The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-01
THE TIMES KODAK.
Items Of News Gathered Around
Town.

There will DO the usual services at
the churches to-day. AT the Baptist
Church at IL q. m. occur the memorial
exercises in connection with the unveil-
| ing of the Tyree tablet. AT the Lutheran
| Church Rev. l.. i. Scherer will preach
this morning. The Young Mems Chris
tian Association NEE ting this afternoon
; will be conducted by Edward Corbett
Subject: what Path am On?"
Mrs. j. A. Walker, of Wytheville, who
has been visiting Mrs. Guy, returned
home yesterday.
w. NJ. Cramwcl, of Roanoke, will
travel for Longs Music House.
E l.. Abbot was granted barroom
license yesterday.
j. w. Harveycutter, of Salem, super
intendent Of construction of the West.
ern Union Telegraph Company, carries
between fifty and sixty railroad passes
in his pocket all the time.
Nathaniel Wells is visiting CAPTAIN
Eakin in Radtord.
The jeff Davis rifles have taken one
of tho rooms over the courthouse for a
temporary armory. Next Sunday they
Will attend church in uniform, which
they do semi-annuallY.
Judge l.. d. Yarrell, of Emporia, and
w. p. Finkhouser, of Staunton, were
among the visitors yesterday.
President Allemong has now in con.
temptation scheme to start the Salem
rolling mill manufacturing cotton ties
exclusively.
A large number of folks from Salem
attended the spring concert at Hollins
Friday night. What might have been
a serious accident happened to party
consisting of Misses Hutchinson and
Uncommon and Messrs Banks and
Lopspitch. who were in n surrey to which
were attached pair of horses When
returning and within mile of town,
opposite Mr.. Stoutzamier's, they en-
deavored to pass another vehicle, but
the road being too narrow they took the
side Of the road and in the dark upsetin
deep gully. Luckily none of the party
were seriously hurt, though the vehicle
was badly damaged The ladies finished
their ride in another carriage and the
young men walked home.
The Office formerly used by j. R.. c.
Brown, Jr.. real estate agent, has been
rented by the Turner Bed Spring Com
pany.
The Roanoke College team is making
all the necessary arrangements for a
game of ball with the Vanderbilt Uni.
versiGy nine next Wednesday, May 4th.
The game will be called at $40 D. m.
The Vanderbilt team has the great
pitcher, "Tildy Sanders" who has
national reputation, having played last
season on the Philadelphia League
team with great success. The follow
ing is the Roanoke College toam: Boyd,
~, 20 v,dn y.
. b; Hill, 5 b; Lucas, S; Wiley, f;
Ed. Dolan, I; 2. Dolin, | t. This pro.
misses to be the most interesting and
exciting game ever played on the col
lege grounds
The deeds in the receat transfer Of
the Roanoke and South to the Nor
folk and Western railroad which were
filed April 18th, have been beautifully
recorded in deed book S, page 1O4 and
forty following pages in the Roanoke
county clerks Office by Miss Rena
Pritchard. The writing is as perfect
as copperplate.
Wellington Hunt was fined FIVE dol
lars by Mayor Younger yesterday for
being drunk Friday night and abusing
Henry Thurman, who, having hit him
over the head with a stick, was also
fined one dollar.
Jim billiard, charged with stealing a
watch, chain and ring from Mrs Han
nah Brown on Burwell street, was yes
terday sentenced by Justice Camper to
thirty days in Jail.
John Carroll, (colorcd,) who works
for Henry Garst. ST., was before Justice
Camper Saturday. charged with tres
passing upon the lands OF John DENT,
but was discharged.
The Baptist Orphanage is now being
painted, and superintendent Holiday
requests visitors not to enter the build
ing at this time. Opportunity will be
given everybody to inspect the building
at an early date.
Tylor Lodge No. 23. A. f. and A. M.
had called communication Friday
and advanced two candidates to the
fellowcraft degree.
The Virginia Electri: Burglar Con-
trivance company have put in about
dozen alarm sys ems in and around
s ,lam.