The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-10
SALEM NEWS.
Special Correspondence to Tho Times. +.
A. Lovelook. Reporter.

Special Correspondence to Tho Times, +.
a. Lovelook. Reporter.
The families Of Messrs. Frank and
William Whitesoarver and Charles
Maury had o pleasant picnic at Lake
Spring grounds on Thursday, but failed
to catch many fish in tho lake.
Some four or five hundred Salem peo-
pie went on the picnic to Vinton yester.
day and that they had provided bounti-
fully for the occasion may be known,
when it Is stated that 1t took one car to
carry the dinner baskets. Several with
whom the reporter conversed stated that
the grounds were not suitable for
really enjoyable picnic and that there
are many better plSces around Salem.
Mr.. Henderson Lee Is visiting rel
atives in Lunenburg county.
Miss Lizzie McCue, of Staunton. is
the guest Of Captain Sayers, on Broad
street.
A subscription paper ia being carried
around asking for donations to enable
the band to clear off its present debt
caused by the purchase some years ago
of new instruments.
A good deal Of fun WAS had at Ros-
noke Bed yesterday morning. a coun-
tryman had brought in basket of
plums for sale, which one of the guests
hid. When the man insisted upon hsv-
ing back his plums he WAS informed that
Robert Logan ("Oountry BODY had
stolen them, whereupon he sought ihe
Waterman and made him arrest MIR.
Logan, who to carry out the Joke sub
mitted ruefully. A Mr.. Graham pre-
tended to be magistrate and before
him Mr.. Logan was taken and an imme.
date trial WAS held in the hotel Office
which WAS packed with Abe much amused
guests. Emmett Tompkins, Of Ohio,
acted as counsel for the prisoner and de.
Tended him 80 ably that he was &C
quilted, after which someone restored
to the astounded oountryman his basket
OF plums, and he went on his way re-
joicing, though not able to comprehend
what it was all about anyway.
The Salem baseball club has received
challenges this week from clubs at
Bedford, Bluefeld and Martinsville,
and will probably accept the one with
Bluefeld next week.
George Worden left yesterday for q
ten days visit to the Bromine. Arsenic
Springs in Ache county, N. G.
On his farm across the river Colonel
Bowman keeps Jersey bull in lot
by himself. The other day sewing
machine agent, who desired to make
short cut to the house of the farmer,
started across the lot, but came out
quicker than he went in, leaving the
bull to investigate his umbrella, which
he dropped in his hurry.
Peter Janney. white, is in the county
jail serving out fine of SIC IS imposed
upon him by Justice Willett, OF Bent
Mountain, for entering the house OF D.
d. Martin, on Back Creek, and threaten.
Ing to kill him.
Miss Lucille Spindle is visiting
friends In Christiansburg.
William WEIGH. Of Trenton. N. j., is
the guest OF j. E. Shipman.
Those who attended the favor germsn
at Roanoke Red Thursday night speak
Of 1t as one OF the best. in every detail,
that has ever been given at that popu-
lar resort.
Mrs. j. W. Curry and two daughters,
Misses Annie and Lula, of Rome. Co.,
who have been spending several weeks
with relatives here, left yesterday for
their home.
Mr.. T. C. Campbell left yesterday for
Rome, Ca, in the interest Of the South
ern Express Company.
Miss Gravely. of Danville, who has
been visiting the Misses Burk, on Union
street. will leave to-day for her home.