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RAILROAD NOTES.
The coal truffle of the Norfolk ami
Western railroad has increased from
105,S0.") tons in ItfSJ to 2,124,24'J tons
in 1SS9.
The report that Mr. 1). W. Fliek
wir, superintendent of the Shenan
doah Valley railroad, had resigned, is
untrue. The changes were simply
the appointing Mr. J. T. Bransford
trainmaster of the second and J. W.
Cook, trainmaster of the lirst division
of the road.
Work is progressing rapidly from
Petersburg to a point opposite
Ker.ova, and sections of the line are
ready for the ties and rails. It is more
thau likely that the few miles on this
side of the river, above Petersburg,
will be completed early, to enable the
company to transport material heeded
for the bridge.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
company has begun excavating for
the new freight station at the foot of
Walker street, Radford. The accom?
modations at the old freight house
are entirely inadequate to the de?
mands upon it and it is at the ex?
treme east end of the city. The bus?
iness is fast working west and rapidly
increasing. The building of the new
freight, station is another evidence
that the Norfolk and Western Rail?
road company is alive to the require
tuents of the times and determed to
keep up with them.
The groat Norfolk and Western
Railroad is bringing prosperity all
?long the line. A special from
Parkersburg says; "A Scotch
syndicate, composed of Sir Alex?
ander McBean, Sir John Mc- ;
Donald, Sir Charles Tupper, Lord
Auan, Earl of Wighton and others,
prominent in business and politics of
Sreat Britain, have purchased 50,000
xcres of iron, coal and timber land in
McDowell county and large tracts of
land in Wyoming, Mercer and adjoin?
ing counties. They propose building
i new town and opening up their val?
uable deposits of minerals. A line of
railroad connecting with the Norfolk
ind Western will joe built through
the country to the mineral and titu?
lier deposits."
The Norfolk and Western will be a
bidder for the Chicago and Atlantic
railroad, which is t>> be sold on the
1st of August, under the United
states Court. This tine piece of road
extends from Marion, a thriving city
>f 10,000 population and some forty
idles north of Columbus, to Chicago,
i distance of 250 miles. It was built
>onie six or eight years ago as a
feeder for the Erie road. With the
tcquisition of the Chicago and At
antic. it would be necessary to build
>nly forty miles of track in order to
rive the Norfolk and Western a di?
rect line to Chicago. 11 is hoped they
ivill be the successful biddersat the
?ale- It is over the Chicago and At
autic from Marion that the Scioto
Valley line of sleep* -s are run to
Chicago* The Chicago and Atlantic
s a Unely 'milt, wep ballasted piece
>f road, and there an several parties
?fter it. The sale will bo watched
Kith much interest.
RAILROAD MES SIKIiT.
rhvy Conferred YeMcrtlity ami En?
joyed :> Drive Abont T<twn.
The Freight Traffic Association of
Virginia held their regular monthly
u^eting in the ofllee of Mr. < >. How
ird Rover, yesterday evening, at
.vhich nothing but th ? regular rou?
tine of business was transacted.
Following are the names of the
gentlemen who were present: llow
ird Nagle, secretary: E. I). Hotchkiss,
general freight agent of the Chesa?
peake and Ohio: C E. Way, general
"reight agent of the Baltimore and
Dhio; T. it. McMurdo, southern trav
ding agent of the Chesapeake and
Dhio; C. A. Taylor, traffic manager ?f
:he Richmond, Fredericksburg aud
Potomac; W. C. Harrington, general
'reight agent of the South Atlantic
md Ohio: W. N. Mit? hell, superin?
tendent of transportation, Lynch
iurg and Durham; C. A. Jones, vice
president of the SufTolk and Carolina;
\. L. Langdon. general freight agent
if the Cumberland Valley; A Pope,
general freight agent of the Norfolk
ind Western.
After the business was transacted
the delegates repaired to Hotel Roa?
noke. A number of them drove over
ihe city aud were unanimous in the
opinion that Roanoke was the most
phenomenal and miraculous city in
ihe matter of growth in the United
States.
County Sunday School Convention.
To all whom it may concern: Rev.
J. E. Bushneil, Vice President of the
Virginia St-^e Sunday School Union,
is hereby requested to issue a cail for
a count y Sunday school convention
at such time and place as may be
deemed advisable, to be held under
the auspices of the Virginia State
Sunday School Union, and we ear?
nestly pray for the presence and bless?
ing of the great head of the church
in the work. Albe rt L. West.
