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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-06
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too distinct. Half the pleasure of dee
Grafton is not to tell all the story, but
leave something to the imagination
The effect is what you want
Another way TO make this screen is
10 cover it with coarse cotton and. after
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1t. This will cause it to shrink, and it
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Or cover only the edge with figured
paper, and paste piece of gold paper
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-06
CITY DIRECTORY.
OF the Principal Business
Houses of Roanoke.

Houses of Roanoke.
The following is published daily 70,
sne benefit OF strangers and the puhI,a
generally. It includes all srsdea sud
professions and cannot fail to proys ~
interest to all who intend trau..,,i,x
business In Rosnoke:
x,, ARoHITEors.
No snnio T, q DK sAUssURE, Arch -eetg Ma,
VIZ. L. REID. Masonic Temple.
ATTORNEYs-Ar-LA
hchcGH d BAKER, Room 300 Terry Bulld,nv
BOOTS. SHOES. TRUNKS. Eta
/. sAChRACH, "a Salem ave.
BUILDERS AND CoNTRAoross.
+; ]. AMWKG, Terry Building.
FRANK K. @AY. Room 2lU Terry Building.
BUSINESS COLLEGE,.
NAT. BUS. COLLEGE, srd ave. q Henry
CANDY y M MAH SHI;; FANCY CAKE sAnna
CAToGNI's, 80 Salem ave.
hAEh' TAILOR AND HATT5E
'os. COIN (E. II. Dawson, Manager), a sa,sa
CORNfCEs. SLATE AND TIN Roowrss.
N NICK 4 cKKo 66MPi ~ KSo9FIN9 AND METAL COZ.
COURT srENOaRAPHER.
chAs. e. GRAVES, Office room Cos Terry s,ds.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR,
NV. slsLER, 4U1 Second ct. n. g. fcosr,a 80,
kets. rooes. &c.). Tel. 100. >''' ~
FURNITURE. CARPETS, ETC.
COPPER sToNK, 10 Salem ave. so.
GRoCERs.
+; ,d ID: WALKER, Campbell Ct, door east OF 10,
HARDWARE. WHOLESALE AND aa.
BROWN To,9nS q JOHNSTON. II JEFFERSON s.s.s.
HAY, GRAIN, 90.
DANIEL q HoLLADAY, II Kirk. rear P. D.
LIQUOR DEALERS.
OPPENHEIM Il CO.'S EXCHANGE. RI, ,,,rx
merce and Campbell streets
LUMBER. LATHs AND sHrNaEns
W. H. CLARE " Co., Office 100 Horny ptrao,
TIHEs building, p. o. box 1856 Eye-pshTHss
that goes into a building At mil prices. Hy tss
car DAD only. ~ sot
MERCHANT rArLoRa
LRWls, TIAxs Building.
PAwNBRoxERs.
8. NYBURG, 40 Railroad ave-, s. @.
PHoTOaRApHs.
ROANOKE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, Nn.
E.V. LINBBACK ucccseor to Euteler, % s,,,u
avenue,
PLUMBING, GAs-FITTIN0, go,
RS g1 S Sanitary PLUMBING CO., 80
~ South Jefferson Street.
PRACTICAL HoRsEsHOEK,
N; HALEY Greats all diseases OF horses ,esb
Fourth ave.. between Jefferson and HON, as.
REAL ESTATE.
SIMMONS u TlNSLRY, 10 JEFFERSON a..
RENTAL AGENTS,
ID. ID. O'hOHUNDRO, As. Jefferson etree.
soAvENGER AND CARRIAGE WORE
PRYOR wOoDSoN, a2a Fourth ave. n. ".
SEWING MACHINES.
NEW HOME. ]. A. CAMPBELL. Agent, 10,
SHOEMAKERS.S
D. HokGAS, the Shoemaker. Makes anu 70.
pairs all kinds OF boots and shoes ut 1O4 Nelsos
etreet, opposite market house. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
STEAM LAUNDRIES
DIXIE, Franklin and Second Sta, tel. ls1.
sTENosRAPHERs 3 rYpEwsirHss.
Q. Al. HOGSETT, room II Masonic Tenpia
TRANSFER COMPANIES.
ROANOKE TRANSFER COMPANY, pscsaz.
Room. { South Jefferson St. tel. lio
CITY MARKET.
CHOICE MEATS.
BREADI lkeeps the best, stall Il, Marie, H,os.
q. - CATi stall No. (sausIgs epocialtyl
J. ". HOGAN, Stalls
THOMAS NELSON. stall No.
W. n. SALR, stall No. 10.
CQKED HAMS, BEEF, LAKE, Aa
4. j. KEMP epecisity beef tonsnes,, s,sll ii
FRESH FISH. OYSTERS AND pa.nuS1
b. II. ODBLL BROS, City @srket
DRESSED BOWLS. vEGETA a,.As. 81
j. W. SIECOE, City Market.
PRODUCE, FISH AND OYSTERS
HUDSON 4 DEAL, 10 Salem a-snra .
(wholetale and rctaiD.
ROANOKE DRESSED NES.S 20
N. RRSsCE. Stall No. 8
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sHOENIAKERs.S

