The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-14
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD ssETER, REPORTER.

l. l. Preston, She city treasurer, is con
ineu TO his home by sickness.
Mrs. b. w. Logan, wo regrst to learn,
is quite sick ut her home, in West Salem
| Z. Il. Reed left yesterday for Chatt;,-
| nooga, Tens, whefe he goes on business.
| Robert Kline left on the noon !rain yes
! tcrtlay for Lynchburg, where he goes on
| business
Andy Davis, who lives near Gnrst' =
mill, lost four fine turkeys on Tn arslay
They were stolen in broad dsylghs..
>. II. Chapman. of the Roanoke Red
sulphur SPRINGS, left yesterday for Ports.
mouth, whore ho goes to sper<l the win.
Ger.
Judge Mctlit, of the law firu,of Monit
~ Kline, has gone to attend the Baptist
association now i'll session in Richmond
city.
Mir. and Mrs. II. n. Garrett, If Bed
ford City, spent yesterday in Salem the
guests of the family of Col Thomas A.
kase.
Mrs. Isaac Preston and her daughter,
Miss Title, andN Miss Jessie Morgan
spent yesterday at the hospitabie home
OF .lno. Pcrsinger, about two miles fornr
Roanoke.
Fifty dollars reward has been offered
by the city council Tor the arrest and con-
vict'on of any of tie burglars who have
been terroriZing tho town for the past
two weeks.
Charles Johnson, who was tried yester-
day for an assault on II. c. Miller, and
found guilty by tile magistrate, was to-
day fined 500 and costs. His lawyers,
Messrs. Logan and Lee, took IA appeal
from the decision. The case will now be
heard by jury ut the coming term of
the November court.
Mrs. Pugh, wife OF our former towns
man, y. b. Pugh, died ut her home in
Washington, ID. c., yesterday morning.
She will be buried bore in East Hill Gem.
etery on sunday. No further particulars
have yet been received. The people of
Salem, with one accord, sympathize with
Mr.. Pugh in his great bereavement
An Associated Press telegram states
that y. d. Sayers, of Montgomery, Ain.
has been chosen as president of the senate
OF that State. Mr.. Sayers is graduate
of Roanoke College, class of &c or II.
lie was first honor man in his class and
delivered the valedictory His friends
here will be glad to know that he fills n
position of honor and trust. and his alma
mater will be proud of her former stu
dent and graduate.
y gospel wagon passed through Salem
Yesterday from Topeka, Kansas Cos
mic retornationn was written on the side
OF the wagon and the gentlemen in change
was selling book entitled The Devil
and His Angels they are and
where they came from People here are
SC well acquainted with his satanic ma
jesty that his sales were very few. Ii
his book is as interesting us ''I,ettcrs
From He'll ne will probably get rich.
Miss +. b. French, the Presby terrain
missionary, lectured to good crowd
Thursday night at the Ash Bottom
Church. Yesterday afternoon she lee
tured to the ladies and children at the
Lutheran Church. She has many curios
from China, including the gods they
worship and specimen in WAX of IL
Chinese lady's foot. Her talks are very
entertaining and instructive She left
last evening for ChrIstiansburg after
spending two days at the home of w. II.
Tinslcy.
The laymen' union, of which d. b.
Strousc is the leading spirit will neatly
lit up, regardless of expense, the large
room under the Lutheran Church,
which room will in the future be used rs
Il place for the religious services of the
organization Thursday night an inter.
esting service was held with about 60
persons present. The aymen's union is
composed of some of the best men of our
town, and seems to be doing a great work
for the upbuilding of Chrst's Church,
retaining the backslidden and leading
those in darkness to light.