The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-22

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sidersbly bruised about the side andN.
10 reared was slightly injured interS
neiiy. Mr.. Baldwin was so badly used
up oy the accident that he is now undeI
physicians treatment ct Hotel RoaE
noke. II Is . great wonder that theS
were NOS more seriously injured. y
SHOULD be Looked INTO.
Considerable complaint In being mada
about the indiscriminate firing ~ nis.
tol. by unknown parties In the neigh
oorhood OF Ninth avenue and Grove
street 9: W. Almost every night some
person nres revolver several times In
rapid succession. much to the alarm of
many timid women residing in that
section. The policeman, IL there ia
one ever in that benighted section Of,
Roanoke, should sec to It that thiz
nuisance ia checked.
>1eick Work.
None Of the candidates before the pri.
mary mailed at the city postofice at 9
oePck last night an application to the
vete from that preclnct to Lvnohbnrg
Abe transfer arrived here at O'CLOCK
to-day. That shows good mail SER
vice ana registrar who attends to his
business. Mr.. e. M. Jones IL the regis.
srar at Misunderstanding Advance.
Fines Amount to SBB.
In the police court yesterday the fol-
lowing fines were imposed: Salina
Cora, disorderly. IS; Jim Western.
drunk, S2.10, Russell Stewart, disor-
derly, IS; Sue Rose, disorderly, SIo; Marv
Iayiof, disorderly, $40; Matte TAYLOR.
disorderly. $40; Ed Pace, disorderly, IS;
John Trout, drunk. SO so. The total
Ines amounted to S55. Of which amounts
$40 was paid in.
NAV Come This Way.
The colored convict who escaped from
guard at the Jefferson Davis mansion
yesterday Is still al liberty. His name
is Curry Scott and he came from Mont
gomerY county to serve nine years for
burglary. beginning his sentence in
1894. He Is 81 years old, feet TX
inches high and weighs $50 pounds.
superintendent Lynn has offered $50 re.
waro Tor his capture.-Richmond State.
Charged With Illegal Voting.
Nr'-!'' 7. Ormsby was Arraigned on
b caArke OF illegal voting. The war
rant alleges that he WAS convicted OF
petit larceny by petit jury in she
corporation court OF Lynchburg; that he
was thereby disqualified from voting at
the election at Norfolk in November.
1885, and that notwithstanding such
disqualification he did vote at said cleo.
ton. Case continued to April %, with
y. u. Prince bondaman.-Norfolk Pilot.
Firemen's Fair
The Flremen's fair WAS we'll attended
last night; more so than usual. The at
tendance at the Refreshments tables was
also large. The dancing ID largely en-
gagged In. Everybody is working hard
to make 1t grand success. The various
contests are progressing nicely. Bert"
the line horse, probably made his last
trip to the fire yesterday. All ladies
In to the ladies' conn ittee at once.
X. OF p. New Sign.
The new sign which has been placed
In front Of the entrance to the K. of p.
hall is beauty. It is lighted BY cleo
tricity and the ruby glass makes it re-
semble gem shining In the dark, On
one side is the inscription, "Osceola
Lodge K. OF P, meets every Thursday
night;" on the other aide, "Roenoks
division No. IL U. 3 X. P, meets every
Wednesday night" This sign needs to
5e seen at night TO be appreciated.
frhe CATTLE Quarantine.
DIE. P. Niles, State veterinarian. was
In the city yesterday In the interest," of
the cattle quarantine. From here he
goes to Washington for the purpose of
securing further corporation on the
part OF the United States Department
of Agriculture. II Ia now the intention
OF that department to conduct a series
OF experiments with view of ascertain
ing means by which Texas cattle fever
can be stamped out. The United States
Government intends to conduct these
experiments In Georgia. but as Vir-
ginis offers better advantages for such
work Dr.. Niles hopes to secure these
experiments for this State.
Fell From a Tree.
Howard Adams, lad about 10 vears
old. son OF Baggage Master Adams. of
the Norfolk and Western;Smet with A
serious accident yesterday about noon.
He had climbed u tree near the Friend
ship Fire Com pany's engine house on
Third Street n. 9. and losing his balance
fell to the ground, o distance OF abont
twenty feet. He struck on his head.
seriously decorating the scalp and
rendering him partly unconscious. Drs.
Gale and Cannaday were Summoned and