The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-14
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

FIR. Chsrleo Burwell, Jr., left yester-
day for Charleston, w. Va, to accept 8
position on civil engineering corps, Of
which Mr.. John Peyton, formerly Of
Salem, 10 chief.
Miss Bessie b. Wiley leaves to-day
for Bristol, where she will attend the
| Southwest Virginia Female Institute.
The jeff Davis Rifles armory has re-
| Gently been fitted up with incaudesceut
lights, the gift of tho city council.
Mrs. G. Grim aud son, Of Gallon, Ohio,
are stopping at Hotel Salem. tho former
for month and the latter for the
winter, as he has entered Roanoke Col
lege for the session.
The monthly meeting OF tho Tyree
Missionary Society will be hela Monday
mencing 1T 1880 p. ~ There will be
an address by Mr., G. r Towson aud u
programme OF special music and reci.a-
lions.
Mrs. e. M. Worden received yester
day from to o'clock, assisted by tho
Misses Blair, Taliaferro and Virginia
Burwell.
AT the regular weekly meeting OF the
Knights of Pythias last night Charles 1.
Preston was advanced to the third de-
gree, rank of knight.
The lovers Of the national game have
a rare treat in store for Saturday after
noon at which time the fat mems club,
captaiued by Mr. John M. Smith, will
cross bats with Ed Shipman's team of
bald heads. Shipman and Tom Johnston
will be the battery for the latter COM
bination. The game will be called at
5 p m. at the Broad street grounds.
The unknown negro lunatic, who was
found wandering about the country near
Cave Spring about two months ago,
later brought TO salem, adjudged insane
and locked up in the county j.il, WAS
yesterday taken to the negro insane
asylum at Petersburg.
Col. George P. Tayloe, of Roanoke,
was in town yesterday greeting his many
friends.
HOTEL DUvAL still continues we'll
filled with summer guests. Now ar
rivals every day from the different
watering places now closing.
Robert Fagg, Of Montgomery White
Sulphur Springs, and formerly clerk at
Hotel Lucerne here, was in town yes
terday.
Mrs. DR.. j. P. Killian has returned
from several weeks visit to friends
and relatives in Augusta county.
Capt. e. C. Burdett lett yesterday for
Nashville, Tenn, where he will reside
in the future. The captain aries with
him the affection and best wishes of
this entire community.
Mrs. Major Chandler returned yester-
day from an eleven weeks trip to points
in Canada and Bar Harbor, Maine.
Mrs. Carrie Montgomery nee Wilson,
daughter of Mr.. S. A. Wilson. of this
place, is quite i'll with typh Did fever at
her home in Harrisonburg.
Rev. Armand Miller and family, have
returned from visit to Mr.. Miller's
father, Rev. j. I. Miller, at Buena Vista
Miss Edna Duncan, formerly of Salem,
but now living near Charleston, w. Va,
has entered Hollins Institute for tho en-.
suing session.
G. II. Sprodle, wife and daughter, OF
New Orleans, are guests of Hotel Duval.
At tho recent meeting OF the session
OF the Presbyterian Church, e. FL. Cump-
ston was elected superintendent of the
Sunday. school, to serve out Captain
Burdett's (who has recently moved to
Nashville) unexpired term Of office.
OoPo' IL ID AhOOI VI hOdnOkG,
was in the city yesterday.
j. D. Hines, of Franklin, La, who
spent the summer at Hotel Salem, has
entered his grandson at Roanoke Col
lege for the session.
The Misses BurweIl will give a
formal reception to- night at Sherwood"
in honor of tho Misses Lucy Lyons Lee,
of Alexandria, and Rosa Todd, of Ovens
boro, Ky.
Miss Rita Bolivian, who has beer
visiting the family OF Rev G.. j. Holiday,
has returned to her home. Berkeley, Va.
Monday, tho 18th County COURT will
be red letter day politically, as all
three parties will have representatives
here to address the voters.
There is on exhibition at Jackson
Beal & Co.'s store, tao pcl5 of an
African coon mot tho biped species)
presented to Mr.. Joe Hannah by Rev.
w. Il. Shepherd, the colored P,csby--
terian missionary, Lass February when
Mr.. Shepherd delivered his interesting
lecture here. It'll casures five feet from
tip to tip, which is very much larger
than our species and in point OF color
very much resembles our wild cat. 1t
was killed on a royal hunt by Toenzida,
son of Lokenga, king Of the Bacub:.
country.