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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-20
IN. srcet voice.

The best of men are at times liable to
make very serious mistakes a man in
Leicestershiro village woke in the
night and heard what he supposed to be
the harsh grating of saw on a hard
board and AT once jumped to the con
clusion that some bold, bad burglar was
saving hole in the front door.
He slipped out Of bed, glided like a
spccter into tho hall and again listened
and this time became fully satisfied that
his first suspicious were correct
Selling his trusty gun, he poured a
handful of powder and ditto of shot into
each barrel, capped it and, softly raising
an up stairs window, blazed away III
the darkness, tho shot being followed by
q howl Of pain from below.
He then hurricdly drew on few Of
his most necessary garments aud went
to investigate the matter, and upon the
first step found the wounded form of a
neighboring youth, who, in feeble tones,
explained that he had come over to serc.
made his sweetheart, the old mans only
daughter, with n song and that when he
was shot he was driving ahead as best
he could Oh "Sweet Spirit, Hear Ny
Prayer
He expressed no surprise at the old
man S mistake, but thinks that he might
have at least yelled "Who's there?" be-
fore hc pulled tho trigger, but the shoot
er said he was somewhat excited and
Just little scared. SO didn't stop to
think. -Pearsan' Weekly.
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BY VIRTUE OF a DEED OF

BI VIRTUE OF y DEED OF
trust executed the 18th day of March,
1891, and recorded in the clerk office of
the county of Roanoke, Va, in deed book
d, page 562, S. w. Jamison conveyed to
H. :. Trout the hereinafter described
parce! of land, in trust to secure the
Crystal Spring Land Company and as
signs the payment of the sum of SO, 1913 81,
evidenced by two negotiable interest
bearing notes of 81 ,GG6,GG each, payable
in one and two years from March IT.
1891; and defualt having been made in
the payment OF II portion of said indebted
ness and being requested SO TO do by the
holder of said debt. shall on the 9TH
DAY OF APRIL, 1897. Mt II O'Clock NJ.
III front of the courthouse in the city of
Roanoke, Va, proceed to sell that parcel
of land lyin" in the county of Roanoke,
Va. bounded partially by Virginia ave-
nue., Jefferson street and McClanahan
Place, and containing about three acres
more or less, for n full description Of
which reference is hereby made to said
deed of trust but there is excluded from
this sale about one acre OF the land There
in described, same having been hereto
fore rele ,sed from the operation of the
deed above referred to.
TERMS: Cash.
ii. S. TROUT,
- , I'd Trugtap
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FROM CRIPPLE CREEK.

After the big fire i'll Cripple Greek
took very severe cold and tried many
remedies without help, the cold only tie.
coming more settled After using three
small bottles of Chamherlain's Cough
Remedy, both the cough and cold left
me, and in his high altitude it takes II
meritorious cough remedy to do any
good.-G. b. Henderson, editor Daily
Advertiser. For sale by II. q. Barnes,
Gle Puts up Prescriptions.n
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-20

Swiss experts have como to the con-
clusion that more harm is done than
prevented by roping climbers on gla-
ciers. Tourists saved from crevasse
are often fatally injured by tho rope
cutting into the body. 1t is now propos-
ed to obviate this by means Of specially
constructed broad belts.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-20

