The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-26
THE TIMES KODAK.
Items of News Gathered Around
Town.

Part of the incandescent lights at
Hotel Lucerne were turned on for the
first time last night. The whole house
will be lighted with electricity tonight
for the dance to be given by the young
men.
The fourth enter tainmcnt of tho
Young Mems Christian Aassociatio
star course will take place SATURDAY.
night in the town hall, when the attrac-
ton will be the Schubert Quartette, of
Chicago.
Napoleon Bonaparte Ainsworth, of
MacAllister, 1. T., graduate of the
class of 81, Roanoke College, and a
lawyer of some note in the far South
west, was in town yesterday. Col
Ainsworth is also president of the com
panY owning the Wiley Railway Elec-
trio Signal which will shortly be tested
by tho Norfolk and Western railroad be-
tween Bristol and abingdon.
Salem Encampme has been invited
to attend meeting of Magic City En-
campment next Tuesday night. in
Mountain Dale Lodge room, to take
steps to organize n canton, which is the
highest branch Of Odd Fellowship.
VIII Harveycutter and w. S. Oakley
returned from their camp in the Florida
swamps yesterday at noon, looking
greatly benefited by the change. 1t
will probably be six weeks before the
rest of the Salem crowd return, as they
have other work to finish in connection
with the cable to Cuba.
c. II. Whitescarver has sold out his
stock of general merchandise at Cave
Spring to j. w. Berry, and is now with
his brother, f. w. Whatsoever, the
College avenue grocer,
j. Shartzer, the florist, has returned
from business trip to several of the
Northern cities.
In vacation Wednesday before Judge
Blair, of the Roanoke, circuit court
upon motion to dissolve, the case of
Roche &c Co. VS.. a. E. Webber was
argued by counsel. Wright &c Hoge, of
Roanoke, represented the plaintiffs and
e. w. and L. c. Hansbrough, the de-
PENDANT. The court decreed that the at
tachment should be dissolved on the
ground that tho same was issued with.
out sufficient cause and ordered that
the plaintiff should pay the cost of
action.
w. o. Critz is able to be out again
after long spell of sickness.
Miss Kate Ferguson is acting as
teacher at the public school in place of
Miss Cobbs, who is quite sick.
night or two ago William Shaver
tho eldest of the family of chicken
thieves of that name, stole five hens
from the premises of Col. ID. C. Shanks,
and the next day sold them to Prof.
Guy, of the female seminary, for twenty
five cents piece. The professor sus-
pecting they were stolen, informed the
authorities, and eventually they were
returned to their owner. Yesterday
William Shaver was walking the streets
as big as life, and as there was war
wart out for him, Officer Boon started
to arrest him, but the negro, after lead
ing the policeman long chase. crossed
over the river and finally got away.
Citizens are now talking OF giving the
Shaver family notice to quit the town.
as the law has failed to punish them.
Miss Minnie Burks is in Salem on a
visit to her many friends.
The Riverside Land Company is
dressing up its streets and avenues with
the road machine in fine style.
Public complaint having been made
of the dirty condition OF tho town hall
Tuesday night, on the occasion of Colo
mel Morrison's lecture, and the town
officials having been blamed for it, the
city sergeant desires to state that Roa-
noko College, having right to the free
use to tho hall upon similar occasions to
the above, it was the duty of the
college to have the hall properly
cleaned for tho entertainment of the
public last Tuesday night.
The street forces of the town have
just finished gravelling the walk on the
eastern side of High street.
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