The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-20
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

j. a. Baumgardner, the popular sta
ton agent of this place, has been granted
holiday, and his place will be filled by
Relief Agent j. S. Goldsmith.
G. l.. Miller, of Roanoke, has moved to
the Webb farm, west of Salem, recently
vacated by &. l. Hatcher, who moved to
the ilorncr place.
On next Thursday night there will be IL
Christmas tree ut the Bend Chapel, and
on Friday night II Christmas tree enter
tainment will be given ut the Fort Lewis
Church.
We take this opportunity of extending
an invitation to the people of Roanoke to
come up to Salem OH Christmas day and
indulge to their hearts content i'm pop
ping the gay ami festive iirccracker un-
molcsted. We feel sorry for those who
have TO live i'll IL small city where none of
the counciimen were never boys, and
where the fire ordinance is unsuspended,
and SO invite you to come to this up. to-
date place and enjoy Christmas
Hugh White, an employee of the Salem
Machine Works, will spend his Christmas
at his old home a5 Munassus
f.. a. Anderson and wife have gone to
Giles county, where they will spend the
holidays ut the home of Mrs. Anderson's
father.
Clay Chapman, of the Roanoke Red, is
visiting friends in the city.
Thieves visited the house of c. y.
Raider, who lives in West Salem, Oh Fri
day night and helped themselves to
twenty nine OF his fowls incidentally
they left Mr.. RAIDER one small bob tailed
pullet, for which he is very thankful.
Miss Florence Dickinson, of Richmond,
arrived here Friday night, and is the
guest of Miss Daisy Tompkins.
Miss Helen Wcsson, who has been
teaching ut Egg!cston Springs, has re-
turned to Salem, where she will spend the
holidays with her sister, Mrs. Kockhill.
On Thursday night large black and
white cow, three years old and very fat,
also pale red COW, very poor, was stolen
from the farm OF Col. Chas Burwell, and
are supposed to have been driven to Roa-
nokc, as they were tracked rs far as the
boulevard bridge, over Roanoke river.
l.. c. IIansbrough, us administrator of
r. i. Norman, sold two tracts OF land
near Roanoke, one Of seventy three acres
known as Crestcn, on the t.ynchbur,
road, opposite Allegheny Institute, to
| seth Wilmcth for $40 per acre. This
land i'll 1880 sold for $3.50 per acre
Another tract known us the Collins Bass
farm, was sold to u. S. Miller fer $50 80
per acre. Why don't Roanoke city pur.
chnsc this land for il park.
Yesterday was the last Saturday before
Christmas. .Swarms of people went to
Roanokc over the electric car line to do
their shopping, and the stores here
suffered on account Of it. II is calculated
| that SD. 600 II year finds its way over this
! line to Roanoke. The ear line charges
Salem people 81 cents round trip the
highest fare charged by any company in
! the United States, and yet Salem popelc
smilingly pay it and spcnd their cash in
and for the benefit of Roanokc.
Mr.. Gee has moved from the John Per-
| singer place to thess Sawyer's farm. nea,
! Salem. as
AS far rs we have been able to learn
| there will he regular services in all of the
| Salem churches to-day, the only Service
outside Of the regular order being IL
| praise service at 7:30 in the evening mt
the Lutheran Church, given by the Chris
tian Endeavor Society of that church
We will state for the benefit of the
timid that Grace Ballard is entirely we'll
| of diphthera, and that her home has been
thoroughly fumigated and disinfccted. so
| that there is now no danger at or around
| the premises.
a club to be known as the Roanoke
| College German Club was organized Sat
| urday afternoon by the young men of the
college. John j. Lloyd was elected pres
| ident, ana w. y. Terry secretary, treas
urer. The club will giyea german the
| first Tuesday evening of each month at
Hotel Salem, the opening german to he
| given the evening of january ), 1891.
The club anticipates quite pleasant
series of entertainments during the win
| ter and spring, and we bespcak for them
Il most enjoyable and successful season.
| ]. w. Wilson, formerly mt Salem, and
Rifles, aud who now is in Iowa. wrote to
Judge W. Griffin IL few days ago and said
| that in case of war with Spain he was
| ready in four days time to Join Ills COM
| pany and shoulder arms in behalf of his
| State and country. The JEFF Davis Rifles
are very anxious for war, especially Lieu
tenant II. y. Johnson, who longs for an
| opportunity to win laurels on the field of
| battle, where he can hear the fierce
| scream OF the she'll, the whiZz OF the bnl-
| let and the boom of the cannon ana parry
| the thrust of the deadly machctc.
NAVAL ACTIVITY.
New York, Dee I9.-While there is no
| great activity at the navy yard at Brook,
| lyn. work is being pushed forward with
| haste The cruiser New York, which
| left the dry dock yesterday, went down
to Tompkinsville, s |. Men are kept