The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-04
,rnod From North Carolina.


Returned From North Carolina.
Mr.. James Marshall, Of Seventh ave-
nue. northeast. returned from North
Carolina last night, after travelling six
months through the State.
Sunday Hours at the Postomce.
To day, July 4, being legal holiday,
Sunday hours will be observed at the
postoflice. These hours are as follows:
900 to 1880 q. m, and 5 TO p. m.
DR.. Gregory Called Home.
DR.. w. r. Gregory was called home to
Mecklenburg county last night, on &C.
count of the serious illness Of his
brother, Clarence Gregory, who formerly
Sale of Revenue Stamps.
]. G. johnson, thermal revenue agent
for the sale Of stamps, made the follow
ing report of sales for juno Beer,
8595.7o; cigars. sls7.O5; tobacco,
s742ol; total, 81, 52477.
Busy Day at the Market.
Yesterday was busy day at the city
market. One hundred and forty.one
wagons paid curbaRe, amounting to
S25.15. The market will be open this
forenoon with the exception Of butchers
stalls.
Oolored Woman Insane.
Officer Eanes found an unknown
colored woman yesterday roaming
around. She acted in very crazy
manner, and the policeman took her to
the station house. board of lunacy
will inquire into the case to day.
Council Meeting Postponed.
The meeting which WAS to have been
held last night between the finance and
advisory committees of the Council to
consider the question OF salaries to be
paid to the city officials for the ensuing
year was postponed until Saturday
night, owing to the absence of some of
the members.
Excursion to the Grottoes.
An excursion on July Is will be run
| from Roanoke to the Grottoes by the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Order of Rail-
way Conductors. The Roanoke Machine
Works Band will accompany the exour-
sion. No expense or pains will be spared
to make this one Of the most deligh tful
excursions Of the season.
The Charge Dis missed.
Officer Gee was given a hearing by
Mayor Jones yesterday morning, on
the charge OF writing on q tom bst tone,
as stated in yesterday mornings TINES
After investigating the matter the
mayor dismissed the charge. Gee wrote
the epitaph simply as q piece of fun
and had no malicious intention toward
the young man whose name he used.
Death OF Mrs malinda Gill.
Mira. Malinde Gill, wife of G. n. Gill.
died yesterday afternoon at 3:45 O'Clock,
at No. 304 Eighth avenue southeast,
aged 20 years. She leaves q husband.
but ne children. Mrs. Gill was native
OF Pittsy lvanis county, but had lived in
Lynohburg for some time. She had re-
sided in Roanoke about three years.
The remains will be taken to LYNCH
burg Friday afternoon for interment.
Services will be held in that CITY ut 4
| o'clock in the Christian Church.
In tho Police Court.
In the police court yesterday morning.
Bascomb Bernard, white, was fined SIS
| for reckless shooting in Carf's woods
| last week. John Lewis aud w. b. Toll
YER, two very small colored boys, were
sent OF to the grand jury on the charge
OF stealing pipe, brass spigots, etc., from
vacant house in the West End belong
ing to Enock Bros. The case against
SAllie Shelton, Of enticing Matte LAM
bert into house of ill-fame, was
thrown out Of court on account OF q de-
feet in the warrant. The girl was fined
%. so for cursing. Pearl Stone, q COL
ored girl, was fined S2.25 for throwing
stones at small colored child.
Work of tho Hastings Court.
In the Hastings Court yesterday Mary
Wyatt, colored, WAS sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary for larceny.
A motion was made to set aside the
verdict, which has not yet been argued.
John w. Taylor. white, was tried on the
charge Of grand larceny, but the jary
had not agreed when court adjourned
over the Fourth. They will further
consider the case Tomorrow morning.
The grand jury brought in the follow
Ing indictments: Elizabeth Vest, alias
Lizzie f. Vest, bigamy, two indict-
ments; Charles Williams, alias Charles
Reynolds. malicious cutting; Joe
Jordan, carrying concealed weapons;
John Donaldson. malicious assault and
malicious wounding, two indictments
Saint Shafer, petit larceny, third Of
fence; Mamie Brown, malicious cut
ting.
Situation on the Elhhorn Serious.
From information received in Roa-
noke IT is apparent that the situation
on the Elkhorn is becoming daily more
serious, and it looks now as though
Governor McCorkle will have to order
out the West Virginia troops. Monday
| night thirty-fve men were sent to the
Elkhorn to work in the Crczer mines,
but they were intimidated by the strik.
ers and as o result but three of them
went Into the mines. A shooting affrav
occurred at Algoma on the north fork