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VOL. VI?NO. 191. Siil<? band suitings, closing price, 7c a yard. Outing cloths in beautiful patterns, at b and 10c a yard. Flannelettes in new and stylish patterns at 12|c a yard. Dress ginghams, 5,j? and 10ca yard. A few pieces of Scotch ginghams at 20e, worth 25c a yard Still a ew challies at 4c and CJc a yard. Also a few more piece- of checked mohair at 25c a yard. Mohairs in all shade at 25, 'i7i and j ?r?0c a yard. White goods in all the newest ma? terials and at lowest prices. A special bargain in pure Turkey red table covers, S-4, 73c and x 1" 87*c each. Table linens, tow.-Is and napkins in endless variety, and at prices that defy competition. Another case of white '?cd qnilts at ???1 each. Ladies1 and'Gents' underwear and hosiery in great assortment and a; bottom prices. Large stock of bleached and un? bleached cottons'and sheetings in all widths. Childrens white lace hats and caps from 15c up. Fans, Fans. Fans, Fan--, from 2cup. A?OLi?ii a mivjumil SALEM AVENUE, S. W., ROANOKE, - - - - VIRGINIA. w Sixtv feet on Jefferson street, good business property at *l?-*> per foot. Twenty-five feet on Railroad ave? nue at ?140 per foot. Fifty feet on Norfolk avenue, wir I: improvements, renting lor ?2,000, $03.000. Forty-eight feet corner Jefferson and D?y. ?tkSOO. Fifty on Jefferson, near Pine, at $2,500. Good Storehouse for rent. Apolv to JL F. Wingfield) INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE. AGENT, ROANOKE, VA., fcb2-tf WATER BITS For this quarter and GAS BILLS for month of June are now due and payable at COMPANY'S office. Gas bi.is, if paid before the 10th. inttant, a discount ot 12? per cent, allowed. NO DISCOUNT on biUs paid after] the 10th instant. Failure to receive a bUl docs not en- j title consumer to the discount. Lime for Fertilizing and Disinfect- j ing, also Gas Tar for sale. Applications for ?xtensions, im? provements, taps, porchas.es and all! other matters relating to Gas orj Water shonld be made to J? Q, Rawn, Manager. ROANOKE GAS AND WATER CO No. 1 Third Avenue, Southwest t J. E- Mulc&re & ?o? 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. Satisfact ion guar anteed. No. 115 First avenue, Roan oke, Va. ap5-tf TO CONTRACTORS. Bids for constructing approaches to bridges over the Norfolk and West? ern and Sheuandoab Valley railroads, at Randolph, Henry and Park streets, in Roanoke Cby, Va,, will be received until 12 o'clock, noon, August 4th. 1890. Plans and specifications may be seen in the office of the City Engineer in Court House building. Address bids to James xV. M'Connell, Chairman Bridge Committee, Roan? oke City, Va., and endorse on envel? opes, "Bid for Henry Street ap? proaches," "Bid for Randolph Street approaches," "Bid for Park Street, ap? proaches," as the case may be. Bids must be for approaches to eaeh bridge, separately. The City Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids No money will be paid until approaches are com? pleted, and accepted by the engineer ib charge, acting for the city. By order of City Council for City of Roanoke. Va. .Jt / . i - ! GARDEN SEEDS. CELEBRATED GOODS. SEEDS FRESH ? - AND ? -FOR SALE AT n :. R.WERTZ, Li Y GR CERY 108G onimerce St Prices as Low as the Lowest* lite Bread Flour! WHITE BREAD FLOUR. ?:::0::: WE WILL PAY $! To any one who can furnish the slightest proof of the slightest adulteration in the Famous and Popular WHITE BREAD FLOUR. Try "WHITE BREAD*' and you will -:::0::: iiitt -THE? Checkered Front Grocers 124 and 120 First Avenue, S. W. HICKS, BANE & KELL/jT, Real Estate Ageints, GRAHAM, VA. ^ .? ,\ '. " ? . .'; They are associated -with J WHicks, I Attorney-at-Law, who furnishes ab? stracts of title. api7-;3oj J ItOANOKE, C OS T For 30 Days. OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF DRY GOODS Consisting of Foreign and Domestic DRESS GOODS, Ginghams, Satines, Challies, Bleached and Unbleached Cottons and Sheetings, etc. WILL BE OFFERED AT PRIME COST FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS. Our Remnant Coun? ter is now ready, where you can select at any Price