The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-23
SALEM NEWS

j. 81. Bear has returned from bust
meas trip to Hsrrisonburg.
j. w. Harveycutter, has returned
from business trip to birmingham, Ala.
L. T. Msllscde Is in Greenville,
Tenn, his old homo, visiting relatives.
DIR and Mrs. Jas. Chalmers have re-
turned from attending the Atlanta Ex-
position.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Pres
byterisn Church realized about Sa5 from
their dinner court day.
Miss Matte Taylor returned yesterday
to Holllns Institute after spending seV-
eral days with her parents.
Clyde Beerbower, who fell from al
apple tree Saturday afternoon, is i'm.
proving and considered out okdanger.
P. o. Painter, OF Dublin. Cearth county,
Texas, who has been visiting in this
vicinity, has secured school at Lirger.
Mrs. Bessie M. Oton has organized a
class in elocution at Roanoke College
and will give the first lesson ON Monday
next.
The Watson Manufacturing Company
Of this place has just finished putting up
the 10000 gallon tank for the Rolstein
mills.
E. NJ Worden has gone North in the
interest OF the Holstein WOODEN mills.
Mr. Worden expects to be absent about
a month.
The Lutheran Church has let the con.
tract for putting in electric lights in the
upper roon in basement Of the church to
w. E. Wolfen1en.
The football team Of the college will
leave Monday for Charlottesville, where
they are to play the University of Vir-
GINA on Tuesday.
A large number OF Salem people ut
tended the Gilmore Band concert in
Roanoke yesterday afternoon and speak
in the highest praise of the selections
rendered.
The game OF football between Roam
oke College and Allegheny Institute,
which was to have been played to-mor-
row on the college grounds, has been
postponed until November 3.
The trapezs acrobat gave another
exhibition of his skill in that line yes.-
terday afternoon. Before giving his per
Torrance he paraded the streets in cos
tuna on horseback with rings on his
fingers and bells on his toes" His
financial success WAS not amazing.
The two young Mr.. McWhorters,
from your town, are teaching for us in
Catswba this winter. They appear to
making very good Impression upon
patrons and scholars. But 1 fear that it
will be little lonely for them over here,
but we will see to feeding we'll and try
and keep them in good order if we can.
Salem Sentinel.
Yesterday in the county court the case
of commonwealth w. Peulina Smith,
charged with selling liquor without Ii
cense, WAS heard and the accused plead
mot guilty" and the jury after hearing
the evidence retired and in short while
brought in g verdict of acquittal. The
account of JOS A Owens for $50 IS was
allowed "as part OF the $3.50 heretofore
appropriated to the Cave Spring dis
trics" for the improvement of the road
from Roanoke to Bent Mountain. There
being no other business court adjourned
to meet this morning at IL O'Clock.
The ladies of the Lutheran congrega-
tion OF South View will give social
and birthday fete at the residence of
Rev. w. S. McClanahan next Friday
evening and Saturday afternoon and
evening, October 25 and 26. The object
is pleasant eocial to raise funds for the
completion Of the new Lutheran church
at South View. A cordial invitation is
is hoped that this very worthy cause
will be literally supported. VIM.
Montgomery and the Roberts brothers,
of Salem, will assist in contributing
music.
Rev. DR.. George B. Taylor. of Rome,
is visiting his brother, Rev. j. B. Tay.
Tor. He has had charge of the Baptist
Missions in Italy for the past twenty
two years, having been called to that
position by the foreign mission board
while he was pastor in Staunton In 1873.
He reached New York in August, ex-
pecting to remain in this country few
weeks. About six weeks ago, while on
visit to his son in Appomattox, DR..
Taylor was thrown from a vehicle and
received injuries which at first were
supposed to be fatal, but is now recover
ing, though still weak. His trip to this
place yesterday was the first tune he
has been out since the accident. DR..
Taylor has twice served as chaplain of
the University of Virginia.-Salem
Sentinel.
500 Reward, 500.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
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