The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-29
SALEM ME- VS.

visit to Arkansas.
j. H. Benning, OF Roanoke, was in Sa-
lem yesterday on business.
Rev. II. H. Kenneday commenced o
revival at the West Salem Chapel last
night.
Mrs. Philip Reed will leave to-day for
Houston, Texas, and will remain all
winter.
w. E Brown is moving from the Bsr-
nett property to the old Brown property
on Main street
A number of Sslemites attended the
Dunksrd meeting in Botetourt county
Saturday night.
The Blacksburg football team passed
through Salem Sunday afternoon en-
route home from their victorious trip to
Lexington.
Lewis NJ. Smead left yesterday for
Union, W. Va, where he will be mar
ried to morrow evening to Miss Sallie
2. Cobb, or that place.
The soprano solo, Just as am" sung
by Miss Bridges. Of Baltimore, in the
Episcopal Church Sunday night, has
been highly plimented.
w. e. Wolfenden and John SpraE!, on
Rambler bicycles, rode to Rollins In
stitute Saturday evening in 3OH min
utes, distance OF about sK miles.
Electric lights are being put in the
halls of the main building at the col
lege, and many OF the boys are having
the incsndescent lights placed in their
rooms.
Capt. Edgar Hawkins and wife, who
have been visiting In Salem, returned to
their home in Bedford county, accom-.
panied by j R. G. Brown, ST., who will
spend the winter there.
Tue proceeds realized from the social
and birthday fete, given by the ladies of
the new South View Lutheran Church,
at the residence OF Rev. w. S. McClan-
nahan near Hollins, on Friday and Sat-
urday evenings, amounted to $63 The
eatsbles left over were auctioned off on
Saturday night by "Auctioneer" Mont
gomery. Cooked chickens sold for S
cents each.
The Roanoke College football team
left yesterday for Charlottesville, where
they will play the University of Vir-
GINA to-day The team Ia not in the
best condition, several OF them being
sick, while tho injuries OF others will
prevent them from playing their regular
good game. They do not expect to &C :
complish much against the Varsity
eleven. The boys say that they expect
to get many new points from this game
and will use them on Blacksburg in
Roanoke on November Q.
A deed OF trust was recorded yester-
day in the clerks office of Roanoke
county, executed by B. Levy and II. Alex.
ander, partners trading as b. Levy &,
Alexander, who have for some time past
been conducting general merchandise
business in Salem and Roanoke city,
to Everett Perkins, trustee, for the
purpose of securing the rent due Mrs.
An"ie M. Norman, and Gale. Chapman
az Gale, on the respective storehouses in
the said places. The second class cred
itors are: Bank of Salem; Samuel Bar
rett; II. Alexander. of New York;
Eichemgreen e WE'LL, Of Baltimore and
Mrs. Ester Alexander, all of whose
claims are evidenced by notes. The
third class creditors are various mer-
chants in Baltimore. The fourth class
are the general class of the firm not
therein specially named. The property
consists OF their stocks of goods, mer-
chandise. ETC, contained in the store
houses, No. 90 Salem avenue, Roanoke
city, and Main street, Salem. An in-
ventory is being taken by the trustee.
The Latest Sensation.
j. A. Mullen is the originator of quite
this vicinity last spring as a State Or
ganizer of the Gr. o. u. A. M, and was
successful In the organization OF these
lodges. Strong lodges were instituted
in Bedford City, Lynchburg and Salem.
Mullen claimed that he had represented
Allegheny county for TWO sessions in
the Maryland legislature. Not long
since he secured work at the Salem
steam tannery, and made his home with
the family OF j. G. Fisher, in West
Salem.
Week before last Mr.. Fisher went to
Maryland to get his wife and family,
who had been spending the summer
there, leaving Mullen in charge of the
house. Upon their return, they found
seeming evidence of the house having
been entered by some one, and q GUAM
tity OF bed clothes were missing. Mul-
len, In the mean time, had gone to Dan
Vile to attend the Grand Council, Jr. o.
y. a. M, and was the representative of
Salem Council No so. Upon his return
last Wednesday, Mr.. Fisher accused
him of the theft, which he Indignantly
denied.
After making inquiry Mr.. Fisher sent
his brother to Roanoke last Saturday,
where in room Of woman, with whom
Mullen was believed to be intim ate, the
missing blankets, etc, were found. It
Is said that when the woman was uues
toned she informed them that Mullen
had told her that ne bought the same at
sale in Radford. Being informed who
the bed clothes belonged to, she
promptly delivered them into the hands
OF Mr.. Fisher, who returned with them
to Salem.
Superintendent Clevinger, of tho
tannery, upon paying off the employees
Saturday night, informed Mullen that
his services were no longer needed and