A Walnut, Ash or Ebony POLE GIVEN AWAY with every pair of Lace Curtains bought to the value of $2.co per pair or upwards. ROSENBAOM BROS 42 Salem Hvenne. PAY - CASH FOR VOL'R BY DOING .SO YOU CAN SAVE FIFTEEN PER CENT. AT Blonnfs Diamonfl Front 154 SALEM AVENUE. Use Blount'3 Favorite Flour, MONEY TO LOAN THE PEOPLES' PERPETUAL LOAN - * - BUILDING ASSOCIATION. will lend money on lony time and easy payments. Shares may be taken at anytime. Apply to WM. F. WINCH. Secretary and treasurer. Room 1, Masonic Temple. apl tf. SWISS Still keep the largest assortment of HARDWARE In Southwest Virginia. They have just received a large sppuly ?OF? Lap Robes, Horse Govers Breech Loading Guns, ?AND? Sporting Goods. Miner's and Railroad Supplie A Specialty. 17 and 19 Second Street, southwes C. A. HEATH, The well-known Jefferson Street BARBER, Has opened a Barber Shop in Hotel ROEHoke. u Room in basement. my20 lin VIRGINIA. WEDNES FROM A SUBMISSIONIST TO A FIRE-EATER. WHAT HE SATS OP GEN- EARLY. Hiiirc<l ol .Tlniioiic Rather Than H'nitf oi'Faiiii in Laey'N loner Canned t Attack? Curly'* Mar ltc>c?>r?l "Torn CD" l?y ??>?' t?oncli?.v Major, Major .I. Horace Lacy, who wax re? cently called a bald head old liar by (General Jubal A. Early, lias come I bach at hint in a card printed in the Tl.MKS. Major Lacy has promised to give a review of General Early's career in the army ami he gives it herewith without mincing mat rers. The sketch should be read l>y everyone, it is mighty interesting reading, and it is not improbable that General Early will do something that is also inter esting. In dignifying by my notice, says Major Lacy, the unprovoked and malicious assault upon my honor and integrity, made by General Early in an article which you copied iu your hot issue from the Lynchburg News, will say that for many years, both in war and peace,my relations have been kind and even cordial with General Early. I was greatly surprised at the brutal insult he ottered meat the banquet of the army of Northern Virginia on the unveiling of the statue of Lee. Hut 1 am not sur? prised at Ins not remembering it, for he was evidently blind drunk at the time, and not responsible for his actions. Hut what the Psalmist said in his haste of all men. Early, who differs from the Psalmist, as every? thing, has deliberately written of me. It will, however. 1 think, be generally believed that intense hatred of Ma hone rather than want of faith in my honor and veracity, impelled the present publication. While nothing, unless bitter ex? treme and censorious. Early, it is well known, ha.-- been found on both sides of the great question- of his time. He now denounces every Republican in the South as deserter, traitor and scoundrel. But during all his civil and political life he held the opinions which found their logical expression in the principles and policy of that party. It is within the memory of all that the strongest Unionists and most abject submissionist in the Vir? ginia constitutional convention, after the State was kicked <>ut by Lincoln's proclamation and high rank given him in the army, Early became the most extreme (Ire-eater and ardent secessionist. It is also known that this notorious, practica, niiscegenatiOnist has em? phasized his devotion to the purity of the Anglo Saxon and supremacy of the white race by refusing to enter Virginia's legislative halls so long as a negro is admitted as a member. (lifted with a line memory and average abilities, Eariy presents the sad spectacle of one who has culti? vated only the malevolent passions, until like vipers they constantly hiss from his lips. Who cau look without a shudder of sorrow and pity, min? gled with contempt and scorn, upon that aged and bent form, "clothed with cursing as with a garment,1' pouring forth upon all who differ with him, abuse ami slander, from a heart and mind full of "wrath, malice, and all uncharitableness," except when fuller of bail whiskey; for 1 am told that iu the abysmal depths of Iiis present degradation, Early is as indif? ferent to the quality of Ids liquor as to the character of his associates. The exact words of General Lee. as written down by mo the day upon which they were 'ittereii, were: "Among the younger men in the Army of Northern Virginia. 