The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-11
THE ROANOKE TIMES. THURSDAY. AUGUST ii, 1892.
LOCAL sREvITuEs.

IL interested In.
j. w. Helen. OF Shawsville, was in the
city yesterday.
Col. L. D. Sale, OF Bedford, was in the
city yesterday.
Mrs. Hall, of Atlanta, Ga; Mrs.
Mahan, of Pittsylvania county, and
Mrs. Shepherd, of Chatham, Va, ar Q
visiting their brother, l.. S. Dyer, at
lis Church avenue S. g.
Ii. Ii. Markley returned yesterd ay
from months stay in Atlantic city,
N. j., and Altoona, Pa.
c.. l.. Miller made brief visit to
Troutville yesterday.
j. c. f. Boil is rusticating few days
in Rock bridge county.
| w. j. Cox, eX-chief OF police on the
| Virginia side at Bristol, is in tho city.
Rev S. D. Ferguson left on the noon
train yesterday for P.ckaway, Monroe
county, w. Va, to attend tho Louis
burgh district conference, which con-
venes at that place to-day, after which
he will rusticate few days at the Hot
Springs in Bath county.
c. F. Blount made brief visit to
Lynchburg yesterday.
j. M. Harris left on the noon train
yesterday to visit his wife, who is quite
i'll at the residence of her father, DR..
Jeter, near Bonsacks.
r. H. Woodrum left yesterday to spend
few days in New York.
Miss Mary e. Skeen, who has been at
the Rockbridge Warm Springs for the
past few months, passed through the
city last night on route to her home in
Franklin county. She was accom-
panied by her brother, Ira Skeen.
Contractor W. f. Patterson will begin
the work of building and excavating
the sewers at Tinker creek today.
G. w. G. Woolwine and John M.
| Oakley, Jr., of Salem, left last night to
spend a few days at Virginia Beach, and
while there they will attend the annual
convention of funeral directors, which
| 18th, after which they will visit Phila-
delphia, Atlantic City and other places
Of Importance.
and merchant of Bent Mountain, was in
the city yesterday.
Miss Ophelia Butler, after pleasant
visit of two weeks to relatives in Nor
folk, has returned, accompanied by her
cousin, Miss Daisy Bryan, OF Norfolk.
Capt. G. B Tenant of Richmond, the
| oOuehCA IL oAoui lOb oBCnb VI Gue ulluldU
Car Company, was in the city yesterday.
Miss Julia Pitzer ard Miss Anne Pit
ger left this morning for Martinsville to
be absent two weeks.
Miss Lucy Written, of Henderson, N.
G., is visiting her sister, Mrs. j. o. b.
Palmer on Commonwealth avenue.
Harry Fry, of the shoe firm of A.
Goetz, has accepted a position with the
clothing house of Grcenbaum & Bear
and will enter on his duties Monday.
Emanuel Rosenthal, OF Cincinnati, O.,
brother of Mrs. Simon Levine, who has
been visiting in the city for the pas
two weeks. returned home Tuesday.
Three ladies were baptized in tn,
baptisters of the First Baptist Church
last night at the close of the praye
meeting.
DR.. Flippo will preach in Sheridan
hall tonight at S:15.
Peter Dillwood, who has been Com
monwealth's attorney of Franklyn
county for several years, is in the city
S. R. Gresham, of Petersburg, was il
this city and Vinton visiting friends
yesterday.
Major Hamilton and wife, Of the
Hamilton House, Bristol, passed through
the city last night en- route home, aftel
spending several weeks at Old Point
Virginia Beach, and other places of in
| tereSt.
w. A. Pedigo left yesterday to look
after his mineral interests in Franklin
county.
Miss Matte Barnes left last night t,
visit friends in Asheville, N. c., To-
several weeks.
A free entertainment will be given a
the Bethany Presbyterian Church mex
Tuesday night in which stereopticaI
views and scenes will be presented ant
explained by competent and we'll in
formed lecturers. The entertainment
will BIO free of charges, and the public
is very cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. w. E. Deaton has gone to Noun
tain Lake. Miss Daisy Deaton is ex
pected home from Anderson, S. c. to day
She will join Mrs. Deaton at Mountain
Lake at once.
Thomas Matson, of Milford. County
Donegal, Ireland, is visiting his nephew
D. II. Matson, on Eighth avenue n. W.
S. r. Gresham, of Petersburg, is il
Roanoke.
For church, chapel, school, lodge and
parlor use the Estey organ is the &C
knowledged leader. 1t has a pure, full
tone, with responsive, easy touch. AL
styles and finish at the Hobbie Music
Company, 1877 Salem avenue Factory
prices and easy payments guaranteed.
The Fire Yesterday Morning.
The frame building occupied by c. ]
West, on Railroad avenue, was discov.
cred to be on fire yesterday morning
about 4 o'clock. Several people who
were in the house barely escaped from