The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-24
THE TIMES KODAK.
Interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

of Baltimore, is the guest of his uncle,
j. w. L. Allemong.
Evans Morgan, of the Rollins neigh.
borhood, leaves about the first of next
month for Richmond, where he has OBJ
tanned a situation as guard at the pen
itentiary.
j. L. Hartigan left Yesterday for the
City OF Mexico. where he will introduce
some Bonsack cigarette machines.
FRESH oysters tomorrow Monday
morning at Mrs. T. G. Wolfenden's.
A marriage license was issued yester-
day in the county clerks office to Har-
vey Black Ahl, school teacher of
Montgomery, aud Miss Christina Elizs.
beth All, OF Roanoke county.
Miss Mary Moore, of Lexington. who
has been visiting the family of Rev
Dr. Taylor, left yesterday for her home.
1t was current gossip yesterday that
the Salem Furnace Company had just
received orders for 500 tons of pig iron
to go to Lynchburg for the Glamorgan
works and two orders aggregating 1900
tons for Philadelphia. Should these
orders be shipped it is said that it
would only leave about 400 tons of pig
in the yard.
Bush and Washington, two colored
prisoners, were released from the chain
gang yesterday, their terms having ex-
PRED, whilst the friends of Farrer Frog
and another member paid his fine and
he was also released. In order that the
hive prisoners on the chain gang might
not fare too badly this glad season
Judge Mofett and few friends Clipped
in enough money to buy them fat
turkey and big supply of chewing to-
bacco.
LARGE, select oysters, finest brought
to Salem this year, tomorrow mon
day. morning at Mrs. Il. G. Wolfenden's.
The stockholders annual meeting of
the Salem Improvement Company will
take place January is.
George S. Jack, principal of the
Development Hill school, is assisting in
the Roanoke postoifice during the holt
days.
Robeley Stearnes is spending Christ.
mas with his fathers family on High
street.
Hotel Lucerne is to be advertise to
be sold on January 81 to the highest
bidder by Col. R. II. Logau, trustee on
account OF $4,000 due w. d. F. Duval.
Miss Matte Pace. of Raleigh, N. c.,
is visiting at DR.. Taylors.
The Salem wagon works shipped two
carloads of wagons yesterday They
will not run their machinery until New
Year.
The Salem steam tannery about two
months ago quit tanning betting leather
on account of the present limited de-
mand for 1t. They are now using 100
Texas hides day for sole leather and
are working three dozen operatives con.
stantly. exclusive of bosses. This firm
took two premiums at the Worlds Fair
for it's betting leather.
The Holston wooden mills and cloth
ing factory has been running until 10
p. m. every night for several weeks
past having large number of orders
Tor the Southern markets. IL will not,
however, run any of the machinery un-
Til the new year.
A special dispatch to the Baltimore
Sun, from Washington December FL,
says: Captain Sampson, chief OF the
navy ordnance bureau, expects to have
some important trials of several new
barrels manufactured for the small
arms OF the navy in the course of the
next week Six bl'rels are awaiting
trial. three of which will be tested at
Newport and three at the proving
station down the Potomac. Smokeless
powder will be used exclusively, while
Colt breech mechanism will be at
tached TO the barrels" 1t is evident
that smokoless powder will soon take
the place of the black for military pur-
poses. Send to II. c.. Aspinwall, GEE
Temple Court for pamphlet on this
subject
In conversation yesterday with Judge
Moffet, pr sident Of the Associated
Charities, the correspondent realized for
the first time this year that there are in
Salem at this time three or four cases OF
genuine distress. The judge has inves-
tigated very closely mum Der Of cases,
spending much of his valuable time in
so doing, and, whilst having a tender
heart for all who are in distress, he is
not easily imposed upon. One case tho
Judge cited was that Of poor woman
with baby few days old and no ono
to care for her except her Oldest child,
aged seven. and with hardly the barest
necessities of life in the house. An
other was that of family who were
living almost entirely on the little milk
furnished by q COW with sn occasional
crust OF bread. The judge says that in
most cases whore there is real distress
you have some trouble to investigate as
the truly worthy people will almost die
OF starvation rather than ask for assist
ance. Those readers who to day and
this week have an abundance OF the
good things Of life are reminded that
there are some in Salem even hungry.
The soiree at the Salem Female Sem
mary Friday night WAS largely attended
and was pronounced success The
programme consisted Of twelve NUM-
bers and pantomime, those which
seemed especially to please were the
singing OF Mrs. Porter, of Roanoke,
accompanied by L. E. Allemong, who
was the recipient OF two encores; the