The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-11
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

STSQ AT Ou0Q Sdi6IIIs
About O'Clock yesterday afternoon
the sad news was brought to town that
little Phillip Logan, the youngest child
Of COL AND Mrs. r. II. Logan, had been
drowned, whilst bathing with Erskine
Burdette, in Mason's Creek about a
mile from town, between the covered
bridge and the dummy track, in deep
place known as Bucks hole. The COL
onel was notified, and, in company with
Sergeant Frier, DR.. Strickland and
many other sympsthizing friends. at
once drove 10 the spot. which is known
as the deepest and most dangerous hole
either in Mason's creek or in Roanoke
river. Some men who were fishing near
the spot had brought fat boat and
with poles were aimlessly searching for
the body, when w. Wilson, young man
from West Salem, threw of his clothes
and dived from the boat straight down
in the water. he was gone for several
seconds, which seemed minutes, but
when he arose he brought out the body
of poor little Phillip, which he had
found on his back in about twenty feet
of water, in what he termed a regular
''suck" hole, at the base of large rock
It WAS then 5:25 and as the body
had been under water over an hour
all the efforts of Drs Strickland
and Wiley and many other friends
were unavailing. The grief of the
father at this trying time was terrible
TO behold and many men sned tears.
MY poor little Phil" he would ex-
claim. "Oh, gentlemen, do all that can
be done for the sake of his Door mother
my poor little boy" But it was too late
and willing hands had hardly finished
dressing the Door little boy when the
mother arrived. Sympathizing friends
led the colonel and his poor wife to
their carriage and laying the liteless
body in the arms Of mis- father and
mother the sad procession returned to
town. The funeral will take place Mon.
day at IL o'clock from the Episcopal
Church.
Messrs. Glass and Jenkins, of the
Summer School OF Methods, were here
all day yesterday arranging for the four
hundred people expected at the end of
this month. The daily classes will be
held in the buildings of Roanoke Col
lege, but the course Of ten lectures at
night will be delivered in the town hall,
and the public will be admitted on the
payment of q nominal fee. The Sum.
mer School will BIZ opened in the town
hall with appropriate exercises on the
goth inst. by superintendent Massey.
On the nights of the 2sth and goth
Vending will deliver his great lectures,
tine Man OF Galilee,' and "Stonewa sill
jackson" The instructors OF the Sum
mer School will all be located in the
splendid Hotel Salem, one OF the finest
hostelries in Southwest Virginia.
w. Lee Brand left yesterday for Gin
oil ~
Pocahontas Coal Company. His wife and
family left few days ago on visit to
friends in Pennsylvania.
Charles M. Weber remarked yester-
day, We'll. now I'm granddaddy sure
enough" when he heard that there was
little girl down at the house of o. B..
finder
d. L. Martin, Dan Preston and ". II.
Epperly all had to pay fines yesterday
for having stray horses loose in town.
The Beamer Brothers leave to morrow
for Radford, where they will open a
saloon. and will ship their first bottle OF
"Old Grow" to the Salem correspondent
for medical use only"
The 'childrens day" exercises will
take place tomorrow night at O'Clock
at the Methodist Church.
Solomon Jones Homer left yesterday
afternoon for the Indian Territory.
A great g,ugly tarantula spider was
found in bunch of bananas yesterday
at Huff's.
DR.. j. l.. Douglass, brother.i in la W
OF Mrs. Harry Chapman, was in the
pension building in Washington when
it collapsed, but fortunately was un-
hurt.
DR.. w. S. Robertson, The resident
physician, and Mrs Van Antwerp and
family OF Mobile, Ala, are already at
the Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs.
j. c. Lankhorne returned Friday
from ST. Louis, and says that he tried
in vain At four railroad Offices in that
city to find out something about the
new Columbus train Of the Norfolk and
Western railway, but no one knew any
thing about 1t. He thinks the officials
at Roanoke should look into this
matter. iskkSss
Several people called on Mayor
Younger asking him to forbid the fe.
male baseballists from coming here
Monday, but the mayor informed them
that the girls would be allowed to come,
and provided they conducted themselves
in an orderly manner would not be mo-
Aeoe'u' ~ gentleman informed the re-
porter that he expected a sermon or two
would be preached here to-day ON the
subject.
District Deputy 7. F. Martin, OF Roa.
noke, will represent Salem Castle, No
3, at the meeting Of the S ipreme Castle
of knights of the Mystic Chain, to take
place next Thursday at Atlantic City,
N. j.
Friday the following officers were
elected and appointed in d. c. Shanks
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