Chairman Executive Committee
Virginia Sunday School Union.
Chaklks P. Rady,
Corresponding Secretary, Richmond,
Virginia.
Pastors and superintendents inter?
ested in the above named work are
requested to meet at the Young Men*s
Christians Association hall, of this
city, Monday, July 21. .?t 4 p. m.,for a
consideration of detaib. incident to a
county organization. Sunday School
workers who may not be able to at?
tend are invited to submit sugges?
tions by letter.
Hustings Court.
Rush U. Derr, H. M. M. Dickinson,
and George C. Moomaw, qualified as
notary publics.
Commonwealth vs. Jessee Wertz,
felony, discharged.
Samuel Pearson, petit larceny,
third offence, case continued until
the October term.
Burnell Ross, felony. A demurer
was entered by the defendant to
the indictment, which was overruled,
and the prisoner sentenced to one
year in the State penitentiary. He
was, however, given a stay of 30
days to get an appeal.
A chancery decree was entered in
the case of Laura Leftrich vs. J. P.
Brent.
Stratton & Mitchell v,?. J. T. Boi?
ling's administrator, a ehaucery de?
cree was entered.
lllH Arm Hurt.
David Anderson, a colored man,
had his arm. painfully hurt yesterday
eveniug in attempting to board a
moving freight train. He wanted to
go to the furnace, but was inexperi?
enced in the matter of jumping on
moving trains.
Telegraphic School.?A school to
teach telegraphy and writing will be
opened in this city. Those who wish
to take lessons and obtain terms will
do well by applying to S., Times of?
fice. . jyl8 2t
KK, VIRGINIA. FR ID
A GREAT GAME.
?I11W -
I IT KEPT THE BOYS HUSTLING
YESTERDAY
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[THE SCORE Wu3 THREE TO DNS
In Favor of Ronnoko?II mom a Fine
Exhibition <>r Hall Flaying -Dolin
Sluices tho Longer*-! Hit Ever Binde
on the (around**.
Yesterday about 2;:!t) o'clock in tho
the afternoon tin* baseball cranks
began to grumble. The cause of it
was the downpour of rain that occur?
red at that time. It only rained
about a half an hour, however, .and
by 4:80 The ground had dried entirely
aud was in good condition for the
game, and such a gariio it was. The
Roanokes were in excellent form, and
played with a dash .hat made their
opponents look solemn, and Ihe
crowd happy. The! ho^bas club also
was in much better c ndition than on
the day previous, am; gave the Roan?
okes a severe tussle.
When Rosentlial, ??( the Phcabus
club, came to the i>;it he was liberally
applauded on account of Iiis line
stick work el the day before, and
some of his admirers told him to put
the little sphere over the fence, hut
Quarles had something to say about
rhat, and proceeded with great regu?
larity to place three good balls over
ihe plate, all of which the irrepressi?
ble "Rosey" failed to bit. The third
st rike was a "down shoot," and drop?
ped a foot in front of the plate ami
struck Keefer on the knee, and
bounded over behind the back slop,
and bet?re Reefer could recover it.
the runner had scored.
In the fourth inning Rosenthal was
again struck out, but Keefer let the
third strike pass him and tie* runner
reached first hag, and stole second and
third ami came home on fclayden's bit
to left held. Reck had a chance to
put the runner out at third but made
a brud muff of a clear!.- thrown ball
These were the only two runs scored
by the visiting team.
The Roanokes were lirst at the bat,
and Wigmore was the lirst man to
face the lightning delivery ol Leach.
The lirst ball thrown was a good one
and Steve popped up a tly to Beech''
who got under it. and the runner
went back to the players bench.
Meek, the next bafer, had jusi
bought a new bat, i>m be fanned the
wind three times in quick succession,
and Sproul died at first. For the
visitors Beech and She-ton struck out.
Rosenthal made a home run ?u three
strikes, which was a wild pite. . Hay
den, out at first. Roanoke. 0; I'iiov
bus, 1.
In tho second?A. Brodie stood up
at tin* plate like a lump on a log and
let Wclbh call three strike- on him
without making any effort to hit the
ball, Kirby knocked a fly t*> ( lark
and I. Brodio fouled out to Rosen
thai. Fuller, Clark aud Cotton, of
the opposing nine were struck out,
failing to solve Quarle's delivery. This
is the inning thai the bleachers failed
tosee cotton batting, as the dry goods
man would say.