TRUSTEES SALE.-WHEREAS BY
Il certain deed dated November ~. 1892,
recorded in deed book 81, page 900, j. j.
Murdoch conveyed certain lot therein
mentioned to f.. f.. Cole trustee to Sc
cure certain debt to NJ. j. Andrews for
deferred purchase money on the said lot
or parcel of land, default having been made
ina portion of said debt, and said Il. Il. Cole
having removed from the State OF Nir
ginia and having resigned said trust, and
the. undersigned having been substituted
and appointed trustee in his stead by an
order of the hustings court Of the city Of
Roanoke, on March g., 1897, and being
requested so to do by the beneficiary uu-
der the said deed, | WILL on WEDNES-
DAY, APRIL 1897, at noon, in front of
the courthouse in the city of Roanoke,
Va, sell at public auction to the highest
bidder all of the following described lot
or parcel of land with It's appurtenances
lying in the city of Roanoke, Va, and
bounded and described rs follows:
Beginning at n point on the north side
of Dale avenue 40 feet east of Simmons
street, thence in northerly direction
parallel with Simmons street 1870 feet tn
an alley, thence in an casterly direction
with said alley 40 feet To point, thence
in southerly direction 100 feet TO Dale
avenue, thence in II westerly direction
with Dale avenue 40 feet 10 the place of
beginning and known as iot No. 10 IN
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BY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
dated the 3lst day of August, 1892, and
recorded in the clerks office Of the hust-
ings court of the city of Roanoke, Va, in
deed book so, page 172, in which Il. III.
Woodrum and Anna L. Woodruff, his
wife, conveyed to the undersigned the
property hereinafter described, and tie
fault having been made in the payment
of the note secured in said deed and being
required so to do by the holder thereof, i!
shall on FRIDAY. April, ,, 1891, ut IL
NJ, Mt the front door of the courthouse in
Roanoke, Va, sell by public auction the
lot and appurtenances conveyed by
said deed, described rs follows:
Beginning ut point on the east side of
Wood street and the south side of a ten
foot alley, said point being 80 feet south
of Gilmer street, thence with south line
of said alley south IS degrees east 40 feet
to- Il point OH Il ten foot alley on the west
line OF same. thence with the latter south
2 degrees west HI Sc feet 10 point on the
north side of II IL foot alley, thence with
same south 81 degrees .iG minutes so sec
onds west lag. Do feet tn Il point on the
east side OF Wood street, thence with
Wood street north degrees east 9l21
feet to the beginning.
TERMS: Cash sufficient to pay the
costs of executing this trust, including
and all past due taxes and the past due
note of 81 900 with interest thereon from
October 20, 1893, the residue, ii any, pay
able in twelve months from date of sale,
deferred payment TO be secured by decd
of trust on the property.
c. MARKIEY,
oo7td Trnstee
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LEGAL NOTICES.

Henry street 100 feet south of Spruce
street, thence south SO degrees SO mi;-
utes ~ seconds east lao. 81 feet to n point
thence south q degrees 81 minutes west
90 feet to point, thence north IS degrees
36 minutes 30 seconds west l40.}4 to
Henry street, thence with Henry street
north Z degrees east 80 feet to the begin
ming.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash as to the
sum sufficient to pay on the cost of this
suit aud sale and the past due taxes upon
said premises, as we'll as the sum of
1894. 81 rs of December 2, 1897. The re-
mainder of said purchase money to lie
upon credit of one and two years from
the day of sale. with interest from that
date. Il. w. GOODWIN.
Commissioner.
l, S. S. Brooke, clerk of the hastings
court for the city of Roanoke, do certify
that L. w. Goodwin, commissioner in the
above styled cause. has executed bond
before me. with good security. in the
penalty.of 81 ,500,as provideh.in the decree
above mentioned. S. s. BROOKE.
IL til Clerk
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TRUSTEES SALE Whereas II GER
tain deed of trust..wns executed by Susan
+. Wood and William NJ. Wood her hus-
band TO George j. peet, trustee, dated
the 26th day of June, 1891, and .recorded
in the clerks Office of the .hustings court
for the city of Roanoke, Va, in deed
book GO, page I, To secure the perform
ancc Of certain conditions and payments
specified in certain bond executed by
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GEO. E. MARKLEY,
Substitute Trustee.

TRUSTEES SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF
decd OF trust dated December 10, 1891,
and recorded in the clerks office of the cor.
poration court for the city of Roanoke.
Va, in deed hnok IS, page 23S, from Rob.
ert +. Boiling and Ida Boiling to the un-
dersigned trustee to secure to Thomas A.
Boiling the payment of the sum of 5000,
divided into two notes of $3.50 each due
in one and two years from date and bear.
ing date with said deed, default having
been made in the payment of said notes,
and icing required so to do by the bene-
ficiary therein secured, will OH MON.
DAY, THE 18TH DAY OF APRIL, 1897.
at IL O'Clock NJ, in front Of the courthouse
OF the city of Roanoke, offer for sale the
following described lot or parcel of land
of dwelling house and described as fol.
lows:
beginning at the northeast corner of
blaine and Park streets, thence with Park
street north n degrees 80 minutes east
50 feet to an alley. thence with said alley
south 80 degrees 10 minutes east 30 feet
to point, themes south , degrees 90 min
ules west 70 feet to Blaine street, thence
with Blaine street north 81 degrees 80
minutes west 30 feet to beginning.
TERMS OF SALE: Terms cash as 10
cost of sale and the sum of $500, with in.
terest from date of notes. Balance, if
any, upon credit of one and Two years
secured by deed OF trust upon the prop
erty. WIN. LUNSFORD.
3 10 I'd Trustee
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BY VIRTUE OF EIGHT SEVERAL
pelS of truSt dated tile 18Th dnu of L,nl

