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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
THE TOWN COUNCIL.
The. Board of Health Submits Report
Routine business Transacted.

The Board of Health Submits n Report.
Routine business Transacted.
AT meeting of tho town council
Thursday night the street committee
was requested to ask for bids for the
laying of the pavements in front of lot
in section So and lots and in Sec
ton So on the Boulevard.
The water committee was instructed
to replace the fire plugs at ]. l.. Bar
nett's Corner Main and Academy
streets), and erect one midway between
Union street and Shanks alley, and one
at the corner of Roanoke and Elm
streets; also to have the water pipes on
Elm Elm street lowered beneath the freezing
The citizens of West Salem were
granted a permit to insert TX inch
pipe in the lower lake at Lake Spring
and erect watering trough near the
bridge, if they SO desire.
resolution offered by Councilman
John a Francis, amending the hog
ordinance was referred 20 tho board OF
health
The board OF health submitted rec
concentrations that cesspools be per-
United, if SO constructed as to cover
them with three feet of earth, and SO
vented as to carry the sewer gas above
the top of the surrounding houses,
until such time as such district can be
properly severed. The recommends
ton was approved.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
Travel In RUSSIA.

The old-fashioned Russian wagon
driver (tchoomalk) who carried passen-
gers and freight long distances in his
rude self-contrived vehicle, is still COM
pcting successfully with the steam
horse in the land Of the white car. A
merchant of Simfcropol has recent
~ forwarded a large shipment of
sailed meat to poltava by tchoo-
maks, paying them forty-cight ko-
pccks per pood (thirty-six English
pounds) for transportation. The same
freight would cost sixty-two kopccks
per pood if he had sent it by railroad
Besides the expense of fourteen kopeclxs
per pood, the merchant saved coming
into contact with the railroad officials
whose manners are sometimes annoy.
inr
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
NEW HIGH HAT AND DERBY.

years has been the narrow rolled brim,
very much 'pitched'' front and rear.
This sort of hat is still put forward by
some frst-class matters, and am told
that it is worn in England. But he who
wants something different can have it,
and feel sure that he is in the advance
guard of fashion. The crown is of the
same shape as last year, but the brim is
much broader and lattcr, and the
turned edge of it is nearly horizontal mt
the sides instead of being tilted up at
an angle. There is change in tho
trimmings, too. Instead of the rather
narrow band OF fine ribbed cloth, a
coarse ribbed band quarter of an inch
wider is worn. and in reality much
handsomcr.
The bell-crowncd "plug" hat have
already spoken of. A new thing is q
soft crowned hat which is not to be
worn creased. Tho top is to be pressed
in gently, making a symmetrical hollow
that does not show except one looks
down upon it. When worn this hat has
the effect of square-topped Derby.
The hats have described are in three
colors: Seal brown, coffee brown and
black. Browns are coming into fashion
arc in fashion, indeed-and many
swells will make soul satisfying har-
mony with brown hats and brown coats.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
JOHN STEPHENSON.
The Man Who Built the Firi,t
Street Oar In America.
At Eighty-Two Yenrs OF Ago Ho Rosnius
tho YIgor and Judgment Necessary to
Run IL Business Employing
Thousands OF Men.

The camel of tho eastern caravan, the
Roman chariot and the swift Ernlish
stage coach of the Georgia era, arc not
moro characteristic of their times than
is the railroad car Of tho last sixty
years of the nineteenth century. We
are informed with considerable fro
qucncy what tho ago specifically is in
which we live; it is the ago of this, of
that, and of the other, from steam,
steel and electricity, down to friction
matches and postage stamps. But with
great reason it may be said to DO dis
tinctivcly tho age OF cars. They are,
with slight exceptions, the one vehicle
of public conveyance by land in civil
lied nations in modern times. Tho
number of them III use has attained a
surprising figure, says the Mechanical
News. If we include freight cars, there
arc in the United States 1,O00,S13 cars,
but of these ~only the comparatively
modest number of 23,465 arc devoted to
passenger traffic. This, however, is an
array which would be imposing IL it
could be included in single view. AS
Stunning the average length of passen-
ger car to be sixty feet, tho train thus
made up would be about .207 miles in
1ShS Va, ttuu WOulti TcucI III an broken
line from New York to Concord, N. II.
Night and day tho vast network of 16O,-
900 miles of railroad which l1nits the con-
tinent together is being traversed by the
flying dctachments of this great army
of cars. If one can fancy their roof to
be made strongly luminous, and it were
possible to take in ut single birds eye
view the whole surface of the country
from the scaboard to the western limit
of the Mississippi valley, these fitting
strealSs us they run to and fro .nc-oss
the map would suggest not inapt com
parison with an exaggerated fire-worls.
The subject is one which tcmpts the
mind to imaginative flights, but it is
nevertheless an intensely practical one,
and 1t is to the long-continucd efforts of
practical mon that we owe the ines
timablc convenience of the modern rail.
way car. Chief among these men, by
common consent, is John Stephenson,
who has been justly called the father
Of American car-building, and our por-
trait of whom will be regarded with in
tcrest as representing one of the great
personal forces in national develop
ment. John Stephenson is of Scotch
Irish descent, belonging in that partic-
ular to class which has been s;ngu-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
Something or.