sHOEMAWERs.S
D. MORGAN, tho Shoemaker. Makes AMI 70.
pairs all Kinds OF boots and shoes at 1O4 Nelsox
etreet, opposite market house. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
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rather than the
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over except for Il
t,,1t.nin nf a~n
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-06

DRESSED BOWLS, vEGETA al. Ak, 81
y. j. AKKRs, City Market
j. W. SlhCOE, City Market.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-06

SEWING MACHINES.
NEW HOME. ]. A. CAMPBELL. Agent, 10,
Henry street.
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PRACTICAL HORsESHOEK.
d; HALEY Greats all diecases OF horses ,ess
Fourth ave., between Jefferson and Honr, sts
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FRESH FISH. OYSTERS AND pannrG0
b. II. ODELL BROS, City Market
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TRANSFER COMPANIES.
ROANOKE TRANSFER COMPANY. ps.s.,.
Room, South Jefferson ST.. tel. 10
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28
Forty-Five Cents for a Wife.

Ed II. Thompson, who lives in Ulster
county, not far from Hurley, N. Y,
married wife few months ago, but
they did not agree together very well,
and short time since, as he was in
Hurley, drinking and chatting with
some companions, he bewailed his
martial woes, and said he wished he
could get rid of his wife. "I'll give
you half dollar for her." said Charles
Lewis Its bargain' replied
Thompson. Lewis was a little taken
aback, but he pulled the money out of
his pocket and counting 1t over re-
marked that he had only forty-fye
cents. Give me the forty-fve cents
and she is yours" The money was
paid, and in a few days the wife, who
was not at all displeased at the ex-
change, was delivered. That was sew
eral weeks ago and Lewis has lived
contentedly with his cheaply
wife since, till Thompson, who has re-
pented of the trade, appeared the 9TH
.er day and wanted his wife back.
Lewis refused to surrender her, and
she refused to go, reproaching Thomp-
son for trying to back out of fair bar
gain; and now he is consulting the law
to find out what his rights in the mat
ter are. All this in the civilized state
of New York, and not hundred miles
from the great metropolis.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28
HAzLE'S INDEBTEDNESS.
Objection Raised to the Application fo
Special Levy Order.

Objection Raised to the Application for
Special Levy Order.
From the Plain Speaker.
In the application made for an order
on the supervisors of Halle township
to levy an additional five mill tax to pay
the balance of the claims against the
township as marshalled in Commissioner
Halsey's report, Messrs. Fuller and Nc
Clintock, appeared on Monday morning
in court to oppose the granting of the
application. The grounds upon which
they base their action are embodied in
the affidavit of E. A. Oberrender, who
sets out that being taxpayer of Halle
township, he makes answer to the appli-
cation as follows:
l. The court has no authority to make
the order prayed for.
2. The special levy of Is mills here
tofore made is sufficient to pay the in
debtedness.
5. The township owns two judgments,
one for So, 3,459.33, against John Strack,
the other for $3,S02.s5, against William
Carter, which are collectable, and if col
lected, sufficient to obviate any addition
al levy.
A. The additional levy of 5 mills would
make the burdensome and illegal total
of 70 mills for the year 1898.
5. The additional levy would bring in
about 81, ,465.5S, while the unpaid indebt-
edness does not exceed So, ,229,75, and
there remains on the duplicate, unexon-
Grated, $3,272.59.
Judge Rice, before the matter came
up to be heard, directed that testimony
be taken before G. L. Halsey, as COM
missioner, on Saturday at 10 a. m. This
move is another of the delaying tactics
INDUCED in by Messrs. Oberrender and
D. j. Mccarthy to prevent the collection
of the claims which have been passed
on by two. and in some instances three
branches of the court, and always ad-
judged due. This far their opposition
has resulted in delay and a very mater
ial increase in the shape of costs and
interest of the amount which the town
ship has had and will have to pay.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28
Kidnapped Boy Returns.