BY VIRTUE OF EIGHT SEVERAL,
deeds of trust dated the 18th day of Feb
Iuary, 1892, and recorded in the clerk S
Office of the county court of Roanoke
county in deed book 8, pages 23l, 232,
233, 234, 236, 237, 23S, and $3.50, in which
JAS. 5. Simmons conveyed the several
parcels of land hereinafter described to
F. w. Jamison, in trust to secure to the
Crystal Spring Land Company or assigns,
the payment of 10 certain negotiable
notes in the sum of $40. 90 .euch, with in.
terest from date, default having been
made in the payment of all OF said notes,
and being requested so to do by the holder
thereof, shall sell Mt public auction in
front of the courthouse in the city of
Roanoke, Va, to the highest bidder, at
II O'Clock NJ, on WEDNESDAY, April.
IA. 1897, the following parcels OF land
lying in the county of Roanoke, Va, viz:
Lot No. 10, section No. rs
Lot No Is, section No. So.
Lot No 20, section No. 81.
Lot No. lG, section No. IS.
Lot No Ii, section No. 81.
Lot No II, section No. SO.
Let No 10, section No. 81.
Lot No. II. section No. 81.
a. shown by the map OF the lands of
the Crystal Spring Land Company, for u
full description Of which reference is
hereby made to said deeds above referred
to.
TERMS: Cash.
S. ~ JAMESON,
10 til Trustee
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Excellent results have recently beer
obtained by the use of electricity il
bleaching paper.
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BY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
from G. r. Wertz to the undersigned
trustee, dated the 18th day of June, 1891,
and recorded in the clerks Office OF the
city of Roanoke, in deed book So, page 81,
default having been made in the terms
of the same, and having been directed by
the beneficiary secured in said deed.
WILL OH the 2iTH DAY OF MARCH,
1897, in front of the courthouse, in the
city of Roanoke, at 10 O'CLOCK NOON,
offer for sale ut public auction the follow.
ing described parcel Of land with it's inn
provements, situated in the city of Rca
nokc:
beginning Mt point on the east side
of Commerce street 1SS feet south of
Tazewell street, thence with the line of
b. ~. Jones' lot north SO degrees 30 min
utcs east 81 feet to point, thence north
ST degrees 30 minutes east 60 feet to II
point, thence south 1 degrees west IA feet
to II point, thence with the line of prop
erty formerly owned hy.H. S. Trout south
81 degrees west las feet to Commerce
street, thence with latter north de-
grees west AZ feet to the beginning
TERMS OF SAIIE-Cnsh rs to the
costs of..sale and past due taxes upon said
property, rs well rs the sum of 81 ,070 90,
being the amount due under said deed of
trust, and as to the residue upon n credit
of one and two years from date of sale.
LUCIEN II. COOKE,
lids Trustee
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COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY vIR-
vir OF II decree entered by the hustings
court for the city of Roanoke at its Feb.
ruary term, 1897, the undersigned rs com.
missioner appointed by said decree, will
offer for sale to the highest bidder ut pub.
lie auction, in front OF the courthousc,o on
the l4TH DAY OF APRIL, 1891, ut II
o'clock NJ, the following described real
estate. together with the unfinished i'm
provements thereon:
Beginning at a point on the east side of
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-20

