The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-20
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

Col. c. W. Burwell has gone to Bent
Mountain on business
Henderson Lee and wife drove to Bote-
tourt county yesterday.
Alfred Peel has returned from a bust
ness trip to Charleston, w. Va.
Miss Lily Pitzer, of Roanoke. is visit.
ing Miss lnez Shipman, on Broad street.
Mrs. Roster and her daughter Anna.
left "Wednesday night for l. visit to New
York.
Miss Martha Deyerle, of Roanoke. is
visiting Mrs. B. w. Logan, in West
Salem.
Capt. w. w. Brand of Catawba. was
in Salem yesterday, the guest of his son,
OH Union street.
Edgar Helm, of Roanoke, brother of
Mrs. Austin, is on Il visit to his sister on
East Main street.
Evangelist j. w. Hypes has returned
from Grogginsville, franklin county,
where he has been holding revival.
d. B. Strouse, Edward Marshall and
John NJ. Oakley, Jr., of the Laymcn's
Union, are conducting meeting at
Auburn.
The many friends of City Treasurer
Thomas 1. Preston, who has been very i'll
for the past two weeks, will be gratified
TO learn that he is now convalescent
Mrs. Clarence b. Strouse left last night
for Philadelphia, accompanied by one of
the little Baptist orphans, who Mrs.
Strouse is kindly taking to the city in
order to have a surgical operation per
formed.
In the case of j. G. Richardson
against the Norfolk and Western rail
road which was tried before jury, Mr..
Richardson was awarded full damages.
amounting to $40 and costs, with interest
on same from the 10Th day of September,
1898.
Rev. Perry r. Nugent, after a visit to
the Valley of Virginia, stopped in Salem
yesterday, where he was Joined by his
cousins, the Misses Nugent, who accom-
panied him to Richmond, where they will
reside i'll the future.
Lieutenant Thomas A. johnson re-
Gently received Il hair-brush and comb. as
a prize at the jeff Davis Rifles drill for
being the best looking man in Company
IL. n Salem young lady who heard of it.
cutely asked, wonder what he will do
with theml'
F.. j. Sanders and his bride returned
Wednesday night from Trinity, Bote-
tourt county, where they were married,
and will for the present board at the
home of John Whitescarver, on Academy
street. where they will be sat home'' to
their friends
Yesterday afternoon horse belonging
to ID. b. Strouse became frightened in
front of the bank building, on College
avenue, and ran away. He was harnessed
to n buggy and made wild turn at Dill
lard & Persingers corner, and after set
ting one or two other vehicles on end
and tearing up the curbstones in front of
Il. Boon's, was.stopped in front of j. f.
Shipman's grocery store.
The city council are having all trees re-
moved on Main street that interfere with
the stone curbings. The old locust trees
in front of Mayor Younger's residence
were dug up yesterday. Many improve.
ments have been made during the life of
the present council Salem keeps pace
with the restless spirit of the age, and
many fine residences have been erected
during the past year. The reporter will
little later, write up Salems many i'm
provements during the last twelve
months.
Capt. j. c. Langhorne, of this place,
has, at his mill property, in West Salem,
several pens of the finest Berkshire
porkers ever raised in this section of Vir-
sinia. They are thoroughbreds. Cap
tain Dick" and madam Nellie b." and
George have pedigrees rs long as the
moral law, and date back their illustrious
parentage sixteen generations Nellie
Is has litter of pigs sired by the famous
Rabida, owned by the superintendent of
the agricultural department of the Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute. They are
beauties and as wild us rabbits. Captain
Langho,ne has devoted several acres of
land to the raising of hogs, and has 102
fine ones to kill this fall.
PEACHES IN DANGER.