The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-23
SALEM NEWS NEVER FAILS TO CURE
EDWARD JErER, REPORTER.

1t was reported on the street yesterday
by II reliable party that on Thursday Mrs
Charles Rock attempted suicide Mt her
home on the farm of c. B. Moomaw. near
Troutville, by firing two pistol bullets
into her body near the heart She was n
Miss Colwell of Haymakertown, Bote-
tourt county. She is reported as saving
that she was tired of life.
The Northern Pacific Railway Com.
pany's Worlds Fair product car will be
at the Norfolk and Western railway sta
tion to-day. 1t is said to be well worth
seeing.
l.. +. billiard is laying the foundation
for Il store house OH his Market street lot
adjoining his dwelling house.
w. G. Hurt is i'll Mt his home on West
Main street with the grippe.
7. NJ. Starkey. of Cave Spring, was in
the city yesterday.
G. +. Thomas, of Lafayette, was in the
city yesterday on business.
James l.. White, who has been on an
engineering corps near Camden, w. Va,
is ut his home on u visit to his parents
Ivan Yonce, of the United States mail
service, who has been ut home for the
past two weeks on account of sickness,
Lynchburg and Bristol.
Miss Bessie Wiley left yesterday for
Blackshurg, where she goes to visit the
family of DR.. Henderson.
The following is taken from the Daily
Commercial (Pine Bluff, Ark..) of recent
date, concerning the initial sermon
preached in the above city by the Rev.
Geo. Gordon Smead, who short time age
accepted the rectorship of the Pine Bluff
Episcopal Church: Rev. G.. Gordon
Smead, the newly installed rector of
Trinity Church, preached yesterday morn.
ing the abeSt sermon ever delivered in
that editice. lie touched the hearts of his
listeners rs has never before been felt or
witnessed. His DISCOURSE "God is Love-
was handled in most beautiful and SYM
pathetic manner, and elected marked at.
tention by a large congregation. His
evening sermon was also Il most excellent
one and highly enjoyed by goodly num-
Der of persons. The parishioners of Trim
ity are highly pleased with Mr.. Smeade,
and the Commercial extends its congrat-
ulationS to both minister and ministered
In the court Of Roanoke county held on
Thursday, Judge Galloway Brown, pre-.
siding, the unlawful detainer case of
Johnson against Jamison ct. ais, was de.
cided by the jury in favor of the Defend
ant, which verdict the judge set aside
On motion of counsel for plaintiff II new
trial as granted. On Friday the follow
ing business was trapsacted: In the ease
of the commonwealth VS.. Major Ninson
and Benz. L. Belcher, Cor burglary, the
prisoners pleaded guilty, and the jury
retired and brought in verdict against
them of one years confinement in the
county Jail and imposed inc on the said
parties of S1.15 each. Orders were en-
Tered in the cases OF p. l.. Terry against
the public and school district No. =
against Mary a. Hubert ct al. On mo-
ton of James o. Abshire, the estate OF
VIM. Atkins was committed to Geo. w.
Iirkle. as sheriff of Roanoke county, to
be by him administered according to law,
and JAS. w. Baldwin, VIM. +. Fralin,
.Jno. Willett, Jas. Lancaster and Geo. p.
Mills, any three of whom may act, were
appointed appraisers of the personal es-
tate of said VIM. Atkins.
ID. B. Strouse, Edward Marshall and
Jno NJ. Oakley, Jr.. have returned from
Piedmont about five miles from Allie
ghany Springs, where they held relig-
ious meeting resulting in\thirty. five pro-
| LESSONS of religion and about seventy
sanctiiicatons. They report n wonderful
meeting. The next places in which they
will hold meetings in regular order are
Locust Grove, Christiansburg and Pear.
isburg.