machlno, the automatic cutting Knife Sharp
ener, and tableting appurtenances are on
this floor. The wonderful and powerfp,
electric motor, which propels tho machines
on all three floors, is also on this floor Over
in ono corner, hardly noticeable, is kept in
readiness, as supplementary power, an
improved Gas Engine, TO be attached Mt
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TRUSTEES SALE.-BY VIRTUE
OF II deed of trust, dated November 5,
1879, and recorded in the clerks office OF
the hustngs court CT the city of Roam
oke, in deed book 100, page 10, in which
Z. Il Wertz conveyed TO the undersigned
the property hereinafter described, de
fault having been made in the payment
OF the last three notes secured in said
deed, and being required so to do by the
holder thereof | shall on MONDAY.
MARCH, ~, 1897, ut II III, at the front door
OF the courthouse in the city of Roanoke
Va, sell by public auction the lot CON
veyed in said deed described as follows:
Beginning ut point on the east side OF
Commerce street 2S9.5 feet north OF Sew
enth avenues ". Cor Day street.. thence
north S3 degrees % minutes east 81. / feet
to point, thence north | degree | min.
ute east 80 i feet to a point, thence sonth
81 degrees % minutes west 92S feet 10
Commerce street. thence with same south
! degrees enst 800 feet 20 the beginning
TERMS: Cash sufficient 10 pay She
costs of executing this trust, including
trustees commission of } per cent and
S303.G4 with interest on $500 from No.
vember ., 1913, and on 81 Is from April
1st 1896, and on $l24 from June |.
1896, and on $l.24 from August /.
lo'o, SUBJECT 10 credit OF $500 as of
November 8. 1896
S. HAMILTON GRAVES,
10 III Trustee.
POCAHGNTAS COAL. COMPANY
Notice is hereby given, That the stock
holders OF the Pocahontas Coal Company
i'll general meeting of the company held
Mt Roanoke, Virginia, on the 2Sth day of
January, 1891, the said company being
ont OF debt. ordered reduction OF the
capital stock OF the said company TO 500.
600, making the par valGe of the shares
OF the capital stock 5000 per share in
stead OF $4,000 per share, and, in carry
ing such reduction Of the capital stock
into effect, ordered, among other things
II dividend OF $2,.50 per share out of the
capital stock of the company, payable on
the 4th day OF May. 1897, at the office of
the company ia the city of Roanoke, Viz
ginia, to the shareholders of record on the
2Sth day of January, 1897. on the produc-
ton and surrender of the certificates of
stock in exchange for new certificates
showing the amount Of the reduced cap
ital Of the company.
II, G. JAMESON, President
Roanoke, Va, January l8th, 1897
29l a w-3 III
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ST'VCI II OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
/, S. S. Brooke, clerk of the hastings
court for Roanoke city, Va. certify that
the bond :equired of the commissioners
under the above decree has been duly cx
rcuted. :. $. BROOKE. Clerk
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-04-13
On the Upper Mi.sissiopi.

The upper Mississippi continues to
boom, the gauge showing eighteen feet
above low water mark. II has been
raining constantly for twelve hours.
Dispatches from Aitkin, Sank Rapids.
st. Cloud and Little Fails indicate that
the river is still rising rapidly and that
all records are likely To be broken at
ST. Paul within the next fOrty-eight
hours The leVee at james street, that
city, broke at 3 o'clock Sunday after
noon, sending the water all over that
part of the city with rush. The food
encroached into the freighthouse Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road.
The Diamond 10 passenger station is
in danger OF floating away, and force
of men are busy tying. il to the bank.
Several of the manufacturing concerns
oil the west side have been obliged 10
shut down because water put their fires
out. II. relief societies of st. Paul are
busy extending succor To the suffering.
The number OF people who have been
forced to leave their homes is about
loo. The water east of State street
has become so deep that several houses
have fioated from their foundations
Logs to the value OF about S60, 600 float
ei down the river sunday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-04-13
Railway station Floating Away.

\ special dispatch from Trenton, Mo-,
says: Grand river is still coming up
and the bottoms are completely under
water, causing much damage. We'll
don bridge. four miles north, was
washed ont, and considerable timber
of the Quincy Omaha and Kansas City
railway extension has been lost The
base ball park is completely sub
merged. Mr. Wmslow. manager of
the water works, has received tele-
phone message from the power station
that the water was running in through
the walls, and that il the food was any
higher tomorrow the men would have
20 vacate. leaving the city without any
water supply. Six young men on horse
back attempted to cross the bottoms
west OF the town today and were swept
from their animals. Three got safely
TO land; the other three fiOated down
stream and were rescued from the tree
tops.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-04-13

hatchie Counties, in the northern part
of the state are inundated, and the
newly planted corn crops will be laid
in waste.
No loss of life is reported, the in
habitants of this stricken section hav-
ing made preparations for just such a
catastrophe as exists there. The con-
dition of the poorer classes throughout
the Hooded area is indeed critical.
Thousands of refugees are huddled on
levees and spots of land waiting for re-
lief, The towns of Rosedale and Tun-
lea report that everything possible is
being done for these poor people, but
that funds and provisions are fast be-
coming exhausted. In the little city Of
Rosedale alone 1,200 refugees are being
cared for by the citizens.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-04-13