Joseph Hover, who was kidnapped
from his widowed mothers home in
Andover, o., on July 16, 1884, at the age
of years, and who has since been kept
in Nebraska and other western states by
his abductors, arrived at Shamokin on
Friday. The recognition between the
long separated mother and son was
mutual and an affecting scene took place
as the young man entered his mothers
home. He bore the family resemblance
so strongly that it was not necessary to
search for the mothers marks in order
to establish his identity.
The kidnapped child started from
Ansley, Neb., on Monday and travelled
both day and night. The young man
claims that he was forcibly carried away
by Edward and Frame Hover, both of
whom then resided in jamestown, Pa.
The former now lives in South Omaha,
Neb., and the latter in Canard, this state.
The story of his life was revealed to him
very recently by his aged grandmother,
who feared to die without revealing the
terrible secret which she held for nine
long years rather than expose her sons.
The boy asserts that he was treated
cruelty by his uncle in the west and has
worked on farm during the last year,
as he ran away from his uncle's home.
His abductors knew nothing of his in
tention to return to his mother.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28
SHE DOES MANS WORK.
How Desire Wilcox Conducts a
Big Farm Alone.
She Yokes and Drives Cattle and "asheA
and Shears Sheep-An 1nVeterate
Consumer of Tobacco-The Ro-
nance of Her Life.

One of the odd characters with which
the people of North Lynn, Conn.,, have
been familiar for years is Desire Will
cox, a woman who wears the dress of
her sex but performs the labor of
man. Miss Wilcox is about fifty, as
nearly as the old settlers can reckon,
and ever since she was child has been
used to hard work on the farm. When
she was ten or twelve years old she fol
lowed the hay wagon around the field
raking up the leavings. At fifteen she
"etowed away" hay In the stuffy peak
of the barn, and three years later she
could pitch and load hay with any man
on the place.
Desire has never taken very kindly
to book learning, yet in the district
school she picked up smattering of
writing, reading and arithmetic, but
her knowledge of geography doesn't
extend beyond the limits of the county
IN which she lives.
The Wilcox homestead is an old
fashioned farmhouse of the everlast-
ing style of architecture In vogue in
New England one hundred and fifty
years ago. There are stones enough in
the chimney to build schoolhouse
and room enough in the establishment
for small hotel. 1t is located In re-
mote corner of New London county, in
the midst of a chestnut forest. 1t Is sur
rounded by rickety stone walls, stag
gerlng fences and gnarled shade trees,
and on the hill back of the house
cluster of white marble slabs stands
| over the graves of Miss WilcoX's anc-
estors.
Her father died ten years ago and
three years ago her mother followed
him. This left Desire alone in the
house, and without aid she had carried
on the farm ever since. She is wom-
an of great muscular power, and
swings a scythe through hot day
with an ease that puts to shame the
average farm laborer She pitches hay
and loads hay; she chops trees in the
woods and cuts them into frewood and
railroad ties. She plows, harrows and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

WONT YOU SHAKE HANDS, MY BoY?'
his office, crossed the courtyard and
mounted the scaffold with the death
warrant in his hand, He read the doc
ument in calm voice, as one would
a notice of sheriff's sale.
"And now, sir" he said, turning to
the condemned man, 'you are at lib
erty to speak If there is anything on
your mind"
Throughout the trial, in the dark
hours after his sentence, through the
last night of life, and while viewing
curiously from his cell the rays of the
last sunrise he would ever see on
earth, the victim of the law had been
shown itself in his face. He had taken
his fate philosophically from the first,
making no defense, saying nothing
when the stern judge had given him
an opportunity to before passing SEN
tence. Few noticed 1t, but it seemed
as If tear glistened in his eye then.
Addressing himself to the sheriff, he
said, in suppressed tone:
won't you shake hands, my boy,
before go?"
The sheriff did not hear him, or, if
he did, no one could have told it. He
was still the businesslilte executive
officer Of the county in which he lived;
nothing more.
81 know l didn't treat you right, :"
the condemned man continued, show
ing trace of excitement, "nor your
mother, either, but word of comfort
to man that's going to die isn't
much. Won't you say something's"
Twenty years of battling with the
world on his own hook had hardened
the sheriff's heart. Silently he mo-
toned the assistants to buckle the
straps, adjust the cap and fix the
moose.
Then, with steady hand and unwav'
ering countenance, he pressed the but
ton and sent his father into eternity.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

