The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-08
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

One thousand bushels of clean seed
oats for sale by Martin s. Smith, Salem.
James Chalmers, Jr., a clerk in the
Farmers National Bank, Is sick with
typhoid fever.
Judge Moffett and venire of twenty
three jurors will 60 to Bedford City to-
mic ht, as it is likely that the cases
against ex Treasurer Arthur will come
up.
A marriage license was issued in the
county clerks office yesterday to Will
lam Johnson Lee, OF Montgomery county,
and Emma Jane Surface, of Roanoke
county.
The Roanoke College base ball team
will not play the Radford club on the
14th OF April, but instead will play
tam from Washington and Lee Uni
versity.
Henderson Lee, Salem attorney,
was summoned to his home in Lunen-
burg county by the news OF the death of
his father, which occurred there last
Monday.
The excitement about the mysterious
hole in the ground continued undated
yesterday. and crowds went out to the
spot to view it, but no clue has yet been
discovered as to who dug it or for what
purpose it was dug.
There will be another shooting match
next Saturday morning in field at the
rear OF the old powder magazine on the
Monteiro property. Various prizes, con-
sisting Of hams, chickens, rifle, a gold
filled watch, ETC., will be offered.
AS Eugene Crawford was standing in
front OF Smead & Saunders drug store
yesterday afternoon he was seized with
Fl of vertigo and fell heavily to the
pavement. He was carried into the
store and after restoratives had been
applied he was able to go to the house
of his aunt nearby.
at the regular Meeting Tuesday night
of Salem lodge, No. 100, 1. o. o. r.
District Deputy Grand Master A. Fl.
Magee was appointed delegate to the
meeting of the Grand Lodge in Alex
andria, with S. A. Walters as alternate.
About twenty-five Nom bers of the
Salem lodge will go TO Elliston next
Wednesday afternoon to organize the
new lodge there, and it is thought that
Grand Master Kendler will 10 with
them
j. b. Folden has had bitter expert
ence with his home made incubator.
1t was due to hatch in a day or two and
the eggs were doing nicely when Tues
day night he changed the lamp for an
oil stove. The change worked well for
an hour or two, but during the night
the thermometer climbed to 1875 degrees
and as consequence the incubator was
full of roasted chickens Wednesday
morning. This is a familiar expert.
ence with homemade machines and
unless one has lots of courage it is
better to buy the best make of incuba-
tor at the start.
Considerable talk as to who will be
the candidates for the office Of mayor is
now going on, and it is now known tia {
If the present incumbent, W. t.
Younger, does not run there will be
several candidates, and bitter fight
will ensue. Mayor Younger will be
asked to become candidate again bv
those who have large business interests
in the town and who desire the same
conservative management of town
affairs which has prevailed here for the
past few years, and by those who do not
want to have a miserable factional
fight. Mayor Younger is nominally n
Republican, bus for mayor has received
and will receive the support OF Demo
Gratis, Populists, Prohibitionists, Re-
publicans, Free Silvarites and Green
hackers, all OF whom regard him as the
most suitable man for mayor