The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-29
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city. He speaks Of locating in Roanoke
In the near future.
The Roanoke Light Infantry has
been drilling every night for the past
week. The company is finely organized
and equipped, and in military tactics is
second to none in the state.
Graves Sims returned home yesterday
from weeks visit to Charleston, w.
Va
w. II. Wainwright has resigned the
position of barkeeper at the Southern
Hotel to accept similar place at Hotel
Roanoke on June 1st. Mr.. Weber parts
with him with regret, but recommended
him very highly to his new employer.
Andron Early, one of the Oldest col
morning and will be buried at a. m.
to-day. from the First Baptist Church,
colored
Misses Grace Hutchinson, Stella
Stas and Lucille Martin, three pretty
and accomplished young ladies Of
Salem, visited friends in Roanoke yes
terday.
A. G. Calvert and A. S. Leslie have
returned from Rockford, n. c., where
they had been to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Hardin Brown, of this city.
j. b. Fishburne, Mrs. J. A. Fishburne
add Mrs, Ed L. Stone have gone to
Cleveland, Tenn, to attend the COM
mencement of the Centenary College, at
which Miss Fannie Fishburne will
| graduate.
Cards are out for the marriage OF j. u.
Harold, of this city. and Miss Laura
| Thomas, beautiful and accomplished
society young lady Of Norfolk, on next
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at Norfolk.
julie Lacey, assistant paymaster of
the Norfolk and Western, has returned
from the Ohio extension, where he has
been for few days in charge of the
pay car.
R. A. Buckner has returned from
Louisa county, where he had been to the
burial of his grandmother, Mrs. Wilkin.
son.
Mrs. b. Lacy Hoge and children went
to Montgomery county yesterday, where
they will spend the summer.
Miss Maggie Metzger. of Altoona, Pa,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Fred Weber,
at the Southern Hotel.
f. ]. McSherry, of Lynchburg. is in
the city, the guest of his son, James
McSherrY.
James r. Jordan and daughter, of
Radford. are visiting in the city.
d. B. Horner, cashier of the Hobbie
Music Company. has moved his family
here from Lynchburg and will occupy
the house formerly occupied by Mr..
Prince on Church street.
A. Sauter, foreman of the Machine
Shops, has returned from Chicago, where
he went to inspect some work being
done for the Norfolk and Western at
that point. P. Hickey, who acted as
foreman in his absence, was yesterday
appointed assistant foreman of the Ma
chine Shops.
Z. K. Van Horn, of Kingston, N. NJ,
is visiting his brother. Mr.. Van Horn,
on Campbell street. 1t is his first visit
Eastafte a ten years absence.
Manager Mosely, OF the Opera House.
has secured the Balfe Opera Company
for the celebration week.
The new coach that will run between
Hotel Roanoke and Hotel Rockledge, is
very commodious and strong vehicls,
with sure brakes and two gentle horses.
A trip to the top of the mountain can
be taken in it with perfect safety.
Miss Annie Preston Beale, of Buch-
anan, is visiting the family of Col. John
Is. Penn.
Miss Maud Langhorne, an accom-.
plished and attractive young lady, who
has been spending the winter with her
sister, Mrs. Hugh Fry, on Seventh ave-
nue., left for LYnchburg yesterday.
D. III. Barger, superintendent of the
Winston Salem division of the Norfolk
and Western, was in the city yesterday
c. w. Fisher and daughter. of Ken
lucky. are visiting the brother of Mrs.
Fisher, Q. w. Woolwine, of this city.
w. A. Glasgow is attending circuit
court at Fincastle.
Mike Sexton, of the firm of Jno. Sex
ton 81 Co., of this city, is in town.
There were fifteen cows in the city
pound yesterday morning.
+. j. McSherry, of Lynchb burg. is Wig
iting his son, James McSherry, of this
city.
Miss Annie James, of Lancaster
county, Va, left yesterday for her home.
Miss James has been for the past year
a teacher in the First ward public school
of this city.
James Wexford. of Blue Rid ye, was
in the city yesterday.
Thomas Pinkney, the general Eastern
agent OF the Norfolk and Western Rail-
road Company, was in the city yester-
day.
A. c. nippey, general superintendent
of the western division of the Norfolk
and Western, arrived home yesterday
from Bluefield.
The Smith murder case will come up
Monday
Clinton Gallaher, OF Charleston, w.
Va, accompanied by mis- wife. is in the
city on visit to his brother. Hugh Gal.
laher, OF Eighth avenue. Mr.. Gallaher
| will remain in the CITY several DAVIS