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VOL. Vi -NO. 148
Oil-PRICE STORE.
SNYDER.
Axe always on the lookout for
BARGAINS
And are receiving new and
Desirable '/Goods
EVERY DAY.
Salin striped Batiste, at 12|c a yd.
French cashmere Unibre's, 25c a yd;
usual price, ;t7.k*.
Yard wide Hatiste at Sc a yd.
Pongee Drapery in irreat variety of
styles, at 15 and 17e a yd.
Ladies' black drapery Nets from 25c
a yd up.
Figured Mohairs, in Light shades, at
S3c ayfl.
_ j
Ail wool (.'bailies, 32 inches wide,
42c a yd. j
"Wool suitings, 54 inches wide. Cj?c a
yd. j
Wool striped Suiting, GG inches wide, j
life.
Pin-check wool Suiting, 38 inches,
at 15c a yd.
All wool Suiting, inches wide, 20c
;i yd.
China Silks, at 874c, 50c, 73c and $1
a yd.
Striped Pongee Silks in all the latest
hades, at 50e; regular price, 73c.
Ladies.' and children's cambric and
Swiss Flounciiigs, from 25c up.
Butterick's Metropolitan Fashion
Sheer has just arrived aud will be
given away free of charge.
Jayfe Hesslor and McBaia
iSi SALEM AVENUE, S. W? -
ROANOKE, - - - - VIRGINIA
COTII1ERS.
OUTFITTERS.
THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST.
We know our
/
J
S6 AND 88 SUITS
Are superior to all others, but
we want you to see them. We
have an increasing demand
for our
$10X112 BUSINESS SUITS.
And as sizes are broken, those
Ave have left, we cut from
$12 to $10 and From $10 to $8.
This will give you a chance to
be well dressed for little
money. The black Cheviot,
formerly advertised at $10, we
are selling at $!).50.
W?at have we at $15 ?
Fine Diagonals, Corkscrews
and newly-patterned Cassi
meres.
WORKMANSHIP SO EXCELLENT!
?and?
PRICES SO LOW
That it -will make the leading
tailor wonder
it
OUR FLANNEL SHIRTS
ARE THE LATEST.
It wUl pay you to look at them be
ore you buy.
m & mil
SEEDS FRESH
-AND?
RELIABLE.
-FOR SALE AT
C. R.WERTZ,
108 Commerce St.
Prices as Low as the
Lowest.
WHERE 100 CAN BUI
Champignons, Petite Pois,
DurkeePs Salmi Dressing
Lea & Perrin's Sauce
Essence of Anchovies.
Walnut Catsup, China Soy,
Trnffees, Currie Powder
Celery Salt, Chili Sauce,
Canned Shrimp, Deviled Crabs,
Snails, Pitted Olives,
Frencd Capres, Mustard Sardines,
Sardines in Oil,
Cross & BlackwM's Chow Chow,
Mixed Pickels and Gherkins,
Cross & Blackwiil's Assorted Jams,
Orange Momolade
Turkish Preserved Roses,
Richardson & Robinson's
Potted Meats and Plum Pudding.
Edam, Pine Apple, Sweitzer
and Cream Cheese.
FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC FRUITS,
j -AT THE
Checkered Front Grocery
C MARKLEY & CO. J
PROPRIETORS.
"PRE E.?STENOGRAPHY AND
1 typewriting free. First-class facil?
ities and best of teachers. Address
with stamp for return postage.
THE PARISH MFG. CO.,
I do9tf Parish, N. Y.
KOANOKE, V1H
Uli BROS
WILL OFFER
THIS WEEK
SPJECIAL ? DRIVES
la black and colored faille Silk?, at
99c. per yard; regular price $1 25.
Silk finished Henrietta cloth, host
quality, 46 inches wide, 90c. per yard.
All silk Fish N?t, 4(5 inches wide.
89c. per yard; sold elsewhere at $1 25.
All wool Stripes and Plaids, Bprins
shades, 30 inches wide, 35c. per yard:
regular price 50c.
A few more pieces left, 4m inch wool
stripes at I5c. per yard.
