The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-24
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

d. Il. Penn is Mt home to visit to his
family.
Hon. John l.. Hannah was in the city
yesterday.
home on visit to his family.
Mr.. Wallace, of Catawbn, former
student of the V. p. l., was in the city
yesterday
Judge Henry f. Blair returned yester-
day FROM Floyd county, where he has
been holding court.
Mrs. Altizer returned to Salem Sntur.
day, after pleasant visit to her brother
IN Montgomery county
Chas. p. Divers, of the Allegheny In
stitute, spent Sunday with his friend, j.
b. Booth, on Broad street.
Mrs. j. d. Plummer, after Il short visit
here to the family of John Stricken, left
yesterday for her home near Washington
city.
Arthur II. Powell, late manager, but
now receiver, of the Lynchburg Electric
Light Company, and II former real estate
agent of Salem, is here OH II short visit.
The Roanoke College football team are
now practicing daily for IL game which
they expect to play on Thanksgiving day
with the Washington and Lee University.
Mrs. Armeia Ricketts,, highly es-
tecmed employe of the wooden mills, left
yesterday for Petersburg, where she has
accepted position in IL similar estab-
lishment.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Watson, who re-
side on Broad street, left Saturday even
ing for visit to New York Before re-
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home III Massachusetts,
Mrs. Sutherland, of IIillsville, who ar.
rived here last week i'll charge of the two
orphans, who were entered in the Luth.
eran Orphanage Asylum, is the guest of
MIR. and Mrs. Ivan Yonce, on High
street.
f. H. wicks, who recently moved here
from Hagerstown, where he was an EN-,
ploye of the Crawford Manufacturing
Works, has accepted IL position in Rad
ford, and lett yesterday for his new field
of labor.
Semones & Bear have moved their bar.
rel and stave factory from the Goode
farm, across the river, to the land of f.
=. Hartman, AT Glenbar, where they have
purchased from Mr.. Hartman a large
quantity of timber.
On Sunday mornirg. after the regular
morning services at the Presbyterian
Church, congregational meeting was
held, ut which Richard Johnston, James
Johnston and S. ID. McCommon wcr,
elected deacons to fill vacancies.
Attorney Henderson Lee, who drove tC
Botetourt Friday, was taken very i'll ir
Fincastle and had to he brought home
Sunday in Il closed hack. His wife wa.
with him. and everything possible under
the circumstances, was done for his com
fort
The valuable piece of property known
rs Lake Spring was on yesterday sold by
Commissioner X. II. Logan 10 satisf,
notes held by the New York National
Mutual Building and Loan Association
1t was bid in by the above company fol
the sum of So, 100
| +. I. Trent, who lives on Clay street
and runs wood yard just back of the
Boa,d building, had black mare stoler
on Friday night. The horse was takeI
from the stable, situated in the rear o
his house She is entirely black, Will
the exception of white spots in forehead
Mr. Trent has thus far been unable tt
find any trace of the missing animal
y recent telegram to Judge Henry f.
Blair from Henry Shanks, of Smithville
| Tex, stated that his brother George wa.
very i'll, with no hopes of his recovery
Henry and George are sons of Mr.. anC
Mrs. Thomas Shanks, of this place. They
are expert machinists, having learned
their trade at the Roanoke Machin,
Works. They both hold positions in tn,
railroad shops situated lin .Smithville.
Mr. and Mrs Montgomery. accompa
MED by theft. son, Attorney william
Montgomery, lett yesterday for win
ters outing in the LAND of Flowers >
They will spend most of their time on tho
| Gulf coast, with headquarters at Pensa
cola. Their many friends here will mis-
them VIM Montgomery especially, Il.
he takes II leading part in all sorts o
church work, as we'll rs being very jolly
and congenial and has host of friends