The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-04
FROM ALL AROUND The CITY.
Current Local Events of the Day
Briefly Told.
Bits Of Facts and Gossip Gathered on the
Streets by Times Reporters-Points
Political. Social and General Happen
Ing Yesterday.

The chain gang were at work yester-
day macadamizing Railroad avenue
west OF Jefferson street.
The time of the Sunday evening scr.
vice at st. Johns Episcopal Church has
been changed from p. m. to 1880 D. m.
The clerks of the Norfolk and West
ern railroad offices received their Octo-
Der salaries yesterday. The amount
paid was about $50, 900.
An election of officers will be held at
;. the Second Presbyterian Church SUNDAY
morning. The officers of 'the church
consist OF board of ruling elders and
deaeons.
Tom Whitley, colored. was arrested
yesterday afternoon by Officer Ripney
on the charge of assaulting John Wool.
folk. He will be tried this morning at
police court.
The congregations of Grace and Bel
mont Methodist Churches gave dona.
ton party to their pastor. Rev. John S.
Engle, at the parsonage in East Roam
oke last night.
The melrose Manufacturing COMPANY
is building two dwelling houses on Sec
ono avenue n. W. for j. f. Little and
James Wilson. The two houses will
cost 81, cop each.
The final meeting OF the independent
colored voters of Roanoke will be held
at Davis Hall next Monday night, at
which time there will be speeches bv
prominent orators.
Work is in progress on the connection
oetweet tho storm water drain on Jeffer-
son street and the sewer on Elm street.
The work is being rapidly pushed bv
Contractor w. W. Fortune.
Tho parioa IF -oriuol
James Methodist Church, which ia In
progress, conducted by the pastor, Rev.
u. L. ID. Collins, are attracting much
interest. The attendance each night ia
large. 20
Snyder 81 MacBain have added to their
stock OF dry goods an immense line OF
books neatly bound, which thew sell at
fabulously low prices. Their first con.
slgnment consists of more than 5000
volumes.
The number of wagons that paid
curoage at the market during the month
OF October was 2,1O5; amount collected
from them was $341.2O, and from the
meat stalls and benches WAS sage. "a.
Total, $707.94.
The services of the United Brethren
congregation will be held 20 m orrow in
the new church of the society at the
corner OF Franklin road and Seventh
avenue instead Of at the Y. M. @, A.
hall as heretofore.
The colored orphan society, which was
recently organized in this city with such
nourlshing prospects, will hold meet
ing next Friday night, when the report
Vol the committee, which was appointed
to negotiate for the purchase of the Carr
farm near this city, will be received.
d.,
and Henry Walker, the negroes who
were brought to the city Thursday for
stealing a steer from T. M Starkey,
we're taken to Salem yesterday by Con-
stable Blackwell, where their cases
will be tried.
The offices of the Roanoke Roofing
and Metal Cornice Company are now
situated in the new Berkeley building
at No. 207 South Jefferson street, where
largo and convenient quarters have
been secured. The w. s. McClanaban
%Co. insurance agency occupy q portion
OF the office with Mr.. Collingwood.
The committee of arrangements of
the railroad department of the Y. M c.
"A: Will next week commence the cree.
ton of temporary building in the
western portion of the city near the pres.
ent place OF meeting This building will
IaVe seating capacity OF 400, and will
be great addition to the departments
facilities for carrying on the work.
The young people of the congregation
OF Temple Emanuel are makina ample
preparations for the musical entertain
ment they will give at the temple on
Henry street the night of December q.
Some OF the best local talent in the citv
has been procured and an excellent
programme has been arranged under
che direction of A. Weiner This enter.
tainment will be followed by others of
series OF musical and dramatic ex-
hibitions.
Earl, the little two. and one half wear.
old son OF John Woolwine, slipped away
from home yesterday afternoon, and
was wandering around bareheaaed on
Jefferson street. Earl has a habit of
slipping away from homo whenever he
gets chance. and yesterday when no
one was watching him he made his es-
cape. De was soon found, however, and
taken to his brothers. home, at No. 10
Third avenue, where he will be more
closely looked after in the future.
u. +. Melhorn Buried