The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-03
THE TIMES KODAK.
Items of News Gathered Around
Town.

NJ. p. Frantz and wife left Monday to
spend week or so at Crockett's Springs
in Montgomery county.
Judge Blair, wife and daughter are at
the Yellow Sulphur Springs in Mont
gomery county.
j. w. Harveycutter has returned from
one Of his periodical trips in the interest
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany.
Miss Louise Street, of Galveston,
Texas, is the guest Of the Misses Wiley.
Mrs. G. j. Holiday, who has been
visiting friends in Richmond, returned
Monday.
Fred Ainge, of New York, is visiting
his father,
Miss Alice Burke, young lady who
lives on the Monteiro property, was bit
ten by large black spider last Sstur-
day, and is now in very critical con-
dition from the objects of the bite.
P. B. Stanard and wife are registered
at Hotel Lucerne. Mr.. Stanard is an
attorney, and for time had an Office in
Newcastle.
General D. S. Walker, editor of the
National Democrat. who has been at the
Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs for the
past few weeks, returned home yester-
day.
Elder L. A. Cutler is conduc ting a
most successful revival in the Disciples
Church, over the river.
Capt. c. M. Blackford and Architect
Tissley, Of Lynchburg, we're In town
yesterday on business.
A. Confarotts, who for the past two
years has been conducting confec-
tionery and fruit stand on Main street,
was taken sick Sunday and died Tues
day at $3.50 a. m, the immediate cause
of death being hemorrhage Of the
stomach. Deceased was born in Sicily
thirty-four years ago, but had been in
this county seventeen years, and was
highly esteemed by all who knew him,
being honest, liberal and reliable. The
remains were taken to Danville Tor in.
torment at noon Tuesday.
The Methodist picnic, which was to
have been held yesterday at Fort Lewis,
was postponed on account of the ex-
treme heat and will be held as soon as
the weather gets cooler.
A party consisting of D. B. Strouse
and wife, Mrs. c. B. Strouse, Miss Lily
Strouse, Miss Halle Ramsey, Everett
Strouse and A. M. Haas. Jr., left yes
terday for the Natural Bridge, after
which they will take in the Grattoes,
returning to Salem about the end of the
week.
The meeting Of Valley Baptist Asso-
citation at Cent? Church, Radford, on
the 18th of August, will BIZ largely at
tended, for this year will be the centen.
NAL of missions and the semi.centennial
OF the Valley Association. The dele
gates from Salem will be W. w. Moffett
and r. G. Steanes; alternates, ]. P. Saul
and j. w. Turner. The following gen
tlemen will also attend: Revs. DR..
Taylor. j. G. HOLIDAY and j. M. Harlow;
w. r. Whitescarver, G.. r. Towson and
L. M. Lee.
Adrian Riddick is at the Lucerne, af-
ter successful business trip through
she Southwest.
g. w. Hundley, who lives near town,
told the following narrative yesterday
morning: At the old Stevens house, at
Mason's creek, on the road between
Roanoke and Salem, there dwells a
widowed lady. Near the house is body
OF woods, and out of the woods Monday
night there crawled small colored boy,
half clothed, bearing on his face and
body marks of violence, and scarcely |
able to move from weakness. When the
lady found the child it was crying so
bitterly that it's sides thumped like an
overheated horse, and in answer to her
questions it told her that its mother,
who lived in Salem, had turned it loose |
in the woods and left it. The lady, see |
ing that in reality the child was starry
ing, gave it food, which it deyoured raw
enously. The child is afflicted, and !
from all that can be learned the mother
mad turned it adrift hoping it would die |
iSom starvation. If she cannot be found |
the county will have to care for it.
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