The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-31
BREVITIES.

There will be the usual services to.
day at the different churches in town,
and Rev. l.. A. Cutter will preach at the
Disciples Church, over the river, at II
a. m. He will hold series of meetings
there this coming week.
At the regular Y. NJ C. A. meeting
at 4:30 this afternoon there will be a
Bible reading and question box"
conductor by G. R. Towson.
Monday night, in the town hall, there
will be a. monograph entertainment
given under the auspices of the Ladies'
Aid Society OF the Methodist Church.
l.. c. Hansbrough returned yesterday
from Niagara Falls, where he went re-
Gently with party from Salem.
The county electoral board has granted
permission for new registration to be
held at Cave Spring, Red Hill and Hol-
Inns precincts in this county, sixty days
notice of same to be given before cleo
ton by the posting of five notices in
public places at each precinct.
j. Il. Schaaf, OF Washington, d. c., is
the guest of r. s. Stearnes.
Under decree of court to settle the
ownership, the Salem Rolling Mills
building was sold at auction yesterday
by M. f. Huff for sci to the Salem
Improvement. Glenmore and Riverside
Land Companies
The Salem Carriage Company has re-
Gently sold q handsome delivery wagon
to Hughes & Camp, of Roanoke, and
three or four in Richmond, where it's
representative is soliciting orders.
AT meeting of the stockholders of
the Salem Gas Heater Company Friday
evening it was determined to wind up
the affairs of the company forthwith.
Several hundred colored people had
picnic yesterday in Logans woods.
The Salem Wagon Works has closed
contract with firm in Frederick,
Md, to deliver twenty-five farm wagons
there by the first of October.
The Edward Corbett Mill Supply Com
pany shipped car load of machinery
yesterday to a large Touring mill in
Maryland.
For some months past the clothing
factory has had great trouble in secur-
ing all the machine operatives they
needed. The Times Register for two
weeks urged upon the girls OF Salem
who needed work to seize this opportun-
ity to obtain it. and few responded,
though not one-fourth the number that
would be supposed, and at last Superin-
tendent Worden had to send an agent
into Southwest Virginia to obtain help
He has just returned, and says that
twenty more girls will report for work
next week.
j. A. Owens, young man from the
country, was talking outside OF Brown
Brothers store yesterday afternoon,
when Joe Rutledge, who is said to be
not altoge ther comfortable in his upper
story, passed Owens called out Hello,
Doctor" which name it seems is espec-
tally obnoxious to Rutledge, and in
few minutes epithets we're passing and
then ticks, after which the police col.
Jared both and took them before the
mayor, who after hearing the evidence,
discharged them without a fine, for
wonder. Owens disclaimed any inten-
ton of teasing Rutledge by calling him
doc" or Doctor" but he got "riled"
all the same.
j. c. Darst and Robert Logan returned
from the Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs
yesterday afternoon.
The Salem firm of True &c Burwell,
who have been working on contract
walling up a creek in Pulaski, have
assigned to R. &. Fitzhugh. attorney, a
stock of goods in Pulaski, horses, carts,
harness and real estate for the benefit
Of Mount & Jones, Of Pulaski, to secure
the payment Of S2,s53.1T.