The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-07
LOCAL sREv,rIEs.

| Aue MISSES carrie McCorkle an(
Nellie McMaster, of Lexington. are
visiting friends and relatives in this
city.
A. B. Wilkinson, of the Dixie Steam
Laundry, has returned from an extended
trip North.
Rev. DR.. NJ. H. Whorton will lecture
in the Calvary Baptist Tabernacle
Wednesday night at eight o'clock.
Capt. G. McH. Gish is at Rocky
Mount, attending the Franklin county
court.
Mrs. w. II. Trent is at Farmville at
tending the commencement of the State
normal school where her daughter,
Miss Ella, will graduate.
Miss Matte Mckinney, of Lynch.
burg, is visiting Miss Mamie d. Trent,
at GLIB Horny street.
Detective Griffin yesterday secured
possession of fine gold watch, but has
not been able to ascertain its owners
name or location.
The first issue of the Roanoke Daily
Bee will appear Wednesday evening.
Mrs. A. j. Lucas, OF Radforh, is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. j. W. Airheart,
at 367 Seventh avenue s. W.
The ladies of the Trinity Methodist
Church will hold strawberry and Ice
cream festival In their church on Kirk
street tonight.
Judge Thomas B. Claiborne, of this
city, has been appointed storekeeper
and guager at Jamison e Prilliman's
distillery, in the Old Lick, and will at
once enter upon his duties. Judge
Claiborne is Stalwart Republican and
is usually engaged as speaker in every
political canvass.
Capt. w. G. Bane, of Giles county,
was in the city yesterday.
e. Hawkins, of Greenville, Tenn, is
spending few days in Roanoke.
Rev. G. L. D. Collins, pastor OF st.
James nj. e. Church, South, by request,
Will preach special sermon to railroad
men next Sunday evening at o'clock.
Harry Jack came home yesterday from
very pleasant visit to friends N Floyd
county.
S. j. Akers, at the city market, sold
over GOO quarts of strawberries Satur-
day, shipped him by Mrs. DR.. Boone, of
Troutville, Botetourt county.
w. G. OVERLY, who purchased fifty-one
beef cattle from 2. L. Terry's farm in
Washington county a few days ago, on
Saturday bought carload in East Ten
nessee, the lightest weighing about
1000 pounds.
j. d. Duffey has accepted the position
OF clerk at the Southern Hotel, vice A.
r. Boykin, who resigned to accept q
position on the Norfolk and Western
railroad at Bluefield, w. Va.
Judge Jas. o. Sheppard, of Buena
Vista. was commissioned yesterday to
act as Judge of this city until the va
cancy caused by the resignation of fudge
Robertson is filled according to law.
James Devon, the popular dyer, re-
ceived telegram yesterday morning
stating that his wife, who is at Pough-
keepsie, n. Y, was seriously i'll. Mr..
Devon started for Poughkeepsie on the
noon train yesterday
j. w. Brunette, who is at present
located at IIgleside, w. Va, whore he
IS engaged crushing stone for ballast for
the Norfolk and Western railroad, passed
through Roanoke yesterday morning
from his home at Blue Ridge, where he
spent Sunday.
ID. |. Bachmau, general superinten-
dent of the mines of the Crozier Iron
Company, returned yesterday from q
trip north.
Edward East prominent tobacconist
OF Knoxville. Tenn, is stopping at
Hotel Roanoke.
Miss Jennie Guerrant, of Fourth
avenue 8. e., is visiting her cousin, Miss
Maggie Wertz, at Leslie.
Judge w. S. Gooch left Yesterday
morning for Rocky Mount to attend the
June term of the Franklin county
court.
A 4months- old child of George Peters
died yesterday at the residence OF ito
father. near the West End furnace. II
will be buried to day.
A license was granted James E. Kidd
yesterday to carry on retail liquor
business in this city.
Carl Milton took out his final hatu-
falization papers yesterday.
Rev. j. NJ. Pelcher and wife, of Peters
burg, are the guests of Rev. R. R. AGREE.
Mr. and Mrs. Pelcher are on their way
to Holiins Institute to attend the com
mencement.
b. l.. Hoge, Of the legal firm of Hoge
d Wright, returned Yesterday from a
visit to his wife and children, who are
spending the summer at Cambria, Mont
gomery county.
Rev DR.. Stringfellow. Of Martinsville,
was In the city on his way to Louisville.
DR.. Stringfellow was noted Confederate
scout and is we'll known throughout the
South, especially among the members of
the Episcopal Church.
Mrs. M. p. Moone, of Leesville, Camp
bell county. Virginia. and Miss Jennie
Goodman, of Lynchburg. are visiting at
the residence of l.. b. Dyerle, lO4
Franklin street Mrs. Moone is the
granddaughter OF Mrs. l.. b Dyerle and
Miss Goodman is a sister Of Mrs. Dyerle.
A meeting of the Third Ward Demo.