In th* third?Dolin got n piece
of willow to suit his taste and when
the ball came whistling by he caught
it squarely on the end of the bat and
it landed a number of feet on the
other side of right Held fence. Al?
though it went six or eight feet in?
side the foul lines when it went over
the fence it was outsideof th" flag,
and the umpire yelled, '?foul;" there?
by breaking Ned's heart. This is tiie
longest bit that has been made on
the Roanoke diamond. The next
three balls were good and the batter
struck at them, but a hit faded to
material i/.e. Quarels and Keefer
also struck out. For the boys in
brown. Hamper knocked a hot oik* to
Quarels who stopped it, but threw
the ball so easy to Kirby that that
player dropped it. Hamper tried to
steal second but Keefei was too quick
for him. Leach died at first aud
Beech struck out.
Fourth?Wigmore out at (Irstand
Beck and Sproul struck out. Foi
Phoebus, Shelton knocked one to
Wigmore who threw h<u out at first.
Rosenthal came up to i he plate smil?
ing and had two stri-es called on
him. '"A good eye nov ," said one of
the coachers. "Oh, well," said Rosy,
"I'll get a run if 1 strike out."' The
next ball was a strike, and Keefer let
it pass him, and the runner got first,
stole second and third and went
home on Hayden's bit to left Held.
Haydeh stole second, and the crowd
said he was out anil ungenerously
began to hiss. Mr. Opdyke, the um?
pire, wouldn't change his decision
and walked off the held and Mr.
Charles Ormesby was substituted.
The next batter, Fuller, struck out,
and Clark failed to reach first. Roan?
oke. 0; Phoebus, 2.
Fifth?A. Brodie hit to left, stole
second, went to third oa Kirby's hit,
and home on the muff of Beech.
Kirby stole second and third, but
died at home. Dolin hit to center
field, went to second on the mull or
t^uarles, fly by Beech and was thrown
out at third, retiring th. side. Cotton,
Hamper and Leach struck out. Roa?
noke 1, Phoebus 2.
Sixth?Keefer knocked out with
whiskers on it to left field fence,
Wigmore Hied out to Rosentlial.
Keefer stole second, went to third
on Beck's hit and stole home when
Beech stole second to catch Beck.
Sproul and A. Brodie fouled out.
Beck.for the visitors, struck out, Shel?
ton koockea a hot one to Wigmore.
wlfo fielded it cleanly and threw the
runner out,and Rosenthal struck out,
Roanoke 2, Phoebus 2.
Seventh?Kirby lined out a long
one. which was neatly captured by
Clark. I. Brodie knocked a beauty
into center out of reach, but. he re?
mained on first bag as Dolin knocked
a fly almost as high as alill mountain
which, however, fell into the eager
hands of Fuller, and Quarles went
out at first; Hayden bunted the ball,
stole second and third, but Fuller
struck out and Cotton popped up a
11V to Sproul.
Eighth?Keefer duplicated his hit
Of the sixth and stole second and
third. Wii s'ruck out. Beck
made a sacrifice and Keefer scored.
Sproul succumbed to Leach's curves.
Hamper flied out to Wigmore. Leach
got a base on balls, went to second
on Beech's hit to center and third on
Shelton's. Beech goh-i; to second.
The bases were full and Leach was
forced out at home on RosenthaPs
bunted ball. Hayden knocked ont
to Beck who threw low to Kirby, but
he made a neat pick-up, and retired
I the side. Roanoke, 3; Phoebus, 2.
This inning was characterized by
the excessive kicking of Beech. His
ruffled temper, was finally emoothed
down, however, and the game pro?
ceeded.
Ninth?A. Brodie struck out, Kirby
fleiv out to Beech and I. Brodie struck
?AY MORNING, JULY
j out. Fuller- btinted the ball, stole
j second and third,but at that point lie
was a lixtnre, as Clark struck out.
Cotton Hew out to Wigmore ami
Hamper struck out. The score:
koakokb.
It.
Wigtnorc, 2b. o
Reck, 31. ii
Spronl, l. r. o
Brodle. A.,ss. I
Kirby, lb. 0
Brodle, I., r. f. o
Doug, u. r. ii
Quarlcs, i>. 0
Kccfcr, c. 2
ivo. a.
3 2
Totals. :i <i
; Bench, 2b.c.
Shelton.r.f. .
IUihi'iiiluil. 3b.
Harden, c. .
I'. Fuller; o. f.
Clark, If.j . ,
w. ruller. :ib.
Hamper, s*. .
f-caeli, 1^ ?
Totals.
