The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
PERSONAL.

Rev. S. L. Rice spent last night wit h
friends in Bedford City.
R. M. Helm made business trip to
Bedford City yesterday.
j. a. Cutchin made brief business
trip 10 Lynchburg yesterday.
DR.. w. w. Butler, ST., of Blue Ridge
Springs, was in the city yesterday.
j. w. Coon went to Lynchburg yester-
day morning on short business trip.
Miss Marie Davis, OF Petersburg, will
arrive in the city to- morrow to visit rel
atives.
John w. Wills went to Franklin
county yesterday to spend few days
hunting.
Jack Walthall left yesterday to spend
few days in Franklin county on a
hunting expedition.
Henry Body, OF Virginia City, Va,
arrived in the city last night to visit
his parents for several days.
IL. D. LaffeEty, president of the Hull
Coal and Coke Company, left yesterday
to spend few days in Richmond.
Miss Lizzie Massie returned to Hol-
Inns yesterday after pleasant visit to
Miss Callie Staples on Franklin road
John w. Wertz, prominent citizen
OF Floyd county, was in the city yester.
day visiting his brother, c. r. VERT.
B. T. and Aaron Williams, of Floyd
c. H., are in the city visiting their
uncle, j. H. Williams, the station
keeper.
Syl. G. Jones, Of the Stone Printing
Company, who has been indisposed at
his home for several days, is able to be
out again.
p. +. Shelton, the defeated Demo-
crat candidate of the house of delegates
from Floyd and Franklin counties, is
in the city.
j. b. Hard, car builder in the Roa-
noke Machine Works, is very sick at
his boarding house, No. 3l3 Third
street n. e.
Mrs. f. Il. Davis returned to her home
in Petersburg last night after visit of
two weeks to her sons, l.. E. and r. w.
Davis, in this city.
Miss Lilly Waugh, OF Blacksburg, is
in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. ID.
j. d. Staples, who ID quite i'll at 2O3
Seventh avenue S. W.
Miss May Province, OF Baltimore,
who has been in the city for six weeks
visiting Miss Nellie Manning, returned
to her home last night.
Frederick Frogger, a mschinist at the
Roanoke Machine Works, left yester-
day morning for Chicago, where he
will reside in the future.
Miss Emma Conrad, who has been
visiting Mrs. j. Hampton Hoge for sew
eral weeks, left yesterday morning for
her home al Washington.
Mrs. NJ +. Buchanan, of Ronceverte,
w. Va, who has been visiting her son,
Rev. G. II. Buchanan, at Vinton, re-
turned to her home Yesterday
f. B. Payne, former en- ploye of the
Roanoke Machine Works, left yesterday
for Fernandina, Florida, at which place
he will accept at position as clerk in
wholesale store.
Mr.. Lee c. Moore, representing the
Trenton Iron Company, of Trenton. N.
j., was at tho Ponce de Leon to-day.
on his way TO Blue Ridge Springs to
confer with Gen. e. Byrd Grubb on
business relating to improved trans
porting facilities for the Blue Ridge
mines.
Claude L knight, Esq, of Bluefield,
formerly connected with The TIMES, was
in the city yesterday with his bride,
nee Miss Scheifly, daughter OF Council
man j. * L. Scheit1y, Of Shenandoah,
Pa, to whom he was married at that
place recently. Mr.. Knight has many
warm friends here who will unite in
extending the most hearty congratula-
ton to the young couple.
Judge William Gordon Robertson left
Yesterday for Richmond. He will
argue the case of the Virginia Land
Company vs. s. P. Haupt. The suit
was brought to force the defendant to
pay for stock assessments, and is a
test case, and II the defendant is made
to pay for the stock for which he sub.
scribed other land companies will at
once bring suit against delinquent
stock owners.