Twenty dozen Indies1 blouse waists
at 50c. apiece.
Full line of ladles1 muslin aud cam?
bric utulei wear.
The largest assortmeui of Towels.
Napkin* audTnble Linen .n the city,
at Xew York prices.
-Ol'15 ?
Millinery
Department?
IS COMPLETE
IK EVERY PARTICULAR.)
I
AT PRICKS THAT
Defy Competition.
ROSENBAUM BROS.,
42 Salem avenue.
BUSINESS.
lOtc 16 Per Cent
SAVED
BY PAYING CASH 'OR
Your ?/Groceries,
-AT
rsHoiiTi
154 SALEM AVENUE.
WHOLESALE PRICES ON
FLOUR,
Oil Sold at Night.
ATRIAL ORDER SOLICITED.
Respectfully,
C. F. BLOUNT.
my3-ti
HICKS, BANE & KELLY,
Real Estate Agents,
GRAHAM, YA.
They are associated with J W Hicks,
Attorney-at-Law, who furnishes ab?
stracts of title. apl7-3m
"j\JOTICE.?SEALED PROPOSALS
L i will be received until May 31, at in o'clock i
a. m.. for the repair and enlargement of the
public school building at Vinton, Va. Plans
and specifications can be seen by calling on W,
P. Moomaw, No. 32. Campbell street. Itoanoke.
Va. Bids may be left with W. P. Moomaw,
Koanoke, Ya., Dr. George T. Walker. Vinton.
or the undersigned through city postoffice. The
board reserves the right to reject any and nil
bids. D. E. KEFAUvEU,
myllto31 Clerk of Board.
J. E. Mulcare & Co,
Manufacturers of
TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE,
And dealers in all kinds of Cooking
and Heating Stoves. Plumbing, and
Gas and Steam fitting done. Tin
roofing a specialty. Satisfaction guar?
anteed. No. 115 First avenue, Roan
oke, Va. ap?-tf
N. SALE AND CO.,
BEDFORD CITY, VA.,
Agents for
The Bedford City Land and Im?
provement Co.
The Otter View Land. Co.
The Longwood Park Co.
And the most desirable business and
residence property in the town.
Refer to tne First National Bank,
Bedford City, V?. ?pT.5-5ffi.
t-GINIA. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1890.
PR
COME AND GONE,
IT IS NOT GOOD-BY, HOWEVER,
BUT AU REVOIR.
THE NEW m,LE EDITORS.
They spend ili<? l>ay in Town mid
Tali?> a Klde Over ihr City?Their
Views ol Southwest Virginia -Off for
Xntnrnl Bridge.
The Suburban Press Association of
New England spent just about six
hours in Roanoke.
When they left, however, they
carried away a much better idea of
the city than they ever had before,
and remembrances, they say, of an. ex
ceedingly pleasant trip.
The party numbered just thirty
seven,including the ladies, am! though
the association bears the name Subai
hau ami grew from a nucleus of papers
in the vicinity of Boston, its territo?
ries now embraces six states and its
membership is nbout one hundred and
lifty. The papers represented were
principally weeklies. They have an
extensive circulation, however, and
were represented both by their edi?
tors and owners.
The train bearing the party from
Salem arrived.at 'J o'clock. It wns a
special, and t lie visitors occupied two
Pullmans. Tbeyha&bad dinner be
I ire reaching here, and alter climbing
ti e hill to Hotel Roanoke, they restetl
[or t wo hours <>r so on the vine cov?
ered porch. They were then driven
in carriages, by a number of repre?
sentative business men of Roanoke,
to various points?J interest about 'he
city. When they started out they
thought the town had about 8,000
people; when they returned they were
willing to admit that it must have
30.000.
Through the business part of the
City, Up Salem avenue and by the
court house, out Campbell street,with
its beautifully shaded lawns to tin
West Bud, with its sweeping magnifi
cieul views of mountain ami valley
some of them were driven; others
viewed the city from the summit of
Terry's hill, while still others in
spected the various industries.