A Maine man, notorious for his
"nearness, according to the Kenncbcc
Journal, lately went into meat shop,
and inquired the price of certain soup
bone.
The proprietor of tho shop is q gener-
GUS fellow, and in answer to the old
mans question he said:
"Oh, I'll give you that"
The customer put his hand to his ear.
lie is hard of hearing, and had missed
the reply.
Cant you take something off of
that?" he asked.
The dealer took pity on him.
Yes" he .said "call it ten cents"
And the old man went home with q
comfortable sense of having driven a
good trade.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
An IrrlgntIne riume.

The farmers and othars east of Fres-
no, CAL, have united in project to irri-
gate large area of foothill land, on
which they will raise oranges. The
water will be conveyed from Stevenson
creek, in the Sierras, along Pine Ridge
which itself is twenty miles long,
thence to Dry creek and into the foot
hills. The wutcr will come down into
the foothills by V-shapcd 1ume, and
will convey lumber to the farmers who
need it, as we'll rs furnish water for the
SOIL Tho flume will be about forty
five miles long, will cost from Sl25, 900 to
sl5O,OOo, and will prove of great advan-
tage to that region.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
MRS. PAULINE MASON.

MRS. PAULINE MASON. Pcnns ylvania
seventy years ago, of Russian parents.
Her grandfather, Gen. Rcauffanoff, was
commander in chief of the Russian army
under Alexander I. For services to the
French aud Russians he was granted n
large estate, which later became part
of Holland. The father of Mrs. Mason,
according to the story she tells, was
educated ut Zurich and became an asso-
ciatc of Alexander II. of Russia.
While she was yet child Mrs. Mason's
father was killed in an accident, and an
uncle cared for her. The uncle was q
professor of mining engineering in
Philadelphia institution of learning, and
one of his pupils was Stevens Mason.
afterward governor of Michigan. After
Mr.. Mason became governor he en-
ployed Mrs Mason's uncle to study the
mineral deposits of tho upper peninsula
of Michigan. Mrs. Mason, just grad
uatcd from n convent, went with him,
and in Detroit met and married the
young governor. Mrs. Mason was well
to do until number of years ago she
lost all her property through the failure
of banks. She has since supported her
self by the practice of medicine, and is
reputed to be sllillful. She exhibits let
ter written by Emperor Paul and two
from Napoleon. She retains as heir
looms articles from the Reauffanoff
castle and gifts from European poten-
tatcS
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
s EN-
fPlERcE-RAiRp
"A Notable Wedding at the Pres
byterian Church.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU, !
HOTEL LUCERNE, SALEM, VA.

Thursday morning the Presbyterian
Church was we'll filled with people, prin-
cipally ladies, to witness the marriage
OF Mr.. William l.. Pierce, of christians
burg, to Miss Julia Henderson Baird,
daughter of Mrs. A. S. Baird, of Salem,
and of the late Rev. DR.. E. Thompson
Baird, for many years secretary of the
Presbyterian Board of Publication, of
Richmond.
at fifteen minutes after IL the four
ushers marched in an took their places
on either side OF the pulpit, which was
decorated with tropical plants. The
ushers were Messrs. Henry L. Stone and
r. T. Elicit, of Christiansburg; Mr.. e.
81. Pierce, of Christiansburg, a brother
OF the groom, and Mr.. Sam Terrill, of
Salem, cousin.
After these walked the groom, at
tended by his brother, Mr.. w. M.
Pierce. Then came the bride, dressed
in a handsome travelling suit of gray
cloth, with hat and gloves to match,
looking very pretty, carrying bunch
OF roses in her hand and escorted by
her brother, DR.. T. M. Baird, until the
pulpit was reached, when she took the
arm of the bridegroom, and the Rev. j.
r. Bridges, in his usual impressive
man and wife. Rev. c. A. Miller, the
gifted young pastor of the Lutheran
Church, presided at he organ in a
mastery manner, playing the Mendels-
sohn ''Wedding March" as the party
entered, and the march from Tam
hauser very softly during the cere
mony, and with a joyous, triumphal
swell the march from Lohengrin as the
party left the church.
The bride has only been living in
Salem short time, but has made many
friends by her cultivated and attractive
manners, and she was the recipient of a
large number of handsome presents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce, after the cere-
mony, drove direct to the depos, where
they took the noon train for Lynchburg
and from there will make tour Of the
Northern cities and Niagara Falls, re-
turning about the 5th proximo. AS
they left tho Salem depot the happy
couple were showered with rice by the
friends who had gathered to see them off.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
BREvITIES.

