The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-25
THE TIMES KODAK.
Items Of News Gathered Around
Town.

During Wednesday tho employees at
| the clothing fac tory were unable to get
any water from the tap over the hand
basin in the work room, there being
some trouble with the pipes. By acct
nent the tap was left open, and during
the night the water flowed freely, mum
dating the third floor and draining
through on to the finished goods in the
! second story. About 1000 pairs of pants
we're Injured by the Innings being discol-
| ored, and as Superintendent Wordcn
could not ship them he is now selling
them to folks in Salem at about cost.
Thursday night a number of young
ladies disguised themselves in sum bon
nets and old fashioned calico dresses.
powdered their hair and narrowed half
u dozen fowls from Judge Blair's hen
roost, about nine o'clock knocked at the
doors Of some of their friends on Broad
street, and stating that they were just
arrived from Bent mountain offered to
sell their chickens at twenty cents
piece.
Naturally some questions were asked,
which were cleverly answered in care
fully disguised voices, though one girl
nearly gave the whole snap away when
in replying to the query as to where
they expected to spend the night, ste
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old covered bridge and take nap till
sun up" After they had sold their
hens and the joke had gone far enough
they returned and explained who they
were, returned the money and asked for
the judges fowls, and great was their
consterna zion when told that their
heads had been chopped off. For
minute or two matters looked serious
and the young ladies wondered what
they should tell the judge, when after
a hearty laugh their fowls were re-
turned safe and sound.
The court of appeals, Thursday, af-
firmed the decision of Judge Blair in
the chancery case of IL. M. Parsons and
husband against Mrs. V. NJ. Kasey and
husband. Justice Hinton delivered the
opinion. In 1SSS Mrs. Parsons pur.
chased lot from Mrs. Kasey on Union
street. An alley was promised with the
lot, and as Mrs. Kasey commenced to
build upon ground given as an alley, an
injunction was awarded by Judge Blair
restraining her. The evidence was
somewhat conflicting and the injunction
was made perpetual, from which decision
an appeal was taken. w. NJ. Mont
gomery represented Mrs. Parsons, &. w.
and L G. Hansbrough the defe ndants.
Rev. Prof E. j. Wolf, D. D., of the
Lutheran Theological Seminary, at
Gettysburg, Pa, will preach at the
Lutheran Church Sunday at II a. m.
There will be meeting at the court
house this evening at p. m. for the
purpose OF organizing Cleveland and
Stevenson club. 1t is hoped there will
be large attendance.
Josephine Lockhart, infant daughter
of Judge w. Is. Lockhart, Of Galveston,
Tex, and granddaughter of Mrs.
Gresham, who Is spending the summer
at the residence of Mrs. Evans, on
Broad street, died yesterday at a. m.
of cholera infantum. The remains
were sent to Galveston for burial last
night.
A number of young folks, with Mrs
A. G. Duncan as chaperonc, had a most
enjoyable time yesterday afternoon at
the Martin farm near town.
Thomas Kennard. of Roanoke College.
left last night for a trip to the Northern
cities, after which he will spend the
at the seaside with his friends
returning in the fall for the next SEES
sion. Mr.. Kennard is great favorite
in Salem and has many friends.