The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

Mrs. ]. Il. Slower is i'll with fever.
A. l.. Hess has moved his shoomaking
shop to Roanoke.
John II. Garst was reported consider.
ably better yesterday.
Col Tom Lewis and w. p. Huff, of
Roanoke, were in town yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Woodson, of Nor
folk, are the guests Of William Oakley.
D. Il. Martin has several cars of
grain stopped by the tie-up on the rail
roads out West.
A blind man with hand organ and
his family were soliciting aims on the
street yesterday.
The mem bers Of the Methodist Sun
church at o'clock tonight.
press" Dolin, former resident of
Roanoke and Salem, is now pitching for
the Stsunton league baseball team.
There will be work in the royal purple
degree in Salem Encampment tonight.
All mem bers are requested to attend.
r. D. Flynn, who WAS in Salem to
"run" the wagon works during boom
times, has started weekly paper in
North Danville.
L. L. Fishburne and q number OF
young folks from Roanoke had picnic
yesterday on Mason's creek, going there
in a special electric car.
On account OF tho railroad strikes
stopping business, Alfred Burdette, of
st. Louis, but former resident OF
Salem, has come home to spend couple
OF weeks
Prof Collins Denny, of the Vanderbilt
University, and a former pastor of tho
Methodist Church here, has just been
elected president OF Trinity College, at
Durham, N. G.
James a. Pugh took eighty colored
men from Salem in two cars yesterday
morning to the Connelsville coke region
in Pennsylvania. He will return after
another lot in a few days.
Jackson Allen Markham, o. Botetourt
county, and Miss Mamie Bell Page, of
Roanoke county, were married yester
day afternoon at the Me thodist par
sonage by Rev. FL. III. Kennedy.
Mrs. Barbara Kittinger, wife of Mar
tin Kittinger, died at her home on Back
Creek on Wednesday, Of paralysis, aged
TO- The funeral services took place
Chapel and were conducted by DR..
Yonce, OF Roanoke College.
G. r. Pierpoint, whose yards are near
town, has recently obtained contract
to furnish 81 600 bricks to Il. Il. Thomas,
of Roanoke, besides which he is ship
ping 100000 to WEIGH, w. Va, and
other points along the Norfolk and
Western railroad.
The new Salem baseball team came
out with flying colors in their game with
a Wytheville club, which took place at
Radford on Wednesday, and resulted In
score of 10 to in favor of Salem. The
batteries were Forsythe and Hartigan
fer Salem aud Bugher and Benchler for
Wytbeville.
One of the best resolutions passed by
the new council is that no member OF it
shall receive any compensation from
the town for services re ndered the town
during his or their term of service.
Under the last council one member of
1t was not only paid for some OF his
work, but also had teams hired to the
town.
Ed. Garrett, of Roanoke, and Homer
Clements, of salem, two United States
colored prisoners now serving sentences
for Illicit sale of liquor, gos into a fight
in the county Jail yesterday and Jailer
Lloyd and Deputy Sheriff Fitzgerald
had some trouble in separating them.
Indeed, as it was Homer would have at
tackled the jailer il he had been alone,
for he is desperate character.