The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-02
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath.
cred Around Salem.

ABOUT nall past yesterday morning
Luther Cheatwood, aged 10 years, and
who lives with his father just west of
the steam tannery, started with small
bundle Of sacks to Langhorne's mill.
He was accompanied by cousin, and
when at the crossing just above the
tannery the cousin cautioned him about
crossing as the local train was shifting
cars near there. With an eve only to
the local train young Cheatwood stepped
across the track on to the eastbound
track, where he WAS struck and knocked
several feet by the engine Of freight
train which was coming at full speed
The cousin gave the alarm aud Luther
was carried back home, where he re
NAMED in an unconscious state until
about ii o. M, when he died. The
BODY VIII be buried to day, probably on
Back creek.
Last Saturday Irving Poindexter, col
ored, came to town and in the evening
returned home (about two miles from
town., where he found lot OF cows in
his garden and corn patch tearing up
things in a terrible manner. Losing his
temper he shot at the cows with his
trusty blunderbuSs and probably
wounded several for a neighbor. David
Henderson, also colored, came to town
Monday and had Poindexter arrested
for injuring his property. warrant
was also obtained for boy named
Charles Crump o, who is charged with as
sist1ng Poindexter in his shot gun prac-
tice Poindexter was brought before
Justice Camper Monday afternoon and
the case being contin led, and PoindeX-
ter not being able to give bail, he was
sent to Jail until to day when the case
will probably come up for hearing.
Cardc 10
Professor Leonidas McReynolds, of
Roanoke College, to Miss II. Nelson,
OF Scranton. Miss, TO take place at the
Lutheran Church of that town on the
cath instant.
The dance to have been given Thurs
day night at Hotel Lucerne by Mrs. w.
d. Horton has been postponed on &C
count of the ILLNESS of near relative.
Rev. M. A. d. Bruster, of Houston,
Tex, is here visiting friends Mr..
Bruster was former student of Roa-
noke College.
DR.. Dreher, president of Roanoke
College, has returned from a Northern
trip mainly in the interests OF the new
gymnasium.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Pitzer yester.
day celebrated the sxtieth anniversary
OF their wedding day.
Judge Mofett has returned from a
fortnight's vacation in Eastern Vir-
glnia.
Jackson Beale, of Scottsville and
Salem, is here on business.
Miss Ida Watts yesterday returned to
Lynchburg.
More OF those beautiful patterns in
heliotrope, blue and pink English
percales at the College Avenue Dry
Goods Store
Miss Lena Northern, of Lexington,
is visiting the family OF M. P. Frank.
Lloyd Farrer, while fishing in Roa-
noke river Monday, caught a carp
which weighed ten pounds.
Otto Meade, Henry Greasy, Farrer
Frog and Will Coins. colored, made an
unsuccessful attempt yesterday after
noon to. escape from Jail. They were
loose in the room in which the steel cage
is located, and using that as a screen
they picked away diligently with two
nails and spoon, and when discovered
sd made hole in the brick wall big
enough for the body OF any one of them
to slip through. Their intention was
evidently to get away last night. AS
il is they will be kept on bread and
water in the dungeon for while.