havoc with railroads in the valley east
of Yankton, $. ID. The water is a foot
higher and threatens to take out
bridges and tracks, as the approaches
at both ends of the bridges are cut
ting badly. Three miles and over OF
track of the Great Northern, Milwau-
kee and Northwestern railroads is now
completely disabled thus cutting Yank-
ton OFF from the outside world. Farm
ers in the bottoms are moving out
with boats. Word was received ask
ing for immediate assistance, and men
and boats are departing for the flooded
district The water still continues TO
rise at Yankton. The ice is broken at
Grand Forks. y. D.. and trouble il ex-
pected frol that source. Easements
in Third street stores are cleared of
all goods. Above Grand Forks the ice
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-04-13
The Floods RavaGes in Iowa.

\ dispatch from Sioux City, Ia,
says: Residents OF the Floyd river
bottoms here are again flying to higher
ground. At Merrill, James and Hinton.
points above Sioux City, the stream is
out of its banks and flooding the val
ley. Here the bank is higher and a
three foot rise will be necessary before
the floods of a fortnight ago can be
repeated. The rise still progresses,
however. AT the rate of two or three
inches an hour.
Burlington, Ia, telegram: A huge
landslide fell from the water soaked
bluff between Burlington and Fort
Madison, covering the Burlington rail-
road track ten feet deep with clay.
rocks and trees. All traffic was stalled
for several hours until big gang of
workers could clear the track. There
have been dozen bad landslides in
this vicinity the past week on account
OF heavy rains.
Alton, H., telegram: Two feet more
of water will stop trains on the
DUN isiut, ~. IsOuiS, ol.
Paul, but if the weather remains clear
it may not go that high. Several ex-
ira crews of men We're busy today pill
ing in rock To hold the weak places in
the embankment, where the waves
threatened to wash out the track.
Dubuque, Ia, special The river reg
listers twelve feet above low water
mark, rise of half foot today. The
water is now within three feet of the
danger line.
Special kilograms from points in
South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska
bring word Of increased floods in all
the rivers. Rain has fallen almost in
cessantly for seventytwo hours over
an area of more than 100 miles in radi-
us from Omaha, the fall being fully
four inches for that time. This has
greatly increased the volume of water
in the already swollen streams. Thou
sands of acres of farm land are UNI
der from four to six feet of running
water. and many families have moved
from homes in boats.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-04-13
big Break at Flower Lake.

Another disastrous break in the ms
sissippi levee occurred Sunday morn
ing at s o'clock at Flower Lake, six
miles below Tunica, Miss. The Gre
vase, while not yet of great width, is
fully fifteen feet deep and the water
is pouring through the opening with
fearful velocity. This will probably
be the most destructive break that has
occurred in the delta. The most fertile
farm lands of Mississippi, lying in Goa
homa, La Flore, Quitman and ITALIA
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-04-13

gress was calmly smoking "a pipe on
the roof of a log cabin, while stream
of water was running through the
doors of her hut nearly up to the caves
OF the roof.
What are you doing there, aunty?''
we halioed.
Use watered in" came the response.
Would you like us to take you imp
we offered.
mo. sab; I'll be Skilled out terect-
ly.'
Piaintive howlings of dogs, cack-
ling of poultry and squealing OF pigs
keep the woods alive, and graphic
scenes and incidents crowd upon the
sight at every turn, There are dead
carcasses floating in the water, frag-
ments of houses and articles of house
hold furniture of every kind.
p. S.-A later dispatch says that
Greenville has been swept away.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-04-13
Reporter CATHERINE. News.

The Post Dispatch correspondent
went by skiff from here to all points
possible by water in a radius of fifteen
miles in every direction from this city,
says a telegram from Greenville, Miss.
1t was a common sight to see rabbits
or domestic fowls floating on drift
wood, deer on little islands here and
there above the water. and the starry
ing creatures do not now fear the ap-
prOach of man. In one instance a ne
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-04-13
Floods is minnesota.

OrtOnyille. Mimi. has been complete
ly cut OF from communication with the
outside world. train cannot 90 20
miles from this city in any direction.
Lac Qui Parle lake, Minnesota river,
Big Stone lake and Lake Traverse
er are merged into one, rising at the
rate of half an inch an hour. A heavy
northwest gale is driving the ice, which
is yet compact and solid mass, out
of Big Stone lake into the overlooked