suspend payment. Immediate action
was Unnecessary, and the drummer proved
to be the man of the hour His offer
OF assistance was eagerly accepted by
the president and he was given all due
liberty. Off went the drummer and in
few minutes he returned with the
town assessor, who Immediately fell in
with his plan. The assessor was sta.
toned with paper and pencil at the
paying teller's window The next de-
positor in the long, anxious line no
ticed that opposite his name the
amount of his withdrawal was put.
"What are you doing9" inquired the
surprised depositor, "Oh, nothing" +"
replied the assessor; II am only cor
recting some mistakes in my personal
tax list. / see you were only assessed al
having 81, 900 cash, while you have just
withdrawn over $4,000" OF course the
whole line of depositors heard the col
loquy at the teller's window. In q
minute a man dropped out of his place
and left the bank. Then another went
out. Then they began to slip out by
twos and threes and in few minutes
there was no line left. The bank was
saved.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28
READ THE TESTIMONY
OF One Who Suffered Years
and Tried Many Physicians
Both of Philadelphia
and New York
WITHOUT GETTING RELIEF.
AND IS NOW CURED
BY DR.. RIEGEL.

l have been sufferer for number of
years with catarrh in its worst forms.
Had constant headaches, matter drop
ping in the throat, dizziness, nose stop
ped up, difficulty in breathing and no
doubt would soon have been consump-
tive, had not met DR.. Riegel.
Before that time l had tried every
well-known remedy and doctored with
many physicians, not only of Hazleton
but of New York and Philadelphia, but
could get no relief anywhere. AS soon
as DIR. Riegel began treating me l felt
relieved and continued to improve until
now feel like a new man, and knowing
that there are many others suffering as
much as did I write this for publica-
tion, so that others smay avail them
selves of DR.. Rirgel's treatment before it
is too late. He can cure you if you take
it in time.
l am willing to answer any letters of
inquiry from persons wishing to consult
him. James McCool,
1S9 North Wyoming Street,
Hazleton, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28
HE LIVES In A TREE.
An Election Bot and Its Remark
able Results.
uulItt Hazewen Is stin Paying an Elec-
tIon Bet Which He Lost Quarter
of Century Ago-Life in
the Tree Tops.

In 1868 Hulitt Hazewell and hippant
Daniels, of Windham county, Conn,
had an argument Hazewen was
rabid democrat and Daniels, who was
postmaster of the village, was no
less rabid republican. Hazewen knew
Horatio Seymour was sure to be
elected Daniels was just as sure that
Grant was to be successful. Both men
were angry, and finally Daniels said:
well, Hulitt, if Seymour's elected I'll
be hanged If I'll stay in this country"
Anxious to show as deep disgust at the
prospect of republican victory, Haze
we'll said: 81 won't leave the country,
Daniels; but if Grants elected I'll
climb tree and stay there"
And he did. He climbed chestnut
tree. and he has been there ever since,
except when he has had to get down
to till his farm or go to the store. By
the time Grant was inaugurated he
had built him home in the tree. 1t
rests In the forks of several large
limbs about twenty feet above the
ground. 1t was built of joists and
boards, securely fastened to the limbs
and trunk of the tree. The roof is
shingled, the sides covered with clap
boards, and it is altogether as well
built in every part as it would have
been If 1t had been intended to rest
upon the ground Of course it is
small, but there is sufficient room for
the accommodation of the occupant.
There are three tiny apartments, all
we'll furnished, we'll lighted and thor
oughly ventilated. A ladder leads
from the ground to platform in
front of the entrance of the house.
The tree is an immense one for Con-
necticut. At the base the trunk meas.
ures nearly five feet through. The
heart of the trunk is decaying ant
Hazewen has built cellar under th'
roots, to which it is possible to de
scend by ladder inside the trunk
This cellar is never reached by frost
he says, even in the coolest weather
The owner does not lead a solitary
life by any means Like Robinson
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

The burned dwelling was soon re-
built, and since that time nothing has
marred Hazewells serenity. He is per-
fectly content; indeed, he contends
that tree-dwellings are the only ones
fit to be the habitations of men. He
says that in the winter his home is
free from dampness and above the
snow. 1t Is sheltered from cold winds
by the branches of the tree and is sur
rounded by perfectly pure atmos
phere. In the summer the foliage
wards off the burning rays of the sun
Hazewell owns and cultivates the
farm on which the tree stands and also
plies the trade Of shoemaker. He is
believed to be well to do. He is a
native of Windham county and has al
ways been eccentric. His father lost
his reason trying TO find perpetual mo
ti0n
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

