The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-24
SALEM NEWS
Miss Annie Taylor left Wednesday

Miss Annie Taylor lett Wednesday
for Lexington on visit.
IT. Clay Chapman. of the Roanoke
Red. is in town on "a visit. Z ..y.is 4.
Miss Ellie Davis. OF iohftstiansburg,
is visiting ut Judge Barnitz. ess'..,ysss-ss.s,
Mrs. Cook,.of Luray, is visiting her
RsiHter, Mrs, @. Armand Miller.
Rev. O. Armand Miller ia in Tennessee
holding series Of meetings there.
Hrs. VIM. Craig, Of StauDton, who
has been visiting Mrs. Frank Chalmers,
returned home yesterday.
M Miss Maude Minnichan gave d. de-
lightful party, to q, few. invited guests
last "wednesday evening.
Rev. g. D. White. after short visit
to his mother, returned yesterday to
his charge at Ohrlstiansburg.
a marriage license was issued from
the ;lerk's office to Patterson Coon and
Mrs. Mary f. Carat, of this county. Q
Mrs. Geo. Hornipg and son, of Harris
burg. Pa, leave to day for their home,
after a six weeks visit among relatives.
Il. A. Lovelock, of the Roanoke
World, has been confined to his bed for
several days with sickness, but was
better yesterday.
This lie the last ourt to which an ap
peal for reduction of assessments can
be made, and, as result the docket is
crowded with appellants. Nothing else
has been considered for several days,
and 1t now looks as IL 1t will be several
days yet before the court Is through
with this matter.
This thing is evidently being carried
to an excess. Everybody with prop
erty from twenty-fve-foot lot inward
is parading his grievances. II one lot
in one part of the town is q little bit
higher than another in another part OF
the town then tho court Is called upon
TO effect an equalization.
Doubtless in some cases there are
grounds for complaint, but great
many are begging that should nos be
listened to.
The Ashland (Ky.) Republican, of
Janusry 90, says: Evangelist @. 3,
Strouse, OF Salem, Va, who took charge
of the revival eervices, which have
been in progress at the M. e. Church.
South, for the past two weeks on last
Friday evening, conducted three ser
vices yesterday, 10 q. M, p. m. and st
night The attendance in the morning
and afternoon, especially the latter,
when there must have been between
two and three hundred present, was un.
usually good for any services. Since
his arrival there has been nearly
one hundred conversions and the
church membership greatly revived.
at night the church is filed to over
flowing long before the hour for SER
vices to begin, and by standing in the
aisles and crowding the galleries the
nightly attendance must .bs about
Thousand. Evangelist Strouse will ba
here until after Sunday"
Evangelist j. W, Dean.
Notwithstanding the mude and in
clement weather on yesterday crowded
houses greeted EvauReiist Dean at both
his afternoon epaf evening services.
MIR. Dean hesSbeen conducting three
services dsi'iy for nearly two weeks, and
during that time has aroused deeper
: ,Iserest in the Bible by bringing out
some GIFTS hidden beauties, and showing
Its Observation-Disclosures, and has inspired
not only the unconverted but protesting
Christians to a loftier and Christian-iike
ideal. To-day he holds his last services
here and will leave for Blacksburg to-
morrow. where he will conduct meet.
ing. Subject this afternoon: 1.-THE
Jews Return" Tonight at 1880: "The
Lords Return"