The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-19
THE TIMES KODAK,
interesting News Items Gath.
cred Around Salem.

small to render their Christmas pro
gramme, have determined to hold the
exercises in tho town hall and they will
take place on Tuesday, the Goth at :
o'clock at night. An admission of 10
cents will be charged and all Of the re-
ceipts above what is necessary to defray
the expenses will be placed in the
hands OF the associated charities.
FLOYD buckwheat. the very best at
cents per pound at w. o. Critz's.
Friday night a front window in Turney
N Hurts meat shop was smashed and
about three bushels of apples, two or
three dozen oranges and lemons and
some meat hooks were carried off.
Saturday night three students of Roa-
noke College confessed to having COM
mitted the deed and paid for the fruit
taken and the glass broken.
marriage license was issued in the
county clerks office yesterday to Charles
Jefferson Surface and Catherine Henry,
both OF Roanoke county.
Capt. j. c. Langhorne has returned
from st. Louis and is registered at Hotel
Lucerne.
Abiding to the Leonard smokeless
powder. the american Field" of last
September says: The above named
powder, which has lately been perfected
by the inventor, Mr.. Mason E. Leonard,
is an American invention and has al
ready shown such remarkable results
In the tests made by the United States
Government that it is to-day without
exception the best smokeless powder
that has yet been produced. 1t has in
every test far surpassed all Of the we'll
known and best foreign productions.
A report of all these tests can be mad BY
writing TO II. c. Aspinwall, 622 Temple
Court, New York
Dabney Scoviile, who has been spend
ing some time here with his father.
sister and niece, will BIO married to.
morrow az ii a. IN. at tho Campbell
Street Episcopal Church, in Roanoke, to
Miss frankie Hall, Of that city. After
the wedding Mr.. and Mrs. Scoville will
make tour OF the Northern cities.
Tom Beamer and George REYNOLDS
nave rebuilt the Ruthrauff wire suspen
sion bridge across Roanoke river but
have moved it some little distance above
Langhorne's mill dam.
West Salem never gets left. This
time she asserts her superiority over
Salem by the arrival of little bow and
girl, twins, at the residence of George
McConkey Saturday night. Congratl-
tons are greatly in order.
James Thomas, former resident OF
Salem, is here on visit, having re-
Gently been suffering from sciatica
Rev. DR.. Hammer and DR.. Laiferty
paid visit to Rev. ]. S. Hutchinson
yesterday afternoon.
Judge Gooch, OF Roanoke, was here
yesterday, and has kindly consented to
act as expert in several OF the classes at
the Roanoke Valley Poultry Show.
When the judge was few years younger
than he is now he was we'll known
poultry fancier (for pastimel in Eastern
Virginia.
Auctioneer.. Huff sold a number OF
delinquent" lots for taxes Yesterday,
but they brought very low prices
Captain Brand, of Catawba, passed
through Salem yesterday on his way TO
Bristol, where ne will spend Christmas
CRocHETING silk, 81 cents spool;
llnsel cord, two balls for cents; plush
CORDS, cents yard; skein embroidery
silks, n cents; fancy silks, satins, rib,
bons, silk muillers, kid gloves, silk floss
&c, &c, at net cost at the College Ave.
nue. Dry Goods Store.
December Term County Court.
AZ lcEIu Oi Roanoke
county court convened yesterday, Judge
Moliett presiding, and the following
business was transacted:
IN the case OF ID l.. Queen VS.. c. e.
Queen Justices attachmenU the Salem
Loan and Trust Company was ordered
to pay the sum OF S96.S7 to ID. l.. Queen.
Tho case of BROW Brothers VS.. Mrs
Ella Hickman was con tinued generally.
N the case Of P. l.. Terry VS.. the
public the former report was with
drawn.
5. A. Wilson qualified as notary
public with bond for S5OO;J. H.C.moer
security.
In the case of w. p. HUFF VS.. the
public, road application, Lewis Huff
appeared in court and agreed to accept
the amount OF damages allowed by the
commissioners
A special grand jury was sworn and
brought In indictments against w. o.
burke for felony, and against James
Walker for petit larceny. Indictments
were not returned against Charles and
Tazewell Finley and they we're dis
charged from custody.
Charles II. Cooke was appointed con.
servator Of the peace at Hollins Insti-
tute, and John b Kessler was appointed
policeman at same place.
In the case of Reuben Webster VS..
the public, a road application; on the
motion OF Lewis Watts and John Valen.
tino, new commission consisting OF J i.
w. Berry, S. X. Ferguson, d. C. Willett,
f. M. Tinnell and James Henry, were
appointed to assess damages.
jury was engaged all yesterday
afternoon in hearing the evidence
against w. A. Burke, charged with
breaking into the barroom of d. f.
blackwell. near Cave Spring last year.
M. G. McClung is conducting the de-
fence.