Just as the sun was beginning to
cast its shadows in the west, they
were given supper in the hotel. They
had just one hour to train time,
.lames A. Pugb, president of the Vir?
ginia Press Association, presided, and
.Mr. Hinton Helper made a neat little
speech of welcome in behalf of tin
city. He spoke ol the duties of the
bosl of th" guest, ami of the pleasure
of greeting the visitors, lie referred
to the feelings thai animated the peo?
ple of the South and of Roanoke and
Southwest Virginia in particular. 11
alluded to the cordiality with which
he_had hen received during a visit
to Massachusetts, and expressed the
desire to see the two sections better
acquaint d. Hcspokeof theindustrial
development of this section, and of
the rapid but solid and healtl
growth of Roanoke. He hoped that
the visitors might carry away pleas?
ant impressions ol Roanoke, and that
they would visit us again.
A. Starbuck, of the Waltham
i.Mass.) Free Press, responded. He
alluded to the kind treatment they
had received during their trip and
.spoke ot how Virginia had far sur?
passed what they had expected to
lind. Their preconceived opinion uns
not nattering, perhaps. They had
looked upon it u.- a section devoid of
industries, audhad no idea that its
people were so full of enterprise and
push. They had had an exceedingly
pleasant time.
George VV. Da vies, of the Everett
(Mass.) Herald, al60 made a brief
speech. He said that the occasion
reminded him of the breaking of the
morning >f light coming out of dark?
ness. 11 ? then alluded to a pretty
liti le incident that had occurred at
Pulaski, when a Confederate soldier
had asked permission to pin a badge
of the Lee unveiling ceremony upon
the lapel of his coat, and how he had
granted it cheerfully. The badge
bore the inscription in honor of R. E.
Lee. Above this were pictures of the
ornaments of war and the cross ilag
stalls of the stars and stripes and the
stars and bars. Mr- Davies said that
he was not only glad, but proud to
wear the badge. He referred to the
wonderful natural resources they had
seen in Virginia, and said that they
recognized that the manufacturing
interests of the North were to have
Strong competitors in a short time.
They welcome this development,
however, and many of them would
come to share it.
After supper the party left for Nat?
ural Bridge where they will spend
the day, going thence to Luray,
Washington and Norfolk.
Mr. A. Starlick the president of the
association is a small man and will
not turn the scab's at much, if any
over 100 pounds. His paper has a
good circulation, however, and his
looks indicate a man of active brain.
"Virginia is far ahead of what I
thought it was," he said.
W. H. r'ook, of Melford. Mass., is
tin* editor and owner of a daily paper,
the Journal. He is a well built man
and his face is clean shaven, lie is
about middle age and is broad and
liberal in his views. If you take all
the members of both parties who are
trying to keep alive animosities of the
past and put them in a single State
the deficiencies, whatever they are,
between the two sections would be
settled at once, and the State to which
they were sent wouldn't be very large,
either.
Education and surroundings make
up a people's ideas, and if the people
of the .North had lived in the South
and been educated in the same school
they would no doubt have acted as the
South did. The possibilities of this
tween Roanoke and Salem, are in:
bounded.
George W. Davies, of the Everett
Herald, is the wit of the party, and if
anyone thinks that New Englanders
are too stolid to be fond of humor, he
hasn't made the acquaintance of some
of the members of the Suburban
Press Association. Mr. Davies wears
a beaver and his tout ensemble would
indicate spotting proclivities. He is
choke full of humor, however, and is
the best of company. He is a good
after-dinner speaker, also as well as
newspaper man.
"Whatdo I think of Virginia t" he re?
peated. "I wish I had it in my pocket.
1 expect to be down in this section in
the next four months. What's the
use of staying up in New England
when there are such prospects down
here ':"
Mr. .John H. Campbell, of Pheni.v,
R. I., is a pleasant face man with a
ruddy healthy face and grey hair.
He likes Southwest Virginia wonder?
fully, and remarked jocosely that he
was going to sell out his newspaper,
which is one of the best paying
weeklies in New England, and come
down here.
Hrnest H. Pierce, who represents
the Revere Journal, is a young man
and has seen t he Birmingham seen ion
before coming to Roanoke. He likes
Southwest Virginia best, however.
