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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-26
No. FL jefferson Street.
PROPOSALS.
4 WITTY OF ROANOKE,
~ OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WoRKs

A WITTY OF ROANOKE,
~ OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
ROANOKE, VA, October Goth, 1892
Sealed proposals will he received at this oiilce
until ~ o clock noon November 2ist 1872 for
furnishing AL the labor and materials necessary
except the terra Gotta and iron pipe) for the
construction and completion OF tho iollowin,
ncs OF sewers III the city OF Roanoke: Section
til six. Putting in place la-inch terra Gotta
pipe from the point where tho present sewer dis
charges near the gas house to Lick run Mt or near
Nicholson street, and there connecting with the
main ontfnll sewer by means OF an iron pipe
slphon across Lick run Section a. seven Put.
tin. in rlnre a1'-inc terra Gotta line In Shrn.
andoah avenue from The sewer now in Jefferson
street Mt ITS intersection with :,homandoah ave.
nue. to Connect With the sinhon on the north side
OF the \ n W. L. il, track meat tho iiAndoiph
street bridge Section (S) eight. Putting in place
n2iiiich terra Gotta pipe from the point where
the present sewer cmptics Into Lick run near tho
junction or Campbell il with Nor;o,k avenue along
Lick distance oc about 5lr feet eonn"ctin
with tue sewers froJn the Roanoke Machine
Works and acros- Lick run by means OF AN iron
pipe sipnon 10 connect with the main ,uttall
Each bidder must submit with his bid n ccrti-
ned check Tor the sum OF two hundred and hity
dollars (S25uD All work to he done I'm accordance
this olrlrc ~ "
The City Council reserves the r'gh, to roicct
any or all bids, or an part ~ nin; To com
me nc or complete the work upon any Of the sec
tions enumerated, or any part or any section
The CITY Council reserves tho right to waive
any defect or informality IN any bill. II it be
dccme In the interest OF the city to dos
Within ten days after the award OF the contract
the successful bidde', or bidders, must furnish
bond with approved securities, resident In Vir
einla, IN penaly or forty per cent. of the
tract price, for the faithful performance OF the
work All bids received nftcr the time slated
he enclosed In sealed envelopes marked PRO.
posals for the construction OF sewers sections
to e Board of Gi WorRs @
c q a. IN f oLEMAN,
j. j. SHEEIIsN,
III 81 got Board of Iul lie Works
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fertilizers year after year and devote
large part of their crop to the sustenancc
of the soil on which they must depend for
their ALL
Grass grows but sparscly. and it is poor
picking for the cows and horses. Cotton
IS the principal crop, of course, but during
the last three years, owing to short crops
OF cotton and low prices, farmers have been
putting in more corn.
A southern corn field is n sad sight to the
eyes which are accustomed to northern
fields, where the stalks grow from three To
five in the hill. Down in this country each
stalk stands alone-a hill to itself. There
could be no more striking commentary
upon the poverty of the southern soil, upon
the disadvantage under which tho agri-
culturists of Dixie labor in competition
with their more fortunate brothers of the
north The more honor to them for brave
ly and uncomplainingly maintaining the
fight.
Probably no northerncr ever Travelled
through the south without being impressed
by the lone and abandoned chimneys-
stones which mark the graves of dead
homes. They are everywhere Almost
every bit of landscape has one or more of
them. In the south, you know, all country
houses are built with big outside chimneyS,
with open fireplaces ut their base The
negro cabins and the plantation mansions
are alike in this respect. When the houses
arc burned, blown or torn down, the Chin
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-26
a Million Friends.

A FRIEND In need is friend indeed,
and not less than one million people
have found just such a friend in DR.
Kings Now Discovery for Consump tion.
Coughs and Colds. If you have never
used this Great Cough Medicine, one
trial will convince you that it has won
derful curative powers in all diseases
of Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each bot
tleis guaranteed to do all that is claimed
or money will be refunded Trial bot
tie free at Christian & Barbee's drug
store. Large bottles soc. and 81.
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TIE WAY SOUTHERN GIRLS DRIVE.