??illlii.ko. V. . '. . Ii ii ?> i) V- I 0
i
0
Phoebus. . .? .~V i 0 " 1 .u -0 ?)vu -fl* :
SUMMARY. *
Earned runs -Roanoke l.
Sacriflco hit Bock,
Stolen bases??uek, Kccfcr, 2; Roscnthal, P
Fulh r, S.
liases mi balls ? By Qunrl a, I.
struck out- liv (iuiii lis.iT; by l-au-h, IX
Wll I Pitches Quartos, 2
Passed ball -Kccfcr, I.
Time of jrame -1 hour.
Tlmo lost in kicking match, 30 minutes.
Umpires, Welch, < Ipdyke ami i Irmsby,
Tile lloanokc players today will be:
Wffijniiiv. 2bj Spnml. I. X ; Fonl, r. f.: Hi
:?>.;.:,<. Brodle, ss.: I. Brodle, p.; Kerby,
Doll ii, c. r.. Kcofor, lb.
ck.
THEY nAY IIOHT.
Ex*?oii^retMninu u i.. mid (TonsreM*
until WnUiliU ill DasKera I>rawii.
Friends of Messrs. Gteorge D. Wise
and Edmund Waddill fear they may
have a personal encounter. Anyhow,
matters look very serious, and some?
body has got to take some pretty
rough attacks on pi'per, or resent
them in one way or the oi lier. At
the picnic of the Pov. batten club last
week, Mr. Wise made a speech in
which he said Judge Waddill had
stolon bis seat in Congress, and that
he (Waddill) having voted for the
force hiiI was too base to live in this
country. The Judge came out Sun?
day in a card in which he
was pretty rough on Wise. He
said rim latter had stolen
$2,009 ol his (Waddill's) salary as Con?
gressman and intimated very plainly
that Wise was not the proper person
to criticise the morality of any man.
Today Captain Wise i*out in a card,
in which he goes for Waddill with
gloves olf- He reiterates thai Wad?
dill stole his seat and emphasizes the
word "stole." He concludes as fol?
lows: "\Vii-n a man supplements
stealing and general baseness by
falsehood the Virginia pnplic will
know bow to estimate him, and will
be aide to appreciate my performance
when I dismiss him now with the
absolutecontempt which he deserves.*'
This is a great deal for Waddill to
swallow, and a< he is a man who will
light it necessary, trouble is almost
certain to result,
RwMton's Southern Baak.
Ih\ 1/riMOUK. July 17.?The Manu
facturers' Record states that a $1,000,
000 Kink, to be known as the Ameri
can National bauk, is being organ?
ized in Itoston by Mr. W. P. Iticeand
others of that citvj which will bo de?
voted entirely to th>' handling of
couthern business, nod to the closer
financial relations between the
.South and New England.
In connection with t':,:< bank there is
to be a bureau of information regard?
ing the South. One (a the functions
vrill be to introduce the Southern
stockhi tier-- of the bank to New
England capitalists looking forward
for opportunities for investment in
rhe South. Close relations will be
established with a large number of
Southern banks with a view to enab?
ling them to secure funds wherever
needed to meet the local demands for
money.
Charter Granted.
In the Hustings court yesterday a
charter of incorporation was granted
to the Roanoke Timks Publishing
Company. The minimum capital of
the company is to be $25,000, with
power to increase it to$30,000, to be
divided into shares of the par value
of ?100 each. ft
The officers for the ensuing year
are: P. L. Terry, president; C. T.
Grandy, secretary; D H. Morton,
treasurer. Directors: P. L. Terry,
D. H. Mat-on, J. B. Lew. H. C.
Pechin,and C. T. Grandy. The ob?
ject of the company is to publish a
first class daily and weekly news?
paper.
A S?w Firm.
Messrs. A. H. Clements, lor a long
time business manager and local
editor of rhe Amherst New Era: J. T.
Loving, formerly clerk of the Virginia
House of Representatives, and F. J.
Harris, cashier of the Bank of Am?
herst, are in the city ai d will open a
real estate office on Jefferson street,
between Salem avenue and Campbell
street. These are reliable and ener?
getic young men, and are heartily
welcomed to the city. Clements is a
first class type setter, and worked on
the Timks four years cro.
Snoi:'-arl Acquitted.
The jury in the case of the com?
monwealth against Sweiggart,
charged with larceny, in the county
court of Botetourt. returned a ver?
dict of acquittal. The public will re?
member that Sweiggart was the depot
agent at Troutville, who was found in
his office bound and gagged and the
safe robbed. Detectives went to work
on the case and eoon arrested Sweig
gart on the charge of having com?
mitted the robbery himself.