Ephraim L. Harry said that the sec?
tion was far superior to what he had
expected, and that the mountains re?
minded him somewhat of Western
.Massachusetts.
All the members of the party ex?
pressed themselves as surprised at the
industrial development of the section
and the enterprise and energy dis?
played. They also said that the
scenery and country generally was
much prettier than they had ex?
pected to und them.
The ladies of the party exhibited
great interest in what they saw, and
are no doubt enjoying the trip
equally as well as their husbands.
They thought the scenery lovely and
were charmed, they said, with their
trip.
The party consists of A Starbuck
and son, Free Press, Waltham: bo
Williams and wife, Patriot, Putnam,
Conn.; A A Rotch and,wife, Fanners'
Cabinet. Amherst, N. IL: R W Water?
man and wife. Chronicle, Athol;
George W Stetson, Mercury Med ford;
.Mrs. L A Stevenson, Lawrence Amer?
ican ami Andover Advocate, Lawrence;
VV II t ook and wife, Journal. Mil
ford: J 11 Campbell and wife. Paw
AS THEY SIE US. ?*
A NORTHERN EDITOR'S IDEA
OF THE SOUTHWEST.
from
THE BAT STATS EXCURSIONISTS.
Correspondence ol' Hie Greenfield
Gazette and Courier? He Think*
our Growth Marvelous Grnhd <uid
llcitiilifnl Scenery.
roakokk, Va , May 1.'), 1800.
In my letter of last week I told of
the arrival of our party of Hay Stare
excursionists at Norfolk, of their
pleasant reception there, and of their
departure on the 12th for a trip over
the Norfolk and Western railroad to
the mineral region in Southwestern
Virginia, which is now going through
a process of development which is
unparalleled in this booming age.
Portio iso! the Norfolk and West?
ern system are old lines of road. Be?
yond Lynchburg the road runs
through the Roanoke Valley and ail
along the route, as far as Bristol,
Tenn., towns are springing up as by
magic. Where live years ago there
were not hing but farms with an oc?
casional cross-roads village, there are
now huge furnace- and rolling mills,
with plants for almost every mechani?
cal industry. At intervals of a few
miles, wherever the si nation is favor*
able, cities are being laid out and a
great population is flowing in from
every quarter.
the sons of Ham
miners.
Cn our arrival we were most royallv
banquetted at the large hotel by the
mining superintendent, engineers am!
other officials, and were then taken to
one of the three mines here operatec
so that those so inclined might explore
its vast caverns under the mountains.
It was a dismal place and many of the
ladies backed out after one look into
the black hole in the mountain's sid<
out of which trains of coal-dump*
were shooting forth at short, intervals
There are many headings and sidt
chambers, eleven hundred miners be
ing employed. We went for a. distanci
I '>l nearly a. mile, bearing torches and
following the lead of the superintend
ent, who explained as he went along
tiie method of the operations. The
mines are owned by the Southwestern
\ irginia Improvement Company,
which has bought a vast terntorv.
exceptionally rich in its coal deposit.
The Pocahontas coal is said to be the
besl steam coal known, and the great
ocean steamers secure it at Norfolk in
vast quantities. It is also an excel
lent coking coal, and there are 400
coke ovens m ar the opening of which
are kept running day and night. It
was after dark when we emerged from
the mine, and the (lames which siiot
up from the long row of ovens, illumi?
nating the dark sides of the barren
mountains which towered above,
formed a picture worthy of Dante's
imagination.
The output of these mines is nearly
ball a million tons per year. One
hundred and sixty-live car-load- of
coal and coke are transported over
the Norfolk and Western every day.
These go to supply the furnaces ami
iron mills along the line, and to feed
the great coal station at Norfolk.
