The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-24
FROM ALL AROUND The CITY.
Current Local Events Of the Day
Briefly Told.

Bits OF Facts and Gossip Gathered on the
Streets by Times Reporters-Points
| Political, Social and General Happen
Ing Yesterday.
En- Route Homo.
Quite number of the Lyrchburg
baseball team passed through the city
yesterday On route to their homes in the
| South and West.
To Play In Richmond
4 The Nashville baseball team passed
through the city Sunday en- route to
Richmond, where they play for the
| championship OF the South.
At the Railroad Y. M. ca ~.Sss
DR.. Jno. L. Doggett delivered an in
teresting address before the Railroad Y.
| M. G. a. Sunday afternoon on the SUBJ
| ject. Reward of Service" There was
good attendance.
To the Exposition.
Jacob Myers and Fount Huffman left
| yesterday for tho Atlanta exposition.
They had in charge Meyers big hog,
which weighs 1000 pounds and which
Will be put on exhibition.
Tho Portsmouth Association
Rev. Geo. j. Holiday, superintendent
OF the Baptist Orphanage at Salem,
was in the city yesterday en- route to
Sou Hampton to attend meeting of
the Portsmouth Baptist Association in
the interest Of the orphanage.
| MIR. Graham BETTER
| l.. Graham, who has been sick st Hotel
| Roanoke, was much improved yesterday.
| His son, Lewis S. Graham, wife and
three children, and Mrs. A. G. Green, of
New Orleans, arrived in the city yer
terday.
| Gone to Knoxville.
| DR.. Len. G. Broughton, OF Calvary
Baptist Church, left yesterd ay for Knox
| vile, whore he will conduct o revival
service for the next ten days. 1t ia ex-
pected that Rev. DR.. AGREE, Of Knox
vile, will fill his pulpit next Sunday
morning and evening.
To Visit HIS Brother.
7 DR.. j. p. Taylor, pastor of the Bap-
| list Church at Salem, passed through
the city yesterday for Appomattox to
visit his brother, DR.. George 3 Tay-
Tor, who is missionary to Italy and
] is now visiting his son in West Appo.
pattcx. A
A n. otley Crowd. II
A motley crowd Of loungers and loafers
appeared in police court again yesterday
morning. L. was about the same crowd
which Is in the habit OF assemb bling,
both men and women, mostly colored,
who have no business there under the
Gun. Why don't tho authorities break
this thing up?
a Large Peach
Frank M. Bell, Of this city, brought
to HE TINES office yesterday very
large peach which grew in his garden.
Ii weighed 1716 ounces and measured
l2@ inches in circum ference. The
tree on which 1t grew contains about
forty peaches, this being the first year
it has ever borne.
Judge Marshall Here.
Hon. James w. Marshall arrived in
the city last night en- route home from
the Chickamauga celebration. Tho
Judge says that from the spirit with
which both Blues and Grays entered
into this national celebration that one
would be led to believe that the bloody
shirt was at last buried forever.
ur. Wilson Resumes Work.
Mr.. Wilson resumed work on the pub
l.c building yesterday with large force
of hands. Work was suspended about
two weeks, partly on account of the
scarcity of material, and because of Mr..
Wilson's absence. Mr. Wilson's inten-
tions now are to push the work rapidly
to completion.
| MIR. Reed In Biueiieid
Mr.. w. A Reed clerk at Hotel Roa-
noke, has 60 far recovered from injuries
sustained from falling from his bicycle
month ago that he is able to resume his
duties. He went to Bluefeld yesterday,
where he takes charge Of Bluefield Inn
for month and then he will return to
Hotel Roanoke.
A Trained Nurse.
Miss Minnie Kenoin, q trained nurse
OF considerable experience, has arrived
in the city and taken charge of the
nursing at Rebekah Sanitsrium, the
private retreat for the sick of DR.. Chas.
u. Cannaday. Miss Kinoin comes from
the Howard Hospital at Philadelphia
with the best recomm end atoms from
Leading surgeons and physicians.
The Reunion at Martinsv.lIe.
To the Confederate Veterans OF Roam
oke county, Va: You are most respect-
fully invited and urged to attend o re-
union of Confederate Veterans to be
held at Martinsvtlle. Henry county, Va,
on the Sd day of October, 1895 under
the auspices OF the Confederate Veter.,
ans Association of Henry county. Very
respectfully, w W. Morris, P. Hatrston,
o. @. Smith, j. @. 3. Ambrose, Commit
tee of invitation.
Death of Mrs Il. L. Hanes
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