The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-22
THE TIMES KODAK.
Items ofNews Gathered Around
Town.

Baptist Church this morning and
night.
| In consequence Of Rev. S. r. Bridges
preaching in Hollins tonight there viii
be only morning service at the Presby-
terian Church.
J Tho y. M. C. A. meeting this after
noon will be lead by Earnest McCauley.
Subject; "Why believe in the Bible.,'
Adrian Riddick left yesterday for a
trip to Petersburg
Zach" Heuser who died near Vinton,
Thursday morning, was buried yester-
day here in the East Hill Cemetery.
William Patton is registered at Hotel
Lucerne.
In consequence of the rain yesterday
the baseball match between Roanoke
College and Bedford City was post
poned.
marriage license was issued yester.
day in the county clerks office to Sam
uel benjamin and Jane McCampbell,
both OF Roanoke caunty.
Miss w. w. Cabell, of Washington,
ID. c., has been busy the past two days
making report of tho number of mort
cages recorded in the Roanoke county
clerks office, which is needed for the
census office. The young lady is pretty,
vivacious and intelligent, and verita-
bic hustler on examing the records.
Officer Johnson went over to Roanoke
yesterday morning on purpose to see if
he could identify the negro who was re-
Gently sent to the grand jury for steal
ing COW, as the same man who sold a
stolen COW in Salem last Saturday. I'm
fortunately the prisoner had been sent
to Lyuchburg, but the officer says from
ha co.. sol.1
that 1T is him, and he will be on hand
when the negro is brought back in July.
No little excitement was occasioned
to-day by report that the Crystal Ice
Company, in sinking q twenty-five foot
we'll, had struck q vein of salt water so
strong that the water was unfit for use,
and that they evidently had salt we'll.
Upon investigation it was ascertained
that the last years leakage from the
brine vat had percolated through the
soil, and that after the we'll had been
once pumped out the water was restored
to its normal sweetness.
The Shepherd Oil Company, who
stopped boring in Carvin's Cove recently
at depth of ], 100 feet on account of q
scarcity of pipe, have obtained addit-
tonal pipe and have resumed work with
the drill.
The report that E. II. Cumpston will
withdraw as a candidate for councilman
is not true.
at tho First ward primary Friday
night 1T was publ lily stated by one of
the speakers that a prominent builder,
on Union street, had remarked that the
people OF the First ward might nominate
whom they chose, but he would elect
whom he chose
Com mander Crabtree, of tho Salem
Council, Legion of Honor, requests
every member to bo present at the
NEE ting Monday at p. m. in the Odd
Fellows hall.
Rush Smith. material train hand,
who was arrested Friday night for shoot
ing at fellow laborer at the freight
depot, was brought before Justice Web.
Der Saturday morning and was defended
BY. Messrs. Pugh and McClung. The
evidence went to show that it was q
regular darkey row, proba bly, six of one
and half dozen of tho other, and the
magistrate sent him on to the grand
jury. his friends giving the necessary
bond for his appearance.
The Edward Corbott Mill Supply Com
pany which, in January last, was work.
ing less than a dozen hands, is now en-
ploying over forty. with prospects of
there being steady work enough for 100
skilled white mechanics before the year
ends. This industry has been paying
concern from tho start and its remark
able success IS phenomenal. Work con-
times to come in from every side and
the only drawback now is the want of
room. Before the end Of the year the
company contemplate erecting another
building in rear of the present hand
some brick factory and show rooms.
which will be l00X60, of wood and iron
and three stories high. Alongside of
this Will be switch from the Norfolk
and Western main line, making it con-
venienU not only for shipping but
for receiving lum Der, coal or machinery.
The business of this this concern is
very safe one, for no matter whether
business throughout the country is good
or bad, everyone is compelled to eat
bread. and as flour must first be made,
the machinery, especially rolls, for
making flour must be kept in good order
The grinding and re- corrugating Of rolls
at from twelve to fifteen dollars apiece
constitutes very profitable brancn of
tho Corbett business, and for this pur-
pose costly and special machinery is
used William Eslinger, the boss of
the ollgrinding department was some.
what bruised and scratched in last Sun.
days wreck at Hagerstown and is now
resting at his home in West Fairview,
ia but expects to return in few days
The Corbett Company have on hand now
at least dozen orders for complete
milling outfits besides a number of
others for special machinery. 1t will
not be long before this is the leading
industry Of Salem.
PORCH chairs in great variety at the
E. III Stewart Eurnitura HOpnropu