The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-03
LOCAL BREvIrlEs.

John Crane of this city, has accepted
the position of travelling agent for the
Southern Transportation Company and
entered upon his duties yesterday.
Compound locomotive No. 70, which
followed No. west yesterday morning
on the Norfolk and Western, was fitted
up with large indicator in charge OF
R. g. Henderson.
The residence of Jno. A. Quinn, which
is being built on Patterson avenue, is
rapidly nearing completion.
Miss Viola Aunspaugh, of Fincastle,
is visiting friends in the city.
Mrs. Jno M. Payne, Of Lynchburg,
the mother of Messrs. Archie and John
PAYNE, of this city, is the guest Of T..
Didier on Franklin Road.
Secretary Johnson, of the Y. M. G. A.,
returned from Lynchburg yesterday
| morning. whore he has been on visit
to his parents.
Miss Lucy Penn, who is attending the
Hollins Institute, is home for few
days on West Campbell street.
Mrs. j. f. Wingfeld, who has boon
| absent on an extended northern trip for
the past two months, has returned to
the city.
Sergeant Traynham and t. T. Rag
land have returned from Richmond,
whittier they went as guards to some
prisoners who for the next few years
will make Richmond their home.
Mrs. G. w. Goddard, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, is the guest of Colonel and Mrs.
Eddy at Hotel Roanoke.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of VIM. A. Gibbons, a clerk in the Nor
folk and Western Offices, to Miss Lucin-
da Moomaw, of Cloverdale. The mar
riage will take place at Cloverdale, the
home of the bride, on June 18th at S
o'clock p. m.
w. L. Deaton, has been elected rresi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce re.
Gently organized in this city.
Mrs. n. Il. Foushee, of Richmond, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Robertson,
on Eigth avenue, S. w.
j. b. Childress, a prominent rsal es-
tate dealer of Johnson City, is in Roam
oke for few days.
There will be meeting of the Loyal
Temperance Legion in connection with
the Newton w. G. L. U. at st. James
Methodist Church Saturday afternoon
at half past two o'clock. A cordial in.
vitation is extended TO all children.
The total receipts of the festival held
by the ladies Of Calvary Baptist Church
in the Sam Jones tabernacle amounted
to $3.50, which will be added to the fund
now in hand for erecting new church.
W. o. Hardaway, commemorative at
torney-elect left for Amelia county
yesterday to see his father, who is sick.
He will return, however, by tho last Of
the week if possible.
Work on the Roanoke belt line is pro-
crossing very rapidly and is expected TO
be completed by July 1.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company is doing good deal of white
washing and painting along its lines.
The clerks at the courthouse are hard
at work getting up the docket for the
June term OF court.
James D. Johnson, of this CITY, is
quite i'll at his former home in Giles
county.
j. P. Bell, president of the Bell Print
ing Company, of LYnchburg, was in the
city yesterday.
H. j. Owens and wife, of Utica, N. V,
who are willing away some time in the
mountain sections of Virginia, are at
Hotel Roanoke.
w. c. OVERLY, butcher at the city
market, has purchased fifty head of fine
cattle from p. l.. Terry. The stock
was raised on Mr.. Tcrry's farm, South
view," in Washington county and the
lightest tip the beam at l. 100 pounds.
The elevators in the Terry building
were run yesterday for the first time
and were kept busy hauling up small
Office furniture throughout the day.
A marriage license was granted by
the clerk Of the Hastings Court yester-
day to M. M. Matthews and Miss O. M.
Gillispie, both of this city.
E. c. Pechin, w. ID. Williamson, Miss
Rosy O'Brien and j. D. Stevenson, of
Roanoke, and Jas. A. Hitler, of Taze-
we'll Court House, were registered at
Rockledge Hotel yesterday.
w. E. Maher, of Philadelphia, is in
the city.
Mrs. M. A. Shanklin and daughter
left Wednesday morning on an extended
tour through the South. They will
stop first at Mobile, Ala, to visit rela-
tlves.
N. d Maher, superintendent of the
Clinch Valley division, who has been in
this city several days, returned to Blue
field yesterday.
Jos. R. Hanthorn, of the Roanoke
Machine Works, has returned home
from Chicago, where he went to inspect
the material to be used in the construc-
ton OF some new coaches for the Nor
folk and Western Railroad Company.
fine sorrel horse valued at $3.50,
the property of Henry C. Shelar, died
yesterday.
Harry Jack will leave this morning
for Floyd county to visit friends at his
old home.
Thomas A. Johnson mana0er ~ tho