The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-25
JON ALL AROUND THE CITY.

PUN ALL AKUUND The CITY.
lrrent Local Events Of the Day
Briefly Told.
OF Facts and Gossip Gathered on tho
streets by Times Keporters-Points
3 Political. Social and General Happen.
= ing Yesterday.
3lice Court Fines
Fines aggregating Sl2 SO were assessed
the police court yesterday morning
Justice Williams.
Pre- Negroes for Pennsylvania.
A car load of colored laborers will
Eve Monday on the noon train for
Ppellsville, Pa, to work In the Frick
hl mines.
3iered to Clean Their Promises.
~ L. Gregory, justice of the peace in
8P west End, has ordered the residents
re to thoroughly clean their premises
8prevent disease.
B3y Day at the Machine Works.
'he employees OF the Roanoke Ma
= ne Works will be paid off this after
Pm at $50 o'clock. The pay roll will
n cunt to about $4,000.
ndsome Residence Being Erected.
j. Evans, OF the hardware firm OF
eHans Brothers, is erecting a handsome
ee-story brick residence on Tenth
,nue 8. W., near Franklin road.
2fnce at the Way Side Inn.
IN delightful dance was given last
s ht at the Wayside Inn by the genial
Rprietor, Fritz Scholz. About twenty
* pies were present and the festivities
IRE kept up until lato hour.
Military Hop.
$'he Roanoke Machine Works Guards
- give hop to night in their armory in
~ Day building, opposite the postoffice
he proceeds will be used by tho com
ny in defraying some necessary ex-
#lses.
me to Richmt nd.
~. w c. Woolwine went to Richmond
~ night to attend meeting OF the
Ete board of em balmere, that will
&vene to day. He will 20 to Wash
81 ton before his return to attend the
THAN celebration.
Valuable Cow Dead.
al. 3. Shafer, deputy commissioner of
venue, lost valuable cow Thursday
Skht from strange and rare disease,
4 own as parsphlegia. Several other
- ties in the city have recently lost
Tvs from the same malady.
8Figned His Position.
81 oan ID. Cochius has resigned the DO.
Aon Of bookkeeper for tho Roanoke
rs and Water Company, and will leave
3adaY for Farmville, where he has &C.
8bted the position of manager Of the
Srmville Gas and Water Company.
ked by a Colt.
n. L. Gregory, justice OF the peace in
ID West End, was painfully hurt
x ursday evening by being kicked by q
P-year old colt. Mr.. Gregory was
4 ewhat lame yesterday. but wss get
along as we'll as could be expected.
dangerous Practice.
rhe residents of tho northwestern
3 ton Of the city have made complaint
E&police headquarters about boys reck-
#sly shooting at birds in the grove
Gar by. The authorities will make an
aprt TO have the dangerous nuisance
#ated.
20 Dogs Came Back.
: fessrs Edward Greene, AL. Stone
II DR.. Tice advertised in Tuesday and
4dnesday's issues of THE TIMES for
&ss that had either strayed away from
S3ne or had been stolen and by Thurs
8ned to his owner.
&3verty" Social Again Tonight.
THE poverty" social. held by the
#ughters of Liberty in the old TIMES
Hiding, was not SO largely attended
~ nigh. 40 on the previous night. 1t
y be continued tonight. and hand
Zoe prize will be awarded to the one
}At has on the "tackiest" costume.
81 Hat Stolen.
81. III. War, an engineer on the Nor
#k and Western railroad, had hat
#len yesterday morning from the hat
BIZ in the hall way Of his residence,
n. 1924 Fourth avenue n. W. A country
IN who wanted to sell q basket of eggs
& suspected Of having committed the
pft.
tcessful Religious Meeting.
he revival that has been conducted
Mount Pleasant Church for the past
Zee weeks by the pastor, Rev. DR..
anderson, assisted by L. T. Fishburne
I'd D. w. Griffin, closed last night. The
sfetings have been productive of much
Md and great deal of interest was
- Infested. There were about fifty. five
diversions and thirty-five additions to
81 church.
He Races To-day.
AZ very interesting programme has
3,n arranged for the races at the Driv-
d, Park this afternoon. In addition to
8;h trotting and running races there
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