The miners are paid seventy-five cents j
for every dump ear of two tori' which
they fill, and many of them earn three
or lour dollars a day. The Hunga
On the morning of the l?th we stop-1 rians save their wages and take the
ped at Roanoke. This city is of t wenty I money back to Europe. The black-,
to twenty-live thousand inhabitants. 1 on tin- ot her hand, spend if all as they
i- entirely new. Five years ago it was i go along. The whole town is built up
one great farm. Now it is a full-[ with cheap wooden tenement house
Hedged city with great manufacturing j and shanties, and a lire once .-tailed
industries, with block- of stores, tin.-, would wipe it out. We weretold that
hotel.-, banks and churches. But our the town in matters of obedience to I
top was a brief* one, ami we will de? I law and in morality will compare fa
tuck?t Valley Gleaner, Phenix. R
Mrs (ieorge N Kendall, Recorder
Templeton; E L Barr)- and wife
Tribune. Framingham; L W Put
fer, and wife, N E Fanner. Boston
Miss Hattie M Waterman, Recorder
Athol: W M White, News, Mansfieli
E B Thorndike and wife, Journal
Canton; L Arthur Dodge. Echo
Claremont, N H; Mrs Tarbell, Jour
nal, We.-t Gardner; (ieorge M Harro u
Reporter, Foxboro; Miss Ellen J Cook
Hopkinton Banner. Mtlford: Mrs H
M Harry, Enterprise, Marlboro: I
Pierce, Journal, Revere; R S Barrows
Roxbury News, Roxbury; F A Hay
wood, E H Fiske, A D Fiske, Or Jar
vis and wife, guests of the association
and George W Davies, of the Everett
Herald.
Fi mucus* Demonstration.
The following is the programe of
festivities of the Firemens' Conven
tion, to be held in the city of Alexan
dria. Wednesday, Thursday am
Friday, the -Ith, 5th and Gth of June
The first day is set apart for the n
eept ion of delegates and visiting fire
companies, and in the afternoon, at '2
o'clock, the convention will com
meuce its session, and also session at
night. The second day will be
the grand parade of the fire com
panics of the city of Alexandria am
visiting firemen and guests. On
the third day the sights of interest of
the city will be shown to the visitin
firemen,and at night a grand banquet
will be given byjthe firemen of the city
of Alexandria and the members of the
State Association of that city. Rep?
resentatives from each of the compa
nies of this city will attend the con
vention.
New Stock Issued.
At the annual meeting of the Nor?
folk ami Western railroad in this city
two weeks ago, the directors wen
given full authority to issue $10,000,
Olio of preferred stock when, how, and
for what purposes they please
Kuhn. Loch & Co.. say in prefer?
ence to this that $3,000,000 of Norfolk
and Western preferred stock were
authorized and recently sold for the
purpose of double-tracking part of
the line. Three million dollars have
been deposited with the trustee of the
one hundred year mortgage in ac?
cordance with its terms; $4,500,000 are
contemplated to be issued for the pur?
pose of acquiring the Shenandoab
Valley railroad. No stock can there?
fore come upon the market except for
these purposes.
Grocery and Milling Company.
A charter has been granted the
above named company by Judge
William Cordon Robertson, and it
was filed yesterday afteruoon in the
oflice of the clerk of the Corporation
court. The purposes of the company
are to conduct a general grocery and
milling business, to buy and sell
grain, etc. Roanoke is to be the
principal oflice, and the capital stock
is ijo?.OOO, divided into shares of *100
each The officers for the first year
are: S. W. Jamison, president; J. A.
Jamison, secretary and treasurer.
Directors: P. L. Terry, H. S. Trout,
W. E. McGuire, Edward Nininger and
S. W. Jamison.
Matrimonial.
Mr. George T. Moore and Miss Kate
C. Woold ridge were married at the
residence of the bride's father, on
Third avenue, near Third street, yes?
terday morning at 9 o'clock by Rev.
W. H. Meade, rector of St. John's
Episcopal church. Only a few rela?
tives and friends were present. The
couple left on the Norfolk and West?
ern eastbound train for a trip to
Richmond and other cities to be
vorably with more pretentious cities.
Tin-re is work for everybody who]
wan;.- employment, and the idle and
vicious seek their loafing place- . I- ?
where. Then' are four doctors located
here to attend to the sick a ud maimed;
but accidents, we are told, were not
of frequent occurrence H,
ms MILITARY HAS GOS?.
