The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
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and Events.


Happenings Briefly and Reliably
Put Before You.
TO Marion and LynohburR.
@. C.Taliaferro went 10 Marion yestes.
day to attend a meeting Of the board Oh
directors Of the South western Hospital.
He will pass through the city Tonight
en- route to LyDchburg to attend the
meeting of the Presbytery as dele
gate from the Second Presbyterian
Church.
The New Home
Attention Is called 20 the advertise.
ment OF the New Home Sewing Machine
Company in this issue. This machine
now stands at the top as q frst-claBs
piece Of mechanism. It gives univer-
sal satisfaction, as ia attested by the
enormous sales throughout the world.
at Virginia College Tonight.
MRS. HANNIBAL WILLIAMS will give
Shakesperean reading at Virginia COL
lege to night at O'clock. The patrons
Of the college and friends Of the Students
are invited to attend. Admission, IS
cents. TicketR on sale &C Massie's
Pharmacy. Street cars will leave the
Terry building ut TAO p. m.
The Fire Last Night. SO
The alarm uf fire which rang last
night about 10 o'clock was occasioned
by the burning Of paper and refuse
around she old junk shop stable which
The Juniors responded and extinguished
the fire before any damage was done.
Colored Child BADLY Burned.
colored girl, years old, while
kindliDg fire in Jo.2an's alley yester-
day morning, Get fire to her dress and
WAS badly burned before the garments
could be torn from her body. She Ia not
expected 10 recover. An old woman
had her hands badly burned in trying
to remove the burning clothing from
the child's body.
An Expert Filter.
Miss Florence Litchfield, Of jackson,
Michigan, an expert corset filter, is
stopping at Hotel Roanoke. Messrs.
Watt, Rettew & Clay have secured this
lady's services TO show up their new line
OF fine corsets. She will gladly instruct
the ladies In corset fitting. She can be
seen only Wednesday and Thursday of
this week. See ad. on eighth page.
Pythian Edition.
The Danville Review Of Monday even
ing issued Pythian edition. which con-
tains much interesting matter about the
Grand Lodge. which is to be held In
Danville May /. The subject of Pyth-
ianism Is illustrated with portraits of
the grand officers, among them being
II. M. Darnall, of Roanoke. who Is
grand inner guard and member Of
TURNER'S staff OF the Uniform
Eagerly Watching for 1t.
The pay car of the Norfolk and West
ern will begin paying this morning on
the yards and make some of our Roam
oke people happy. The car will 20
north on No. 4, and pay the Shenan,
doah division tomorrow, and on Friday
will pay from Winston to Lynchbure.
On Saturday they will pay from Dur.
ham to Crewe and from Crewe to Nor.
folk. The car will then return to this
city and start west on Tuesday.
Juvenile Baseball.
AgAme'of ball was played yesterday
eveniDgIon the Brewery grounds BE-
tween the Belmont Sluggers and tie
Little /Breweries, ecoring 81 to IL III
favor }of the Belmonts Batteries fdr
cries, Boley and Payne. II
The Roanoke Browns defeated TIE
West Ends yesterday by score Of "a 10
8. Batteries: West Ends. Miller aid
Woodrum; Roanoke Browns. Reeves
snd4Leslie. Ten home runs were made
off Mil)er's delivery and two off Reeves.
The Team Abroad.
The Roanoke bsse ball team, under
charge OF Manager Boyer, left yester.
day on the noon train for Lynchburg,
where they played in the sfternooe'
They 20 from there to Richmond, where
they will play three games in success
sion, returning to Rosnoke Sunday.
Next week they will play Norfolk and
Richmond both on our own grounds.
The boys were accompanied by G. L.
Patterson.
The cranke in Roanoke will have Tn
opportunity to- morrow to witness the
game in Richmond by wire at the Old
Opera House. A large blackboard has
been arranged and everything will be in
good shape.
VIII Change the Schedule.
D. FL. Barger. Of Kenova, w. Va; A.
c. Needles and E. K. Winters, of Blue
field; s. S. Mslin and ]. G. Osborne, of
Radford; j. w. Cook, OF Shenandoah;
ID. e. Spangler, OF Columbus, ell
division superint endents of the Nor.
folk ana Western, are in the city ar
ranging new passenger schedule. 1t
STRAWBERRY s