The Lecture "Last Xlsht.
I The lecture last eight of Yeatarow
i O'Kano. the celebrated young Japa
j nese orator, wao listened to by a
j select audience, vho ei.jrcased them
j selves as much pieased with the enter
i tainiiiHUL. Tiie theme was "The
i Land of the iiiaing Sun," and Mr.
j O'Kano handled his subject in a
] masterly manner, showing a thorough
knowledge of his native country.
Tlic It oho bud's Picnic.
The picnic of the Rosebud Society
to Lake Spring yesterday was a most
enjoyable affair. Bright and early
in the morning the depot was
thronged with Kosebuds, each with a
luncheon. The party returned on
the afternoon train.
Col. Jobn I>. Freslon Dead.
Lkxixgtox, Va., July 1(1.?Colonel
(John L. Preston, for foity-three years
j professor of languages f.r.d rhetoric in
j the Virginia Military Institute, died
j here at 12 o'clock last night, in the
[eightieth year of his age. He was
one of the oldest, most influential and
highly respected citizens of the com?
munity. He was the father of Dr.
Thomas L. Preston and the husband
of the Virginia poetess, Margaret J.
Preston.
IS, LMM).
DIAMOND JACK
IS WHAT HIS FRIENDS USED
TO CALL HIM
a very m mm couple
They Land Up in Chicago In (lit* Polloe
Court, Charged with Obtaining
Food with Intenl to Jlvframl tn?
Boarding IIoii?e.
" remain <u id Jack,"his acquaintances
used tpcHjl Iiitn in Roanoke.
Ho cii'ruis tt). this city half aycar ago.
and with Jiijn was a pretty little wo?
man whom he called his wife, They
siffppf'd at the Rot.'! Felix, and regis
"htrtf&? fJenryO. Ringham and wife.
Mr. Bingham did n't seem to have
a great deal to do except wear good
clothes and enjoy himself. He was a
young fellow who spont a good deal
of money, wore a blonde mustache
with about seventeen lutirs on either
side of his rather long nose, and m
his expansive shirt front was a stone
that would turn a hotel clerk green
with envy. He was an all round
sporting man, and he soon picked up
any number of acquaintances, it
was not long before be became the
center and semi-idoJ of a group of .
chosen spirits who liked to linger
around the card table until the mar?
ket carts commenced to rumble into
town. Mr. Ringham industriously 1
circulated the report: bat he intended I(
to start a stock exchange in Roanoke
and his gilded sign still hangs out in I
front of a rather pretentious office on j
Salem avenue.
After having remained at the Hofe] I
Felix for a couple of months, .Mr. I
Biugham decided to . xehauge it for ?
the Hot? ! Roanoke, especially as be
had had some words with the propri 1
etor of the former place. So betook 1
up his abode ou the hill, and contiu- J
ued to live in the mo. t luxurious 1
style. 11 was not long before be be- '
come a well known character. He 1
passed as the sonor nephew of the <
millionaire proprietor Of the Ringham |
House, of Philadelphia, ami this made '
him many friends. At this time he
weighed exactly ninety pounds by J
the scales in the"lobby of the hotel. |
This included the big diamond in hi.- 1
shirt front and a pair of corduroy '
trousers. ;
Dm' day about a month ago Mr. 1
Minglmm and his petite wife were I
missed, and have never been see."
since by any of their Roanoke friends. 1
Yesterday they were in a Chicago ?'
police court charged with obtaining [
food with intent to defraud the pro- '
prietors of tin. boarding house at
which they were stopping. There '
they were registered as EL 0. Brad- (
Shaw and wife. '
The questioning of the police court '
judge brought out the romance of '
tin? affair and also the prose of elope- I
incur. It seems tint Brad-haw's
right name was H. (.'. Bingham and \
hi.-'wite s name is Katie Spilman. The
pretty girl smiled when questioned '
about her folks in Baltimore. She 1
was informed that her uncle, who i- 1
president of the German Saving.- bank
there, would take steps to get her 1
back to her home. "I must get rid '
of Bingham some way." she said. "I :
don't think he has been dealing fairly \
with me. 1 have been supplying him :
with money for some rime. I cannot
face my relatives in .Baltimore after !
all this trouble."
It was not long, however, before the 1
reporters got at the bottom of the
story. Both of the young people are '
natives of Baltimore, where Bingham
is well known as a high flyer. Miss 1
Spilman, who eapn. >;ed the hearts
of the young men of 7-oanoke is a
niece of President Spiduan of the
German Savings Bank.
