The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-24
THE TIMES KODAK.
items of News Gathered About
Town.

The following statistical facts wero
gathered from the annual report to the
Baltimore conference of tho Salem sta.
ton, NJ. e. Church, South, Rev. j. S.
Hutchinson, pastor: Number of mem.
hers, 1873; for conference collections,
S644; for support of minister, $1,000;
number Of conversions, ID; accessions
by profession, 10; additions by cersifi
cate, 27: removals by death, 4; total con-
tributions for all purposes, $3.50; Sun
day-school scholars, 39+; board of stew
ards, Il. Boon, James Chalmers, W. nj.
Barnitz, G.. Jones Lyon, John M. Oakley,
w. w Ballard, Charles L. Maury, w.
III. Shuff, L. II. Chalmers, o. Z. Oakley,
j. w. + Allemong, Joseph Stras and j.
w. Harveycutter.
superintendent Worden, of tho Hol-
stein Woollen Mills, has just returned
from New York city, where he FOLD the
entire production of the mills for tho
next twelve months, amounting to over
quarter OF a million yards of cloth.
This insures the mills being run at
their full capacity for the coming year.
The Bible class to be held in the Y.
nj. O. a. rooms at S o'clock o-night
will consider the subject, 1.-THE Order
OF Events in Old Testament History"
William Level, who has been val
ued employe in the Southern Carriage
Works for the past year, has gone to
Norfolk, where no has boon offered a
moro lucrative position.
The Algoma Coal and Coke Company,
the principal stockholders of which
live in Salem, but whose mines are on
the Elkhorn, will ship a car load OF
coal for exhibition at the Worlds Fair
Farrer Frog, whose name appears in
Sllnm ia 1nnQ1Q nf ~
regularity as that of the late lamented
Hollins Shaver, was before Justice
Camper yesterday for stealing from the
person of II. u. Blackwell the sum of
81 whilst the latter was engaged in
little game of cards at Alex Campbells
on Water street. The Justice sent Frog
to jail to await the action of the grand
jury, but Officers Boone and Lloyd had
to use the "twisters" to get him there,
for Mr.. Frog said he'd die before he
went. He didn't expire, and he's now
in jail, so it is evident he was slightly
mistaken when he thus made such q
bold statement.
Shortly after midnight Wednesday,
as Constable Lloyd and Officer Johnson
were riding along the macadamized road
on professional raid" they observed
of sudden the reflection of q glare in
the sky which appeared to come from
fire near at hand. Speedily locating it
at the home of Noah P. Garst they road
at gallop to the spot, where they dis
covered an outbuilding almost adioin.
ing his house on fire. They reused the
inmates, an old ladv and two little girls,
and then with few buckets of water
fought the flames until some neighbors
arrived, when the fire was extinguished
with but comparatively little loss.
Wednesday night Deputy Sergeant
Finke and Officer Boone brought to tho
county jail James A. Cam pbell, who,
during the past year moved here from
Roanoke and occupied the new resi-.
dence near Mason's creek on the old
Lynchburg road. For some weeks
past Mr.. Campbell's mind has giving
away caused by being out of work and
not being able to pay for his property.
Yesterday morning a commission Of
lunacy composed of three magistrates
and Drs. Stearnes and Wiley made out
the necessary papers for his com mitment
to Marion. Mr.. Campbell has a wife
and seven children and was at one time
police officer in Roanoke.