The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-23
THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE.
The Way Of the Transgrsssor is
Hard in Roanoke.

The little that has appeared in print of
late concerning the turnings of the wheels
of Justice in our city is not to be taken as
evidence that those same wheels have
been grinding slowly or not grinding to
good effect. The fact is they have had to
undergo one or two scraplngs to get rid
OF the barnacles. The grand jury, among
other things sent from the lower mills
for refinement, will have to say what is
to be done with n certain gentleman whose
evil deeds found him out about the same
time that Officer Rigney found him. The
gentleman has been in our midst for some
time, and being rather n nice looking
man of neat appearance he might have
been allowed to remain here, but for the
fact THAT his sleek, well-fed look was
hardly in keeping with the amount of
labor he din. Therefore the eye of the
law has been upon him. Last Saturday
night he dropped into saloon and forgot
to drop out until after the proprietor had
closed up. and Sunday morning IL was
found that all the cash in the drawer,
amounting to 81, two watches, pistol
and goodly quantity of "oh be Joyful
had also dropped out. Officer Rigney
was called in and when told the circum-
stances Immediately decided that his
friend of the blonde moustache and the
''do nothing" job was the man wanted,
although there was nothing o5her than the
fact of I is .having been noticed in the
saloon on Saturday night to cast suspi-
cion upon him.. Rigney was right and So
ciable call at the gentlemen's apartments
disclosed the watches, the pistol, the 81
tied up in rag and the "oh be joyful' all
in good state of preservat ion-also the
man of the blonde moustache, the sleek
appearance and the sinecure. He is nov
boarding at the hotel where the light
burns all night and the good man of the
house neither SAUNDERS nor sleeps.
A few days ago farmer came into
town with large lot Of eggs The day
was hot ana the task of packing the eggs
into crates was long and arduous, so the
farmer stripped him of his coat and of
his vest, the latter of which contained his
watch, and laid them at the back of his
wagon. Ii WAS then that little negro
boy who had been loafing around for
some ..time suddenly professed great de-
sire to assist in the egg packing and there
is where the gentleman from the rural
districts, rs is. said in vulgar ,parence,
tore his clothes-for when the work vas
done and he looked around for his labor
loving colored boy he was go-e and the
watch was found later to have gone with
was arrested. In that time he had traded
the watch to man in Northwest Roa-
nohe, and had sold the new watch. The
money was found on him. The sad part
about 1t all was the exposition of how
hardened those who have much to do
with such cases become. Judge Wool
did his duty, but he might have spared
the public-he said it was only a uues-
ton Of time. There was an Eng!ishnian
in the courtroom. He went quietly away
and like the man in the story book who
was bitter. by mad dog, locked himself
in his room. The coroner said it was fits
Is there no remedy?
There is II man interested in business
matters il Roanoke who deserves to sue
coed. Probably he will some day, though
his methods have changed considerably
IN late years. lie works now In his wife's
name. He sells clothing, but he will
not admit that the trousers he carries in
stock belong to her. He is the same man
VINO used to be In the grocery business.
He was selling sugar for five cents that
cost Kim six. When questioned he said,
but sell so much of dot sugar' Some
OF these days if he can make satisfactory
arrangements with the fire insurance ad-
justers he will be rich, or his wife will,
which is she same, as it is all in the
family. TRAMP
The Shakers have made q great hit.
Their Digestive Cordial is said to be the
most successful remedy for stomach
troubies..ever introduced. 1t Immediately
relieves all pain and distress after eating,
builds up the feeble system and makes
the weak strong.
1.-The fact Is, foods properly dgested are
better.than 30 called stonics Tho Cor-
dial not only contains food already d.
gested, but is a dgester OF other foods.
Food that is not digested does more harm
than good. People who use the cordial
insure The digestion of what food they
eat and IN this way get the benefit of it
and grow strong.
TIL, little pamphlets which the Shakers
have sent druggists for free distribution
contain much interesting information on
the subject OF dyspe psin
I.AXOT, il not 81 ,nivtnro 80 1.,,o, n