The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-09-18
FROM ALL AROUND THE CITY.

EnVlH ALL RnUuNU lnE GlII.
Current Local Events of the Day
Briefly Told.
Bits OF Facts and Gossip Gathered on the
Streets by Times MISUNDERSTANDING
Political, Social and General Happen
Ing Yesterday.
In the Courts. ri
Nothing Of Importance in the Hus-
tings Court yesterday. The case of 81.
L. Merriman VS.. the Street Railway
Company is still in progress in Judge
Dupuy's court
Marriage License Issued.
a marriage license was issued yester
day by the clerk OF the Hastings Court
to E. NJ. Burroughs, New York broker,
and Miss Keturah Bowles, of 40 Ninth
avenue southwest.
A Sight to See.
The board walk on Commonwealth
avenue is sight to see. The citizens
OF that locality now take to the street
rather than risk the dangers that lurk
in a dilapidated board sidewalk. This
matter should have attention.
Lee Street Church Festival. n
The Ladies Aid Society OF Lee streG
M. e. Church will hold festival on
Thursday and Friday nights Of this
week, at No. las Salem avenue. They
will serve lunch, ice cream and cake.
The public ia cordially invited to attend.
Death at st. Andrews.
George Martin, aged years, an in
mate OF st. Andrews Orphanage, died
Monday at p. M, of fever. The
funeral services were conducted by Rev.
Father Lynch yesterday afternoon,
after which the remains were inferred
in st. Andrews Cemetery.
Death of an Infant.
Lou Ellen, infant daughter of e. B.
and Lula Scott, of 222 Sixth avenue
northeast, died yesterday afternoon at
o'clock. The remaine will be inferred
this afternoon at the city cemetery. The
funeral services will be conducted by
Rev. w. f. Locke, of st. James Church,
at the family residence.
Toe Cream Festival.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the United
Brethren Church are holding an ice
cream festival in the vacant storeroom,
corner OF Campbell avenue and Jeffer-
son street, Boone's old stand. They
were we'll patronized last night, and as
the festival will be continued to night,
the public is cordially invited to attend.
Hon. j. w. Marshall Here
Hon. James w. Marshall, betterN
known as "Cyclone Jim,'' arrived in
Roanoke yesterday evening en- route to
the Chickamauga battlefield. Mr.. Mar
shall goes as member of the Con-
gressional committee to lay out these
grounds as q national park. He will
leave on the vestibuled train this NORM
ing.
Annual Inspection.
The regular annual inspection OF the
Roanoke Machine Works Guards and
the Roanoke Light Infantry will take
place in their respective armories to-
night. The Inspector general, Col Joe
Lane Stearne, OF Richmond, will arrive
Yin the city to-day, and act in his official
fepacity at these meetings. All mem
bers of the two companies are requested
to\attend.
Special Grand Jury. -
Aspecial grand jury, consisting of T.
= D. Shumate, D. S. Meadows, 8. w.
Howerton, S. M. Woodward. Jr., John
Als Aihb1cyt Ia IL. L&Em6u, ". III. hug
missell, Thomas Engleby and George
Gravatt. has been summoned to meet
September "a to pass on such cases as
may have been sent up from the police ]
court since the sitting Of the regulafS
September grand jury.
An Important Meeting.
All stockholders of the Roanoke
Baseball Association are urgently re-
quested to attend the meeting this
afternoon at o'clock in the office Of
Smith & King. The question to be
decided is whether Roanoke will be
represented in the State League next
year or not. Danville has made APP
plicstion for membership in the league
and will be received if Roanoke does
not continue member.
To Gettysburg and Hagerstown.
The original intention Of the G. A. R.
Post and Confederate Veterans, of this
city, of running an excursion to Gettys-
burg on the Goth inst. has been aban-
doned, and instead the two above named
organizations, in connection with the
Roanoke Machine Works Guards, will
run joint excursion to Gettysburg and
Hagerstown on October 18th, returning
on the morning Of October Goth. The
fare per round trip to Hagerstown is
S3.75, and to Gettysburg $3.50.
The National Business College.
The Business College, Of this city,
made arrangements with the Alexan..
dria Times, Alexandria, Va, to take
scholarship. The Times put up the
scholarship to the one who would secure
the most votes for their paper by allow
ing each one who would secure