The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-24
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

Miss Virginia Burwell has returned
from q visit to friends in Richmond.
Bishop Randolph will be in Salem
May and will administer the rite Of
confirmation at p. m. in the church
81. D. Whipple. who has been en-
ployed for the past year here by the
Bonssck Machine Compan left yester.
day with his wife and son for their
home in the North.
The man who attends to cleaning the
arc street lamps finds much trouble from
the birds building in them, and yester--
day took out over ninety English spar
row eggs beforeh had gone all the way
round. These had been laid and nests
built within the past six days.
The incubator which was destroyed
by fire at Mr.. PAlmer's recently was a
cheap one made in Maryland. Mrs.
DR.. Koiner and Mrs. L. v. N. Painter
also have incubators of this make and
both have caught fire in the past few
days. Thomas Boone has one, and
speaks very highly Of it and attributes
the bad luck which has attended the
other three to the use of the wrong
kind of oil.
In the Roanoke county court yester-
day the case of Commonwealth We.
Maria Thompins, oolored. of Vinton,
charged with intanticide, occupied al
most the entire day and up to adjourn
ment OF the court the evidence WAS not
all In. The prisoner pleaded not guilty
to the charge. The following jury were
empannelled and sworn: w. b. Trevys
John Harris, Harvey DeNowe. John nj
Th0m as, William johnson, Il. j. Ligon,
Joseph w. Hannah; f. H. Forsythe, j.
w. Graham, W, o. Critz, w. o. Deyerle
and M. l. Sibold The prisoner was
represented by G. W. Crumpecker, OF
Roanoke city. The prisoner through
her counsel moved the court to quash
the venire facias on the ground that the
record of the case did not show that the
court had signed the list from which
the venire was summoned. The court
overruled this motion, to which ruling
exceptions were taken. The court ad-
journed at Sis, when the sheriff took
charge OF the jury, and the prisoner
was remanded to jail. The case will be
concluded to-day.
At called meeting of the to wn coun-
Gil held yesterday afternoon, all the
members being present the following
business was transac ted: j. G. Deyerle
asked permission to burn brick on q
VhCHuO lOG on hCdu6my SGreeG near the
residence of Joseph Bowles, permit to
be good only for the year 1894. as he de-
sired to burn the brick for the extension
of Roanoke College library building. a
petition signed by about fifteen or
twenty residents of Academy and Broad
streets was read protesting against per-
mission being granted. Several people
were heard on both sides, after which
the vote was taken and resulted in
refusal to grant the permit to Mr..
DeJerle. Upon motion 1T was resolved
to lay on the table petition asking
that section of the town ordinances be
amended. The council then fixed all
license taxes at the same rates as last
year except as to insurance agents which
will be SIS for each insurance company
doing business here, whilst the tax on
insurance agents is abolished and it
will be considered unlawful for any
person to solicit insurance for any com
.pany that has not paid the said tax un-
der penalty of $40 for each offense.
After the transaction of some routine
business the council adjourned.