MIR. L. Blanton Huff and bride ar
rived from the West to-day and are
stopping with Mr.. Adol phus Huff.
The dummy burst a steam pipe
Thursday night Just before starting on
its last trip for Roanoke; consequently
mad to stay in Salem until it could be
repaired, and did not get away till Fri
day noon.
The Roanoke sluggers will play the
college team this afternoon on the
Roanoke College grounds.
Mr.. G. b. Gravely and family have
moved from Danville to Salem. Mr..
Gravely will shortly commence work at
the foundry built here for him about
eighteen months ago. This is now tho
only industry on Alabama street NOT in
operation.
Mrs. r. ID. Martin is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. W.. A. Phelps, in Pu.
laski.
Mrs. Annie Curry, OF Rome, Ca. is
at the Virginia House, visiting her
sister, Mrs. Phil. Reed.
Mr.. Emory S. Towson has returned
to Maryland with his wife, and will at
tend the Grocer Seminary this winter to
fit himself for tho ministry.
DIR. Whey has been in Lynchburg at.
tending the State Medical Association.
Yesterday as Messrs. Riddick and
Shipman weic driving q phnton down
Craig avenue, the horse (Ninlnger's
ityery) commenced kicking vigorously,
and before stopping hung one leg on
the dashboard, and in its struggles un.
set tho vehicle. Mr., Shipman MANAGED
to escape. but Mr.. Riddick was caught
under the ph@ton and might have been
hurt had not his companion promptly
gcscued him.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10

RTdHltc, iCrOSe 10
the majestic height of forty-five feet.
The shaft, single stone of granite. is
thirty feet in length, and is probably
the largest single-stone shaft in the
state. The total weight of the monu-
mcnt is sixty tons, and the shaft alone
weighs twenty tons.
1t was erected upon plot of ground
belonging to the Grubb family and on
the polished die is the inscription. The
cap is ornamcntcd with graceful
monogram Of the family. The light
ming struck the nrras. or angle. within
foot of the pyramidnl top and then
passed down the monument in zigzag
line, bleaching the stone as it went, till
it reached the plinth, or second base,
where it stopped and all vestige of it
ceased. The decolorizcd stripe is about
thrce-quartcrs of an inch in width and
is extremely regular from end to end
In passing through the cap it deviatcd
slightly from its course and passed tho
monogram very closely. but leaving it
uninjurcd.
The most peculiar part of this cleo
trical freak is that the stone is perfect
ly sound, and no sign of crack or burn
exists anywhere upon its surface.
Though the black mica distributed
through the ROCK is entirely bleachcd,
there is no sign of fusion having taken
place, and the quartz and feldspar 1.-THE
other ingredients Of the granite) are in
their natural condition.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
First Woman physiclnn In Alabama.

Mrs. Halle T. Dillon, NJ. d. (colored),
daughter of Bishop b. II. Tanner. is not
only the first colored woman physician.
but the first woman Of any race to pass
the Alabama state medical examine
ton. 1t was n written examination and
an unusually severe one, occupying ten
days. DR.. Dillon, after passing with
high average, now occupies the position
of resident physician at the Tuskegee
institute.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
Idle Wealth,

1t Is estimated that the treasure lying
idle in India in the shape of boards of
ornaments amounts to a250, 900, 600. A
competent authority calculates that "in
Amrista-C City alone there are jewels to
the value of e2. 600, 0O0."
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10

of Russia, who
has been tho
wife of an Amer
lean COVE rpor
and the hostess
of an American
president. S h o
is Mrs. Pauline
Mason, widow of
Stevens II. Ma
son, t h @ hoy
owe I'm or" of
Michigan. S h Q
W as horn in
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
RAILROADS
n : : !: W HorfoIksHesternRR