1 think William Mahone developed the high? est qualities for organization and command." This would still give Early a chance to be the successor of Lee, but after his Valley experiences even he could hardly have hoped for an independent command; for there arc upon those pages which contain the record of our glorious but unfori unate contest, blurred by tears and stained with blood, none which we read with deeper shame and bu jiliation than those which record tb^ Valley cam? paign of Early, where the fruits of glor? ious victory were ignoaiiniously lost by the license and revelry which fol? lowed the capture of the Federal camps, and after a series of unparal? leled reverses, ended so disastrously at Wayuesboro, with the total fight and dispersion of the entire command, of which Early, a lonely fugitive across the mountain, could not return to see of his "lost legions" one or? ganized company. Now, more than a quarter of a cen? tury has elapsed since "the garments rolled in blood have passed away," and the South, rising from the ashes and blood of her desolate lields and ruined homes, enters upon a career of industrial enterprise and material development and prosperity, which already bids fair to more than com? pensate for her lost political suprem? acy and old historic renown. At such a time the presence at the North and in the South of that old Bourbon ele? ment, which is alike unable to learn or forget, is most unfortunate and in? jurious. The reverse of the benedic? tion pronounced upon the peacema? kers should surely fall upon the stir rers-up of strife. The men who rake amid the ashes of the past to bring together the coals now almost extinct and rekindle upon the altars of sec? tional prejudice and party aggrand? izement, the lires which once burned all too fiercely?the men who pouring only over those pages which vindi? cate their political wisdom, or illus? trate their martial valur, only to in? tensify the passions and prejudices of the past, are utterly unable to meet exigencies and the duties of the pres? ent, and nevorliff. their furrowed brown to eated a gleam of the coming glory. Ingalls and Early we hope, will stand in the Pantheon .of History as the lost representative types of that dangerous, destructive,"but happily almost extinct species. J. Ho rack Lact, Wilderness, Va. Money saved is money made, and it is known to all who ?re posted on prices, real value and standing of each instrument, that from $50.00 to $75.00 on a piano and $25.00 to $40.00 on an organ can be saved by pur? chasing of the Hobbie MosicCo., Lynchburg, Va. Write fop cata? logues. DAY MORNING, JUI^ IIALSTEAWS PROTECTS. lie Mates Hi* FoMltion on (ho Force Kill Willi Visor. Mnr.it Balstead, in a recent editor? ial in the Brooklyn Union Standard, strongly protests against the adoption of the force bill. His position is significant. Ho says: It proposes too much, dud like other electoral reform contrivances is so complex to offer an accumulation of difficulties and mysteries, each of which in a basis of operations for ras? cals or a hidden place for rascalities. We are not speaking unadvisedly when we say that the best judgment of the actual leaders of the Republican party is against the ponderous Lodge enactment. Something simple and more effective?that says less and of I fers a chance to rlo more?would be more acceptable. The true thing to do is to increase the power of the supervisors anil let their special duty be to give information? o furnish the official testi? mony of fraud. The Senate is safely Republican for ten years. That vetoes Democratic devilment for the decade what? ver else happens. The Lodge law would be a failure in itself. Its discussion has been a suc? cess that will have tar reaching con? sequences. As the Raleigh Chronicle remarks, Halstead'e declaration on the Lodge bill may be taken as the expression of an extreme partizon who is ready in advance to defend the Republican Senate for refusing to