The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-19
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

Visitors are still arriving for the Red.
Five went over on yesterday. The
present season has been the most pros
porous one that this popular resort has
had for years.
Miss Julia Hubbard entertained few
friends Friday evening in honor of Miss
Mary Hall, of Hanover.
Miss Marcie Jones. of Ly nchb burg. who
made many friends here during the
session of the School of Methods last
sum mer, stopped over yesterday for
few hours. She was on her way TO visit
relatives in Franklin county.
The Misses White, of Abingdon, are
visiting their uncle, d. G. Armstrong.
Mrs. G. B. Fitzgerald and Miss Lula
Francis left yesterday for Reidsville, N.
G., to visit the formers daughter, Mrs.
Hutcheson.
Joseph and John Logan will start to-
morrow morning on horseback to Union,
w. Va, distance of fifty. ak miles. to
From thence they will go to Salt Pond,
returning to Salem in about two weeks.
There will be no preaching at the
Lutheran Church to-day on account of
the absencs Of the pastor who is attend
ing the meeting of the synod at Blacks
burg.
Rev. 81. Fl. Kennedy will preach at
Catawba to- day. His pulpit will be
occupied by Rev. B. f. Ball, the presld-
ing elder of this district.
The term OF imprisonment of the four
United States prisoners having expired
and being unable to pay the fine Of
500 Deputy Marshal Cnewning on yes.
terday took them before Commissioners
Rhodes, whore they took the paupers
oath and were discharged.
Mrs. j. Edgar Walters and sister,
Miss Mamie Connor, returned to their
home in Washington yesterday.
About a. m. yesterday morning Mr..
Lloyd Marcus, clerk in Levy & Alexand.
er's, who rooms directly over their store,
was awakened by peculiar jarring
sound. Upon going TO the front win
dow he could discover no occasion Tor 1t
except wagon passing rapidly by. He
retired, thinking no more OF it, aud was
very much surprised when he came down
about o'clock to open up, to find some
one had smashed one OF the display
wind ows with large stone and stolen
about Sis worth of goods therefrom. The
thief or thieves did not enter the store,
as it is supposed the passing OF the
wagon frightened them off
Mr.. William Bushong, a prominent
farmer, who lives about five miles east
Of Salem, was in town yesterday and re-
ported that the grasshopper plague is
abatfng somewhat, though 1t is no un.
common occurrence to burn twenty or
twenty-five bushels of them in O twenty.
acre field.
Miss Lucy HUMPHREYS, of Christians
burg, Ia visiting relatives here.
Miss Louise Hickok, who has been
visiting relatives in Salem, was unex-
pectedly called home yesterday because
OF sickness in her fathers family.
Joseph Hannah is spending his vaca-
ton at Falling Spring, near Ronceverte,
w. Va.
John Boon is out again after two
weeks illness.
From letter received the other day
1t is learned that Robert Craig, of Staun-
ton, and former student of Roanoke
College, while out hunting was bitten
on the hand by black snake AS the
black snake is non poisonous reptile
no bad results are expected.
Creston, the beautiful residenc, Of
Captain Ferguson, looked like a fairy
palace'Friday night, the occasion being
a social given by the Epworth League
of the Methodist Church. The grounds
were beautifully Illuminated with
Japanese lanterns. A choice musical
and literary programme opened the
pleasures OF the evening, the numbers
by Miss Fannie Ball, Mrs. j. p. Coates
and Mrs. Morehead deserving especial
notice. Refreshments were served to
all in attendance, during which time
the Salem orchestra rendered some
beautiful music, one selection paruicu.-
larly, entitled The Mout- Roberts Car
perine Waltz" the composition OF Mr.
Frank Carper, showing considerable
brlilianCy and originalitv