The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-15
THE TIMES KODAK.
Interesting News Items Gath.
cred Around Salem.

j. S. Torbert, Of Philadelphia, a con
tractor and builder of the days of 90, is
visiting in Salem.
Squire Logan says that all he had sc
do was to read tho nav dog ordinance
to his dog Jeff" and tho latter is 81
sensible as never to leave tho promises
now.
w. n. +. Duval informed the core
spondent yesterday that hereafter the
Ho'el Lucerne would be known as Hotel
Duval. Il was formerly called the
Duval House.
Tonight at 7:45 at the Baptist Church
the regular monthly meeting of the
Tyree Missionary Society will tako
place. There will be special music and
Or. l.. &. Broug hton, OF Roanoke, will
deliver an address
j. + Page, OF West Salem, has a
7-year-old Jersey COW which on Thurs,
day gave birth to a we'll formed, health Y
bull calf, weighing 1877 pounds at ten
hours old and measuring two fcet and
eleven inches high at the withers. Tho
sire was scrub"
Friday afternoon as Roy Moore was
breaking bananas off bunch hangin q
up in M. L. HuG's store, big taraniula
came out Of the bunch and Jumped on
to his coat sleeve. Mr.. Moore shook
him to the floor where he killed him,
This is the second tarantula seen here
in the past year
ID. Willard Lyon, of Chicago, travel.
ing secretary of the student volunteer
movement. will have charge OF the ser
vices in tho Lutheran Church tonight
at o'clock, which will b. devoted to
presentation of this remarkable move
ment for foreign missions among
students. The students of Roanoke
College will attend in a body.
In another column will DO found an
advertisement Of cholera and roup cure
for fowls put up by Moses Spurlock,
who has been breeding fowls for many
years and is close observer of their
wants. The medicine has been tried
this spring with great success in mum
ber of yards around Salem and Moses
has many testimonials as to its efficacy
billiard ~ Persinger, druggists at Salem,
sell the cure.
contest to ascertain who shall com
pete for tho declaiuers' gold medal ot
the Ciceronian Society, which takes
place in June, WAS held yesterday after
noon noon in the society hall, with Prof.
hoorehead and Messrs. Montgomery
N' INNktS' ut OI4pWlHI
students we're selected: Messrs Clark.
Hoover, Rossor, Jackson, Shenk and
Holland,
The Ciceronian Society at Roanoke
College last night debated the question.
Resolved, That American Statesman
ship is on the Decline" whilst the
Dsmos theneans discussed tho assertion,
That the Greatest Influence in Politics
IS Public Opinioa." The junior Joint
debate between NON bers of tho two
societies takes place at the town hall
about the middle of the month
Mrs. john S,olz. the aged wife OF a
respectable citizen of Salem, started
yesterday afternoon to visit tho family
of j. b. Spigglc, who live near where
Mason's creek, about q mile from Salem
When near the electric car line che oh
served negro following her which
caused her to quicken her footsteps, but
before she could go far the negro rushed
up behind her, threw her violently to
the ground and attempted to outrage
her. This she prevented by her strug
giles and screams, which latter soon
scared the negro of as the struggle
took place on the side OF the road be
tween the electric car line and Mason's
creek, near which are several houses
The negro ran off into the bushes. only
giving Mrs. Stolz an opportunity to see
that he was yong man, apparently
about is or 20 years OF age, and OF 9
dark brown skin. Further than this she
could not identity him Soon afterwards
c. II. Lander and wife, Of Rosnokc.
passed along the road in q buggy and
finding Mrs Stol;z lying in the road ex.
hausted and weeping, they brought her
to salem, where the matter was reported
to the officials who are making diligent
efforts to capture the guilty negro,
though this will be almost imoossthlc
inasmuch As Mrs. Stolz cannot Identify
him.
April Session County Court Closed.