The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-07-20
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News items Gath.
cred Around Salem.

To night Prof. Thorn will lecture in
the town hall upon 1.-THE Preliminaries
of the English Settlement and Occu-
pancy of North America" and hopes to
be able to illustrate his discourse with
q number Of stereopticon views.
A marriage license was issued in the
county clerks Office to Charles Henry
Richards and Mary Burk, both of Salem.
Tuesday night shortly before mid
night as young Henry Forsythe was
about to retire he found that hole had
been burned in the bedroom floor by a
spark which had escaped from q 6efec-
tive fiue. There was big black hole
in the carpet and the floor underneath
was smouldering. This latter was
speedily extinguished.
Tomorrow night the concert, to be
given by Prof. SCOTS class, will probably
take place on the front porch of the
college, after which all those who have
tickets of invitation will be shown up
in squads of fifty to the business office
over the chapel, where ice cream and
cake will be served. About 400 invita-.
tions have been sent out and the main
idea of the whole affair is to bid God.
speed to the departing guests-the
members of the school of methods.
After the splendid lecture on CDR
Jekyel and Mr.. HYDE" delivered by
Rev. Robert Nourse Monday night, an.
other large audience greeted him Tues
day night at the town hall, most Of
whom were greatly disappointed when
stead of delivering one of the lectures
alvertised, he read a very mediocre pro-
duction entitled, Grand Old Men" and
s)me even left the hall in disgust
Mrs. w. n. Peak, of Lynchburg, is
visiting Mrs. w. t. Younger.
The Earnest Workers at their lawn
party Tuesday night cleared S4s.4o
The opening german at the Roanoke
Red Sulphur Springs took place there
last night, and quite a number Of young
folks went over from Salem.
NJ. H. Maury, superintendent of Sa
lem Furnace, has returned to Hotel
Salem with his bride.
Mrs Sarah c. Trout died at her home,
three miles southeast of Salem, Tues.
day afternoon, and was buried yester-
day in the MI. Zion graveyard near her
home.
Misses Annie and May Watson are
visiting Mrs. Leon Palmer on White
street.
Mrs. L. A. Fox, of Salem, is prepar.
!, ing paper on what our Lutheran
Church has done, is doing and will do
for women" to be read in Septem Der
at the Woman's Branch of the Worlds
Religious Congress to be held at the
Worlds Fair.
The following business was transacted
yesterday in Roanoke county court:
The application of j. A. Peters for
retail liquor dealers license to sell at
the house of James Richardson, near
Cave Spring, was docketted and con-
tinued to second day of next term.
Alexander G. Brand, attorney of Roa-
noke city, was permitted to practice in
this court.
The application of w. 81. WINNER for
retail and barroom license at Ballahack
was docketted and continued to second
day Of next term.
1t was ordered that all motions OF ap.
plications for license to sell wine, ar
dent spirits, malt liquors or any mix
ture of any Of them shall be made in
| open court, and that the same shall be
docketted and continued for hearing I'M
til the second day OF the succeeding
| term of this court, and that the clerk Of
this court do post copy OF this order at
the front door OF the courthouse of this
county.
| Regarding this latter order: The law
provides that any citizen may appear
and oppose the granting of license to
sell ardent spirits, but does not desig.
nate any particular day upon which the
application for license may be made.
| Applications therefore could be made
and acted upon where there was de.
c,ded opposition without the contest
ants ever knowing anything about t.
In order that the object and spirit of the
law, as we'll. might be enforced and no
one aggrieved. the above order was
entered by the county court.