The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-07-21
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath.
cred Around Salem.

A wandering umbrella member was
jailed Wednesday night for being drunk
and disorderly, and Thursday morning
Mayor Younger gave him the option OF
paying fine of So. so or to leave town
by noon, which latter ultimatum he
chose and was released. At about 8
o'clock in the afternoon Policeman
johnson pulled him again for remaining
in town and he is now in Jail once more.
Yesterday afternoon Frank Nininger
brought to the jail Otto Meade, colored,
who was sent on to the grand jury by
Magistrate Goodwin, of Hollins, for
stealing peaches in the orchard of Chris
Nininger near Hollins. The peaches
are now getting ripe in this orchard
and great numbers are stolen every
day.
An officer from the Petersburg asylum
for colored people took Sarah Shaver,
the unfortunate distracted mulatto, to-
gether with two other unfortunates
from the Southwest, TO the asylum last
night for treatment.
The annual picnic of the Rosebud
Missionary Society of Greene. Memorial
M. E. Church. OF Roanoke, took place
yesterday in the beautiful grounds at
Lake Spring.
The mem bers of Prof. Apgar's c,ass at
the school of methods are arranging to
form an Agassiz association to carry on
the good work.
The governments still testing Mason
LeonErd's smokeless powder at Sandy
Hook Only day or two ago shell
was sent at the rate of $500 feet a
second from field piece, and the smoke
was hardly perceptible. Then an en-
mensite shell was experimental with.
A charge OF eighty six pounds of the ex-
plosive sent shell weighing 6S5 pounds
q distance of six miles.
The jeff Davis Rifles will have tar
get practice Saturday evening across
the river.
j. Harry Chapman will leave in a few
days for Portsmouth, where ne will
engage in business.
Percales and shifting calicoes in new
styles; boys and youths suits in fastest
styles just received at the College
Avenue Dry Goods Store.
The Roanoke Rebels and Salem
Sluggers, teams of youngsters, PLAYED
game of bali in West Salem yesterday,
which resulted in score of II to 4 in
favor of Salem.
The Baptist Orphanage News for
July has been issued and contains a
circular letter to the various district
associations asking for aid to build an
lnhrmary and workshop in which the
children can receive some industrial
training.
Will Shaver, desperately bad negro
who was arrested Saturday for cursing
on the streets, was put on the chain
gang Thursday, but whilst breaking
rock managed to slip the ball and chain
from his leg and escaped.
Judge Moffett and two daughters left
Yesterday for visit to his old home in
Rappahannock county.
All members of the Legion of Honor
are requested to meet this afternoon at
four o'clock in William McClanahan's
Office to transact business of importance
Robert Nourse's lecture Wednesday
night on John and Jonathan" whilst
not equal to that Of DIR. Jekyl and Mr..
hyde, was so greatly superior to the
reading, Grand OLD Men, that his
audience could forgive him for the in
fiction of Tuesday night.
DR.. M. G. Strickland has returned
from visit 20 friends in Mt. Airy, n. C.
IL is stated on good authority that
quite number OF Roanoke county's
most prominent Republicans say that
II Colonel O'Ferrall is nominated for
governor they will vote for him. They
admire tho man and know that he would
make an ideal governor.
On "Wednesday another little daughter
arrived at the hame OF E. r. Carter
w. R. Whitescarver is on short
visit to friends in Culpeper
The total nun Der Of teachers who
enrolled atthe summer school of me thods
this year was 425, and it is thought at
least 100 more would have been present
mad they not been saving their spare
change for trip to the Worlds Fair.
Already some OF the teachers are leav.
ing, and soon the summer school will be
but memory OF ga very pleasant
memory, however, and such successful
affair that Salem wants it next year
and every year.