and such an array of britled and saddlod
horses you never saw before. The colorcd
men and women have come in all sorts of
conveyanccs and by all kinds of animals,
or on foot. The men arc loaling while the
black women are selling fried chicken,
slices of ham, chinkopins and cookies.
The colored women, like women the world
ever, arc thrifty They scold too. You
black, lazy niggah!' they say to their licgr
lords and masters. for whom they would
sell their souls.
a feature of life in the south is the white
girls who drive one horse gigs. As Il rule,
they are pretty girls, with brilliant hlnck
eyes and fascinating vivacity. Many oc
them have red hair, and too many of them
powder their faces. Southern women OF
the better class are noted for their beauty
but so far as have observed they are less
endowed with beauty than with chic, dash
line eyes and Il certain understandable f;iscina-
ton. They drive like mad through the
streets, over bitches and rough places,
laughing all the while. The southern
girl, no matter what her station in life,
never 1lirts on the street. She never
"makes eyes," though heaven knows she
could if she would, because she has the
eyes TO do it with-eycs which send thrills
up and down the spinal column of the stran-
ger from the north.
The southern man has fine eyes, too,
which compensate for his lankness and
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CLARENCE OLEMAN.
j. j. SIIEEIIsN,
~ II 30t Board of Pul lie Works.
1921 got

CITY OF ROANOKE. OFFICE OF TIKI
~ Board OF Public Works, Roanoke Va.
Oct. 18th, 1s92-Sealcd proposals will be re
ceivcd ut this office until IL O'Clock Nov. l4th,
materials for the construction OF a vitrihcd brick
sidewalk alongside the Greene Memorial Church,
on Campbell avenue and Roanoke street, to in.
cludc the necessary stone curbing. Tho space Ia
be covered amounts to about 1.!'s0 square feet
All bids must be accompanied with "A certified
check for $1,000. Bids must he enclosed in an
envelope, scaled and marked on the ontsidc, IBID
for vitrificd hi lex sidewalk"
The right IL hereby reserved to reject any or al
bids and to waive any informally in any bid II II
is deemed to the interest OF the city to do 80
Plans and specifications can be eccu ut this Office
Address b de to this office.
d. KIRK,
CLARENCE COLEMAN,
j. j. SHEEHAN,
10 Is 3Ot Board OF Public Works.
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THE OLD CHIMNEY.


interesting phases of life, human and
other, so many little things which one
can see nowhere else, that it is impossible
to go through this region without writing
of Nothing that | have to tell is ro-
mantle, picturesque or important. 1t is Il
mere chronicle of commonplace, passing
reference to familiar scenes and objects.
AS soon as you get into Dixie the land
scape itself is different from that which
you saw in the north. First you are i'm
pressed by the rcdncSs OF tho soil. From
Washington to New Orleans. except III
limited areas, the ground is almost brick
red. 1t is II soil which runs to weeds.
Such n growth of weeds you never saw
anywhere else. What Il pity the weeds are
not cotton or the cotton like weeds Then
the south would not be struggling-strug
Cling with might and main, with prv;l-
ton and heroism such as the farmers of
the north are not acquainted Within or
der to wrest sustenanccf from an unwilling
SOIL
Clear fields in which nothing but the
crop shows, where the rank, weedy growth
has been entirely eXterminated, are com
mon enough in the north. In the south
they are sadly rare. Look at the soil where
the railway cuttings expose it, and you
see it is rs thin rs paper-i mere layer of
vegetable compound upon the subsoil of
red. No wonder the farmers must use
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Buoklen's Arnioa salvs.

THE best salve in tho world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands
Chilblains, Corns, and oil Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles or az
pay required. II is guaranteed 70 give
perfect sattsfactio or money refunded
Price IS cents per box. For sale by
Christian o. Barh"e
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ARE intensely in
teresting. L do
not claim to be one
of those gifted
nortals who can
describe Il country
or n people from
the windows Of II
railway train, and
l am not going to
pass Judgment on
the south on my
present brief nc
Qllaintanco with
it. But in the
south country one
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-26

DR.. j. j. Lafferty, the Ocean Swift"
of America, will lecture in Roanoke No.
yember l. He is we'll known 10 a great
many OF our people, some having heard
him several times, and vii rejoico u
know there is such treat in stoto for
them. The late Henry w. Grady said
OF him: EVERYBODY who heard him will
make affidavit that there Is nothing fun
nier in Cervantes. Mark IVAN, Bill
Nye or any humorist living or dead. A
moro amused and interested audianca
never heard a no ore original man. When
they were not laughing they were ap-
plsuding. and when they were not ap-
plaudinR they were listening, as if ,hcir
lives were depending on what he said
lie Is rare, unique, inimitable. Tickets
on sale at ThompAon's book store.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-26

