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
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! 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.
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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