The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-04

THE TIMES KODAK.
Items of News Gathered About
Town.

The board of supervisors of Roanoke
county were in session most of yester
day in the courthouse, and the following
business was transacted: Twelve hun
dred dollars damages was allowed Mrs
Martin and Mrs. Thomas on account of
the new road from Garsts Mill to Roa.
noke City.
A petition from the residents of Cave
Spring district asking for fence law
against hogs was considered and legal
notices ordered to be posted.
Several hours were taken up consider
ing the bids and specifications for rem
dering the cells in the county Jail Sc
cure. Among the bids were those of the
Van Dorm Iron Works, of Cleveland,
Ohio; the Pauty Jail Building and Man.
ufacturing Company, of st. Louis, and
the Camden Iron Works. of Salem. The
board reserved their decision until Il
special meeting to be held by them next
Saturday.
o. W. Watson, who moved into the
Greenwood property on Main street re
Gently from near the Peaks of Otter, Is
critically i'll with consumption.
Jim Nolin, the white man arrested
some weeks ago in Lynchburg by De.
tective Baldwin, on suspicion of robbing
tho Norfolk and Western safe at this
depot, was yesterday brought before
Justice Weber, who discharged him
for lack of evidence.
Misses Willie, Matte and Annie
Campbell, nieces of Frank Reed, leave
next week for Chattanooga, where they
will reside with their father and Mrs.
CARA, their sister.
There will be divine services at all
the churches to-day, all the regular
pastors being in town.
Att p. m. in the Baptist church., tho
pastor, Rev. DR.. j. b. Taylor, will
preach special sermon to the Y. Nj. G.
A. of Roanoke college.
At $40 this afternoon the pastor Of
st. Pauls will deliver a sermon to the
Sunday-school Of that church.
The Y. M. c. A. meeting in the Critz
building at 4 p. m. will be led by w.
NJ. Montgomery.
At last Salem is rid of the Salvation
Army, the last officer having left Fri
day for Annapolis, and as the novelty
has about played out, it is not very
likely any moro officers will be sent
here.
Miss Richardson, o. Kensington, Lon
don, Eng, arrived yesterday on a visit
of several weeks to Maj Chandler, city
engineer This is the lady's first visit
to America. and she is charmed with
the scenery of this section which, she
says, reminds her of Switzerland.
The town clock which has been "all-
ing" for some weeks past has, at last,
broken down, and will be for several
days to come in the hands OF Jacob
Thomasson, matchmaker.
Str,uar h,o ratur1oI Srop,
visit to Harrisburg.
Miss Matte Gravely, Miss Minnie
Burks and w. S. Taylor attended the
German Tuesday night at Hotel Roam
oke.
j. p. Griffith. late chemist at tho
Salem Furnace, left Friday night for
a position. He is succeeded by Mr..
Landig, OF Ringtown, Pa.
j. j. Coke loft Friday night for his
home ne ar Newport News, AS he could
not find suflicient Inducements to keep
him in Salem.
TIE TIMES yesterday made very
complimentary notice regarding new
furniture wagon mado expressly for
Copper & Stone, which it credited to
the Salem Wagon Works. This was a
mistake; it was by the Salem Carriage
Company.
AT a recent meeting of the board of
directors OF tho Salon Furnace Com
pvny it was decided that the company
would hereafter conduct it's own com
missary.
In June, 1901, Sergeant Brophy
United States army. was at the Huff
House here conscripting OF all tho
applicants only one was accepted. He
was Henry c. Squiers, stepson of J. d.
Richardson, and he was assigned to
Battery X, Of the Third artillery, sta.
toned at the barracks in Washington,
d. G. AS Mr.. Richardson's business
improved here, he naturally wanted his
stepson back and so last week paid $s5
to the proper authorities, and his boy is
now back with him, having returned
homo yesterday morning. In conversa
ton with THE TINES reporter young
Squiers said that the only com plant he
had to mako WAS regarding the grub"
furnished, which was very poor He
said that all the men who behaved
themselves were kindly treated; that
the work was light; the pay small, but
certain, opportunities to improve ones
self excellent, but the food furnished
was simply terrible, aud ho was glad to
get back.