And it is a
Company ol'
Feel Proud.
Which We|
absent severaldays. The bridal pres
section, especially the country be-jents were numerous and handsome.
fer further account of this metropoli
of the Southwest until our return,
three days later.
Not far from Bristol is the wild re?
gion of Eastern Tennessee, notorious
for moonshiners and outlaws. We?
inet here a young railroad engi?
neer who had been out prospect
ing for a railroad. He gave a graphic
account of some of his experiences.
They were liable to have their camp
raided at any time, a companion had
been killed by an assassin's bullet and
they were in constant fear of robbery.
The people back among the moun?
tains hardly knew the war was over
and still kept up their bushwhacking
proclivities. But the civilization
which comes with the new enterprise
which has struck the city among the
mountains will soon bring about
a different order of things. We left
Bristol with very kindly feelings to?
wards our entertainers and trust all
their hopes may be speedily fulfilled.
Returning over the Norfolk k West
ern we pass through Pulaski. a rapid?
ly growing town, and soon reach
Rad ford, where we are to breakfast.
This point is the junction with the
New River division of the road, run?
ning northwesterly into the great
Pocahontas coal region. It is wide
awake in its ambition to speedily be?
come a city. Plants ha e been put
in to utilize the ore coming over one
branch of the road and the coal and
coke which comes pouring over the
other. A large foundry i> now in full
blast, ami there is hurry and bustle
in getting other manufactories under
way. Here we could see just how a
new town is started. The railroad,
company had decided that it was the
place ami so upon the elevated land
above the river valley had construct?
ed a large hotel; not a cheap establish?
ment, but an ambitious building in
the colonial style, costing forty or
fifty thousand dollars,and it is finish
d and furnished after the manner of
the best hotels of the day. This is
done before any of the ho'uses are
built or the people get there. Then
the station is built large enough and
good enough to meet the demands of
i large city. These two structures
under way, streets are laid out and
lots staked otfb} the land companies,
which by this time are on hand. Rad
ford is in the midst of beautiful secta?
ry and has a very promising future.
A young man had just arrived here
from Dedhain. Mass., with a printing
oflice, and will in a few days send out
the first number of the Radford Enter?
prise. He had brought his wife and
household goods, and was going to be
with tiie new town from the start.
His fellow craftsmen from the old Bay
State left with the young people their
wishes for success.
From Radford up t?'.r branch of the
road to Pocahontas',s a distance of
some seventy miles'' it is one of the
wildest regions we have seen, but
much of the scenery is grand and
beautiful. For a long distance the
track winds in and out among the
mountains, following the course of
New river, which flows in a northerly
lirection into theKanawha. and that
in turn into the Ohio at Point Pleas?
ant, between the States of Ohio and
West Virginia. So crooked is the
course of the railroad that it runs for
time over the border into West Vir
inia, and then goes back into the
parent State, and the traveler is not j nected with
always able to t< II which lie is travers
i'he Pocahontas coal fields
extend through a vast region of this
mountainous territory, and here are
being worked some of the largest
mines in tiie country. The mining
town was formerly known as Slab
City, but has been re-named Poca?
hontas. It was here that one hun?
dred and thirty-five miners lost their
lives a few years ago by an explosion.
The town has grown to a community
of four or five thousand souls, com?
ing from every quarter of the globe,
and speaking every tongue. The, The police have been having a very
Hungarians, are, however, the most' quiet time lately, and the record a:
numerous. Many blacks work in the! the police station yesterday was only
mines, and as for that matter all take a repetition of severai days past?al
on a dusky hue, and it is difficult to most a blank._
"Ain't they daisies!"
"Dont they make an attractive ap?
pearance?"
These and like expressions broke
from the lips of the crowd that lined
First avenue yesterday morning as
the Roanoke Light Infantry, with
eighty men in line and headed by
the Machine Works band of twenty
eight pieces, marched down the ave?
nue from their armory on Third
street to the Union depot.
