The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-06
THE TIMES KODAK.
items of News Gathered About
Town.

Inc llOChman damage suit sui uraIS
it's weary length along IN the circuit
court. Up TO last night five witnesses
had been eXamined and there ars nearly
hundred yet TO follow, though of
course, tho examination of most OF
them will be brief. During tho cold
stormy weather the courthouse is
crowded with many who go there sim
ply because something is going on and
it is warm.
Amongst the lawyers from elsewhere
in attendance at circuit court are
Messrs. Robertson, Watts and Robert
son, Scott Il Staples, S. Hamilton
Graves, p. Lockett, a. A. Phlegar,
Judges King and Mayes and Major 5.
Griffin.
Mess-s. Whitesell, Murray and Bin
ford, in three hours yesterday morning
on the Glenmoro property, killed six
teen rabbits with their guns
Mrs. Thomas Kasey is very i'll, and
her friends have almost given up hope.
Joseph Webber, of Washington and
Philadelphia, was in town on business
yesterday.
MIR. A. II. Tardy has moved into the
house owned by Mrs. Josh" Murray.
George C. Cabell, jr, who is we'll
known in Salem, has recently located
in Waco, Tex for the practice of his
profession.
j. L. Richardson recently furnished
to the Lutheran Orphanage a number
of his famous mattresses, made at the
Salem factory.
Tho Baptist Orphanage have just OBJ
tanned q good sized printing press and
will shortly publish Z little monthly
paper devoted to the interests OF that
institution.
1. N. Merchant, OH his way to Roam
oke Wednesday, saw, when within three
hundred yards of the West End round
house, wounded deer run across the
road heading its way towards the noun
tainS
Mrs. 10. q. Langhorne returned from
Little Rock Wednesday night on the
vestibule train, which stopped at Salem
By special order for her accom- modation
The meeting Of the merchants which
was to have been held Wednesday in
the y. NJ. G. a. rooms TO consider the
"untaXed pedler wagon question has
been postpo ned till this afternoon at
o'clock in the same place.
A jar OF beans has been in the window
of Mrs. Il. G. Wolfcnden's store for some
weeks pas, for the purpose of atfording
purchasers OF twenty-five cents worth OF
goods an opportunity to register a guess
as 10 how many beans were contained
therein, the one making the best guess
to receive as q present r handsome
lamp. The jar contained 1912 beans
and upon examination of tho recorded
gueSSes it was found that Edward Jeter's
guess OF 500 was the nearest to being
correct, ard consequently he received
the lamp.
1t has been brought TO the notice OF
the y. NJ. G. a. officials that certain
persons hare been coming up the stairs
from Main street as though going TO the
association rooms, and then sneaking
down the back stairs to the barroom or
pool room.
The Farmers National Bank last week
declared a semi-annual dividend of four
per cent, payable January first, and the
Bank OF Salem a semi annual dividend
Of three per cent. The Salem Loan and
Trust Company did not declare divi-
dend, but passed to surplus $4,000, and
TO undivided profits q small amount.
This bank, which was organized little
more than two years and a half ago, has
nov a surplus fund of $4,000 and paid
up capital OF $500
The union prayer meeting tonight
Will DC heIu 2t inc presbyterian Church,
and will be conducted by Rev. DR.. L. ii.
Fox and c. + Towson. Subject, Home
Missions"
Meagre details have been received
here of the burglary OF store Monday
night in Floyd Court House, where it is
claimed that $500 worth of dry goods
was carried away A negro was ar.
rested Tuesday, but escaped, and on
Wednesday Peter G Hill, OF Big Hill,
this county, was arrested on the charge
Of having in his possession some shoes
said to have been among the stolen
goods. Thursday he was taken to
Floyd Court House by Constable Lloyd
for examination Hill claims to have
purchased the goods not knowing them
to have been stolen.