The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-14
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
- cred Around Salem.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Wiley, who have
been here on visit, have left for the
acknowledgements Springs in Ashe
county, N. c., which they manage an
uually.
Among the wedding presents received
last Wednesday by Mrs. Horatio Allen
was check for SIS, 600 from her father
in.law, FL. a. Allen, Esq, OF Fulton,
N. Y.
The stockholders of the Steelton end
Dixie Land Companies are to hold q
meeting on Monday.
Bishop Randolph will confirm several
persons this morning at ST. Paul's
Church.
John Kiser is now employed at the
Bonsack WOODEN mills.
A horse belonging to D. Strouse
ran off with light carriage yesterday
morning on College avenue and smashed
1t up considerably. Luckily there was
no one in the vehicle at the time.
o o. Ludwig, late chemist at the
Salem furnace, leaves to day for Pulaski
to take similar position with the
Pulaski Iron Company.
The commencement exercises of the
colored school will take place in the
town hall on the night of the goth inst.
Mrs. N. J. Rogers and daughter, of
Omaha. and 3. N. Preston, Jr., of Seven
Mile Ford, are the guests of Mrs. S. A.
Coke.
Salem furnace commenced to blow out
| Friday evening between six and seven
| o'clock and the blast was taken off at
9:45 Saturday morning, after most sue
cessful blow out. There is not carload
OF ore in the stock house, nor any lime
| stone. and but little coke, but there are
several thousand tons of pig iron on the
yards This furnace was lit at GAS D.
m. October 9Th, 1891, and the blast put
on tho next meningitis greatest daily
output was 16o tons, March 81, 1899; its
greatest weekly output was LILA tons
for the week ending March 25, 1898.
Miss Mary Smith is at home for Sun
day from Hollins Institute.
@. M. Weber proposes to open drug
store in few days next to his dwelling
and will employ registered clerk. On
Monday he will apply to the county
court for license 20 sell liquor for
medicinal purposes by physicians pre-
scription.
Mrs. f. A. Emerich and son, of
Oswego, N. Y, who have been visiting
e nj. Worden. will return home to day.
Last Thursday the Numismatc So
ciety of Roanoke College had its annual
meeting, and the following officers were
elected: G.. S. Bowman, president: r. E.
Cook, vice. president; w. w. Ballard,
Jr., recording secretary; r. G. Craig,
corresponding secretary; E. L. Bushong,
| treasurer, and Prof. f. v. N. Painter,
curator of cabinet.
Some forty membe of the Farmers
and Mechanics Benevolent Fire In
surance Association of Roanoke and
Botetourt counties met in their hall
near Hollins yesterday at 10 o'clock,
all the officers being present except one.
The meeting was called to order by G.
B. Moomaw, president, and after PRAYER
by Rev. j. D. Ellington the following
officers were elected: D. c. Moomaw,
president; M. P. Frantz, secretary and
treasurer. Board of directors: s. J.
Moomaw, j. B. Lemon and Jane S
Blackwell, Of Botetourt county, and
James e. Day, George r. Gish and G.
Is. Moomaw, Of Roanoke county. The
meeting was closed with prayer By Ar
A Woodson.
The Baptist Orphanage News for May
has ade its appearance, and the fol.
lowing paragraph from its columns
may be OF interest: 'For various
causes some few of the last children ap.
proved for admission into the orphanage
arc unable to come and this gives us
room for one or two more children in
the Evans cottage. Write to the super
intendent, Rev. Geo. j. Holiday, Salem,
Va, for any informa ton on the sub
ject" The superintendent Is still
anxious to receive subscriptio ms to the
News at 25 cents year.