The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-06
SALEM NEWS.
Special Correspondence to The Times.
A. Lovelools, Reporter.

A. Lovolools. Reporter.
The first electric car leaves Salem
now at $50 every morning.
All the poles on the old line of the
street railway wero shipped to Roanoke
yesterday.
1t is expected that ]. A. Mullins will
organize q lodge of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics here with
Twenty-Five members next week.
LIE. billiard, who has been confined
to his bed all winter, is now better and
able to get out on crutches.
Clarence Foutz was fined five dollars
and costs yesterday by Justice Camper
for beating his wife Wednesday night
with his fists and striking her with o
chair 80 as to render her left arm use-
less.
Mr.. aad Mrs. Garland Brown and
daughter, of Roanoke, were here On Q
visit to relatives yesterday.
Gordon, the 15-year.old son OF DR.. W.
Armstrong, while playing at the public
school yesterday morning was pushed
over and fell upon his left arm, break
ing it just above the wrist.
Elsewhere will be found the adver-
tisement OF Reid Harding, the wells
known breeder of high class poultry, of
Allegheny Springs, who offers eggs for
sale from twenty varieties OF fine fowls.
Mr.. Hsrding's magnificent displays OF
fowls at the last Salem and Roanoke
poultry shows were the features of the
show, and every specimen shown by
him wss good of its kind. Mr.. Harding
is scrupulously fair in all his dealings
and 1t is pleasure to do business with
him. All in want of eggs of the i'm
proved breeds of poultry will do far
better to buy them from him than to
send off to q distance, for 1t is we'll
known to all fanciers in this section
that Harding and his stock are o. K,
whereas the qualities of strangers and
their fowle, at distance, are unknown.
Quite q number OF baseball cranks
were in attendance at the meeting held
in the Office of the Hill Manufacturing
Company last Thursday night. Thomas
T. Smith presided over the meeting,
which was for the reorganization OF the
Salem baseball club. The following
officers were elected for the coming
season: D. E. Brand, manager; WI.
Moon, Jr., secretary and treasurer; j.
reliable, was unanimously reelected
captain. The following are the mem
bers who have not yet been assigned to
POSITIONS; T. Lam, H. Forsythe, w.
Forsythe, L. Smith, h. Fox, Wiley,
Holland, s. Bowman, j. Weber, Wal
tiers, r. Hartigan and A. Burks. The
substitutes are: Gales, Bowers and
Reid. The management think they
have some good material this season,
and are looking forward with great in
terest to the first game Of the season,
which will be played with the Roanoke
College team next Thursday and to
which the public are cordially invited.
At the regular April meeting of the
council Thursday night all the members
were present, and the following bust
ness was transacted: The mayor re-
ported S2S collected in fines since last
meeting. Other reports were made. but
none of special interest. The light
committee recommended that, on &C.
count OF the popular wish, the arc lights
be kept burning all night, and @ resolu.
ton to that effect was passed. Subse-
quently W. M. Montgomery presented
petition asking for this. The city en-
gineer having reported the completion
OF the extension OF the sewer to the
Baptist Orphanage at cost of Ss74.73,
vote of thanks to him was passed for
the prompt and economical manner in
which he had carried out the work. The
committee on purchasing new pump
at the river was continued. The bids
for laying pipe on Alabama street were
read and laid on the table. Resolutions
to permit Captain Simmons to fence up
street for pasturage and w. Francis
to fence up another to raise crop OF
potatoes were offered and lost. A re.
quest from w. Montgomery for the
council room for the use of the band
Was referred to the public property
committee to report at the next meet.
ing. The use OF the town hall, free of
charge, except for lights, WAS given for
the play OF "Our Boys" on the night OF
April Is. The secretary was authorized
to get up new code Of ordinances and
submit them to the council. The treas.
urer was instructed to pay freight bills
OF the town when he knows them to be
correct.