
day Afternoon for Dnnville.
The Junior Hose Company will leave
in body for Danvillc, Tuesday, at 12:45,
TO attend the State Firemen's Associa.
ton. AT Lynchburg tho company will
be Joined by Aliens Band. They will
arrive in Danville at 500 p. m. The
convention will meet in the new
Academy of Music at 9 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon.
The annual parade will be Thursday
afternoon, and a banquet will be given
to tho visitors by the Danville Fire
Department Thursday night.
The Juniors will leave Danville Fri
day afternoon at 1870 and arrive in
Roanoke at G:25. The other Roanoke
companies will not attend.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31

G.. w. Sisler. 4O7 Second street n.
Roanoke. Telephone 100. Undertaken,
Embalmer and Funeral Director. Calls
answered in city or country. Full stock
OF burial cases, plain, inc cloth and
draped, and robes, sbrnYds, etc.
apr29-3m
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31
LOCAL STOCKS.

Tho following quotations of Roanoke
and Southwest Virginia stocks are fur
nished by Won IIemert IL Co., bond and
stock brokers, Roanoke, Va.
UANK AND .rRIrSr CnAInA NIES
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31

The bridge over tho Shenandoah to
connect Front Royal and Kiverton has
has been let to contract 1t is said in
Front Royal that the Norfolk and West
orn road will break ground for the
Washington extension of their road on
Monday next
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31

'ENRuSTEE'S SALE.-By virtue of a deed OF
L trust, dated the 18th of September lS!O. and
r%eordel in The clerks Office OF the Hastings
pace, from Mrs. bessie \. Dcrr and Oscar ID.
Derr, her husband. default having been made
IN Inc terms OF said deed. and being so required
by The beneficiary. hereunder. will s,ll nj
pubic auction in front OF the courthouse in
thc.ity OF ltoanokc. nj |. O'Clock noon. on
SAIl tDAY THE 9TH DAY OF JUNE, ISL.
the ollowffig described parcc! OF land, with
lis nppurtcnanccs as described in said deed of
trust:
:. lietinnins at point on the north side OF
bullitt street ltu west OF belmont boulevard
thence with Bullitt street south ~ degrees sd
minutes 10 seconds west 10 feet to a point.
thence north 10 degrees 20 minutes IL seconds
west to an alley. thence with said alley north
10 degrees 80 minutes Is seconds east 40 feet to
point. thence south Ii degrees - minutes Il
seconds east l:D feet to the beginning, and
designated on the map OF the lands of the Bel
mont Land Company as lot No. H. in section IL,
TERMS OF SALE: Cash ms to the sum of
SiSi.Ul, with interest thereon from tho 18th day
or september, 1891, and the costs OF sale, ms to
inc sum OF y .ti9U0 upon q credit to become
due In monthly installmcnts OF $500 each.
with interest upon each from the 18th Scptcin
Der, lSsW. and remainder rs may bc announced
on day OF sale. LUCIEN H. COCK b.
may -'W Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31

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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31

JNRUSTEE'S SALE-By virtue of a deed OF
trust made by y. T. Muupin tn the under
signed. trustee, dated on the iith day OF MAY
$50 and recorded In the clerks Office of the
Hastings Court for the city OF Roinoke Va,
on the 18th day OF July. $50. default having
been made In the payment of on OF the notes
secured by said deed to +. IL. Holiday. | will
sell by public auction to the highest bidder. at
the 'front.' door or the court house. in the city
OF Ronnokc.on SATURDAY. THE 2.TU DAY
OF u NE, 1891, At L. O'CLOCK NOON. being
requested So To do by the beneficiary in said
deed, that certain lot of land situated I'm the
city OF Koanokc, Va. described rs follows:
beginning nj Il point OH the west side OF Cons
ncrciGl street, known IS Second street az
Feet south of Fifth avenue :. W. (fnrmcrly
Luck street, running south - 81 degrees west
~" ~ feet II an alley: thence with said alley
south IL degrees east IS feet To II point:
thence north S.3& degrees east lt9 II feet 10
said Second street; thence with said Second
street north ) idegrccS ~ feet to the beg in
ming.
TERMS: Cash rs to so much of the proceeds
as may bc necessary IL pay Il note OF Sl,Ss0,
with interest from May lith. iS.D, and to de
Tray the expenses OF executing the trust, and
the residue of the purchase money payable rs
Follows: The sum of Sl.>sD. with interest from
May INA. lS4r shall hc payable on the llth day
of May. lS'3. and il there hc any residue OF the
purchase money the same shall he payable at
such time and secured in such manner as the
said y. I. Maupin shall prescribe ana direct
inny.,-tds GEO. h. ANDERSON. Trustee
nt mi.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31
A FIRST-CLASS INVESTMENT.

