The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-25
SALEM NEWS

Henry Lee has returned from bust
ness trip to Louisa county.
Mrs. w. II. Snuff left yesterday for
Stanton to visit relatives.
G. b. Strouse and j. p. Hypes are
h Gliding revival in New Castle.
There will be Demorest contest in
the Methodist Church to morrow night
at 1870 O'clock.
M. v. Webb has gone on business
trip TO Pennsylvania and Mrs. Webb is
visiting a. Love Mills, Washington
county.
former residents of Salem, now of Rich
mond, are the guests of the Misses
Wiley, on Market street.
Mrs. Vincent Sanner and daughter,
Miss Fannie, of Frederick, Md, ar
guests Of Mrs. A. T. HORNE.
]. IL. Sears, of this county the grand
deer hunter, is in the North travelling
While in New York he expects to be
the guest of one of the hunting clubs of
that State.
School was opened Monday at the
Baptist Oorphansge, Miss Clark, of King
George county, who conducted this
school last session. has been succeeded
by Miss Harris, OF Culpeper county.
F. ii. Chalmers, OF the Farmers Ma
tionsl Bank, who has been visiting in
Washington, accompanied by his wife,
returned yesterday morning Mrs.
Chalmers expects TO return in about q
week.
DR.. Thoe. II. b. billiard, of Salem, and
N. B. billiard, of this county. were
called to Rocky Mount yesterday on &C.
count CT the critical illness of their
brother, Ferrill billiard, commissioner
OF revenue of Franklin county.
THE TIMES correspondent received a
letter from Mr.. Irvine, of Pocahontas,
Monday announcing that L. l.. Patter-
son, of Rocky Mount, had his leg broken
while digging coal in the Southwest Vir-
ginia GOAL mines and would be brought
home Tuesday.
In the case Of Nancy Shartzer va.
James w. Shartzer ct ais, on motion
for award of execution on forthcom-
ing bond, which has occupied the at
tentiOn of the county court for q couple
Of days, the jury found for the plaintiff.
The court adjourned yesterday morn
ing for the term.
Mr.. VIM. Brown and family will re.
move from the N D. Barnett property
to their former home on East nj ain street
The Misses Jack will occupy the resi-
dence made vacant by Mr.. Browns re-
moval, and Mr.. Davis Ayres will move
into the property vacated by the Misses
Jack, which was recently purchased by
him.
Ere the hands of the clock had
reached the hour OF noon yesterda ~
Don, the setter dog, belonging to Mr. j
s. PersiDger, whose accident with the
electric cara was mentioned in THE
TIMES several days ago, was hurled intt
that great unknown land from whose
bourne no traveller returns" by the crueI
hands of one who WAS appointed as hit
executioner. Don had not recovered
from the injuries he receive d. and 1t was
thought humane to have him relieved
from his suffering II
Athletics will reign supreme at Roa-
noke College This session. Already twt
football teams have been organized ani
put into steady practice Every man il
expected to play good ball to hold nil
position, From present Indications, thu
average weight of the team will be
about ITO pounds. Professor of Ath let tic:
Mcintyre is putting forth earnest ffort
to MAKE this one of the most formida blt
teams in the State. About half of tht
boys who played on last years team
will participate IN the games this year
New suits have been ordered, and ar,
expected to arrive to morrow. whel
both teams will appear in uniforms OF
the field.
Y The hot weather for the last severa
! days has been a subject OF general re
mark and source OF suffering for boil
| man and beast. DIR. S, c. Wells, as re
porter for this section, has made care
full observation and says the highes
point reached by the thermometer OF
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunda,
was o. Yesterday the mercury regis
tered 95, a drop of two degrees. AS
relief from the intense heat during tn,
day, the nights are comparatively cool
the thermometer registering from SO t.
81. According to DR.. Wells this ha
not only been the hottest weather WI
have had this summer, but for this sea
son OF the year the continued period O
heat, as we have just experienced. ha
not been paralleled for twenty years.
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