When she arrived of age recently
she had some dispute with her uncle,
who was also her guardian, and in a
pet left his comfortable home to go
out at service. She made the ac- 1
quaintance of Bigham. who took hei
to the St. James Hotel, Washington,
where they registered in luxurious
apartments as N. C. Gordon and wife.
His hotel bill for two lays was ??2.
which he paid with a bogus check
that was compromised by his father,
who is a highly est eined citizen.
Bingham also tried to ..xiy carpets on
bogus.checks asking for the di (Terence
in cash but did not succeed.
The case agaiust the couple was
continued until further evidence
could be produced, and the girl was
released in *200 bonds.
DELEGATES ClIO.SE>
To Hit- Sixth C'ontrressiennl Conven?
tion to Meet Uerc i ;> August.
Campbell county ha- selected her
delegates to the Sixth Congressional
Convention which will meet in this
city August 28, and other counties
willj immediately doth" same. The
following is a complete, list:
Rustburg District?t ourt House?
Wm. M. Murrell, F. Nelson, G. W.
Carrington. Mr. Zion--W. A. LeGrand.
Concord?T. W. Booth D. J. Evans.
Falling River-Hat ? ?reek?W. H.
Win?field, L. J. Hunter. Morgan's
Mill?W. A. Mason. Brookneal?R.
L. Poindexter.
Seneca?Pigeon Run?Ro. H. With
ers^Marysville?John W. Clay. Cas
tleTlraig?T. E. Moorman.
Otter River?Leesville?S. C. Cog
gin, Evington ? Eiurino Ould.
Lynch's?R. H. Ward. New London
?J. S. Leftwich.
Brookville?Flynn's? Stephen Ad?
ams, S. H. Fulks. King? Thos.
Falwell. Rolling Mi"?Jus. T. But?
ler. Blackwater?Wm McC.Waugh.
Delegate at-large?Samuel H. Mil?
ler.
It is understooodthat a majority of
the delegates chosen are lor Paul C.
Edmunds, the present incumbent.
Military PasH TLrongb.
The Montgomery True Blues, a
crack military organization from
Montgomery, 'Alabama, number?
ing forty men, rank and file,
passed through the city on an east
bound Norfolk and Western train
vesterdav. They have been summer?
ing at the Montgomery White. Sul?
phur for the past two weeks, and are
now on their way to Old Point.
Attention is called to the notice of
the Koanoke Water Company. If
water rents, begining July 1st, are not
paid before July 20th water sup?
plies will be cut off.
Money saved is money rnade, and it
is known to all who are 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 HoBfJiE MrsicCo.,
Lynchburg, Va. Write for cata?
logues.
PRESS POINTERS.
NcSIHOIIuMc Advice.
Look out lor the top of your spine.
Never mind your head. There*
nothing there, you know. But keep
the hot sun off the hack of your neck
where your spinal chord concludes it
won't go any farther. Then yon will
he safe.?Council Bluff's Nonpariel.
.Senator llearHt ?11 the force Hill.
"I sincerely believe tho measure we
are considering docs not command
the approval of Senators Davis, Tel?
ler, Woleott, Mitchell, Jones or Alii
son, in the West, or of Senators AI
drich, Morrill, or Edmonds in the
East. In fact, I am somewhat in?
clined to think that quite a number
of Republicans in the House voted
for the bill only because they were
satisfied it would be killed in the
Senate."-New York World.
An All Around Good Thing.
? Congressman Ben Butterworth has
been made secretary of the World's
Faircommission. Good for Hen. Good
for the Fair.?Harrisburg Patriot.
Ancient and Modern Crack.
There is a large crack in St.'Veter's
dome, and Minneapolis has evidently
administered several large cracks to
St. Paul's dome.?Chicago Post.
The I*rei*idcnt"<t Dile mm a.
President Harrison is said to be
baying considerable difficulty in find?
ing $10,000 men who are willing to
take $:{,000 jobs. There is no lack,
however, of ?1,000 men for the $2,000
jobs.?Minneapolis Journal.
riio Baltimore and Ohio Land Com?
pany, or Salem,
Offer 1,300 building lots for ijil?O
nach. Weekly payments of $1.50.
