The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-17
THE TIMES KODAK.
Items of News Gathered Around
Town.

There was quite agood turnout Thurs
day night at the regular weekly meet
ing of the Cleveland and Stevenson
Anti. Force Bill Club, and amongst tho
business transacted was the appoint
ment of Col. A. M. Bowman, Prof. o. L.
Stearnes and Capt. Sawyers as dele
gates, and Messrs. Denit, Woodson and
Strayer as alternates to the national
meeting of the Democratic clubs of the
United States, which takes place on the
4th of October in New York city. A
number of new members were enrolled
and arrangements were made to dis
tribute lot of campaign literature.
The committee on speakers were au
thorized to invite tho Hon. Holmes Con-
rad and Ex-Governor All. Taylor, Of
Tennessee, to address the club at an
early date.
Miss May Mccormick returned Thurs
day from visiting relatives at Paris,
Fauquier county, and leaves to-day for
Hollins to finish her education.
Hon. j. Thompson Brown, of Bedford;
Hon. Thomas Smith, of Fauquier, and
Congressman Paul c. Edmunds, will ad-
dress the voters of Roanoke county at
the courthouse next Monday, court
day.
Hon. ]. Randolph Tucker made many
friends in Salem by his admirable
speech here last Saturday night, and
more than one has remarked to The
TIMES reporter that Mr.. Tucker would
ator as he is so we'll posted on national
affairs for the past twenty years.
Councilman j. NJ Smith, of West
oil so -, oil
the erection Of branch establishment
for Darst, Smith & Co.
well-known old bachelor here re-
Gently accepted an invitation to spend
ten days with friends in the country,
viz: two collars and pack Of cards. He
returned yesterday as the collars had
given out.
Clarence M. Clark, of Philadelphia, were
amongst the visitors in Salem yesterday.
Col. A. M. Bowman has rented the
Smith Petty farm of lao acres, about
three miles and half from town on the
macadamized road, near Green Ridge.
Here he expects to breed and raise sad
die horses and Jersey cattle on small
scale as relaxation from his many bust
ness cares in Salem.
Thieves broke into the we'll known
Cave Spring house, on Mr.. Dave Deyer-
les farmhouse, about six miles from
town, night before last and stole large
quantity of gilt edge butter, which, it is
thought, they carried to Roanoke for
sale.
A large crowd, many of whom were
ladies, yesterday attended the sale of
the residence of DR.. Haas, near Hollins,
and good prices prevailed. The doctor
origin ally intended to sell the farm, the
stock and all the furniture and move to
New York, but since then he accepted
position in Danville and so did not
sell the farm nor much OF the stock or
furniture.
About $3.50 this afternoon, as west
bound train of empty cars was pulling
through the passenger depot, the, en-
gineer spied two horses on tie track
ahead of him. He whistled down
brakes" and stopped the train just as
the two horses fell through the bridge
between the passenger and freight do
pots. They fell on the eastbound track,
and as heavy coal coal train was COM
ing over that track, the engineer of the
westbound "empties" ran ahead about
200 yards and tagged the coal train and
stopped it, thus preventing bad acct
dent. Section hands and the force at
work on the overhead bridge, with
other help, procured planks and by
dint OF much work in a half an hour
had the horses out of the trestle and
the track clear. Strange to say the
horses had no bones broken, though
they were badly skinned. They were
the property of T. b. Perrick, livery
man and had ham turnod ont on tho
commons to Craze.