The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-06

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FROM ALL AROUND THE CITY.
Current Local Events of the Day
Briefly Told.
BIS OF Facts and Gossip Gathered on the
streets by Times Reporters-Points
Political. Social and General Happen
ing Yesterday.
WHATS Going on To-day.
HUsTINGs CouRT-Civil suits
@ATHLETIc CLUB PARK-Footbail game
Church Business Meeting.
There was a special business congre-
gational meeting of the members of
calvary Baptist Church last night at
1880. The attendance WAS good and the
meeting a n interesting one.
Unconscious From IA Fall.
Charley, the 12-year.old son of M. III.
Jennings, fell upon the pavement Thurs
DAY evening about o'clock on Church
street and was rendered unconscious
during the night. lie was very much
better yesterday.
Hope to Conclude To-day
The instructions in the case of Nc
Clure' Amsler & Co. VS. the Roanoke
iron 20 nave been settled and tho ar.
gument by counsel to the jury il in
progress The counsel hope 60 conclude
the case to-day.
Foot Mashed by IA Failing Timber.
Moss Willis, colored had his foot
seriously mashed by piece OF falling
timber at the West End furnace yester
day afternoon. He was at once taken
to his home near by where his injured
1oo5 was dressed by DR.. c. e. CannadaY.
'Vigics" to Meet Monday Night.
The Vigilant Fire Company will hold
meeting Monday night, at which tho
question ot disposing Of their property
Will come up. Arrangements will also
be made concerning the banquet to be
given on the occasion of their decenniai
celebration January II.
To-day's Football Game
There will be game of football
played this afternoon at 3 o'clock be-
tween two clevens at tho Athletic Club
grounds The game will be PLAYED
under association rules, and it will be
the first game of its kind ever played
in this city by two regular teams. AS
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large crowd should be present
Light Police Court Docket.
Justice Turner had very light docket
at the police court yesterday morning
and disposed of his labors in about five
minutes. Lewis Storms was dismissed
on the charge of being suspicious
character. The case of e. f. Manning,
w. j Dillon and James Bentley. three
white boys charged with disorderly con-
duct, was continued until this morning
vention.
The Young PEOPLES Society OF Chris
tian Endeavor OF the Second Presby-
terrain Church at recent meeting
elected Hugh Scales delegate and j. r.
Collingwood alternate to tho Christian
Endeavor State convention, which con-
venes at Lynchburg January II. The
Augsburg League Of St. Marks Luth-
Gran Church will elect their delegates
tomorrow evening.
Freight Wreck mt nIontvale.
small freight wreck occurred on the
Norfolk and Western railroad near
Montvale, about twelve miles east OF
Roanoke, yesterday at 1910 O'clock. A
wheel on coal car belonging to the
third section OF east bound freight No.
"a, burst and eight coal cars wore
thereby derailed. The rocking train
went down soon afterwards and in few
hours the debris was cleared away and
traffic on the road was resumed. Mail
train No. was delayed in this city 80
minutes. No one was hurt.
DR.; Halls Lecture Before the Railroad
Rev. DR.. j. Cleveland Hall, rector of
Christ Episcopal Church, lectured last
night at the railroad department of the
Y. M. C. A, in their now building in
West Roanoke, on the DIGNITY of
Labor" There was large attendance
OF mem bers OF tho association and their
friends, all OF whom greatly enjoyed the
able and logical discourse. This was
the first in course of six lectures,
which will be arranged by the depart
ment. After this course a second course
to men only will be given.
Reproved.
Uncle George-Instead of wearing dia-
monds, don't you think it would be more
becoming to pay your tailor bills2
Harry-But if paid my tailor bills how
could afford to wear diamonds2 And II |
OeoDlo didn't Inv djamonda what zyo,Jd |