We offer the best security in the city
and pay semiannual dividends.
AS a WINGS BANK
this Institution offers special induce
mcnts. Paid up shares $50 each. In
stallmcnt shares 81 per month. Shares
may be subscribed for at any time. For
further Information addres
TIE PEOPLES PERPETUAL LOAN
AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
WIN. l.. WINCH,
Secretary. and Treasurcc.
Masonic Temple.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31

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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31

MIR. Levy wishes to say the above Obligation
mas been assumed 10y other partics mayia.t ds
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31
Better Than a Savings Bank.

Principal Office: Emigrant Industrial
Savings Bank building, Nos. 40 and 81
Chambers Street, New York, opposite
court house.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31

~ FL ann requested to state that the king
investment Company has sold the above ,les-
Sri.Hi property and their notes were assumed
y. ,nc plItMlScr w. 5. GOOCu.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31

TRuSTEE'S SALE-By virtue OF n deed OF
trust executed to me Ivy NJ. T.. Tavcnncr
ana >: N-Tavcnncr. dated December 81, 1850,
ana or record i'll tho clerks Office OF the Hus-
tinsS Court FOR the city OF Roanoke Va. in
deed book -, page u, to secure TO j. Thomas
gibson the payment of the sum of three hun
urcd anu thirty-thrcc dollars and thirty-thrce
ana Il hnlt cents, evidenced by two certain
hcgoiiahle notes, dated December %, ISSv, ami
naHanc Ill one AMI two years Respectively
from Dcccmbcr2l, lSS9. each OF which notes Is
I an Inc sum or one hundred and siX,ysx del
iirs ana siNty-siN and two-thirls cents with
interest from date until paid. and default hay
ing hccn made i'll the payment OF the first OF
SSaih notes and its interest falling due on
i'cccmncr u, lS:N. and being required to 10 so
by Il. l.. Powell. assignee Of j. Thomas Gibson
siail sell NJ public auction To the highest bid
ucr' upon me property, IN The city OF Ronuokc
w on SATl RDAI. THE 31'H DAY or
~ iS"ii \ l !. NJ the following described
int OF l;ni, To wit: Bcrinning Ut II point lC0
icct cast from the northeast corner of Grove
and Elm streets; thence l;U feet north To- mn
aiicy; thence with said alley east 80 feet 10 Il
,hcncc ~ feet to place of beginning, known us
lot No. III, of section s, OF the man of the Lewis
atdit ion to said city.
IEKMS: Cash sufficient to pay costs OF on
amount OF money then due and payable upon
me said notes, which latter will hc about one
hundred and eighty dollars. the first deferred
paviicnl To fail due and payable on the FIST
sufficient 10 pay oil the second at the above
notes Tor one hundred and siNty-Siy dollars
and sixty six and two thirds cents with inter-
esi thereon from December II, lss9 and The
EcntS. with interest thereon at the rate of q
per cent per anniIm, Ia one and two wears
from day OF sale. All deferred PAYMENTS 10 no
cNliehccd ~ negotiable notes of the purchaser
ana secured by decd OF trust.
npr5O-Jd j. {. DAVENPORT, Trustee
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The above debt has been assumed by suisse
pucnt purchasers. j. V. TANENNER.
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31

The above note was assumed by subsequent
purchaser. WI. y l.. BLAIR, JR.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Free Wool for Mixing.

Tho tariff reformers have frequently asserted that one of the best reasons why foreign wools should be admitted free of duty was that these wools were necessary for mixing with our native wools, in order to get the best results in manufacturing cloth. This assertion is made by wool manufacturers them- selves
 A recent number of Boston trade paper confirms this statement in an inci- dental way. This paper says:
 important changes have been made in the manufacture of dress goods at tho Arlington mills. They have adopted the method of the Providence R. I.) worsted mills in preparing their raw material. Instead of using foreign wool only, as in past years they have begun the new season by using 8 combination of Aus tralian, domestic fleece and Territory wools. The Fletcher mills at Provi- dence have made great success in making dress goods and worsteds under this plan. and the Arlington will no doubt do the same. As a consequence the latter mill has tcen heavy buyer of fleece and Territory wools since the beginning of the year, and has been the chief factor in reducing the stock of territories in this market. This com bination of three kinds of wool gives . top finish that makes good selling grade for the present demand"
 The fact here quoted is printed by the Boston paper as mere matter of trade news; the tariff on wool Is not in the writer's mind at all This con nfrmation of the free-wool argument is therefore all the more striking and convincing.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
WIse Wor,la from Si,npsOn.

