The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-20
Local Bits.

News of People
and Events.
Happenings Briefly and Reliably
Put Before You.
VIII Meet This Evening.
A special meeting of tho board OF
dire ctors Of the Y. M. Q. A. will be- held
Wednesday evening at $3.50 o'clock.
Football Saturday.
Arrangements are being made for q
game of football between the Y M. c.
A. and tho Roanoke College teams next
Saturday
Football Team Returns.
The Rosnoke College football team
returned homo yesterday from Lexing- |
Ton, where they suffered two defeats |
with the V. M. 1. and Washington and |
Lee teams.
Training Glass VIII Organize,
The Workers Bible class OF the Y |
M. c. A. will be organized Thursday |
night OF this week Those desirous OF |
joining should apply at once.
Juvenile Football Game.
A holly contested game of football |
took place yesterday afternoon on the |
Janette tract between the Franklin |
roads and Jefferson streets, which re- |
suited In score OF 10 to in favor of |
the former.
Manager Elected.
The board of directors OF the Roanoke |
Baseball Association held o recent |
meeting at which Chas. w. Boyer was
elected manager Of the local cam for |
the season of 1896. MIR. Boyer has gone
to work to sign his team.
In tho Sunny South.
Capt. j. w. Hesden has been receiv-
ing regularly for the past two weeks |
the Palatka Times Herald addressed in
the well-known chirography OF j. W.
Headen, Jr. Will ia doing local on tho |
Herald In the Sunny South.
Mrs. Broughton Ill.
Rev. DR.. L. G. Broughton, who WAS in
attendance at the Petersburg Associa-
ton, received telegram stating that |
Mrs Broughton was very i'll in North
Carolina. The doctor left Petersb burg
Immediately for her bedside.
Meeting of the Light Committee.
The light committee met last night |
in tho cfiloe OF w. A. Glasgow for TIE |
purpose of contracting Or the lighting
Of the city, but ntter discussing the |
matter, found that they wars hopelessly |
divided and adjourned without making |
8 contract.
Sent to tho A1mshouse.
Octave Lazsll. an Old umbrella fixor,
WAS sent from the Third ward to the
almshouse yesterday. He occupied
little snanty on Commonwealth avenue |
and was taken sick. He had been with
out the proper attention for several
days before he was discovered by the |
authorities.
Tacky Parry.
The ladies Of Bethany Presbyterian
Church will entertain their friends with |
"tacky" party at the residence of Mrs. |
Carmichael, 3l8 Fourth avenue n. O.,
Thursday evening, November 81. The |
tackiest one present will receivs prize |
cake. Ice cream will also be served. |
Admission 10 cents.
Petersburg Marriage.
Robert Stone. timekeeper at the East |
END round house, went to Petersburg |
yesterday to be present at the marriage |
OF his sister, Miss Lucy Stone, to Ed |
ward Palen, which takes pl.ce to-day. |
1t will be remembered that Miss Stone |
was painfully burned in an explosion |
which took place in Petersburg about |
three weeks ago, In which two lives |
were lost
Pleasantly Entertained.
Miss Clara Barnhhrdt. of 3l5 Tazewell |
avenue 8. o., enter tained q number of |
her friends lses night. Elk ollens music |
and refreshments were tho features OF |
the evening. Among the ladies present |
were Misses Dupriest, Moore, Campbell, |
Johnson. Clark, Fahnestock, G.iflin ana |
Cornelius. Tho gentlemen were Messrs. |
Hawkins, Il. w. and s. b. Waylaud, J.
Il. and j. w. Rush. Maddox. Cam pbell, |
Smith, Moore, Fusseu and Harris.
Oyster and Ice Cream supper.
The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Order of |
Railway Conductors will give an oyster
and ice cream supper at 100 Salem ave-
nue. to night and tomorrow night
Refreshments will be served in excel |
lent order and everybody is invited to |
attend. Business people cordislly in |
vitsd to take their supper with the
ladies and encourage them in their good /!
work. Don't forget the place, just west
OF Henry street., on north aide OF Salem |
avenue.
Police Court.