The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-13
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

The many friends OF Mrs. M Y. Huff
will regret to learn that she Is quite
sick.
at Washington Heights next Sunday at
$3.50 p. m.
DR.. Fox and DR.. Yonce are both in
Roanoke College.
Miss Lilly Shipman is at Roanoke
Red Sulphur Springs, and her sister,
Miss Lula, is visiting in Lynchburg.
Prof. F. " N. Painter, of Roanoke
College, is at Bedford City, where no is
lecturing at the School of Methods.
Miss Minnie j. Clarke, of King George
county, who has been teaching at the
Baptist Orphanage, is now spending her
vacation at home.
Apropos Of the drought here, wit
remarked yesterday that the people
voted dry, and Providence is helping
them to keep 1t SO.
Depot Agent w. II. Wades is at
Eggleston's Springs, studying Royal
Arch Masonry in the camp OF instruc-
ton now in session there.
The barn built by j. w. Cumb, of Ca
tawba, on the county poorhouse proper
ty has been received by the supervisors,
who are pleased with it.
w. Il. Watkins, on Tuesday last, sold
his farm OF los acres just two miles
this side of Elliston, for SO, 100 to Dr.
Taylor, Of Christiansburg.
D. Dreher and the town council
committee had q meeting in the town
hall yesterday to discuss matters re-
garding extension and repair of that
building
On account OF the prolonged dry spell
the authorities have deemed it prudent
to have the street sprinkler suspended
until the supply of water at Lake
Spring becomes moro plentiful.
Rev. A. Il. Grsybill, of Linares,
Mexico, who was the first graduate of
Roanoke College to enter the foreign
missionary service, delivered an ad--
drcss at the Presby Church last
Wednesday night
United States Commissioner Thomas
Rhodes was at the county Jail yesterday
20 see tho five United States prisoners
confined thero Their terms Of impris-
hope of their being able to pay the fine
OF Sl0o, they made oath to being pau
pers before the Com missioner, who will
forward the papers to the district at
torney for action in the matter
County Clerk Griffin has received a
letter from his brother Tom, who is
lieutenant on the "Charleston," which
was then at Acapulco taking on 300 tons
of coal at S2.75 ton. Yesterdays tele
graphic news states that the Charleston
is now at San Francisco, and has re
ceived orders to cooperate with the
Monterey and land marines to assist in
maintaining law and order in Sacra-
mento. The Charleston has had quite
varied experience since quitting the
United States one year ago. For six
months she was at the fever stricken
and war ridden port of Rio, Brazil, after
which she rounded Cape Horn through
storm and snow, to arrive few weeks
later at Callao. where rain never falls
and sunshine is perpetual. Here many
of the officers went to the snow line on
the Andes.
The railroad up the Andes was built
by an Anne rican named Meigs. In going
up tn train goes through sixty-6ve
tunnels and crosses imnumerable
trestles. Up and along the road all.
kind of animals are seen, tho grass
being luxurious, whilst silver mines
and scores OF adobe Villages are passed.
From glacier h. ice is gsthcre d With
which Linn Is furnished. Ga the whole,
from Lieutenant, Tons descriotive
letters, il must be al inviting country
where only man is vile.
IT II