NATIONAL BUSINESS CoLLEGB
~ Roanoke, Va..-The regular session
OF this popular institution, which has
been partially suspended during the
heated season, resumed yesterday, Sep-
tember 1st. with full corps Of instrua.
tors. Remember that over rs per cent.
OF the two hundred students who
entered the school and completed their
course are to-day filling positions suc.
cessfully and most of them in tbis
Magic City Of progress and enterprise.
Young man, come here and prepare for
business. Send for our new illustrated
college journal containing full informa.
ton. Address as above. 111v
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Cash quotations: Flour dull, de-
pressed, any reasonable bids &C.
cepted; No. spring and red wheat,
71M; No. corn, 4lM@4lX; No 3 oats,
300; mess pork, l2. 30@12. IS; lard, 8. 70;
short ribs, 7.75@1O.OO; sailed shoulders.
7.45@7.50; short clear, S.5O@9.35;
Whiskey. LIS.
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DOA NOIE STREET RAILWAY
LII SCHEDULE.
SALEM DUMMY LINE.

EAST. WEST.
Lv. Salem Ar. Roanoke Lv. Roanoke. Ar Salem.
GELS in. Gas am. 1:!5 am. 7:45 a. m.
SEQ am SEQ a m. S:45 a. m. 9:i5 a. m.
$50 I'm. 1000 a.rn.10.i5 am. 1O:45 a. m.
ll:o0 ID ll;3" p ml1:45 p.rn.12: o. m.
1S:'o p M. l""' n.tn. 1918 pm. l:45 p. m.
200 D. m. 2:3o p'o 2:;5 I'm. 3:l5 D. m.
3:20 p. NJ. 4:0n pm. 4:l5 o. M 4:45 D. m.
5:i5 p m. 5:45 pm G:lj D M Gas D. M.
7:l5 r III. 7:45 pm 9:45 pm. 1918 D. m.
n 3.-Thcater nights last train leaves.
Roanoke al 10 A; arrives Salem ll:l5 d.
m. Sundays, th" first run is omitted.
Trains leaving Roanoke a. S:45 a. M.
and 4:15 p. m on Salem dummy line will
have baggage car attached for CARRYING
drummers' trunks, general baggage and
merchandise, beginning May %.
VINToN ELECTRIC LINE.
Leave Roanoke
600 a. 1850 a.n. 500 p. IN. 7:2O D. m
$40 a. M. leo am. 400 D. m. 500 D. M,
7:20 am. 1900 m. 1910 D. m. $40 D. m.
500 IN. 12:40 pm. $40 p m. 0:2O D. m.
$40 am. LEO m. Goo p. m 1000 D. m.
9:2O am. 200 p m. Gao D. NJ lO:4O D. M
1000 q. IN. $40 pm
WE. CARR, General Manager.
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OUR line OF ladies shoes this scas on l.
the handsomest ever shown in this city
Al MOVERS
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long jaws. lie
pleases You when
he looks mt you,
and fascinates you
when he speaks.
The typical south
ron is II good talk
er, n fine story
teller and his voice
is deep and mag
nctic. He wcarsa
black SLOUGH hat
and II black string
nccktie. If elder
ly he affects ruff
fled shirt fronts.
The tall silk hat is
Il rare thing in the
south-as rare as
polished or patent
leather shoes. The
average southern
gentleman wears
chpaD naitpr; or
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-26

OUH So shoes IN both ialies' and yo n,s
must he -"rn 10 hc apuc' ciatcd. they arc
worth 81 II any bodys money.
a. H. MOVERS
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Charged With Obtaining Money Undt
False Pretenses

False Pretenses.
Harry Levine, young Hebrew of the
firm OF Levine e. Gold IN An, furniture re.
pairers, at 4is Henry street, was ar
rested yesterday on warrant sworn
out by Harriet Carter, a colored woman,
charging him with obtaining money
under false pretenses The warran,
alleges that Levine obtained the sum of
sixty six dollars which he was to use in
the payment OF certain cigar business.
viii he claimed be had purchased and
which was to bn tho property of said
Harriet Carter until the money was ali
repait. Judge Turner will decide thu,
matter this morning
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AN ARIsTocRATIC SALOON.

courtesy to the white men who pass him
on the country roads. a majority of tho
whites swear Mt "the niger" on the slight
est provocation, and like him somuch that
when occasion arises they help him out OF
trouble or share with him their last dollar.
ROBERT GRAVES.
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Isl usshIs carpets ~ ~ cents yard u,
the Il Ii. stewart Furniture Company.
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''WHEW.' y
CHEAP HOUSES.
Lot 5Oxl4O feet on

