The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-20
THE TIMES KODAK.
Items of News Gathered About
Town.

j. NJ. Rollins and family left Salem in
the fall of 1890 for Osaka, Japan, where
he was stationed as q missionary for the
Methodist Church. Evidently he must
have had quite gay time over there
with the natives, for the st. Louis Ad-
vocate, an organ of the M. E. Church, in
its last issue, makes tho following state
ment: ut is with very great pain that we
announce that j. M. Rollins, formerly
of the st. Louis Conference, and for
several years missionary OF our church
in Japan, has returned homo in disgrace,
having been guilty of gross immortality
He has surrendered his credentials, and
is no longer minister or member of
our church."
Early Wednesday morning, as Thomas
Shanks was driving wagon loaded with
cordwood down a hill near his home
over on the Steelton property, the wagon
capsized, and Mr.. Shanks, in jumping,
broke his leg and dislocated his ankle,
DIR. Killian was summoned to attend the
sufferer.
Last summer E. w. TAYLOR, whose
home is in Richmond, but who came
here from the Standard Oil Comp anys
office in Lynchburg, obtained position
as bookkeeper and paymaster at the
Salem Furnace. On Monday afternoon
he mysteriously disappeared and his
accounts are reported to be four thou
sand dollars behind, including a draft
of two thousand dollars which was sent
from the Philadelphia office to pay the
employees and which is believed to be
missing. A warrant has been sworn
out for his arrest for embezzlement.
Students of Roanoke College wanted
holiday Thursday and to obtain it on
Wednesday night locked COW in the
chapel, Uttered straw through the COL
lege building, turned the supply pipe
to the steam-heater boiler into lee
ture room, flooding the latter and
cracking the boiler. They got the
holiday.
Capt. Frank Board has purchased
Miss Martha Deyerle's farm near Fort
Lewis "a part Of the Joseph Deyerle es.
tate), paying between six and seven
thousand dollars for it.
The steel cage from st. Louis for
Roanoke county jail arrived yesterday.
The annual celebration of the Demos
thenian Literary Society for Roanoke
College took place last night in the
town, which was we'll filled with friends
The programme, which was inGerspersed
with delightful music, commenced with
an address by President G. e. Hirsh-
berger, of Virginia, who took for his
subject The pearl of thought" and
was followed by e. ii. Copenhaver with
an Grafton on The heirs of ages" A
debate then ensued upon the question,
Resolved, That college fraternities arc
commendable organizations" j. w.
Lamm, of North Carolina, ably support
ing the affirmative against S. j. Homer,
of Indian Territory, natural born
orator, who has been selected to repre-
sent the Demosthenean Literary Society
at the State oratorical contest to be
held in Richmond in June. The final
GRAFTON, "Tnough'ts victories" was de-
livered by C. w Cassel, of Virginia.
The celebration was thoroughly enjoyed
by those present who considered it the
equal in every respect of any of those
which have gone before.
Mr.. Phillip Reed, who has been quite
indisposed for some days past, is some
what better.
In Roanoke county circuit court yes
terday afternoon the jury brought in a
verdict in favor of q. w. Bethel & Co.
VS.. the Salem Improvement Company
for S4,0J0 due for brick manufactured
by the former for the latter. The law
yers for the defense made motion for
a new trial.
Colonel Hansbrough, counsel for N.
Hickman in the $4,000 damage suit
against the Norfolk and Western rail
road, decided at this term in favor OF
the company. will probably move to
have the verdict set aside.
Denit & Weber, owners OF the
Times Reg ster. have recently purchased
the Crabtree building, next to the
Presbyterian Church, now occupied by
tho billiard RrOtharo and
butcher shop This makes the seventh
bull ling owned by this firm. who
thus show their faith in Salem real es-
tate, having invested their spare cash"
in it..
Lewis Shanks is at home for few
days.
Capt B. Tamblyn is negotiating with
English capitalists to take hold OF the
Salem Rolling Mills and put them at
work, with every show for success.
A few days ago Luke Sears found on
the farm of James McCray. on Back
creek about eight miles south of Salem,
the battered remains OF large red,
white and blue fire balloon which is be,
lieved to be the one sent up on the
night Of the Goth OF December by the
Disciples Sunday school, of this place.
Owing to there being non-connection
OF trains from the North Wednesday
morning, some beautiful floral offerings
of esteem from Witt, Biedler & Co. and
their employees, to the memory of their
friend, w. w. Patton, did not arrive I'M
til yesterday. Capt j. c. Langhorne
took them in his carriage and laid them
tenderly upon the ne~made grave yes
terday afternoon.
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