The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-28
SALEM NEWS.
Special Correspondence to The Times. +.
A. Lovelook. Reporter.

SAEEW NEVN0.
Special Correspondence to The Times. +.
A. Lovelook. Reporter.
The opening game Of the Salem bases
ball league took place at the baseball
grounds Wednesday afternoon, and q
good sized crowd Of cranks were on
hand to witness the contest. The OPP
posing teams were the Salem Athletic
Club and the Anderson's Colts. Owing
to weakness in the box the Colts" were
numerically drubbed, and aided by the
decisions Of the umpire, "Tow-head"
Brand, succeeded in getting nine men
over the rubber. while their opponents
got twenty-five. The Bowers brothers
carried of the honors both at bat and
in the field. Baer also had hand in
the fielding. Following Is the score:
Salem Athletic Climb, runs, IS; hits, 10.
errors. s. Andersons Colts, runs. O.;
hits. 10, errors. ls. Batteries: For
and Walker. There will be . game at
the park to-day between the regular
Salem club and picked team. The
batteries will be Hsrtigan and Chnnd-
Ter (the latter from Roanoke), and
Forsythe and Bowers. A small ad.
mission fee will be charged 20 defray
the necessary expenses.
Prof. Henry T. Hildreth has accepted
the position Of acting professor Of an
oient languages. to which he was unant-
mously elected by the trustees Of Roa-
noke College. Ga the 26th instant he
received the degree OF doctor of philoso.
ply in the graduate school OF Harvard.
Charles Maury was too sick yesterday
to go to his business in Roanoke.
A commission OF lunacy, consisting OF
Justices Camper. OF Salem; Giles Gum,
of Vinton, AND w. H. Richardson. of
Ballehaok, met at the courthouse yes
terday, and after Investigating, with DIR.
O. Wiley. the case OF Harrison Pate,
colored. adjudged him lunatic.
On the 2O!h instant at the Messiah
Lutheran Church, Harrisburg, Pa, Miss
Lottie Minichan, Of Salem, WAS married
to D. A. Baer, OF that place. Mr.. and
Mrs. Baer are spending their honey
moon in West Salem.
One hundred an d twenty-five visitors
are reported at the Bennett. Springs, in
this county.
Jacob Showslter, q thrifty Dunkard,
held his old wheat until q few days ago,
when he SOLD 1000 bushels for 81 cents
per bushel cash.
The trial of j. W. Garrison for ate
ten pied rape will take place in the
county court to-day. Commemorative
Attorney Meade F. White, OF Stsunton,
will assist Messrs. Pugh and Kline in
the defense.
GLADYS Whitescarver, the 2year-old
daughter Of Mr.. William Whitescsrver,
died yesterday afternoon after q long
and severe illness at her fathers home,
on Market street.
A large attendance of mem ers is re-
quested tonight at the regular meeting
of the Salem Encampment No. SO, /. o.
o. F. There will be work in the Royal
election of officers.
Ed. Jeter. the Florida boomerang,
arrived at home Wednesday evening
from the land of flowers and untimely
freezes. He has not yet made his ap-
pearance, but when he does Baron
Munchausen won't be in It,
The Times Register publishes a
rumor that the Salem furnace is likely
to go into blast soon.
Major A. L. Pltzer, deputy treasurer
OF Roanoke city, il spending nights In
Salem during the warm weather.
w. R. Johnston has the contract for
the stone and brick work on the new
tannery being erected by Leas & Mo-
Witty at Pearisburg, Giles county.
AT recent meeting OF the Salem
school board the salaries OF all the
teachers in the white public school were
reduced IS each per month. and in the
colored school $3.50 each per month.
There will be celebration at Am
sterdam, Botetourt county, Saturday,
July 13, to raise money for the colored
Baptist Church of that place The
Salem colored band will play. Prof. j.
IL. Duckwilder will deliver an grafton
upon the life and times of Frederick
Douglass and there will be game of
baseball between teams from Salem and
Fincastle.
1t Is said that mill occurred yester.
day In the neighborhood OF the Salem
Machine Works between two feather
weights who could not agree upon mat
tiers generally.
FOund "A Snake I'm the Rad