The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-15

PERSONAL.

| Iou uayS WISH TO the WOrlu Il alr
Frank Thomas went to Martinsville
yesterday evening to spend Sunday.
j. D. Mason left yesterday evening
for Chicago to visit the Worlds Fair.
Edgar Worthington, of Winchester,
was in the city yesterday on business.
w. b. Hancock, a prominent citizen
of Danville, was in the city yesterday.
Miss Carmalt, of New Haven, Conn,
is visiting her brother, l.. j. Carmslt.
c. II. Vines left yesterday for Fin
castle to spend Sunday with relatives.
Henry c. Shelor had his foot severely
sprained by his riding horse falling with
him.
Mrs. H. G. Shelor is seriously i'll at
her homo on Patterson avenue south
west.
Miss Eliza Karnes is very sick at the
home Of her brother at No. 400 Moor
man road.
Walter II. Saunders left yesterday
evening for the Worlds Fair to be gone
ten days.
Miss Bird Jones, Of Richmond, is
| visiting her cousin, Mrs. j. Payne
| Thompson,
Miss Lizzie Robbins, of Richmond, is
visiting the family of A. z. Staples on
Roanoke street.
II. p. Woodson and f. H. Almond, of
Lynchburg, were among the visitors to
the city yesterday.
Stuart L. Jones, a prominent citizen
| OF Bramwell, Va. was in Roanoke on a
business trip yesterday.
! j. f. Booth returned yesterday morn
ing from the Worlds Fair after pleas
ant visit Of over two weeks.
j. B. Dyer, of Martinsville, passed
through the city yesterday evening
| en- route for the Worlds Fair.
Brown G. Howard, Of Floyd county
passed through the city yesterday on
his way home from Lynchburg.
Miss Polly Woodbridge has returned
from two weeks visit to her friend,
Miss Ada Leach. at Wytheville.
j. G Rawn, general manager of the
from business trip TO Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs Louis R. McGill, Of
Baltimore, were in the city yesterday
| en- route for Martinsville to visit rela-
| tives
Percy Flippin and DR.. Hilbren, of
Lynchburg, passed through here yes
terday enroute for homo from the
| Worlds Fair.
Percy clipping and DR.. Helbig, of
| Lynchburg, passed through the city
yesterday on their way home from the
| Worlds Fair.
Mrs. Rene de Saussure has returned
home accompanied by her sister, Mrs.
7. II Walker, who will spend some time
| in Roanoke.
j. w. Shields, cashier Of the First
| National Bank, went to Christiansburg
yesterday evening to spend several
DAYS with relatives. {.
w. w. Coe, chief engineer of the Nor
folk and Western, returned home yes
terday from trip over the Western
division OF the road.
R. w. Williams, of the auditors
Office OF the Norfolk and Western, wen,
to Christiansburg yesterday evening L
spent Sunday with his parents.
Col. Frank Huger, superintendent Of
transportation Of the Norfolk and West
ern. returns to day from Chicago, where
he attended the American Railroad AS
sociation.
c. b. Subert has returned from the
Worlds Fair and among the curious rel
les he brought back with him is a walking
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Worlds Fair grounds, which Mr.. Suber
calls his guide post.
Hon. j. Hampton Hoge, of Montgom
cry county, passed through thecity yes
terday on his way from Washington tt
Chicago, where he will visit the World!
Fair before leaving for Annoy, China
where he will be stationed as United
States consul.
G.. c. Payne, Judge S. G. Williams
w. II. Bowers and o. S. Marston re-
turned yesterday afternoon from Staun
ton, where they have been as witnesses
in the Brent case. They were two days
in coming from Stanton here on &C
count of the washouts on the railroads
j. R. Collingwood returned yesterday
evening from visit to his old home in
Philadelphia and other places. Or
Wednesday Mr.. Collingwood with Capt.
John Bird went on to New York TO see
the yacht race, but became disappointed
| with thousands of others over the
failure of wind.
III. o. Rogers, of Leesburg, Va. is at
the Metropolitan. Though not yet sc
he is one of the principal railroad con.
tractors on the Norfolk and Western
| system. He reports railroad building
| prospects not encouraging, and hopes
that this Congress will give the Norfolk
| and Western the right TO enter Wash
ington. tits understood that the Dutch
| and English bondholders OF that road
| regard with great favor its attempt to
secure the en- trance, and would back it
heavily to secure splendid terminal
facilities Washington Post.