pass the bill. At any rate it looks that way. v.u. KAII.RO.vi> HEW. Freight Trnflic Agent* f<> Meet Here Tomorrow In t'onlercuov. The Virginia Freight Traffic Asso? ciation, composed of representatives of all the railroads in the State, will hold its annual meeting here on Thursday. The gathering will bo one of the largest and most important as? semblages of active railroad workers ever held in Roanoke. The meeting will be called to order at ten o'clock in the morning on Thursday in the of? fice of Qi Howard Royer, general freight and passenger agent of the Shenandoah Valley railroad. Those that will be present will be the freight agents of the Atlantic Coast Line, Atlantic and Danville railroad, Baltimore and Ohio, Chesa? peake and Ohio, Farmville and Pow- , baton, Norfolk and Western. Norfolk Southern, Richmond and Danville, Richmond, Fredoricksburg and Po- i tomac, Seaboard and Roanoke. Shen? andoah Valley, South Atlantic and Ohio and Washington Southern. The business to be transacted will . pertain to the freight business, freight rates, etc. The association will probably not be iu session more than one day, but after the completion of routine work the agents will be K'ven an opportu? nity to see what a "live, hustling" place Roanoke really is. A GREAT FaCTOR. What the \. und IV. it Doing ;to Ad? vance tlie- Interest oi v irsini?. , No factor, perhaps, has been more i powerful in making known to the i world the great and varied mineral wealth of our old Commonwealth than the Norfolk and Western Rail- ' road Company, whose line runs I through its most richly endowed sec- I tion. This great railroad system is I the key that is unlocking to the i world our vast storehouse of coal, iron, copper, zinc, marble, sah. and, i in fact, almost everything in the min- 1 oral line. . 1 Among the latest advertisements 1 of its ami the State's resources is a j magnificent map ol the mineral re- I gion of Southwest Virginia contigu- < uns to its line and dependent largely i upon it for its development. It is one ' of the most complete maps we have 1 ever seen, exhibiting the western half ! of the system with its numerous 1 branches, extensions and connections, the elevation of the towns on its < route, the location and kind of min- ] oral deposits, and their extent, r'very mountain, ever; stream or riv? ulet, "and the county lines are dis- i tinctly marked off. Altogether it in an index to the contents of Virginia and must have been prepared at great cost. Another smaller map issued by ! the company shows the route of the i proposed North Carolina extension and the resources of the surrounding section.?Lynch burg Advance. Another R". and W. Connection. The Bristol Courier says: It is whispered among the knowing ones that the Norfolk and Western Rail? road Company has taken into serious consideration the construction of the link that will connect Minneapolis and Bristol. Nothing definite has been determined on yer, but this im? portant branch may be considered among the probabilities of the near future. The line is tbirty-fivn miles long and reported by competent engi? neers to be easy and practicable. To say nothing of the coal to be found in Minneapolis, the Pocahontas coke can be brought more than fifty miles nearer to the Southern market by this route, than by the one used at present. Important connections there will di? vert immense traffic by way of Bristol to the Norfolk and "Western. You may confidently expect the building of this branch. A Gratifying Exhibit. The census enumeration in Bote tourt county shows a remarkable in? crease in the number of small farms. In one district, where there were 150 farms in 1880, the present census shows 225, the large farms having been divided aVd sub-divided. The Fincastle Herald regards this as an indication "that the large farms that have laid waste for so long have been cut up into smaller ones, and that waste places are being cultivated and made to yield more advantageously to the labor of the husbandman; that there are more h nies and con? sequently a better condition gener? ally of the farming class." The