Congressman Jerry Simpson, of Kan sas, has been talking in Washington to . newspaper correspondent about tho ills from wh oh the farmers are suffering, and the remedies which he proposes. He shows that he is right side up" on the tariff question.
 Comp aiming that parallel lines of rail- road running East have combined in order to put up freight rates. he was asked whether hc did not expect any benefit from Southern routes in competi- tion with Eastern. To this question he replied:
 "Wel, we did take a good deal of in- terest In | proposal 10 improve Calves ton harbor. as it promised to give us . more easily accessible outlet through the Gulf But, dear mo! with our pres ent protective tariff, what's the use? No sooner is an opening foand anywhere for getting American products out of the country than the Government stops 1t up again at Q custom housc, SO that nothing can get into the country from outside without paying an extor- tionate toll. The trouble with com merce, as with any other form of OK change, Is that it takes two parties to conduct Il: and we Americans cant ex- poet other peoples to buy our goods if we refuse to accept theirs in return"
 Socks, or no socks. that Is sound doc Urine, and the coming forward of stall wart common-sense farmers like Simp- son to teach it 10 the people and enforce 1t in Congress bodes no good for Mckin- leyism. IL means that this monstrosity Is tottering to it's fall.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
PROTECTING RAISINS.
Tarlh Cost to the County California
 Raisin Business Already Prosperous.

Tarlh Cost to the Country California
 Raisin Business Already Prosperous.
 Perhaps no single item shows so well the sting of the tariff as raisins The Census Bureau has just made public tho statistics of grape and rais.n production for 1880. By comparing these statistics and those of raisin imports for 1890 very striking results are obtained.
 According to the census returns. 1T. 160 tons of grapes were used for making raisins last year, producing 1872, l95 boxes of raisins, weighing 27,44o, GOO pounds. Besides these raisins fit for table use, 23,252 tons Of grapes were dried for other purposes, ike cooking It would be safe to estimate the dried grape product at l4,0oo, GOO pounds. Nearly all of the above were produced in California.
 The New York Mcrchdnts' Rertec estimates the price of California rais,ns at 10 cents D pound, and of the dried grapes at cents. On this basis the raisin product of tho country last year was worth S2,744, ,ooo, and the dried grapes s9so.0oo, total of B, 724, ,C0o.
 Now the Treasury Department reports that during the year ending Dec. 31. 1890, we imported 4i,79S, 900 pounds of raisins, valued at S2, 3l5, 600, or a triie above [ cents pound. The old duty on raisins was cents pound; the McKin- ley duty Is 21I cents The Mckinley duty on last years importations would have been Sl, 1l9, 900
 This is the sum which the taxpayers are now compelled to pay to insure big profits to the California raisin producers. The raisin bushes is already so profit able in that State that men have been rushing into 1t headlong. A California paper has recently stated that the vine yards of that State already in bearing, and those planted but not yet in bearing, raisins, or l55, ,ooo 900 pounds The an nual protection, then, guaranteed by the tariff law will be equal to S},s75, ,o0o.
 But there is another side to this mat ter. The California raisIns are of very excellent quality and readily bring 10 cents pound wholesale, whi,e most of the foreign raisins are not up to the Cal ifornia standard of quality, and are bought mostly by poorer people. This may be seen from tho fact tha. the im- ported raisins come in at about : cents a pound Inc California raisins find their way mostly to the tables of men who are able to buy the best quality of food Why shouli the cheap raisins of the poor be taxed onc-half of their value in order that the prosperous vine yard owners of California may get & higher price for raislns 90 to the rich? Are not tho poor paying too much for the whistle for these California raisin
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27

Ncked tho market and for some
 nths 1t was not possible for the im- s~ ters to realize the full prices which mo Mckinley law would eventually make necessary.
 It seems, however, that the time has come when full new tariff prices are de- manded and, with much hesitancy and objection, arc paid. The New York Commerctat Bulletin has just said, in reviewing the foreign dry goods market, that prices are firm, and as strong in promise of continued stability as in ac- tual condition. Importers feel perfectly sure of their position, and express no lack of confidence in their ability to maintain full new tariff prices through out the season. Buyers have about abandoned hope of breaking the market by holding of of the demand. Never theless, current prices do not suit them"
 It must not be supposed that theso foreign goods are entirely such as only the rich can buy. Many of them are the goods of the poor man. Nearly every yard of linen goods worn in this country comes from Europe. Most of the cheaper stoc ockings have been im- ported, and the same is true of cordu- roys, cotton plushes, etc. The imports of all kinds Of cheap foreign dry goods would be vastly greater If 1t were not for the Mckinley tariff wall. The tariff Is thing to prevent the people from getting what they want
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Protection in PennsyivsnIs.

