The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-23
SALEM NEWS

Brand dice yesterday.
The infant child of Mrs. Carrie Mon,
gomcry was buried yesterday.
Mr.. .IudkinS proprietor of the .IuikinS
House. Chri>tiansburg, was in town YES
ter lay ON business.
Major Ellis. OF Montgomery. was in
Salem Yesterday fora short while i'm order
to attend To some business.
w. !. Biggs. of ElliSton. accomm,nied
by his wife and daughter, paid a visit to
Salem yesterday morning.
Miss Carrie Price. who has been the
guest OF Charles Price. on PENNSYLVANIA
avenue. has gone 10 Norwich for a visit
To her sister
l.. y. Anderson and wife returned sun
day from a bridal tour to Richmond. and
are now stopping at John Camden, OH
Alabama street.
Il. c. Craig. Mrs Frank Chalmers ai.,
her guest. Miss Rogers. of North Caro-
lima. left salem Yesterday for vi,i; 10
Natural Bridge.
y. VI. Rankin. of South Carolina. also
Rev. Colloquc. OF New York. accompanied
10y his wife and son. ave stopping at Mrs
Tompkn- on High street
=. O. Painter left town Yesterday for
tend the Virginia school of methods. held
this summer at that place r.
Prof w. F. Moorehcad and wife re-
turned to Salem yesterday morning after
a Very pleasant visit To the home of the
Professor parents in Wythe county.
On last Sunday Rev DR.. !. b. TAYLOR
performed the marriage ceremony be-
tween Jacob B. Butt and Miss Hattie b.
{ hos hot II of
Several nights ago ii cutting scrape be
tween two negroes occurred on Broad
street. Both were cut in number of
places. but none OF the injuries proved
serious.
l.. +. Mallicotc leaves Salem to-day for
BlackSburg where he has been engaged ~
Il member OF the band to help with the
commencement; music of the Polytechnic
Institute.
b. w. Sweet. accompanied by his wife
and three childrcn.arrivcd in Salem YES
tcrday from Mountain Lake They will
20 10 Norfolk to-day on the excursion.
TN, expect 10 return to Salem and PUT up
at Hotel Duval
w. :. Claiborne. whorctuned - salem
from Elliston on sunday last. left again
Yesterday for Lynchbure He ha,
now expects 80 spend his vacation at hi,
home in Lynchburg
Iucn Dong six. Koreau. who ha,
been attending Wyoming Valley semi
nary. az Kingston. Pa j. in Salem on a
visit to hi, fellow countrvmnn. Surh
Bcury Kin. who has been student in
Roanoke College for the pa~' three ses-
>ons.
Dabncy barnitH, who went To Egglcs-
ton Springs last week in order to serve a,
best man at the marriage of +. y. Ander-
son and Miss Sibold, i again in Salem.
Before returning. however he paid Il
short visit To his sister at Coldalc. West
Virginia.
Water superintendent J. f. Shipman
has recently had IL number Of improve
mcntS made in the city reservoir. Among
other Improvements, the reservoir itself
has been thoroughly renovated and has
been surrounded by 1t neat fence. alto
gelhcr making the spot Il beautiful one
indeed
DR.. f. V. y. Painter LETT salem yeSter-
day for Shephcrdstown. w VA. where
he has been invited TO address the literary
societies of the State Normal College.
This is the third address that DR. Painter
has delivered at aS many different colleges
during the present commencement sea-
son.
Tom Hatcher lcf, Salem yesterday morn
ing for Bcllcview. He is "a candidate for
an appointment al West Point Military
Academy ana has gone To Bcllcvicw to
stand an examination under Prof. Abbott.
We understand that there is but one
other candidate for the appointment. and
though we wish him no harm we hope
our townsman will secure the position
Several days ago ~ r. HORNE and
Howard Holland, both OF salem. hired II
tandem bicycle from Roanoke and start
ed ont for il days jaunt. They made the
trip TO koincr'S Spring and after looking
around and resting awhile returned to
salem for dinner. In the afternoon they
rode To Elliston and back. thus making a
total distance Of sixty miles. and did not
feel that they had done much either
Near Roanoke they fell in with one of
Roanokc's best whccmen and i'm the race
that followed soon 1istnur,1 hin,