The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-09
SALEM NEWS

Giles county.
Maj Andrew Pitzer was reported yes
terday as no better.
Miss Ella Smith. who has been i'll for
some weeks, is much better.
Miss Addie Jones, of Roanoke, Yves in
Salem yesterday visiting Mrs. L. M.
Smead.
Capt. T. A. Roberts has returned from
q trip to Charleston, w. Va, and
vicinity.
Rev. D. G. Armstrong and wife left
yesterday for Atlanta to attend the
Exposition.
Mrs. Josie Smith. of Giles county, Is
in Salem visiting her daughter, Miss
Ella Smith.
Oscar Frartz. who has been travelling
in Pennsylvania for the past two
months, is at home taking his vacation.
Miss Belle Thompson, who has been
visiting the Misses Burk, on Union
street, has returned to her home in Bed
ford City.
The case of Steptoe Acres, charged
with breaking in the Salem Steam Tsn
nery's store, was brought up before
tinued until to-day at 10 o'clock.
Yesterday about 1890 the frame
dwelling house Of William Coleman,
colored, in the rear of Parrish's planning
mill, was found to be on fire. The
house and nearly all the furniture
within is a total loss. The origin of
the fire Is unknown, IS no fire had been
made in the house yesterday. The reel
arrived in short while and succeeded
in saving the adjoining property.
A game OF football was played yester-
day afternoon at the Boulevarde Park
between the Jefferson street team, of
Roanoke, and the Salem Athletic Club.
The home team outweighed the visit
lug eleven by several pounds. and as a
result piled up q victory of 10 to 2.
The feature of the game WAS the all
round playing of Carr Bowers, he maxi
ing run of ninety yards for touch.
down. Anderson's playing deserves,
mention also. =
To- morrow is the 412th anniversary
Of the birth of Martin Luther, the great
reformer. The services in the Lutheran
Church will, accordingly, have refer
once to the work of the great Reforma-
ton, and the sermon will be sppro,
pirate. In the evening will be held a
public meeting Of the Woman's Home
and Foreign Missionary Society of the
congregation. The exercises will be of
peculiar interest, and the chief feature
of the evening will consist of an address
by Rev DIR. L. G M. Miller. the former
beloved pastor Of the church, now Of
Roanoke.
Council Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of the
town council WAS held Thursday night.
k.N Ill @.,,t~ L.
Davis, Bowles, Campbell Whitegcarver
and Preston. Mayor Younger presided.
The minutes OF the last NJ Getting were
read by the secretary and approved.
The mayor reported Sit O5 collected
from fines since the last meeting.
The following reports were read and
approved The mayors, street COM
mittee, town hall building committee
and the city engineers.
Major Chandler, the present city en-
gineer, sent the following in for council
TO take action upon:
"Hon. w. T. Younger, Salem, Va.
"DEAR SIR:-I respectfully beg to
tender you my resignation as city
engineer ss 1 find cannot work har-
moniously with the chairman of the
street ommittee. Respectfully,
Gilbert M. CHANDLER"
R. l.. Campbell moved that the resig-
nation OF Major Chandler be accepted,
which was seconded byJ. S. Persinger.
Upon being put to q vote It was lost.
Capt. j. @. Langhorne appeared and
asked that he be allowed to keep num-
Der of hogs at Langhornes mill. He
was allowed that privilege.
T. L. Preston, the conn ittee appointed
at the last meeting to find the cost OF
suitable safe for the council room. re-
ported same and was authorized to pur-
chase safe and have it placed in che
council chamber. and the treasurer was
ordered to pay for same.
The report of the town hall improve
ment committee, submitted at last
meeting and laid on the table, was not
adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Bowles the chair
man of the street committee was In
structed to look up data for charge of
pavements laid by the town and report
same to the committee.
The ordinance forbidding fireworks
to be shot off in the town on Christmas
and New Year was suspended.
There will be no city hall built in Sa-
lem for the present, at least, as the mo-
ton that same should DO built was lost.
Some minor business was disposed of,
after which council adjourned.
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