Yes. they did look splendid as they
marched along keeping step to the
music, their new uniforms, polished
bayonets and bright helmets glitter?
ing in the sunlight, and many a
mother looked out with fondness am!
pride on her stalwart son as he passed
along. There were lots of* bright
haired maidens at the windows also,
and they waved their handkerchiefs
as the boys passed by. At one place
was this especially noticeable. As
the corner of First avenue was
readied a young lady let her hand?
kerchief flutter in the wind a few
moments. It was intended for Charlie
Bush, who was carrying the colors of
the company. He saw it and the
smile that overspread Iiis counte?
nance was so bright that if it had
hi en night the roosters would have
continued crowing, thinking that day
was breaking.
When the depot was reached the
column was drawn up at "parade
rest," and the boys indulged in pleas?
ant conversation until the train ar?
rived at 10:00 o'clock, nearly an hour
late. Cn board this train were the
Jell' Davis Rifles, of Salem, Captain
Clarence B. Strouse, in command;
W. H. King, First lieutenant; the
Sheffield, Ala., Light Guard, with
thirty-six men, and the Montgomery
Alabama Grays, thirty strong. The
train left the Union depot at 11 o'clock,
and as it pulled out, a tremendous
shout went up from the large crowd i
assembled there to see them off, ;
which was returned with a vim by i
the soldier boys. In the parade at
Richmond the Roanoke company
will be placed at the head ot the'
Second Virginia Regiment. They have
been drilling hard for two weeks and
will be second to no company there.
LAID TO KKST.
In
The Remains or 3fr. H. J. Shomo
terred Yesterday.
The body of Mr. H. J. Shomo was
interred in the teity cemetery yester?
day afternoon at ~> o'clock.
His death, which occurred Tuesday
night about 0:30 o'clock, was a great
surprise to every one, as he had only
been sick about ten days and it was
not known that bis illness was so seri?
ous. Mr. Shomo removed to this city |
from Staunton several years ago, and
for some time subsequently was con
Mr. Henderson in the
planing mill business. Not long ago
he associated himself with Mr. Elias
Mahonoy in a contracting firm, the :
style being H. J. Shomo & Company,
and the firm has been very successful.
Mr. Shomo was about forty-five years
old, and a streightforward and
thorough business man. He leaves
a mother to mourn his loss. She ar
rived in the city from Stauntou yes
terdav morning and had not heard :
of her son's illness until appraised of;
his death by a telegram.
Bedford City
LAND and IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
CHARTERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIRIA.
Authorized Capital
$1,000,000
The Bedford Citv Laud Company offers the best investment on the Norfolk and Western Railroad. It is a golden opportunity
After June 3rd a'limited number'of lots will be offered for sale. This company has three thousand building and business lots in the western part of
Bedford Citv Incomparably the best property and the most beautiful sites. The town s growing west. The new depot site is on these lands. I he :
Randolph Macon College Academy is there and a new first-class hotel will be erected asoon as the architect has finished thei drawings. .Nearly 4.000 (
population now Fifteen plug tobacco concerns. The largest and most successful woolen mills in the State except Charlottesville. Twenty-five manu?
factories now and seven new manufacturing enterprises underway. The Bedford and James River Railroad is to be built in the near future.
' For those who want a safe investment the stock and land of the Bedford City Land Company presents the greatest inducements. The present selling
?altie of the property is worth more money than the total amount of stock the company offers for sale. For particulars address
SpT 5 8tt PRESIDENT OP THE BEDFCRD ?ITY LAND ?ftB IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, Bedford City, Va
I
[CE - - EI VE CENT}
ON TU RICHMOND.
[THE CAPITAL CITY CROWDED!
TO SUFFOCATION.
VETERANS SLEEP JN STRAW
I Confederate mihi National Fing*
Everywhere?Meeting of the Army
of .Northern Virginia -The Hanqnet
and Hall -Aeehlent near !'<?<crs(,:iru.
By United Press.
Richmond; Va., May 28.?Five
thousand Confederate veterans sleep
tonight in thecapitol of the late Con?
federacy on cotton ticking spread
over straw.
