The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-03
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

tting Miss Bessie Wiley, on Broad Street.
Mrs S. Griffin, of Bedford City, is the
guest Of Mrs. Sarah Griffin, on Main
street.
II. Foley Bowles has accepted the posi-
ton Of .bookkeeper for the enterprising
butcher, VIM. w. B. Hurt.
Miss India Moore, of Virginia College,
niece OF our councilman, J. M. Smith,
Is visiting his family on Broad street.
r. F. Shelton, representing the firm of
Jeftress d Shelton, of Richmond Va,
was working the trade yesterday in
Salem.
J, G. McClanahan, formerly with the
sentinel, but now reporter on the Balti-
more News, arrived in Salem yesterday
morning on visit to his parents.
VIM. Henry, who made himself yery
popular at the Roanoke Red the past
summer, passed through Salem yester-
day Ell route to his home in New Orleans
Col. Robert II. Logan, Captain J. G.
Langhorne, j. NJ. Smith, and d. T. Mar
tin went to Roanoke Thursday to hear
Hon. Archie Phlegar discuss the political
situation.
a. L. Hannah, n former Salemite, ar
rived here yesterday with Judge Green,
of Danville, to attend court. He has
many friends here, who are always glad
to extend the handshake of welcome
DR.. Taylor, pastor of the Baptist
Church of this place, will start for
Blacksburg to-day, where he goes to con-
duct protracted religious meeting II.
Hartwell Edwards will fill his pulpit to-
morrow.
There have great many strange faces
on our streets this week. Many people
! are here from distance, attending the
Pentacostals meeting, and hundreds of
people drive in from the country. Crowds
also attend each day from Roanoke city.
Rev. Joseph H. Smith, of New Castle.
| Ind, who was to have taken an active
| part in the holiness meeting, has not as
! yet arrived, he having been detained
somewhere on his route by the recent
storm. Rev. l.. l.. Pickett is preaching
| in his stead.
Thursday afternoon the Salem football
team kicked the pig skin with the college
junior team, defeating them by score
Of 10 to 6. Frank Wiley, who played on
| the Salem team, looked well in his new
suit, notwithstanding the fact that he
has what is called "the pelican dropsy''
in his legs.
| VIM. E. Gillespie, the faithful Hagman
| OF the Norfolk and Western road at the
Salem freight station, was up in the city
| yesterday. He has been with the Norfolk
and Western since 1852 and helped to
build the first bridge ever constructed by
this road over the Roanoke river. He is
q subscriber to The Times
Mrs. Sallie A. Kisling died at II &c
Thursday night, at the home of her
| nanbpW .
Hill. ohe was sister-in-l law OF Mrs.
Captain Simmons. Death came after
much suffering. Funeral services will
be held this a m. at 1890 o'clock at the
Lutheran Church., after which the re-
mains will be taken to Bridgewater,
Rockingham county, the home of hei
husband.
Andy Davis, who lives near Salem, is
responsible for the following story con
| corning the recent storm. He said that
the wind blew with such force that II
took a lock chain off one Of his wagons
wrapped it around three large trees and
tore them up by the roots. This is nearly
as good as the story of the Texan who
said that nor'easter a few years age
blew the horns and tails off of the cattle
and shelled barn full of corn by hurting
it against knot hole on the other side OF
the building. The cobs were blown
through the hole aud the corn left in the
barn. Next!
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
The circuit court, Judge Blair presid
ing, occupied most Of the time YESTERDAY
listening to the testimony Of JOSIAH
Weaver and about fifteen witnesses al
to the advisability of opening roar
through the lands of Geo. Kelley ant
others at Crowell's Gap, near the Frank
lin county line. Like all roao cases, thu
matter was holly contested and was al
appeal from the county court of Roanok,
county. r. w. Kline represented
Weaver and Messrs. Coleman & Coleman
and M. G. McCluug for Kelley. The
matter had not been finally submitted III
to the time of adjournment of court.
j. E. Yonge and A b. Coleman ad
mitted on motion to practice in the cir
cult court.
large number of DEGREES and orders
were entered and also sales Of commits
sioners of the courts were confirmed.
Among the visiting attorneys Judge
King, Robert scott, A. A. Phlegar, G
Penn, Major S. Griffin, Moomaw &
Woods, Judge Green from Danville, G.
F. Goode, Captain Wright, b. Lac,
Hoge, Gordon Robertson, Harvey T. Hall
ORGANIZED LABOR.
would like to get the name and ad
dress of the secretary of every union o.
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