pop? ulation of Botetomt county in 1880 *as 14,000-whilst partial returns indi? cate that the present population is 19,000. Salein Real Estate. Is Salem real estate a good invest ment? Dr. James A. Gale, of Roan? oke, invested $125 through H. G. Brown and received $1,750 profit in less than a month. Nelson D. Barrett bought, Decem? ber 17,1889, lots 10 and 11 section 21, for $1,200. H. G. Brown & Co. sold these July 3rd, 1890,for $3,000,in $1, 500 cash p'ayments. jylO tf Go to Geyer's to get your spring and summersuits m>20 tf. M. L. Blair, alderman, Fifth, ward Scranton, Pa., stated November 9th, 1883: He had used Dr. Thomas' Ec lectric Oil for - sprains, burns, outs, bruises and rheumatism. Cured every time. i 16, 1S90. IT IS VERY POOR REPORT OF THE CROPS FROM NEAR BY PLACES. THE OATS AND GRAIN DAM tD, Wheat Snin i s From Rtiht-Thc Frnff Crop a Failure?Truck Crops I*ro:u isliiif -- SuflTcriiic From Droulli? Tobacco Fair. Below The Times gives reports from the counties of the Southwest showing the condition of tin's year's crops. These reports have been gathered with care by wide-a-wake correHpondeuts,and may be depended upon as trustworthy and reliable. Wythe.?Wheat and rye are har? vested, and they will not exceed three-fourths of the usual crop. Oats and grass were very much injured by continued drought and are now be? yond redemption. Pulaski. ? Corn is now suffering from prolonged drought, but it is not yet seriously injured. "Wheat is nearly all harvested; it is poorly filled, with few exceptions.and grain hot' inferior quality. Meadows are very inferior. Pasture the same and mostly due to drought. Apples are very scarce. No peaches. Uoanoke.?Wheat improved 10 per cent, since last report. Weather was favorable for harvesting, which is about (Jone. Qualify of wheat is good. Montgomery?I report wheat[at 100, yet it will fall short of expectations a month ago. All crops are good, also the season. Grayson?Wheat crop will be less than previous report would indicate. 1 place it at tw per cent., but many claim 50 per sent, as high pnough. Apple crop is very short. No peaches. Appomattox?The usual crop of corn; condition good and promising. Wheat is ruined by rust, badly idled and light. Oats are thin, badly rusted and light crop. Not the usual crop of tobacco was planted; condi? tion good: some complaint of wire worm. Grasses are much improved since last report. Fruit is a failure. A few grapes, but they are rotting. Buchanan?Wheat fs almost a fail? ure and will not pay to harvest in i some sections. Oats are a complete failure. Corn looks well. ( Halifax.?Corn has been well culfi- I vated. The stand is fair, color healthy, and though small is growing rapidly. Wheat was disappointing < at harvest, being poorer than antici- ' pated. Oats were much damaged by i insects, rust and lack of rain at the i proper time. Potatoes, beans and i truck crops are promising. Hay crop ? is fair. Tobacco are* is about the ] same as last year's?a two-third full erop?is in good condition and grow- ; ing rapidly, but there is a complaint i of poor stands in some fields. ; Bedford.?Wheat of the smooth varieties are almost a failure. Bearded | varieties are good, especially Fulcas- i ter. Season has not been favorable < for clover and grass. Very difficult to get a stand of tobacco and it starts | off bad. . i Floyd ?^ome time ago I thought < that wheat on a good many fields I would give 05 bushels per acre", but it < will fall short. It was affected by rust ? too soon, scab on the bead and small rreen lice hurt it very much. Rust I hurt it the most, although it is eight arten days earlier than usual. Oats < turned red and seem to be dying, i They are afflicted with small, black : lice. Oats will not exceed a half crop. ] Some wheat is green yet and looks well. i Clark.?A correspondent from one j of the best portions of the county re- < ports wheat at 30. owing to hail i storm. i Culpeper.