The city is crowded almost to suf?
focation with visitors to attend the
unveiling ceremonies. The hotels
and private residences have been
filled to overflowing and this straw is
tin- best accommodation the commit?
tee ou entertainment could provide
for the gallant survivors of the "Lost
Cause."
Train.- from the North and the
South have been arriving all day, and
the marching of infantry and the
beating of drums has been incessant
lor the last twelve hours.
Every one of the Southern States
from Maryland to Texas has sent dele
gai ion in uniform, and the streets are
a kaleidoscope of animated color.
Prom every part of Virginia people
have swarmed into Richmond until it
looks as it every place must be depop?
ulated.
Confederate emblems, draped in
graceful harmony with the national
colors, are visible everywhere. They
festoon fronts of houses, adorn corri?
dors of the hotels and an- swung in
graceful curves across the principal
streets.
The formal festivities of the occa?
sion were opened this evening at the
Richmond Theatre with a military
ball. The tbeal re had been decorated
for the occasion with an elaborate dis?
play of flags and bunting. From the
centre of the high ceiling swung a can?
opy of streamers, in colors of Mary?
land ami Virginia. The same colors
prevailed in the plush drapery of the
balconies. Along the border of each
of the balconies were coats of arms of
the Confederate Stat es, while between
them hung banners of plush. In the
(renter of the stage was a fountain,
half hidden from view. In bowers of
blossoming plants, against the stage
drop in the rear, stood a bust of Lee.
< In either side w.-is a stack of Confed?
erate colors and t.e.-ide them coats of
arms of Maryland and Virginia.
The boxe?, on either sideof the stage
were dressed in Confederate colors
of Maryland and Virginia.
Miss Mary Lee and Miss Mildred
Lee, daughters of General R. E. Lee,
assisted in the reception of guests.
The Army of Northern Virginia met
in the hall of the House of Delegates
tonight and heard an address by Gen?
eral Low, of South Carolina. The
election of ollicers for the ensuing year
was then held, after which the body
adjourned to Sangaer Hall and par?
took of a banquet.
It was. the largest gathering of the
association since the war.
RICHMOND, Va., May 28 ? Au acci?
dent on the Petersburg bridge tonight
delayed the arrival of several delega
tions. As the 0:45 train for Washington
on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac railroad ran out on the
bridge, the first section of regular
train from Petersburg on Richmond
and Petersburg road collided with it.
Engines of both trains were badly
damaged, and Engineer Murray, of
the Washington train had his leg
broken. Fortunately none of the
cars were derailed. The accident de
laved traffic for several hours
They Arrive in Good Shane.
Special to the times.
Richmond, May 28.?The Roanoke
Light Infantry reached the city this
evening at (j'40 o'clock in good shape,
and the boys are all in excellent
spirits. AU along the line of march
from the depot to the company's
headquarters at the exposition
grounds, the crowds that lined the
streets yelled "Hurrih for the Roan?
oke Light Infantry."
Up to this time they are the largest
and by far the best equipped com?
pany in the city, and from present in?
dications, Roanoke will take the
laurels.
liiilciH From the Diamond.
By United Press.
national league.
At New York?New York, 4; Chi?
cago, 5.
At Boston?Boston, 1; Cincinnati, 0.
At Philadelphia?First game?Pitts
burg, 10; Philadelphia, 12. Second
game?Philadelphia, 7; Pittsburg. 2.
At Brooklyn?Brooklyn, 13; Cleve?
land, ?").
. platers' league.
At New York?New York, 16; Cleve?
land, 5,
At Boston?Boston, 5; Chicago, 3.
.At Philadelphia?Philadelphia, 5;
Buffalo, 11.
At Brooklyn?Brooklyn, !); Pitts
burg, 3.
american association.
At Rochester?Rochester, 3; To
ledo, 2.
At Syracuse?Syracuse, ^0; Louis
ville, 5."
atlantic league.
At Hartford?Hartford, 9; Balti?
more, 10.
At Worcester?Worc#; Wash?
ington, 0.
At New Haven?Ne/:^ ,.wt"'"
mington, 8. / . ?
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