The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-01
SALEM NEWS

Miss Grace Green, of Baltimore, is the
guest OF Misses Ball on College avenue.
A shopping party from the Roanoke
Red paid visit to the Salem merchants
yesterday.
Miss Ollie Anderson, of Morristown,
Tenn, is in Salem on visit to her aunt.
Mrs O'Neil.
c. a. Smith, of the Roanoke city police
force, was in Salem yesterday on a non
professional visit.
Walter Oakley has returned to his home
in Durham, n. c., after a pleasant visit
to his father, w. S. Oakley.
The water was cut off from the pipes
last night ut O'Clock and not turned ON
again until O'Clock this morning.
w. l.. Crawford, who several DAYS ago
was reported missing, has returned to
Salem after short visit to Fincastle.
Mrs. DIR. c. c. Pepper and Mrs. w. w.
Minor, of Rural Retreat, are the guests
of Mrs james Bumgardner on the Boule-
ward.
Miss l.. f. Cunningham, who has been
visiting Miss Mollie Paris, of West Sa-
lem. has returned to her home in johnson
City, Tenn.
+. w. Lesley, Il Lutheran evangelist
from Botetourt county, accompanied by
his wife, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs c.
+. Obenchain.
The case of the commonwealth vs.. Jas.
Hurt and Martha Deweased was called
before Justice Camper yesterday and CON
tinued until next Thursday.
The woman's prayer meeting. which
meets in the Presbyterian chapel every
Friday afternoon, is being well attended
and the interest is increasing.
Clarence Strouse left Salem Thursday
morning for Morgan Grove, where evan
gelistic services will be conducted by him
self and Rev j. +. Schoolfield.
The ordinance of the Lords Supper
will be administered in the Presbyterian
Church to morrow morning ut the close
of the regular IL o'clock services.
The case of Mrs. Nora Garst VS.. s. b.
Hammond, charged with assault and
battery, was continued yesterday by JUS
tice Camper to be tried August 6.
Deputy Treasurer Chas. H. Hatcher
sold yesterday the office property at the
Duval Engine Works just west of Roa-
noke, to Mrs. Korte, living near the works.
The Zera II. Short house and lot on
Wilson street was sold yesterday by r.
II. Logan trustee, to Huff, Andrews &
Thomas, of Roanoke city, the price being
$500.
The Salem baseball team will 90 to the
Roanoke Red next Monday for game
with team ut the Red. The boys are
not betting very strongly on IA victory for
themselves, as they say they will have to
face II professional pitcher.
Miss q. c. Lloyd, who for some weeks
has been the guest of the Misses Frantz
on East Main street, left Salem on Thurs
day. Miss Lloyd met her sister from
Huntingdon, w. Va, ut the station and
together they We're to 90 TO Bedford for
short stay.
The sight of "A blind man guided by
dog attracted good deal of attention on
the streets yesterday. The dog was SPLEEN
didly trained and in the business part of
the town would enter every open door and
conduct his master to the occupants of
the store for aims
j. G. Specht, superintendent of the
steam tannery, of West Salem, says that
the tannery i now receiving about $50
tons of bark per week. About half of this
amount is received on the train and the
remainder is hauled to the tannery in
wagons, some of them coming from points
twenty four miles distant.
Various reports have been given of the
temperature during the excessively hot
weather this week The official report as
given by DIR. Wells, the local agent for
the weather bureau, is for Monday and
Tuesday, 81; Wednesday. %: Thursday
"a 1-2. For further particulars reference
should be had to the daily placard in the
Doctors hat; it is advised that no ques-
tions he asked
Evans F. Morgan, guard at the State
penitentiary, paid Il visit to Salem on
Thursday for the purpose of taking two
men, Geo. +. Bruce, white, and William
Booth, colored, from the county Jail to
the penitentiary, where each Of them has
recently been sentenced to serve term
of three years. Mr.. Morgan says there is
n larger number of convicts in the peni-
Tertiary than ever before, and further
that they are arriving faster than they are
leaving.