The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-24
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

Capt. p. b. Booth, of Franklin county,
is i'll Salem on u visit to his family on
Broad street.
Our friend and neighbor, w. S. Agner,
who has been very i'll for the past few
days, is now convalescent.
i, II. Hennings has moved into the
Frier building on Main street recently oc-
cupied by DR.. Il. II. b. billiard.
Mrs. j. II. Duncan. accompanied by
her four children, left yesterday for a
visit to Huntsville, Ala, her former
home.
Mrs. John Lloyd, of Lynchburg, who
spent several days with Mrs. L. NJ.
Smead, of this place, left for her home
yesterday.
News was received here yesterday of
the death of T.. c. jones' of Buckingham
county. He was the husband of L. NJ.
Lees wife's sister.
Did you know that there was new
physician in town? He is DR.. J, NJ
Smith, who is ut present practicing ut the
city poor house, assisted by Dir. w. d.
Armstrong.
Daniel Preston has just returned from
visit to Bedford county He says that
he doscn't know which is the thickest
this year in Bedford county, squirrels or
silver Democrats.
a STRAY PIG strolled into the
premises of j. p Bowles on Wednesday
night. The owner can have same by
identifying the property and paying the
cost of this advertisement.
Mrs. DR.. Wiley, of West Salem, left
yesterday fol Norfolk, Baltimore and New
York, which latter place she goes to visit
her son, c. p. Wiley, who holds IL good
position with the Standard Oil Company
Judge w. Griffin will address the
voters ut Ninton tonight. The state
ment made by the Salem correspondent
that he would speak Friday night was an
error not chargeable to the correspondent.
ID. b. Strouse and Edward Marshall,
of the laymen'g union, who have just fin
ished IL successful series of revival meet
ings at Cedar Grove Church. will COM
mence.a meeting..on next Friday at Ellis
ton.
John +. Shank, the new travelling
| salesman of the Salem Machine Works,
left on yesterday for trip through the
State of North Carolina, where he goes in
the interest of the company, with good
prospects of plenty of work.
Yesterday the Griffin heirs served an
injunction on Mayor w. S. Younger to
prevent him from tearing down the
fences on Union street, as ordered by the
city council, with the. view OF widening
Union street from Main to Calhoun
street.
j. Horace Smith, the popular and eli
gible young marrying man, clerk ut J. r.
G.. Browns dry goods store, inadvertently
remarked the other day that if Bryan
was elected he would be ready to marry
i'll the early spring. AS he said nothing
about sealed bids for his heart and hand
he is sorry now that he spoke so rashly
as offers are coming in rapidly, some
what to his embarrassment.
The Salem Cornet Band gave Il sere-
made Thursday night on the courthouse
green. The band is now out of debt and
in good financial condition. The band
stand, which was partly paid for by the
citizens and partly by the band, will be
moved and erected on the corner over
the public we'll 1t would he good idea
to elevate the stand so that the upper
portion may be used by the musicians,
the lower part to be an open court around
the iron pump. The space around the
pump should be lined with cement
THE OFFICIAL VOTE.
The following is the official vote of Roa-
noke county in the Presidential wear of
1892, and the Congressional year of 1894
Cut this out of The Times and use it for
making your estimates of the county for
the year 1885,
Salem district Salem, Cleveland, 7O4;
Harrison, Cos; Weaver, So
81 Botetourt Springs, 40; 80; 1.
Catawba district-Brand's Store A;
Johns Shop, II; %; /.
Big Lick district-Bonsack, 81; o.; 0.
Tinker Creek, 1872; "a; 6.
Edington's Shop, 40; rs; l.
Gishes, 223; 1892.
Cave Spring distrct-Bent Mountain,
Gl %; 0.