Fiye-room house on East Campbell
street, $3.50; $50 cash balance $40 par
month. Fonr-room cottage near the
shops $1,000; 500 cash, balance Sl1 per
month. Six'room dwelling on Shenan-
doah avenue near the round house
$1,100; 500 cash, balance SIS per mon til.
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OLD p.pens. . cents per hundred, for
sale at this Office,
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DOWN IN DIXIE LAND.
ROBERT GRAVES WRITES OF HIS
SOUTHERN TOUR.
Eho Southern Farmer Has Hard Lines,
but He Struggles 1Innfully On-Types
of Characteristic Negro and tho nIulc.
Fascinating Girls.
Especial Correspondence

MONTGOMERY. Ala, Oct. -.-The varied
gllmpses OF the south which have had
while fitting here and there on the cars
stopping occasionally in the cities and
towns or driving along the country roads
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CHEAP LOTS.

Corner lot in tho Lewis Addition
$1,000. Best lot ON Sixth avenue n. e.,
$500, $50 cash, balance $40 per month.
Lot 100 feet front OH corner OF Third
avenue and Twelfth street n. W., 5000,
very cheap. 50xl30 feet on Center ave-
nue., S400; SIS cash, balance SIS per
month. 10 lots on the Boulevard near
the roller mill, 50x200 feet each, $500
each on regular forms.
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Chicago Markets.

CHICAGO, Oct 25.-[ Special Lead
ing futures ranged as follows
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A Good Dwelling.

New with rooms near the West End
round house, 81, $50; $500 cash, balance
$50 per month.
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this Office. ior saie ~
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Weekly Report

Best Bargains in Houses and
Lots.
READ THIS.
Business lot in center of the town,
fronting 165 feet on the Norfolk and
Western railroad and running back 100
feet to a street. This is NJ agni6cent
location for any wholesale business
Write to us for terms
Nine-room dwelling on Campbell
street. lot 5Oxl5O, 81 .non: S4U0 cash, bal
ance $40 per month. L is is fine To-
cation for boarding ,u,.,,.
Beautiful residence ..i On Patterson
avenue near Mr.. T. L. Fishburne's
dwelling 5Oxl50 feet 200.
"WHEW."
Lot 5Oxl4o feet on Campbell avenue,
$3.50.
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Fine Dwellings.

Eight-room mousse In the southwest
part OF the city with all improve nents
in best location, 81 600 This is very
cheap property. Groom dwelling on
Campbell street fnew), all modern con.
veniences, $500; $500 cash, b.iance
$40 per month
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NEN DWELLING.

Sev-n-room house with all improve
ments n good location, $4,000; s6Op
cash, balance $50 per month. Good g.
room dwelling on Eighth avenue $. W.,
$4,000; $500 Cash, balance S25 per month.
Very cheap 4room house on Seventh
avenue 8. W., 1880; S2OO cash, balance
SIS per month. Good ,ttage we'll To-
Gated on Terry Hill, $1,000.
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TIE swINDLER ON TRIAL.
Muskgrave, Who Hid Skeleton in a Log Cabin
and Then Burned the Building.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. 25.-Muskgrave,
who tried to swindle the insurance COM
panies by burning log cabin with hu.
man skeleton inside of it. was. with his
pal" Charley Trout. placed on trial here
to-day. The defense offered q plea
of abatement. and it was discussed
all the day. the judge announcing that
he wouli decide the question tomorrow.
The plea sets up that as Muskgrave
had been extradited by the authorities of
this State from the State of Minnesota on o
charge of conspiracy to defraud an under
writer" he could not be compelled to an
swer to any other charge. The present in
dictment against him is: For conspiracy
to obtain money from an insurance COM
pany by false pretenses."
The first grand jury Indictment returned
was against Muskgrave and Trout jointly
"for conspiracy to defraud an under
writer" 1t was upon this indictment that
the Governor ofIIndiana. by reGuisition. de-
manded of the Governor of Minnesota that
Muskgrave be turned over. which was
done. Later. after Muskgrave was in
carcerated in the jail here. the grand Jury
found another Indictment against him and
Trout jointly "for conspiracy to obtain
money from an insurance company by false
pretenaes.U
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-26
National Capital Notes.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-D. G. Griffith, of
Indianapolis. is at the Riggs; A. c. LInde-
muth. of Richmond. is at the Ebbitt, and
Charles Vanness, of Indiana, Is at the st.
James.
The President and Mrs. Harrison have az
guests for a few days Mr.. and Mrs G. A.
Coffin. of Lynn. Mass.
Miss Ursule Strong, of Shelbyville, who
has been visiting Mrs. SCOTT ct the Lang
ham. will make a visit to friends in New
York and Cleveland before returning home.
Hon. Warren g. Sayre. of Wabash, is at
the National.
Governor Chase occupied the pulpit at
the Vermont-avenue Christian Church yes
terday.
Col. b. f. Havens, of Terre Haute, in an
interview published to-day, gives it as his
opinion that Hon. Claude Matthews will
be the Democratic candidate for Governor
Of Indiana this year.
The President sent to the Senate the
nomiD alton of William c. Haskell, of Ohio,
to be United States marshal for the North
ern district of Ohio.
The Senate committee on Judiciary held
its usual meeting this morning. Aside
from action on two important measures
nothing was done. Neither Senators Voor-
hees nor Turpie appeared before the com.
mittee and it is understood the nomination
OF Judge Woods was not broached at all.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-26
GAVE HIM AN ICY BATH.


