The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-04
the TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath.
cred Around Salem.

The regular August meeting OF the
Salem town council took place Thurs
day night and the following business was
| trausRc ted:
The mayor reported S2l.1O collected
in fines since last meeting.
The street committee read q long aud
| exhaustive itemized account of the
work done by the street hands.
Tho electric light committee alluded
to the strike that took place tho begin
ming Of last month at the plant and
stated the boiler needed repairs.
The overseer OF the poor reported
three paupers at the poor house and one
death there and recommended purchase
of a potters field.
Chief Of fire department reported that
Mr.. George Landon was willing to give
the use OF building in West Salem for
reel and also stated that 500 feet Of
additional hose WAS needed for that
purpose. Subsequently he was ordered
to purchase it at so cents per foot.
The special committee on the enlarge
ment OF the town hall not being able to
make full report was continued.
resolution was passed authorizing
the treasurer to pay all coupons upon
the bonded debt of the town as they
fall due or upon such as have become
due and are unpaid.
1t was decided not to renew tho in
surance upon the boiler al the pump
house, this being deemed an unneces
sary expense.
A petition from William Ferguson
asking that he be allowed to use a
pleasure boat upon the lakes at Lake
Spring was tabled.
petition from certain residents and
non-residents of the town asking for
permission to Craze their horses upon
the commons between the hours Of D.
m and o. m. caused some warm dis
cussion, resulting in tie vote, and the
matter WAS then decided by the mayor
casting vote against granting the
petition, which, he said, he regretted 10
DO, but felt that public safety compelled
him to
The natter of arranging some devics
by which the engineer at the pump
house can tell when the reservoir is
full was left to the water committee
with power to act), as was also the
request OF George Logan for fro plug
and better water supply.
petition for sn arc light upon Broad
street, Inside the Baptist Church, wa.
referred to the light committee with
power to act.
For the vacant position of city scav-
enger there were two applicants, viz
Armistead Wright and Arthur Peck.
Wright received the unanimous vote OF
the council, and was duly elected.
Councilman Whitescarver and Bowles
$40 35 made by Whitesell e Dotson for
charging the council chamber, and were
requested to have the work done right
away.
Once more Salem has been stirred
from centrs to circumference by the
presence of safe cracking burglars in
her midst Late Thursday night or in
the early hours Of Friday morning these
scoundrels entered the timers shop of
D. G. Slower, where, finding his safe un-
locked, they wrenched out the little
drawers which are common in all safes
and scattered his books and papars all
over the store. If they obtained any
money there it was less than a dollar
The same gang also entered the post
office by cutting hole in the panel OF
the rear door, raising the heavy iron
bar which went across it and pricing it
open with chisel. Inside tho office
they seemed to have worked in clever
business-like manner, boring neat
hole with rs bit in the door of the
large Remington safe, close to one side
OF the com blnation. 1t is evident that
just at this juncture when few moro
blows and little clever lock picking
would have opened the safe to them,
the noise made by sick person In
room overhead, scared them and caused
them to take flight leaving behind on
the office floor sledge hammer, brace,
drill, chisol pair Of blacksmith tongs
and Two bits, all of which they had
stolen from che factory OF tho Salem
Carriage Company which they must
have entered earlier in the night. Thus
they disappeared as completely as If the
ground had opened and swallo we'd them.
The work done on the safe shows that
they understood what they were doing
w. Leo Brand left on Thursday even.
ing for Baltimore to visit his brother,
who is critically i'll there.
Miss Kate Shipman left yesterday for
visit to friends in Bedford
Rev. G. G.. Smeade, OF Pulaski, is tho
guest of relatives here.
Rev. G. A. Miller has returned from a
visit to Buena Vista and the Valley.