-Many consider the wheat the poorest crop in years, as much of it that looked well sometime ago, be? fore ripening, is quite chaffy and not j well filled. As very little of the crop | has been threshed/the real condition i of the crop is yet uncertain. Corn is quite promising. Oats are a very j poor crop, but seems to be filling bet? ter than anticipated, and the aphis is not so bad as earlier. Peaches are a total failure, and apples are nearly so. Page.?Wheat wiH not exceed a half crop, and the quality will not be good owing to rust. Patrick.?Oorn look6 fine, but be? ginning to need rain. Condition of wheat is very good, but is too thin on the ground. Rye is in every way a very good average. Oats are very much damaged by rust. Vegetables are all promising. Apple crop will be small and 6orry- No peaches: To? bacco looks well, and good prices caused an increased acreage. ABOUT HOTEL KICKERS. A Ronuoke Clerk Talks Enterlaiu lugly About a NnmeronsClans. Said the clerk of a hotel to a Times reporter vesterday: "The most troublesome personage we have to deal with is the inquisitive individ? ual. You 6ee he thinks we clerks are a city directory. We can always tell whether a man has any sense or not by the number of times he asks the same questions over before the eluci? dation penetrates his skull. "Another class is the chronic kicker. If a man has never been used to any? thing all his life but the very plainest and poorest mode of living, he is in? variably a kicker when he procures lodgings at a hotel. If he is rooming on the fourth floor he expects a ser? vant to respond to a call as quickly as the bell in the office responds to his pressure on the button. He is most always dyspeptic because he eats too much at every meal. The reason why he eats too much is because he is afraid he won't get the worth of his money. One of these individuals came to me the other day and said he would settle up became things didn't suit him. Of course I had to look sor? ry, while in reality I was delighted. When I asked him what was wrong, he entered into a long explanation, the gist of which, so far as I could make it, was that he was a born kick? er, and not being able to find any? thing here to kick about, had to change his quarters. "Then the pompous guest and the hoggish guest are all frequent, and it is hard to tell which is the most dis? agreeable." Picnic Excursion. Members of the Roanoke Rosebud Society will please meet at Greene Memorial church on Thursday morn? ing at 9 o'clock. Let any member be present and we shalLhave a delightful excursion. Each member will bring a lunelu Car? fare free. T. T. FI3BBURSE. THE MAX ESCAPED. But tue Watch Ho Stole wim Received Yesterday. At two o'clock yesterday afternoon Marion Matthews, a colored man, en? tered the office of Justice Howerton and asked for a search warrant to search the house of Charley Morton, on Railroad avenue for a gold double case watch which was stolen from him on the 11th of the present month. Accordingly Officers Brawfood, Scott and several others went to the house mentioned, and proceeded to inaugurate a search. Darinc: this time a bundle was thrown from one of the upper stories by Rosa Robertson to a colored woman beneath, whose name was not given. Rosa Lee Robertson was arrested and the bun? dle recovered, in the investigation which followed it turned out that Charles Linsey was implicated, and a warrant for his arrest was issued. He turned states evidence and gave away Charles Hunt and Tom Hop? kins. Rosa Lee Robertson brought the watch forward and 6?dd Hunt had given it to her Sunday. Hunt had escaped before the war? rant was served, and the case was dismissed until he is captured. The Baltimore and Ohio Eaud Com? pany, of Nalcra, Offer 1,300 building lots for $150 each. Weekly payments of $1.50. The Baltimore and Ohio Land Com? pany, of Salem, Va., owning 227 acres of land within half a mile of Salem, Va., admirably located for building lots, have determined to offer 1.300 lots for sale at $150 each, including corner lots, in the following manner: Lot clubs of 100 members each will be formed. Each member thereof paying $1.50 per week or $(j per month until $150 is paid. Each mem? ber will draw for a lot at the regular weekly drawing, and one lot will be drawn every week until 100 