PfTTsBURG. Pa, Jan. 25.--Sho ortly after
12 o'clock, to-day. q non -uniop conductor
on the Manchester electric street-car line
was pulled off his car by mob of mill
men and friends of the strikers. He was
carried to a hydrant and held under
stream of water for ten minutes. The mob
then kicked and beat the fellow until he
was more dead than alive A detail of
police was sent for. but before it arrived
the rioters had fed. Fifty extra police
men are patrolling the district this evening.
but, notwithstanding the presence of the
"blue-coats. the mob continues to stop the
cars and place distractions ON the tracks.
Several of the non-union men were struck
with flying missiles to-day. but none seri-
ously hurt.
The hearing in the injunction case of the
railway company against the strikers and
the Knights of Labor was held this morn
ing and Judge McCIung granted an order
restraining the strikers from all interfer-
ence. proclamation warning the strikers
to cease from violence was posted by the
sheriff this afternoon.
Tonight the streets in lower Allegheny
are impassable and trouble may occur at
any moment. Warrants for the arrest of
fourteen persons charged with riotous con-
duct were issued to-day and several arrests
were made
Among the latter were two yonng women,
one for interfering with an officer while
making an arrest and the other for throw
ing missiles at q car.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-26
BURNING IN PURGATORY.


NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Father OConnor.
the ex-priest, lectured in this city last
night on the subject: us Cardinal Man.
ming in Purgatoryp The speaker paid q
warm tribute to the zeal and piety of the
late Cardinal. Said Father O'Connor:
"What has the church to offer him in re-
turn for his life conservation? The Cath
Ollie Review. of this city. in referring to the
death of Cardinals Manning and Simeoni,
closes its eulogy with: Let us pray for
these good men that their stay in purgatory
may be short. and that they soon may have
the happiness of enjoying forever the pres
ence Of their Maker 1t Is thus assumed
that this good prelate Is in purgatory. and
suffering with what their theologians
claim is a material fire. Is this the best they
can do with their teachersW
Father O'Connor quoted from the Book
of Purgatory," by Father Muller. the
Paulist, and read from Cardinal Bellamy's
treatise the paragraph in Book III. Chapter
g. where it says: almost all theologians
teach that the damned and the sacred In
purgatory occupy the same place and are
burned by the same fire."
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-26
Rusiness Embarrassment..

SHEPERDsTowN, w. Va. Jan. 25.-The
Bank of Jefferson. of this place. has closed
it's doors. The bank was involved heavily
Baltimore. and the suspension is due to
those losses. The amount of liabilities is
not known.
DAYTON, o., Jan. 25.-Two suits were
filed at XenIa, to-day, against the National
Cordage Company. One is by Samuel M.
Allison for $4,000 unpaid salary. and the
other for $22 500 by the Field cordage- works
for rent. Property of the company has
been levied on by the sheriff.
CHICAGO, Jan. q. States Attorney
Longenecker. In behalf OF the people of the
State of Illinois, filed an information in the
Circuit Court, this morning. 10 forfeit the
charter of the Chicago Trust and Savings
Bank and for the appointments of receiver,
on the ground that it has violated its char
ter by charging usurious interest by en-
gaging in outside ventures and By Watering
Its stock.