The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-18
THE ROANOKE TIMES. TUESDAY. JANUARY Is
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ISAAC CANNADAY, REPORTER.

Miss Fannie Johnston is quite i'll at her
home OH Pennsylvania avenue.
The regular monthly meeting of the
ryree Missionary Society was heiu Sun
day night in the Baptist Church. The
programme consisted of several selections
by the choir, Rotations, q solo by Prot.
w. S. Bun nett, of Roanoke, and an nd
dress by Rev. J. r. Brown The meeting
as usual was largely attended.
Mrs. t. King and j. Evans. of West
End, Rosnoke, were visiting G. Jones
Ligcn and wife Saturday.
Mrs. Forsyth, wife of the late Henry G.
Forsyth, was paralyzed recently at her
home in Botetonrt county and is consid-
eled to be dangerously i'll ut present.
ID. N. Parry, of Roanoke, was In town
Sunday.
John NJ. Oakley and Charles Jerain con-
Quoted religious services at Norwich
Sunday.
The little daughter of VIM. Delaney,
east of Salem, is very low and Is not ex-
pected to live.
Mrs. whtesell and her daughter, Mrs
Moses, are both quite sick at their homes
east of Salem.
Among those attending court yesterday
II. Blackwell, Cave spring: L. Nj. Star
key. Cave Springs: John Hunter. Vim
ton; w. Fl. Barnett, Salem district; and
DR.. George White, Patterson Coon, David
Sedon and David Poague, of Cave Springs.
Supervisor W. II Barnett was in town
yesterday.
Rev. B. f. Ball returned yesterday
morning from Buchanan, ut which place
on Sunday he conducted q uuarterly
meeting.
w. H. Peppin, of Baltimore, is regis
tered at Hotel Duval.
c. j. Renick, of Galloway, Franklin
county, is visiting friends and relatives
in the city
James Bear, while practising in the
Roanoke College gymnasium Saturday,
had the mi Misfortune to slip and thereby
sprain his ankle.
P. w. Huff, OF Roanoke, was in town
yesterday.
Albert Levy. of the college. was visit
ing friends in Roanoke Sunday.
A Mr. Goodwin is reported to have
killed m ad dog on Twelve O'clock Knob
Sunday.
c. W. Chapman, of Glenvar. was in
town yesterday.
OouCOuiitetHO Will Tile pOTSe swapping,
auctioneering, trial proceedings and every
other event occasioned by court day, was
trick performance a huge pile of boxes
had been erected, uponaawhich was placed
chair. Sugar barrels with the heads
Knocked out were placed on the ground
near. The performer jumped from the
ground into the barrels and back a time
or two and then turned handspring At
this stage of the performance it was
deemed best to lift q collection. The
contributors were stimulated to liberalty
by the promise that if the amount of 50
were raised the celebrated Jump for life"
would be made from the chair on top of
the goods boxes to the ground. The hat
was passed, the contents counted hut
alas the required amount WAS wanting
There was only $1.S4 in the hat. A sec
ond appeal was then made Six cents
more was contributed. Then third an.
peal was made. But this time there was
no response. The crowd positively re.
fused TO contribute further The loosely
jointeo gentleman in the green vest then
announced that since the audience could
not raise ten cents more, he could not
give the ''leap for life.'' Then lie gath.
ered.up his clothes and departed. and tbs
crowd also departed but much disap-
pointed.
III the county court yesterday James
VI. Gates qualified as notary public with
George Wertz as security in the amount
of $500. The Mills case was continued
until next Wednesday,. A motion was
made to uash the venire facias, hut was
overruled. The prisoner pleaded not
guilty.
DR.. Oscar Wiley is slightly indisposed.
TREASURER N. C. Thomas, o. Roanoke,
WAS in town yesterday
James T. Yeatman, of Singer, was in
town yesterday.
Mrs. Capt. Sawyers, who has been &C.
cupying the Simmons property on Main
street, moved to High street yesterday.
The attendance in Jockey Alley was
unusually large yesterday.