lots are drawn. The two members drawing the last two lots will get two lets each instead of one. The one drawing a lot can at any time pay up on his lot and get a deed to it, as the company own their land in fee simple; or he can pay one-third cash, balance in one and two years, and the company will a'lowsuch pur? chaser 10 per cent, discount given on his purchase. A purchaser building, within six months, a house costing not less than $500, on his lot, will have a reduction of 25 per cent, on his purchase, mak? ing his lot cost $112.50. Several clubs will be organized in this city, so that a member can join one or more clubs, and draw in each dab weekly by the payment of one dollar and ($1.50) fifty cents in each elub. No interest is charged on these payments whatever. The land has been surveyed, laid out in streets and the lots numbered. The laid lies partially in the rear of the Roanoke College, and half a mile from the center of the town. Water mains run through the land, side? walks are also contemplated, and pleasant homes, close to business, eb?ld be erected at small cost, either ts a home for the owner or to rent jut, as houses are in great demand in Salem. As a safe investment this is beyond precedent, and enables one of 6mall means to secure property constantly jn the increase in value. Remember, one lot is drawn by ?ome one each week. Then you can pay up on your lot after you have Irawn, by paying one-third cash, balance in one and two years, or as a whole, at any time you may elect within 13 months from the time you joined the club, and secure the re? actions named above. Every member must pay his weekly Ines before he will be allowed to par? ticipate in any drawing. If absent, fome one will draw for him, provided his dues are paid. Do not be misled by any misrepre? sentations made about this land, but ?0 to Salem and see it for yourself: i:all on Mr. H. G. Brown, president of the company, who will show you over the property. The size of these lots are mostly 50x 150. some few are 50xl3o. The lots are well situated, and our plan of dispos? ing of them renders it easy for the men of small means to secure a home, or make a paying investment, by the expenditure of $1.50 per week. Salem is a healthy, busy place, growing rap? idly and presents more advantages for investment than any new town in the State. Every working man, be his means large or small, can go into this enter? prise and secure a lot that will con? tinue to increase in value. All who wish to secure lots in the Baltimore & Ohio Land Company should call on Messrs. Oscar D.Derr <fc Co.,the authorized agents for Roan? oke City, who will fully explain the manner of conducting the sale, and cr.n be found at their office from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. There is no investment on which one can realize so handsomely and at 9o 6inall a cost as to become a mem? ber of the Baltimore & Ohio Lot Clubs, unless it is to be a stockholder in the Baltimore & Ohio Land Com? pany. We cheerfully recommend these lots to the public. Respectfully, Oscak D. Derb & Co., No. 10 First avenue, S. W., Roanoke, Va. H. F. Meesze, With H. G. Brown, box 269, Salem Va. agents baltimore & ohio and north salem lot clubs. F. L. Carter, With Dupey & Taliaferro, Roanoke, Va. Mahood, Stone & Co., Lynchburg. Va. J. B. Parkenson & Co.. Richmond, Va. W. E. Summers & Co., Washington, D. C. Foard, Downing, Hardaway Ro^nole, Va. ? G. W. Kernahan, * Eoauoke, Va.? Smith & Parnell, Norfolk, Va. J. B. Pharis & Co., MartinBville, Va. Price & Mitchell, Bristol, Tenn. Reuben Finnell, With Neal & Paris,Roanoke, Va. Brad field's Female Regulator Should be used by the young wo? man, she who suffers from any disor? der peculiar to her sex, and at change of life is a powerful tonic; benefits all who use it. Write the Brad field Reg. Co., Atlanta, Ga., for particulars. Sold by Budwell, Christian & Barbee. Are you nervous or debilitated. A. B. C. Tonic guaranteed to repair all worn tissues. - George Campbell, Hopkinsville, Ky., say8: Burdock Blood Bitters is the best preparation for the blood and stomach ever manufactured^ t . . I -.XI ?. ICE - - FIVE CENTS A CITY BURNED. 