The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-30
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

The following business has been
transacted in Roanoke county during
the past few days: Wilson Wertz was
granted two liquor licenses (barroom
and retaiI at the house OF L. d. Bell Sc
Co., at Vinton; bond $500 with w. b.
Karnes as surety. j. D. Gregory quail
fed as notary public. The report of
the com missioners OF the election just
held for LEGAL option was laid before
the court. e. A. Lewis was granted q
barroom liquor license to sell liquor at
Rockledge Hotel; bond for $3.50; j. G.
Rawn, security. George McConkey
qualified as guardian of Annie, James
G. and George, children OF said George
McConkey; bond, $1,000; security, D. E.
Martin.
A marriage license was issued yester-
day in the county clerks Office to John
Robert She filett and Maria Susan Hart
man, of Roanoke county.
Mrs. Jefferson Coon died at the resi-
dence of her husband, near Cave Spring,
Friday evening OF consumption, aged
35, leaving husband and eight children
to mourn her loss.
DR.. Julius D. Dreher, president of
Roanoke College, has been appointed
one OF the honorary vice presidents OF
the department congress OF higher
education in the Worlds Educational
Congress. to be held in Chicago, July
25-2S, in connection with tho Columbian
Exposition. DR.. Fox has received q
like honor in connection with the
psychological congress, to be held at
the same time and place.
C. F. Mccormick left last night for
Paris, Fauquier county, to visit his
daughter, Miss Mays, who is quite sick.
He will be absent a week.
Robert Hupp, of Detroit a former
resident of Salem, is in town visiting
friends.
j. E. Walker has returned to Salem
after three weeks stay at his farm In
Dublin
w. r. Whitescarver is building an
addition to his residence on Market
street.
Rev. ]. Cleveland Hall, of Christ
Church, Roanoke, will deliver an ad-
dress on Masonry" before Taylor
Lodge tomorrow night. All master
Masons in good standing are cordially
invited to be present
County Superintendent r c. Stearnes
yesterday wrote to e. G. Glass, of
white teachers in Roanoke county,
forty one had enrolled their names to
attend the Summer School of Methods.
E. A. Smith. a former student of
Roanoke College, and who for the last
two years has been principal of the
graded school at Bedford City, has re-
signed his position in order to go into
the electric light business at Newton,
N. c.
Charles D. Denit, editor of the Times
Register, who recently received the ap-
pointment of postmaster here, takes
charge of the Office to morrow, with j.
Is. Karnes as first assistant and John
Bransford and Oscar Fiege as clerks
The office has been newly kalsomined
and painted, and looks clean and new
all over. In justica to w. Lee Brand,
the retiring postmaster, and his brother
it is q generally acknowledged fact
that they have conducted the Office in a
most efficient and business.like manner
in every particular.
j. A. Dukes, an Indian student at
Roanoke College, whose father was en-.
gagged in the recent disturbance in
the Choctaw Nation. has gone homo
partly on that account.
NJ. N. Huff Yesterday sold by auction
the Gus Beamer farm, consisting of
103A acres, in the Bend neighborhood,
for 5000 to j. w. Reynolds. BY order
of Commissioners Montgomery and
Berkeley he also sold three acres OF land
III West Salem, for the benefit OF the
creditors OF the Philadelphia Brick and
Tile Company, in too tracts--one acre
to w. FL. Tinsley, for 500, and two
acres to e. p. Goodwin for 5000.
r. D. Flynn, of Dsnville, formerly of
the Wagon Works here, was in town
yesterday.
Frederick Johnson breathed his last
yesterday morning at about 3 o'clock.
The funeral will take place this after
noon from his late residence in West
Salem at $3.50 p. N !, and the only SER
vices will be those at the grave.
Tonight Rev. DR.. Taylor will preach
at Hanging Rock and his pulpit here
will be filled by Rev. w. A. Pearson, of
Bluefeld.
At 10 o'clock last night barrooms
in Salem passed out of existence for
two years. Mayor Younger yesterday
evening piled on the last straw which
broke the cancels back when he gave
out orders that under the law no moro
claret punches are to be sold at the
drug stores. This will pinch many a
temperate throat that would not think
of guzzling whisky or beer at a barroom,
but what's sauce for the goose is to be
sauce for the gander. Salem must @
and will be a dry" town if Ma, or
Younger can carry out the law.
STRoTHER's Ioduretted Sarsapsrilla Is
combination of tonics and altera-