The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-25
SA[,EDl NEWS
EDWARD JErER, REPORTER.

A. T. and Parker Eskridge, of the V.
! p l., are visiting friends in the city,
Andrew and Roy Gabriel Ayers have
| gone to Variety Mills to spend their hol-
| idays.
Miss Mary Woodfin, of H"llins, is Wis
| iting ut VIM. Whitescarver's on Market
street
Mrs. Gardner lIickok left yesterday for
| Christiansburg, where she will spend
| Christmas.
There will be grand shooting match
| to-day at Colwell's gate. The prizes will
| be turkeys.
Miss Nellie Phillips has gone to Au-
gusta county to spend Christmas with
her brother.
Mr.. Throckmorton, of Princeton, n
| j., II former student of the college, is
| here OH visit.
There will be services at II o'clock ut
the Methodist Church. with sermon by
! Rev. j. c. Jones
Miss Matte Taylor and the Misses
Holiday of TIollirs Institute, are ut
home for the holidays.
| l.. IL. McDadc, of Washington, is here
ON Il visit to the family of J. w. Harvey
cutter, on Market street.
| Taylor Lodge, No. %, will give ban
| quet ut their room over the city hall i'll
honor of 1T. Johns day.
Misses Bessie and Fannie Hardy, who
have been teaching in Tazewell county,
are at home for the holidays.
Col y. NJ. Bowman yesterday shipped
| Il thoroughbred Jersey bull calf from his
| Bowmont farn to iIolmesville, n. Y.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bransford, of At
| lanta, arrived here last night on Il visit
to the family of Mrs. j Il. Bransford
Miss Claudine kizer left Wednesday
| for Salisbury, \. c., where she went on
II visit to her cousin, Miss Mabel Kizer.
| Miss Hattie Wolfenden, who has been
teaching school in Wythe county, is Mt
home on Il visit to her mother and broth
crs
Mrs. Frank Chalmers returned yester-
day from New York city, where she has
been visiting the family of Rev. Almond
| Miller. ;
The ladies OF the Episcopal Church will
| gave Christmas tree entertainment TO
the children tonight at the Dry Branch
| chapel.
Lieut.. Thomas Griffin, of the United
States navy, now stationed at Washing
ton, is at home on Il leave of absence for
Il few days.
Roanoke College, left yesterday for his
home i'll Staunton, where he will spend
the holidays.
There will he union services this morn
ing ut the Presbyterian Church ut IL
O'Clock. The sermon will he preached by
Rev. j. b. Taylor.
J. Roster, of the mineral wool plant,
left yesterday for New York, where he
goes to spend the holidays with his
mother and sister.
The colored graded school closed yes
tcrday until the 18th of January, 1891.
| Appropriate exercises, consisting of
duets, essays rectations and papers on
different subjects with addresses by Su.
perintcnGent Stcnrnes, DR. Fox and the
| Rcvs. Tilghman and Mackey were the
features of the occasion y large crowd
was in attendance and the pupils acquit-
ted themselves with credit.
At a called meeting of the town coun-
ell, held December 23rd, the following
resolution was adopted: 1t shall be I'M
lawful 10 explode any fireworks of any
character on the sidewalks of any OF the
streets OF the town. and that no fire
crackers shall be exploded within the
| limits of the town of larger size than six
| inches i'll length, except on vacant lots
not nearer any building than fifty feet
anu throwing hrecrackcrs or other fire
works near persons or animals so as to
endanger, cause disturbance or annoy
ancc is positively prohibited. Any viola
ton of this ordinance shall he punishable
ny niie Oh not less IMAM ~ ana not more
''''" f'o' III ohe oiScre1ion Oh The mayor.
To-day Is Christmas It is the most
sacred day of the year and commentaries
the birth OF Christ. Nearly TWO thous.
and years ago brilliant star pointed its
trembling finger to lowly manager where
lay the incarnatc Christ, the Son of God.
it Is His birth which we celebrate to-