The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-10
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EDWARD JETER. REpoRrER.

Alfred Feel left yesterday for bust
ness trip to Charleston. w. Va.
O. l.. Stcarnes left last night on Il bus.
mess trip to Montgomery county.
Dr.. Strickland and his little daughter,
OF RoauoAe, were visiting in Salem Sun
day evening.
Mrs. Miller, Of Bedford City, who has
been visiting Mrs. Hardy, on High street,
left yesterday for her home
Evangelist C. b. Strouse conducted IN
informal religious meeting on Sunday
afternoon at the Methodist Church.
f. NJ. Wordcn manager of the Salem
Wooden Mills, left Sunday evening on an
extended trip North, East, AMI South in
the interest of his company.
Jno. Gravely, n young pressman at the
Sentinel, had the misfortune yesterday to
mash his left thumb in the press SO badly
that DR.. Killian had To amputate it.
Lydia Ann Brown, wife of Isam Brown,
porter ut the Duval House, died on Sat
urday ut her home on Water street, and
was buried on Sunday in the coored Gem
ctery.
w. :. Moore and son, of Tazewell coun-
ty, also the Misses Gillespie and Brown,
of Virginia College, were the guests on
Sunday OF the family of j. NJ Smith, on
Broad street.
The supervisors of the county met on
saturday, the 18th instant, with Messrs
!, Starkcy, Barnett, Lewis aud Moomaw
present. No business was transacted
excepting the allowance Of accounts
amounting to 81 162.3S.
Mrs. Claiborne, sister of Judge H.
T.. Blair, ana his brother, Prof Walter
Blair, of Hampton Sydney college, arrived
Yesterday on visit to the judge. Miss
ELLEN Blair, also Il sister Of Judge Blair.
who has been visiting in Montgomery
county, returned to Salem Yesterday
G. y. Hubbard says that in the last
few days he has lost eighteen ducks, six
turkeys and rs many chickens He
thinks that they were either stolen ut
night or killed and bagged by wandering
hunters. Verify people in these parts
must be getting hungry.
At the Lutheran Church Sunday night
reformation services were held, under
! the auspices of the Lutheran and NIctho.
dist Churches. Rev H. II. Kcnncday
assisted in the services, after which DR..
! Painter delivered an interesting and in.
| structive address on the life of Martin
! Luther.
! Miss +. b. French, formerly of Pearls.
| burg, Giles county, who has been for
/ many years Presbyterian missionary,
! will deliver Il lecture to- night at $50
! o'clock at the Presbyterian Church on.life
ana mission work in the Orient Ladies
{ OF the missionary socict;e, of the other
churches are cordially invited to attend.
| Mrs. Annie Jones, daughter of the late
! Geo. Robinson, of Catawba and wife of J
! Jones, died at her mothers home Sunday
, evening. She leaves four children, one
, OF whom is only four weeks old. Hiram
! Jones, of Giles county, brother of the
, dead woman husband, passed through
| SiHem yesterday Ell route to the funeral
! y burglar attempted an entrance on
I Sunday night into the home of Fayette
! billiard. on Market street. He tried to
raise the window of Mrs. billiards. bed
room, which faces directly on the street
| Mrs. billiard was very much frightened
and screamed soaring away the marauder
| Robberics and attempted robberies are
becoming quite frequent of late in this
neighborhood The spirit of lawlessn, IS
seems to be on the increase, and petty
thefts are becoming more common.
At the last regular meeting of the city
council but little business was transacted
! of interest to the public. There were no
reports from the various committees
On motion OF Mr.. Smith the town hall
was granted free to the Jeff. Davis Rifles
| for their prize drill on the 10Th On mo-
ton OF Mr.. Boone it was decided to re-
quire pay in advance in the future for
the rent OF The town hall, including
lights, with the exception noted above.
On motion OF Mr.. Boone the street com
mittee was empowered to purchase bricks
for laying pavement on the north side of
Main street, from Academy street to Dry
Ran, Il. 81
Sl,l2S.1S. Fines collected last month,
$50. 81.
The Christian Endenvor song service
Mt the Presbyterian Church on Sunday
night was unusually interesting. VIM.
college, and Alessrs. Gin Hess, Eugene
Conrad and VIM Montgomery assisted
the choir with two violins, two comets
and clarionet, and Mrs. Rosa Evans pre-
sided ut the organ. The quartettes and
solos were admirably rendered, especially
the baritone solo by f. II. Chalmers. and
the soprano solo by Miss Bessie Wiley.
Mr.. Campbell delivered in appropriate
address on the life of DR.. Isaac Watts,
the famous English divine, who wrote
during his life some 5000 hymns. All of
the hymns sung ut the service were COM
positions of DR.. Watts.
On Saturday night Y. c. Pitzer. who
lives in the Pitzcr property, on the cor
ncr of Alabama AMI Main street, had a
very exciting encounter with notorious
negro thief by the name OF Chicken
Charles He heard the negro in his
coal house, and went oHt with nothing
ON but his night clothes aud slippers,
thinking that he would capture him.
But Charles is an rld hand mt the bust
ness and heard him coming ana slipped
ont of the CUTE into the street, crouching
against The fence Mr. Miller opened
the gate and saw HIM lnd went after
him Charles fed ana Mi Milerpursued