The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-07
THE ROANOKE TIMES, FRIDAY. April. 1898.
THE TIMES KODAK.
items of News Gathered About
Town.

The Juvenile Missionary Society, OF
Rollins Institute, in charge of Mr.. G. IL.
Cooke, drove over to the Baptist Or
phanage yesterday carrying leo cream
and cake for the orphans. This band of
ten little girls have this session con-
tributed thirty dollars to the orphanage.
Mr.. Childs, the beloved matron of Hol-
Inns. is president of the society.
w. e Dunstan, who was for some
time bookkeeper for G. B Strouse, is
now publishing weekly paper at
and ishcs, devoted largely to the in
terests Of the fish business in that Sec
ton.
Mrs. W. j. Moon and family have re
moved from Main street to tho Belmont
Hotel building on the Boulevard.
Charles d. Denit was officially notified
yesterday Of his appointment as post
N aster for Salem and will take charge
as soon as his bond is approved and his
com mission received.
To morrow night eleven students will
contest in the Ciceronian hall at
Roanoke College for the right 10 be
among the balf dozen select ted to try for
the declaimers medal. Messrs Pugh,
Simpson and Montgomery will be the
judges.
The friends of local option will hold
an important meeting to night in the Y.
M. G. A. rooms In the Critz building, to
which all friends Of the cause are in
vited.
Mrs. Sanders, wife of Rev. w. II.
Sanders, of the Baltimore conference, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. j. It. Penn, in
this place, and will spend several weeks
in the county also as the guest OF her
parents, MIR ard Mrs. j John Hartley,
near Cave Spring.
G. a. Lcadon, well.known and much
esteemed German citizen of this county,
died Wednesday at his home between
Salem and Cave Suring, age 4 AZ, and was
buried yesterday in the Tuttle burying
ground near his home.
A little daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Dawson, on Virginia avenue, yes
terday.
Miss jamie Shipman, who has been
teaching at Air Point, in this county,
has returned home, her school being
closed
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams have rooms
over the Landy store on College avenue.
They spent Easter with friends in Bed
ford, and when they returned home this
week they found that thieves had
entered tho house and carried away all
their clothing, bedding, and in fact
everything which could be easily taken
at night.
a meeting of the Appalachian Club
will be held in it's hall at Hollins on
Saturday night, when paper on "Ab.
soluteism" will be read by Dr. Kuisan.
The other evening, as a new awning
was being put up in front of e. Il.
Cumpston's store, portion OF it slipped
and fell, breaking one OF the handsome
plate glass windows, which fortunately
was fully insured.
Mr.. 0. D. Oakley has returned from
visit to friends in Lynshburg.
Tho many friends of Mrs. G. B.
Board will deeply regret to learn that
her condition is again most citical.
Two Boston ladies, who have been
contributors to Roanoke College for
some years, recently sent D.. j. d.
Dreher their check for 500 each from
Cairo, Egypt, where these generous
friends OF Roanoke College are now
travelling.
The JEFF Davis Rifles will assemble at
their armory this afternoon as o'clock
and will then March to tho Dixie prop.
Policeman Alex Johnson has been on
duty about month, with tho result
thai the owners of l51 dogs havo paid
the tax, and a visible increase in the
water tax has taken place.
Prof. j. Luther Sheppe, principal of
Salem graded school, has been assigned
the place of instructo tor in English and
Latin in the Summer School Of Methods,
which meets here in June.
Dr. NJ. Jetor Is suffering from an at
tack OF lumbago.
Capt. +. C. Burdetto is slowly recover
ing from the effects OF his reject fall, but
is not yet able to leave the house.
The officers Of the Methodist Sunday
school have been reelected for the
ensuing year.
Several young ladies hero are learning
to ride bicycles, and will soon BIO able
to skin along as gracefully as swallow
on q summers eve
John NJ. Oakley was in Radford yestcr-
day on business.
Board of Public Works Notes.
Contractor Patterson resumed worlr