eohEDoLE IN EFFECT AUGUST 90, 1891.
wssTHouSD, LEAVE ROANOKE pArIr.
S SSS a. IN. Tor Bristol and Intermediates stations
ooo IN; TOT Radford, Pulaski Bristol; also for
i on msi, Focahontas, Elkhorn, Clinch val
by Dvision and Louisville via Norton
i urlhan s!cepcre to Memphis and Nav or.
e.tr ioans' ana to Louisville Via Norton.
wv y. III. Ior Radford Pulaski Bristol Con-
ho ovts at hadford for Rluolcld and Poea.s.
Chattanooga. " niemp PMS VIZ
Gan -, nN " EAsTbouND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY. N
I goSn =. IN. LOT Petcrsburg and Rtchmond ~
i<'oo y. III. Ior Hagcrstown. Pullman sIecnera ~.
a. Now fork Via Harrisburg and Philadeiphia -
i~'4o =. m daily for Richmond and Norfolk Pn1-
co. man parIor cur to Norfolk 80, W.
$3.50 p. In. for Lynchburp: no connrct,or h,r., &
ii.S,l n, '1r cPpenandoah; no connection beycnd
sI IT, NJ, ioI Nncnmond and Norfolk. PuiImnn
mOnd. - "'enourg 10 ucn-s
ii:20 p m Tor Hagcratown. Pullman slecpers 10
asninston VIA Shenandoah Junction and to-
c,,, new T iork VIZ Harrisburg. -
Oiincm Sallcy Division-Leaves Blueheld daflv
.:W Q. M Tor Norton, and 1:35 D. m. for Nor.
ton, Louisville and points on L. d N. r I.
North Carolina Division-Leavc Pulaski do,lv
I:OO a. m for 1vanhoc and 1880 D. M for ivan
- noe ana Gossan and 500 o. M (cxccpt SIM.
day. for Betty Baker.
Office or to w n kEEVIIE1 iIioAes.
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke. Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
HATS FOR GENTLEMEN.

The Crown Is the Same us Last Year, But
the Brim Is Broader.
In hats VIC have distinct change,
writes n New York correspondent. AS
many men know to their sorrow the
prevailing style in Derbys for several
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
a DRAMATIC CAREER.

LILO History OF tho Widow OF Michlgan's
"Boy Governor"
There is living in Cleveland, in scclu-
sion and poverty, % woman who claims
that in her veins runs tho blood royal
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
An Electric Cane.

The electric cranlss have made an
electric light walking stick with small
incandescentl lamp Mt the end Of stor-
age battery inside.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
smokIne In England.

Tobacco smoking is growing rapidly
In England. During the last fifty years
the consumption per head of popula-
ton was nearly double.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
Tho German Rife.

The now German ri fie carries but 22s
grains and has an initial velocity near
ly twice rs great as Ours The bullet
is of lead LOO inches in length, and tie
casing of German silver.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
Millions an Shoes.

1t mas been estimated recently by
shoe man that the people of the United
States spend s45o,ooo,oo0 annually for
shoes.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
JOHN M. sAMuELs.
Chiof OF tho Bureau of horticulture, Col
! umbian Exposition.

We publish herewith an engraving Of
John NJ. Samucls, the recently ap-
pointed chief OF the department of hor-
ticulture of the Columbian exposition.
Mr.. Samuels was born in eastern Ken
lucky In 1s4S, and in 1859 his father re.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
European Families.

The statistics of the average size Of
families in the various countries of
Europe are as follows: Franco, 800
members; Denmark, SCI; Hungary, 3. 90;
Switzerland, 3oi; Austria and Belgium
4.05; England, 4.os; Germany, 40;
Sweden, Az; Holland, 4.a2; Scotland
4.ao Italy, $50; Spain, 4.05; Russia, 4.ss;
ireland. SEQ.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
CURIOUS PHENOMENON.

low Lightning Bicachcd q Strip Upon a
Stone Monument.
During one of the recent storms that
ragged through the country a remark
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10
THEY ACT AS PILOTS.
Little Fish That Guido the Biz
Fellows to Food.
Tho Jellyfish and Ills Lively Pathnnders-
HOW the Shark finds Most OF His
Prcy-Tho Hermit Crab and
It's Satellitos.

