The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-18
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Put Before You.
Lost!
ROLL Of greenbacks, Can identity.
Liberal reward to finder II returned 70
TIMES office.
ALL sizes chair bostom ms &c. piece. O.
81. HoRDIsH. 1913 Salem avenue 8. W.
The Bicycle Hospital.
AT the Bicycle Hospital, No. 1874
Campbell avenue o. W., you can hive
your bicycle re-enameled any color
baked on. Frat claes work, guaranteed
to be as good as when 1t came from fsc :
tory. Time and express saved by bring
Ing your work to the Bicycle Hospital.
Charged with Stealing.
Will Dolly, colored. was arrested veg
terdsy morning by officer Rigney on the
charge Of stealing watch from I. Mum
ford. He can explain his conduct this
morning to Police Justice Williams.
A Cow Killed.
A COW belonging to an unknown party
was killed Sunday morning by freight
train in the cut south OF the old Roa.
noke aud Southern depot. The COW was
so manglsd that she could not be iden-
tilted.
The Invitation Accepted.
Roanoke Council, No. 70, Jr. o. u. A.
Nd, has accepted On invitation from Sa-
lem Council, No. so, to attend and par
school next Saturday afternoon Of $50
o'clock.
Park Street Band Officers.
At tho meeting OF Park Stree. Band
last night the following officers were
elected: Loader, Il. L. Dudley; president
J.W. Mccoy; president, j G. Cassell;
secretary and treasurer, j. M. Csrpar;
drum major, j. e. Wade.
Struck on the Head.
Mrs. Waller p Huff WAS struck on the
head with stone thro WI by boy near
her residence on Patterson avenue Sat-
urdsy night. She wss knocked down,
and received a severe wound on the
temple. She does not know who the
boy WAS.
a "Rainbow Social"
A "Rainbow Social" will be given
to night by the young ladies of st.
James M. e. Church at the residence
OF Mrs. l.. T. Slaughter, at 500 Second
avenue n. W., for the benefit OF mission
work. An admission Of five cents will
be charged.
Fire at vintop.
Fire broke out yesterday morning In
3 house occupied by man named Gray
at Vinton, and the entire roof was
almost destroyed. The fire caught
from defective fue and the house was
saved from burning down by tho ciN-
zens. who responded go promptly to the
alarm. The loss will not exceed $50.
Death of Clifton Ware.
Clifton Ware, aged 81 years, son of
Officer ]. M. Ware. died Saturday after
noon at the family residence on Sixth
avenue 9. W. OF consumption. Rev. DE-.
Carson preached the funeral Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock at the residence
The remains were shipped on the noon
train the same day to Amherst Court
House for interment.
Death of John Linkenhoker.
John Llnkenholrer. aged 81 years,
died Saturday night at his resi-
dence, 703 First avenue n. W., of heart
trouble. The funeral was preached
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock by Rev.
x. b. Pollard. The rem aims were shipped
on the noon train yesterday to Loops
Run, Rockbridge county, for interment.
The Ore OF Good Quality.
j. Shirley Smith went yesterday to
the iron mines near Troutville. in which
he ia interested. Mr.. Smith stated 10 q
TIMES reporter that they had already
started to washing the manganese ore
which is of the best quality. and that
they had received orders from New
York that would keep them busy for
the next twelve months.
Look After tho Lights.
There Is much complaint in regard
to the electric lights Of this city. There
are several Of them in the southeastern
part Of the city that are much COM
planned OF, and to the writer's own
knowledge the light at the driveway
street and the one on the corner OF
Wells avenue and Jefferson straet did
not burn on Saturday nor Sunda y
nights.
Court News.
In the hastings court yesterday Goo
L. Hart was qualified as notary public
and gave the required bond of $500. In
the circuit court the verdict in the case
OF Merrinan vs.. the Roanoke Street