The Baltimore and Ohio Land Com?
pany, of Salem, Va., owning 227 acres
M land within half a mile of Salem,
Va., admirably located for building
lots, have determined to oiler 1.300
lots for sale at $150 each, including
JOmer lots, in the following manner:
Lot clubs of 100 members each will
lie formed. Each member thereof
liaying $1.50 per week or s(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
Irawn every week until 100 lots are
lrawn. The two members drawing
he last two lots will get two lots each
Instead of one.
The one drawing a lot can at any
hue pay up on his lot and get a deed
o it, as the company own their land
u fee simple; or he can pay one-third
:ash, balance in one and two yean
md the company will allow such pit.
?haser 10 per cent, discount given on .
n's. purchase. ,
A purchaser burning, within six ?
nonths, a lions.. eo*t"3og not less than <
on his lot, will have a reduction I ^
if 25 per cent, on bis purchase, mak
ng his lot cost $112.50.
Several clubs will he organized hi .
ibis city, so that a member can join
me or more (dubs, and draw in each (
dub weekly by the payment of one ,
lollar and ($1.50) fifty cents in each -
>lub. No interest is charged on these I
[rayineats whatever. \
The land has been surveyed, laid .
mt in streets and the lots numbered,
rhe laid lies partially in le rear of 1
the Roanoke College, and half a mile ;
from the center of the town. Water j
mains run through the land, side?
walks are also contemplated, and
deasant homes, close to business,
;ould be erected at small cost, either
is a home for tin- Owner or to rent (
iut, as houses are in great demand in {
Salem. ;
As a safe investment this is beyond <
precedent, and enables one of small
means to secure property constantly '
>n the increase in value. 1
Remember, one lot is drawn by (
some one each week. Then you can ,
pay up on your lot after you have
drawn, by paying one-third cash, :
balance in one and two years, or as a
whole, at any time >on may elect
within 18 months from the time you
joined the club, and secure the re- ,
duct ions named above.
Every member must pay his weekly
dues before he will be allowed to par?
ticipate in any drawing, if absent,
some one will draw for him, provided
his dues are paid.
Do not be misled by any misrepre?
sentations made about this land, but
go to Salem and s^e ic for yourself:
call on Mr. H. G. Brown, president of
the company, who will show you over
the property.
The size of these lots ire mostly 50x
150. some few are 50^13'.". 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 ?1.00 per week. Salem
is a healthy, busy place, growing rap?
idly aud 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 A Ohio Land Company
should call on Messrs. Oscar D. Derr
& Co..the authorized agents for Roan?
oke City, who will fully explain the
manner of conducting the sale, and
can be found at their oilice from 8 a.
in. to 10 p. m.
There is no investment on which
one can realize so handsomely and at i
so small a cost as to become a mem?
ber of the Baltimore <fc Ohio Lot
Clubs, unless it is to be a stockholder
in the Baltimore & Ohio Land Com?
pany. We cheerfully ix-connX'-nd
these Iota to the public. f
Respectfully,
Oscak D. Dkbr & Co.,
No. 10 First avenue, S. W., Roanoke,
Va.
II. F. Meeize,
With H. G. Brown, box 260, Salem
Va.
agents baltimoke & ohio and
north salem lot clubs.
F. L. Carter,
With Dupey & Taliaferro, Roanoke,
Va.
Mahood, Stone & Co.,
Lyuohburg. Va.
J. B. Parkexson & Co..
Richmond, Va.
W. E. Summers & Co.,
Washington, D. C.
Foaki). Downing, Hardawav *
Roanoke, Va.
G. W. Kernahan,
Roanoke, Va.
Smith & Parnell,
Norfolk, Va.
j. B. Phaf.is & Co.,
Martwsville, Va.
Price & Mitchell,
. Bristol, Tenn.
Retjben Finnell.
With Neal & Paris,Roauoke, Va.
The Lottery Drawing.
The following numbers won the
principal prizes in th Louisiana Lot?
tery drawing at New Orleans!; 92,5(11,
32,701, 20.757, 44,769, 44.107, 48,408, 42,
026. 34,207, 56,324, 70,023, 73,986.
ICE -
- I IVE GENTS
KILLED IIIS WIFE
AND A NEIGHBOR AND THEN
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
WHISKY m JE4L0?SY THE SAII2E
The Worlds Fair Site-Mass Meeting;
In Kansas? t'ontrresnmnn train, of
Texas, Gunning Tor 0*llricn Moore,
of tiicSt. 5.<u:(s Kennbllc.
By United Press.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 17.? ,
a fearful tragedy was enacted here
yesterday afternoon. Hank Hall, a
notorious character, shot and killed
his wife, and then shot Oeerge E.
