The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-15

ABSOl!SJ III
FROM ALL AROUND THE CITY.
Current Local Events of the Day
Briefly Told.
@its Of Facts and Gossip Gathered on the
streets by Times Keporters-Pointa
Political, Social and General Happen
ing Yesterday.
Festival on Monday and Tueaday Nights.
Little Builders OF the Christian
Church will hold festival Monday and
tuesday nights, at the corner of Second
avenue and Seventh street n. w.
A Dance Wednesday Night.
:. A party of young gentlemen and la
dies have arranged for a hop at Hotel
Felix Wednesday night. The dancing
will last from until O'Clock, and q
good band of music has been secured.
Critical Condition OF DIR. Gray.
Lanier Gray won't to Washington last
night in response to a telegram from his
mother requesting his presence a once
at his fathers bedside. 1t is feared that
DE-. IL. V. Gray, who is undergoing treat.
ment at the capital city, is worse.
n Monument Over Engineer Hardy,s
crave
a very handsome monument has been
erected in Fairview Cemetery over the
grave of Engineer j. III. Hardy, who
was killed in wreck on the Shonan-
doah Valley division last December.
The work vas done by Jarrett & Brown,
and the carving is especially handsome.
The Revival Mt Red HnI.
Messrs. II. II. Fishburne and d. w.
Griffin have returned from Red Hill
Church, about nine miles from tho city,
where they have been conducting q re-
vival Seventeen persons wore con-
verted last week and there were about
fifty penitents. Messrs. Fish burne and
Griffin will return to Red Hill and con-
tinue the work.
Picture of the Baltimore Baseball Club.
splendid photograph of tho entire
team OF the Baltimore Baseball Club is
on exhibition in tho window OF the
Charles Lyle Drug Companv's store,
which attracts much attention. The
Roanoke rooters are anxious for Balti-
moro to win the National League pen
nans, as Brodie, Roanoker, is a mem.
Der Of that team.
In the Hastings Court.
The jury in the case of Capt George
McH. Gish, in the Hastings Court yes
terday, were unable to agree and were
discharged. The jury stood eleven for
acquittal and one for conviction. A
number OF chancery causes were argued.
The contested election cases will
come up for trial Monday morning with
Judge Horsley, OF Nelson, on the bench.
A special grand jury will be sworn in
Tuesday.
Slight Fire Last Night.
small blaze occurred in one of the
show windows at Massie g. Martins
drug store on Jefferson street about half
past eight o'clock last night. 1t was
caused by a lighted match falling
among some loose paper. The firo was
seen from the engine house of the
Junior Hose Company, and the hose
reel was brought over but the flames
were extinguisqed before it could be
used. The damage was slight.
Excursion to Natural Bridge
The students in attendance at the
Summer School OF Methods at Bedford
City made an excursion to the Natural
Bridge yesterday. The excursionists
went early yesterday morning on a spe-
clal train with four coaches and re-
turned late yesterday evening They
were joined ct this city and at other
places along the route by a considerable
number of people. The excursion was
an enjoyable one and delighted the
teachers, many of whom had never
visited the great bridge.
Moonlight Picnic and Concert.
moonlight picnic and concert will
be given at Cars woods to. morrow and
Tuesday nights, for the benefit OF the
Alert Fire Company. The music will
be Of an excellent quality and there
The Alert re Company have within a
short time effected 8 complete organiza.
ton and have, almost unsided, equipped
themselves sufficiently to do efficient
work. The appliances and apparatus is
needed and it is to purchase these
necessary things that this pleasant
event has been arranged.
Baseball Notes.
Two teams, composed OF doctors and
lawyers, will play a game of ball at
Athletic Park Tomorrow afternoon.
The Union Star team played the
Grocer Furnace team yesterday after
noon on the latter's grounds and de
feated them, the score being to 1. The
features of the game was the pitching
OF Chandler. the catching Of Moynihan
and Turner and the fielding of Moore.
A picked nine went to Salem yester-
day afternoon and crossed bats with the
team Of the City OF Peace. The game
was without any exciting features and