The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-01
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath.
cred Around Salem.

Mrs. ]. E. Guy left Friday to visit
friends at Mt. Meridian.
Corporal w. w. Ballard, of the v. M.
l, is at home for vacation.
A labor agent is in town getting up
colored hands for the Pennsylvania coal
mines.
John Parrish, who has been quite i'll
for some time past, was able to be out
yesterday.
Miss Matte Taylor is on visit to
the family of DR.. William White, at
Lexington.
Auctioneer Huff yesterday sold the
storehouse at Dry Branch to the Iron
Belt Company of Roanoke for $500.
Capt. j. G.. McConkey, who is COM
mandant of a military school at Lex
ington, Mo, is visiting relatives here.
Major Chandler left yesterday for
Charleston, w. Va, and from there he
will go to the coast Of Maine to join his
wife
Those who have been over Fort Lewis
and Brushy mountains recently in quest
Of huckleberries report that the bushes
were all destroyed by the spring fires.
George Trout was brought into court
yesterday and sentenced by Judge Moi.
felt, in accordance with the verdict of
the jury who tried him, to four years
in the penitentiary.
The auction OF goods at the College
avenue dry goods store was commenced
Yesterday, with D. G Armstrong as the
crier. to the admiration of the ladies and
the fear of the small boys.
The Farmers National Bank yester-
day declared semi-annual dividend Of
per cent. and the Salem Loan and
Trust Company one of per cent. Both
banks are prospecting and doing good,
safe business.
Two insertions of five line adver-
tisement in THE TINES brought w. r.
Whitescarver several application and a
buyer for his Jersey COW. The Whites
carvers always have had confidence in
the merits of the advertising columns OF
THE TINES.
Yesterdays LYnchburg News paid the
following compliment to resident OF
Salem: I'D. B Strouse, ESQ, Of Salem,
president OF the Bonsack Machine Com
pany, who Is greatly interested in evan.
gelistic work and withal a very interest.
ing speaker, will talk at the Open Door
Mission, on Ninth street, on Sunday
night"
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F., elected the following officers Friday
night: s. M. White. chief patriarch; C.
c. Oakley, S. w. "A. II. Whitesell. ]. w.;
j. G. Hickok, Fl. P; w. F. Francis,
treasurer; w. M. Barnitz, secretary.
Other officers will be appointed next
Friday night when the installation will
take place. Grand Chief Patriarch
Scherer, OF Marion, was present and
made an interesting address. Had not
the secretary omitted to make public
the fact OF the visit of this officer he
would have been greeted by much
larger audience.
The old town council held it's final
meeting last night to close up it's bust
ness, which it did most successfully, af-
ter which resolution of thanks was ten.
dered Mayor Younger for the efficient
and courteous manner in which he has
presided at all the meetings. A series
OF humorous resolutions was offered by
Councilman Strayer, who read them in
the most serious manner possible. On
Monday night the new council, the
mem bers of which, with the mayor,
have already taken the oath Of Office.
will meet to elect town officers and
whilst they have msnv applications for
each Office there will doubtless be many
surprises and disappointments whom
their appointments are made public
Miss A R. Whatsoever, whose name
has been photographed all over tho
country as having been married on the
goth inst, in Charlotte, n c., to j w.
Marshall, Jr., son OF the Virginia Con-
gressman of that name, arrived mere
alone Friday night on visit to rela.
tives. Although her name and the
description OF her dress and appearance
are the same as the lady mentioned in
the Charlotte elopement, she will not
admit that she was in Charlotte or
knows anything more about the mar.
riage than what she has read in the
papers The matter is somewhat OF
mystery to her friends here. who are
determined, however, to know all about
it.