Bennet, a neighbor who came to her
rescue. Hall then stood in tile door
way of his house, revolver iu hand,
aud defied the police to approach
him, when the officers retired for as
sistance. Hall then committed sui?
cide by cutting his ;hroat.
Whiskey and jealousy was the cause.
-? ?
YfHt?>r<lHy at V. ..siiinu'lo...
By Unite<l Press.
Washington, July 17.?The House
jpent the entire day in the discussion
j{ the land grant forfeiture bill, and
[inally passed it. It is a substitute
for the Senate bill and it forfeits all
bhe land grants oppusite to and con?
terminous with portions of railroads
not now completed. The Senate
passed the day in the discussion of
;he irrigation ?juestion in connection
with the amendment to sundry civil
nil. Mr. Allison introduced a reso
ution (which went over) making it
u order to put a live-minute rule in
jfTect on the discussion of a bill or
my amendment.
A i'r< vs Gallery Episode.
:5y United Press.
Washington, July 17.- Tln-re was
lome excitement in the House preii?
?allery this afternoon over the ap?
pearance of Congressman Craiu of
Texas looking for IPBrien Mooro cor
?espondentof the St. Louis Republic
yith the announcement that he in
.euded to shoot him on sight. Mr.
iloore was not in the city, and the
Texas member retuni"d to the lloor
)f the House without doing any
lauiage.
Sew York"? Population.
,:. United Press.
Washington, July 17.?A rough
)fficial count of the population of
N'ev York city was completed today
)y the census officers and shows that
he population is 1,513,501, which is
in increase of 2-14ti per cent, over the
:ensusjje*ums of IS00, which give the
>opula%>n of ls*S0 as 1,20*3,200. In
.870 the population was 042,658.
The World* Fair Site.
Chicago, July 17.?The city onun
?il last night passed an ord.uanee
granting the use of Lake Front
?ark for for Worlds Fair purposes.
The ordinance, however, is so loaded
lown with amendments iha,t
Lhere is little chance of the directors
r.ccepting it, in which event, the fair
will, it is believed, be held in Jack?
son Park.
JkreNiUciit inl -Nominations
wa9ungton, July 17.?The presi?
dent to??y 6ent to the Senate the
ttoininalmhis of J. L. Stcckhole, of
Massach?Petts, H. M. Somerville, of
Alabama, F. N. Shurtleff, ofjOregou,
to be general appraisers of merchan?
dise, also Oliver Spaldis, of Mlci^an.
to be assistant secretary of the treas?
ury.
Great Maas m< I'lin;-.
By United Press.
Topkkal K;: - , Suly 17.?Felly'
7,fX)0 people yesterday attended the
mass tempern nee convention which
was culled to condemn the original
package traffic law.
Rase Ball Game* of Yesterday.
By United Press.
players' leaoue.
At Boston?Boston. 12; <~!hieago, 2.
At Philadelphia?Philadelphia, 5,
Buffalo, 2.
At New York?New York, 8; Pitts
burg, 2.
At Brooklyn?Brooklyn, 0; Clove
land, 8.
national league.
At Boston?Boston, 6; Cincinnati, 3.
At Philadelphia?Philadelphia, 7;
Chicago, 5.
At New York?New York, 4; Cleve?
land, 4.
At Brooklyn?Pittsburg, 7; Brook?
lyn, 5.
american association.
At Columbus?Columbus, 5; Brook?
lyn, 0.
At Louisville?Syrucause, 4; Louis?
ville, 6.
At Toledo?Toledo, 5; Rochester, 2.
it St. Louis?St.. Louis. 3: Ath?
letic, 4.
??:>.
atlantic league.
At New Haven?Now Haven. 0;
Wilmington, 5.
At Worcester?Worcester, 9: Wash-,
ington, 9.
At Jersey City?Jersey City, 1;
Baltimore, C.
At Hartford?Rain.
It was a Narrow Escape.
Yesterday on Peach and Honey hill
John Silas, colored, didn't have any?
thing to do except to go asleep, and
I he eat on a chair and went asleep.
Mose Adere, also colored, didn't have
anything to do either, and tather
than be idle stuck a patent medicine
catalogue into Stlas coat pocket and
applied a match. Silas didn't awake
until his coat was nearly burnt off,
and he received a burn on the left
arm which required the inauguration
of a doctors bill. Mose wasted a
great deal of time in explaining how
it happened, and is doing all he can
to get on the good side of Silas before
his arm gets well.