1t is apopular belief among many sea-
farers that tho shark depends to q
greater or less extent upon the pilot
fish for information, and is guided by
this little attendant to the various It'd
bits that come in its way. How much
truth there is in this would be difficult
to determine, but, says the New York
Herald, it is barely possible that the
curiosity of the shark may be attracted
to food by the action of the pilot fish.
Once when sitting in my boat fishing
1 noticed the scythe-lilke fin of large
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-10

y DOCUMENT envelope that works like
a telescope, adjusting itself To pne paper
or to fifty, is recent invention.
The morning call., 1891-01-25
HOSTILITY TO STEWART.
Republican Senators Propose 10 Teach Hlnl
q Lesson.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-SenatorS Stewart
speech on the cloture resolution to-day was
bitter pill for the Republican Senators 10
swallow, especially as it came from one In
their own ranks. Some of the Republican
Senators who are warm supporters oil the
Elections Bill are very angry with Stewart
on account of his speech to-day, ana tney
threaten to join with the Democrats and DE-
feat his bill TO reimburse the States OF oaii-
fornia, Oregon and Nevada for money ex-
pended in aid of the suppression Of the war
of the Rebellion. The bill is now on the
calendar and provides for paying 10 cail-
f0rnia 81, 451, 369, TO Oregon S224. .526. ana 10
Nevada S404,040. Cockrell of MISSOURI,
member of the Committee on MllitarY
Affairs, has promised an opposition equal 10
the extent of his ability. He said ie pro-
posed to make fight on the fo;r OIL tue
Senate and would bring it about so that nbt
single member of his faith would support
it. He is acting on an old line uf policy OF
the Democrats, which is to fight all bus 10
reimburse the States for aid extended during
the Civil War, and which demand fair con-
sderation on the part Of the GoveTnment,
hence the prospect appears favorable lor a
united Democratic opposition to Stewart IS
bill. Some of the leading Republican Sena-
tors have concluded TO let Stewart loos 70
the Democrats for favors in this matter. a
prominent Senator said tonight that the
strong feeling against Stewart would PROB
ably concentrate on this one bill in order to
remind him who were his real friends
The morning call., 1891-01-25
The SOUTH'S ACTION.
Comments on the Policy Towards the
Worlds Fair-Canada Sighted.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Congressmen are
commenting upon the action of several of
the Southern Legislatures in declining to
take steps TO participate in the World's Fair,
pending the consideration Of the Eject ions
Bill.
Senator Cullom of Illinois said lie did not
believe the proceedings would have any
effect upon the Senators favorably disposed
toward the bill.
Representative ButterwOrth of Ohio said
the question was grave one, and if ten or
a dozen States should decline to participate
in the fair, its success might be jeopaT-
died. He hoped the fair would be out of
politics.
Repres entative Chandler of Massachu-
sets, Chairman of the Worlds Fair Com
mittee, said he did not think the sentiment
of the people was fairly represented in the
proposed action.
Representative Taylor Of Illinois believes
the fair will bes success even if all the
Southern States decline to participate. He
does not think tile action Of Southern LegiS-
latures will influence any votes on the Elec-
tiOns Bill.
attempted 20 influence the Arkansas Legis-
lature in the matter, but fully indOrsed its
proceedings. Arkansas proposed to make
liberal appropriation for the exhibit, but if
the Elections Bill became a law the busl-
ness Of the State would be impaired and the
flow of immigration and capital stopped.
OTTAWA, Jan. pa prominent official
calls attention to the fact that Canada is
not invited to take part in the Columbian
Exposition, and says Canada's exposition
viii be contined to private exhibitions.
The morning call., 1891-01-25
LAST FAREWELL.
Suicide of Purser Curtin of the
Umatilla.

F. j. Curtin. the purser Of the steamer
Umatilla. now lying at Broadway Wharf,
sent bullet through his brain shortly after
IL o'clock last night, and died at the Receiv-
ing Hospital from the effect of the wound at
2:05 o'clock.
Curtin drove up in coupe to the vessel
about 10 o'clock with a young woman.
They went into his state-room and remained
nearly half an hour, after which they came
out. He escorted her back to the coupe aud
bade her a pleasant adieu. She drove
away, and he returned to his state-roOm.
In about three minutes the report of a
shot was heard ani the window of n Z;
apartment was forced open. the door being
locked. Curtin was seen lying on the floor
covered with blood The bullet had entered
the left temple, passing through the head
and shattering picture hanging on the
wall.
There was no apparent reason for the act,
and he left no written evidence of a cause.
Ihe name of the woman whom he was with
could not be learned, but it is said that they
occupied apartments at downtown hotel
on the night before.
Curtin was 20 years of age and very hand
some. de has relatives in Oakland and
Alameda, but is unmarried. He had occu-
Los Angeles, Aneon, Humboldt, City of
Chester and the Walla Walla, which latter
he left recently 10 take the berth on the
Umatilla, on which he returned three days
ago from Seattle.
The number 1G0S Vallejo street was found
IN his notebook, but nothing was known OF
him there.