Crusoe he has tanned the birds and ami
mails that haunt the tree and made
companions of them, and they receive
favors at his hand, with the utmost
confidence In his friendship. Among
the branches he has built a small plat
form that serves as a table for the
birds and the squirrels, who are fed
daily; and while they eat he sits near
by and watches them and occasionally
picks up q bird or squirrel to fon-
die II.
In the summer of 1888 an accident
occurred that resulted in the death
Of several of Hazewell's pets and
came near putting period to his
own life. He was working In hay
field when storm arose. He fastened
to the house and was halfway up the
ladder when a bolt of lightning
knocked him to the ground. He lay
unconscious for awhile, and when he
regained his senses he was drenched
TO the skin. The ground about him
was covered with smoldering embers,
fragments of wood and the bodies of
dead birds and squirrels. lightning
hdu SUruch bne tree anu sndIJereu sew
eral limbs. The bark was torn from
the trunk and where his house
had been there was nothing but few
charred timbers nailed to the tree
Hazewell built himself a temporary
shelter and then attended to the burial
of his dead pets. He incased them in
q handsome casket and inferred them
near the tree under granite slab
bearing this inscription;
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

plants her fields, cultivates and
harvests the crops, negotiates their
sale and delivers their produce like a
man.
She raises good deal of stock. She
yokes and drives cattle and washes and
shears sheep; in fact, she performs all
the work necessary in the carrying on
of large farm.
During the teaming season, when
the farmers haul wood and ties to the
local market, Desire is daily on the
road driving string of from three to
five yolSes of oxen as deftly as an ex-
perienced teamster of the opposite sex
would. She will pick up a frst-class
tie and toss it on to the OK wagon with
an ease that would make Sandow open
his eyes, and, although stocly per-
son, she chambers through the rocky
places in the woods with the agility of
a mountain goat.
When 1t comes to horses she knows
all their points, and in trade she Is
sure to come away with the long end
of bargain.
She is constant smoker. With this
exception her habits are as exemplary
as those of the high-toned woman. The
common clay pipe sold at the country
store for one penny is her favorite, and
she carries it until it breaks or is lost,
no matter how strong it becomes. She
smokes the strongest kind of plug to-
bacco, whiting 1t off and rolling 1t in
the palm of her hand as cleverly as an
old sailor.
Desire was married when she was
nineteen. 1t is the only romance that
has ever come into her life,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

A Texas man was sitting in dark
room recently when he was attracted
by the buzzing Of gold-colored bug
Taking the appearance of the bug as a
favorable omen, he followed it. 1t
stopped directly over an old well in a
deserted field; then the man went to
digging and presently discovered a
number of gold dollars and some few
silver coins.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28
HANGED HIS FATHER.
Peculiar and Touching Scene on a Gal
lows in Washington.


1t was strange meeting of father
and son on the occasion of the hanging
of old Bill Stebbins for the murder of
his second wife in Spokane. The muir
der was atrocious, the people said, and
there were few glances of sympathy
for the doomed man among the NOR
bidly curious stares of the little crowd
that filed the jail yard.
The sheriff's deputies had attended
to the details The trap was set,
ready to be sprung and in an instant
send man into the great beyond.
The moose had been made carefully
of the best hemp rope CREASED
with tallow for that occasion. The
procession had moved up the steps to
the platform.
With business-lilse dignity the sheriff,
who had been notified, stepped from
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28
STOPPED THE RUN,
How New York Drummer Saved n BanE
from Ruin.

from Ruin.
That is u good story how a smart
New York drummer stopped run on
a little western bank. The commercial
traveller arrived in the town just when
the excitement over the bank was at
Its height. There was really no cause
for the run; the bank was perfectly
solvent, but the president--a good
friend of the New Yorker-realized
that, If the senseless withdrawal of the
funds was not straightway stopped, 1t
would be but question of a few hours
before the bank would be forced to
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28
A Snake with Twn H.ada.

Louisiana rejoices In the possession
OF a species of snake known as a
"double-ender." 1t has head at each
extremity and can go either way In
great shape.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28
PLEASURE CALENDAR.

September 30--Picnic Of st. Patrick's
cornet band at Freeland Public park.
October 10.-Annual ball of the Young
mems L. A. B. Society, at Freeland
opera house. Admission, so cents.
october 23.-Second annual ball of Divi-
sion 10, A. o. H., at Freeland opera
house. Admission, so cents.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

Hereafter DR.. Riegel, The leading
specialist IN cGta,rh and all chronic dis
eases, aciN be at the Central Hotel, Free
land, THREE DAYS A WEEK ONLY.