The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-25
NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

Miss Carper, OF Rocky Mount, is visit.
ing ut Mrs. Wilson'S on Union street
William Owens, of Back Creek, lief:
yesterday to make his fortune in the
State of Indiana.
Claiborne Goodwin, of Fincastle, who
has been FOR several years living in New
York, meJ with Il painful accident a few
days ago in an elevator accident, in
which he had his foot badly mashed. Dr.
Goodwin, his brother, passed through
Salem Tuesday evening on his way TO
the city to attend him
James Munday, president OF the Buch-
anan Bank, also president of the Buch
anan Land Company. was in the city yes
terday on business.
Miss Nellie Horne and Miss Nellie
lluGard, who have been visiting the
family of j. y. Baumgarlner, left Tues
day 20 attend the marriage of Miss Minor,
which intere sting event will take place
in Char 'ottesvile in the near future
Mrs. Phipps Miller, wife OF the princ.
pal OF the Salem graded school, returned
Tuesday evening from IL pleasant visit
to friends in Newport News.
y dispatch dated February %, states
that Mrs. +. $. Acton, of Tazewell Court
House, while sitting before an open
CRATE, her dress caught fire and she was
burned to death. Mrs. Acton was the
mothcr.in- law oil Geo. H. Landon, form,
erly OF Salem, and was 81 years of age
The MANY friends of the Landon family
in Salem sympa:hize with them in their
bereavement
Don't fail to attend the event of the
season" ut the town hall on the night Of
the Goth. NJ ISIS Kathleen Koiner, the
MI hn1 in1i Of ~
Harry Hines, the Euphorium soloist,
Will Schmidt, the cornetist, and DR.. ii.
II. Haas, the noted pianist, are all on the
attractive programme. There will be n
musical recitation by Miss Hopkins, of
llollins Institute, and other selections
by Roanoke and Salem talent
G. l.. Phillips, the mattress man, has
purchased il boiler and engine from II
Roanoke concern and will use same for
renovating feathers, and running husk
machine in his Alabama street factory.
Howard White left Tuesday night for
Greensboro, y. c., where he has accepted
II position.
Miss Emily Taliafcrro, OF this place,
leaves to-day for Washington city, where
she has accepted n position as stenog.
rapher and typewriter.
G.. S. Campbell. superintendent Of the
Southern Express Company, who has
been on il visit to the family of w. II.
Snuff, returned yesterday to Chattanooga
Harry Ballard is laid up ut his home
with the measles. This is the second
time that he has been visited By the
spotted plague.
a test was made yesterday afternoon of
the chemical engine recently purchased
by the city council. Mr.. Clark, of the
Rex Distinguishing Company, of New
York city, made the scst. \ building
was constructed 10xl0 feet filed with
straw and old barrels, the whole saturat
ed with Kerosene oil. When the match
was struck the whole structure imme.
diately ignitcd. 1t took about three
minutes for the chemicals to extingush
the fire. These engines are used in the
large cities as Itch dogs in case of
larg. fires, they undoubtedly being very
efficient in case of fires in their inclpien.
cy. This engine being small and easy to
handle may be very useful in Salem es.
pecially in portions OF the town where
the water pipes are small, and the pres
sure slight. AS far as we were able to
judge the test was entirely satisfactory.
Miss Lillian Watson left yesterday for
a visit to friends in Buchanan.
Messrs Jackson, Richards and Mat
thews, of Roanoke College, left yesterday
to attend n State conference of the V NJ.
c. A., which meets to day in Peters.
burg.
w. X Andrews & Co, 2l0 Salem
avenue, have EXCLUSIVE CONTROL
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