A Pennsylvalia paper has boon com menting upon the census returns for that State. It finds that "it Is 6 meian- choly fact, in contrast with the excessive increase Of mining population, that the farming population of the State ts stead fly declining. Where any agricultural counties show growth the increase is in the towns at the expense of the country. "
 PennsylvaniA is usually considered tho State which gets the lions share of pro- lection, and it Is there that protection to American labor should produce good results, if 1t can be done anywhere But here is what the Pennsylvania paper says on the sub. ect:
 ~Skilled miners, who once earned good milan and Russ an peasants, who never saw the mouth of a mine until brought to this country. With the frequent stoppages of labor, in order that the corporations might maintain prices of coal against consumers, two miners do not earn much more in a year now than one earned in a former period. Industrial production, though increased. has not kept pace with the unhealthy growth of population; and as consequence there is A great deal of distress among the working people Of the mining regions Pennsylvania has, there. fore, no reason for self f-congratulation upon this portion of tho State : increase of inhabitants
 Protection is asked for in behalf of American labor;" but in Pennsylvania 1t supplants American with European paupcr labor.'
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Care of Lampx.

Lamps are necessary in every family and upon the condition in which they are kept depends much of the comfort of the household. A writer in the American Agriculturist says: After several years experience in giving light to the family, it struck me that few hints upon the subject might be acceptable to others. New lamps do very well, and, If filled daily, the light will be satisfactory for some time. Unfortunately, lamps, like other house. hold conveniences. feel the effects of timo and constant use. The brass burners become encrusted with oil, which has burnt black; the little perforations, 90 important for just the right circulation of air, are filled with dust and the lamps begin to give dim light and to smell very unpleasantly. Tho first idea always is that the oil is not SO good as formerly; but little observation will disclose where the trouble is, namely, in the burners alone. Now the best way to obviate this trouble is to take all the burners off your lamps, and, after removing the wicks, put tho burners on the stove to boil. A littlo ammonia in the water will accelerate the process of cleaning. After the burners have been thoroughly boiled, a slight rubbing with flannel cloth and Sapolio will restore their pristine brightness, and your lamps will no longer annoy you with bad odor or a dim light.n
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
A 6aRacious Dog.

One of Seattle's leading physicians, who brags that he is "a desccndent of one of the first families of Virginia, sah" tells a story of dogs sagacitv that Is rather astonishing, to say the least, says the Seattle Press.
 .'When I was a boy" says the doc tor. .'my father used to keep large number of hogs. Sometimes he would have as many as hundred on the farm. We were constantly annoyed by hogs belonging to our neighbors getting in with euS. The only way we could tell them was a branding mark on the shoulder. But Fidos sagacity used to save us a great deal of trouble. Every morning the dog used to run in among the hogs. It is difficult to believe. but it is an actual fact that he knew tho branding mark. He would go up to every hog In turn. put his front paws ou the porker's shoulder and look at the mark. If it was ours he let the hog 20. but if it was any other mark he would take the hog by the ear, lead it to the gate and then stand there barking until some one came to let it out.
 "Bat Fido's sagacity did not end there. He soon got so that he knew every mark. 90 that when the gate was opened he would lead the hog by the ear short distance in the direction it ought to 70 and then stand there Dark tnx until it Mas out of sight"
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
OUR FARMERS RIVAL.
WHEAT END CORN IN THE AR-
 OENTINE REPUBLIC.

Great Increase of Prod ction-Reciprocity
 with Brazil wiIl Not Help Our Fsrmers-
 Argentine Will Take Braxi g Market
 Reciprocity with Europe Wanted.
 While Mir. Blaine has been doing something to open South American mar kets to our farm products, rival of our farmers is springing up in South Amer ica itself. Consul Baker, of Buenos Ayres, who has represented our Govern ment in that city for sixteen years, has recently sent report to the State De- partment in which he says that it Is only a question of time and immigration for the Argentine Republic to become one of the great grain producing regions of the world"
 When MT. Baker went to that country, cargoes of -four from New York. Balti- more and Richmond were of frequent occurrence, but our treasury reports for last year do not report a dollars worth of flour sent there. Sixteen years ago he found that the opinion was held that the Argentine pampas were un- suitable for cultivation and would always be devoted to pasturage. This opinion was based upon the scientific utterances of Dr. Burmeister. the great German naturalist who occupies posi- :ion of high authority in Argentine
 Not satisfied with this judCment of the scientist, tho Presidentof the repub- lie aid out land into farms and estab- lished farming colonies. Large estates heretofore devoted to pasturage have been divided up into smaller tracts suitable for farming, and everything points to very great development of wheat and corn growing at an early day. In 1875 there were only 27l, ,0Oo acres in wheat in 1889 there were l.o35,- 0)0 acres. Corn occupied only 249, 900 acres in 1875; in 1889 there were $50, 900 acres. Exports of wheat and flour in 1889 reached g, ,lo0,0 GOO, exports of corn SIP, ,977 ,00o. But the crop of 1889 was a failure, owing to a protracted drought, and exports of wheat were only one tenth as great as in the two previous years. This will bo seen from tho fol. lowing figures of Argentine expo Is taken from the Handbook of the Amer ican Republics" which Is issued by Mr. Blaines an-American bureau in Wash ington: