Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-07
SEVERAL BIG SALES.
,,ioNc THEM 4 FURNACE AND
MINERAL SPRINGS.
ucnubIicans In Roanoke county
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SALEM. VA. March 6.-(special)--Ihe
e,ten Furnace was sold yesterday ~
....ct.on under deed Of trust Tor S'Oo'Vo
a., tre Salem improvement Company anu
,t. ,-,~-iuIa Development Company credl-
..rs who hope 20 lease the property 20
...... one who Will operate IT, The DAY
,.f.ro the Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs
-.,.,.tng Of Jos acres. a large hotel
.....,l cottages. and two or three medi-
.-,l sur.nes. was sold by auction Tor
,,.a to r. Clay Chapman, a son OF the
,.,. PROPRIETOR. on the same day lSl
.... of land. some Of IL in the town
,...,. ~ Salem. and known as the pro-
,'.., NJ the Dixie Land Company, was
s,l f,r $500.
f..t Friday night thieves entered the
,......,.l. store Of jackson. Beale * Co.
s,..m. and carried of about Slol
....t Of dry goods. by some clever
l.,....v. work on the part of the county
.f.sr. the thieves. three negroes were
caught az Rocky Mount with some Of the
Goods iu their possession. and were
sr0rcht here last night. They are now
.r the county jail awaiting the action Of
The grand jury.
POLITICAL.
rnass-lneeting Of the Republicans OF
Roanoke county will be held here Mon
.,v March S0th. for the purpose Of elect
,r,, e.pht delegates and eight alternates
M represent the county in the district
convention at Roanoke. and similar
number % represent the county in the
state convention at Stanton.
The property recently purchased here
hy the south View Lutheran orphan
Home is being put i'm repair ana the
institution will he moved here from
Roanoke che beginning Of next month
thus making Salem the home or TWO
state orphanages-th Baptist ana the
Lutheran.
samuel Lee Boyd. Of Roanoke, who was
recently heavily fined by the county
Court for dynamiting in Roanoke river
bat failed TO pay his fine then. was
brought 10 Salem yesterday by the Sheriff
of Newport News. where he was arrested,
and this morning settled with the county
authorities.
RELIGIOUS.
The Presbyterians of this place have
invited Rev II. W. Smith. of the Second
Presbyterian church, OF Roanoke, to
preach a trial sermon here. with view
10 extending him a call.
a day or two ago. while on his Way
from Roanoke IN his wagon. a. W.
Huudley, an aged citizen who lives near
here. was accosted by a stranger, who
asked for permission TO ride. This privi-
i,ee was granted him, and before the
tWo had gone far the stranger struck
SIR. Iundley a bl~w that knocked him
bic. robbed him Of all the money
on bis person. and then disappeared.
Professor w. \. Smith. who has been
taking IN advanced course In chemistry
40 the Johns Hopkins University. has re-
turned 20 Salem, and will fiji the chair
~ chemistry In Roanoke College, which
has been occupied in his absence by his
brother. Professor Eugene Smith. who
has gone 10 North Carolina to engage in
business.
Iy the will of his father-in-law, who
recently died in Atlanta, George Logan
ana his wife. OF Salem. have just come
into possession OF over $l00.0O0-he as
trustee for his children and she in her
own right.
Last week Frank A. Lovelock. Of
Salem, served as expert Judge Of horses.
cattle. sheep, and swine az the mid
winter fair al New Berne. y. c. During
the past four years he has judged at
over fifty fairs In nine different States,
including the International Exposition,
at Atlanta.