1,700 HOUSES DESTROYED AT FORT LA FRANCE. SILVER FLUCTUATIONS ATLONDOH I To Hue Mine Owners? Booming Grover ? Ipm Ihih! ? Stnulcy; Very Weak? Cholera In Npniu-A SBftllooulste Fate. By United Press. ? portland, Me., July 15, 1880 ?J. H. Harlin & Son, of this city have received a letter from their represen? tative at St. Pierre.Martinique, datod June 27, and giving later particular of the great disaster at Fort I.a France. The Are b?gau about 7 ?0 a.m.,June 22, and spread rapid'y before the high wind, and by the following morning had ravaged alox.tr the seashore from the western side, of Savannah to Riviere Levassor. More than 1,700 buildings were destroyed, and with the exception of a very smail portion the antique city, of F-vt La France, is in ruins. Many p?-* perished and twenty-five bodies h\ been recovered. ^ The Silver Market Affected* London, July 15.?The signing of the silver bill by President Harrison, although it was looked upon as a foregone conclusion, had a very stim? ulating effect upon the prices on the stock exciiange. Bar silver was, of course,the first to feel the influence of thePresident's confirmation on silver legistation in Congress, and at once prices fell fifty per cent, of selling price. It has not altered for several years. American secureties also took on a degree of sympathetic activity, and increased orders to buy was cabled to New York. To Nne the Mine Owners. By United Press. Columbus, O., July 15.?The na? tional executive committee of the mine workers'union at their annual session here today decided to bring suits in behalf of the Ja miliar of th?2. men who lost their lives in the mine at Dunbar against the company for * 10,000 in each case. From Wttshington. By United Press. Washington, July 15.?The House passed a bill making an appropria? tion for 030 additional clerks for the pension office The Senate discussed the Civil Ap propriation Bill all day Sunday with? out final action. Booming Grover Clevelanu. By United Press. Baltimore, Md., July 15, 1890.? The conference of the Maryland Tariff Reform Clubs held their session today in the interest of tariff reform, and incidentally to boom Cleveland for the Democratic nomination. A Pension For Mrs. Fremont. By United Press. Washington, July 15, 1890.?A bill was introduced in the House today granting a pension of $3.000 a year to the widow of General John C. Fre? mont. Cholera Raging In Spain. By United Press. Madrid, July 15, 1890.?The Gazette reports that during the last ^ two months there have been derelf^ oped 445 cases of cholera in Spain; 251 of these cases have resulted in death. A Balloonlst's Fate. By United Press. London, July 15.?At Palenmerta dan an aeranaut named Celia fell from a balloon and struck the roof of the cathedral, where he lay mangled and bleeding until taken to the hospital to die. 3io Sunday Baseball lu Maryland. By Unitod Press. Frederick, Md., July 15.?The State of Maryland can have no more professional Sunday baseball. This is the decision of Chief Judge Jame McSperry. Water Famine at Parfcersbnrg. By United Press. Parker8burg, W. Va., July 15. This town is still out of water, and great suffering and annoyance exists. m Stanley is Very Weak. Lohdon, July 15,1890.?Dr. Parkes reports that Stanley is still ill and h very weak._ Base Ball Games <>t Vesterday. By Unitod Press. national league. At Boston?Boston, 14; Cleveland, 9. At Philadelphia?Philadelphia, 8; Pittsburg, 4. At New York?New York, 7; Cin? cinnati, 3. At Brooklyn?Brooklyn, 0; Chi? cago, 12. players' league. At Boston?Boston, 9; Buffalo, 12. *At Philadelphia?Philadelphia, 8; Chicago, 3. At New York?New Yorlg, 5; Cleve? land, 6. At Brooklyn?Brooklyn, 7; Pitte burg, 2. american association. At Columbus?Columbus,16; Brook? lyn. 2. At Louisville?Louisville, 10; Syra cause, 3. At St. Louis?St., Louis, 6; Ath? letic, 3. At Toledo?Toledo, 6; Rochester, 9. ATLANTIC LEAGUE. At New Haven?New Heaven, 2; Baltimore, 7. At Hartford-Hartford, 1; Wash? ington, 7 At Jersey City?Jersey City, 8; Wilmington, 4. At Worcester?Worcester, U;New