The Roanoke times. [volume], August 05, 1890, Image 1

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?OL. VI -NO. 11>7.
Side band suitings, closing price, 7c
a yard.
Outing cloths in beautiful patterns,
at S and 10c a yard.
Flannelettes in new and stylish
Da* terns at 12*'C a yard.
Dress ginghams, ?">. S and lOea yard.
A few pieces of Scotch ginghams at
20c, worth 25c :t yard
Siiila ew challiesat If and 0}ca
yard.
ANo a lew nn.re pieces ?>f checked
.mohair ttt 25c a yard.
Mohairs in :?!i shades :it 25, :!7;. and
50ca yard.
White goods in all the newest ma?
terials and at lowest prices.
A special bargain in pure Turkey
red table covers, S !. 75caud 8 10 t?7;c
each.
Table linens, towels and napkins in
endless variety, and at prices that
defy competition.
Another case of white bed quilt* at
';1 each.
Ladies* and Gents' underwear and
hosiery in great assortment aud at
bottom prices.
Large stock of bleached and un?
reached cottons and sheetings in all
vidths.
Childrens white lace hats and caps
rbm 15c up.
Fans, Fan-. Fan-, Fans, from 2c up.
184 SALEM AVENUE, S. W.,
?ANOKE, - - - - VI Ii?;I MA.
iite Breatl Ftar!
?VHITE BREAD FLOUR.
WE WILL PA V
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
Use No Other.
V
CMARKLEY&CO.j
-THE?
Checkered Front Grocers
124 and 126
First Avenue, S. W.
iDOANOKE COLLEGE,
? . SALEM VA.
Choice of courses; commercial de?
partment; library 17,000 voluines
good morals; healthful eilmate; very
moderate expenses. Students fifteen
Stares, Ind. Ter., Mexico, and Japan.
?Jjjth year begins Sept. 17th. Illus?
trated catalogue free. Add ess
JULIUS. IX DREHER, President,
Salem, Ya.
OUR ENTIRE ST?CK OF
Consisting of Foreign and!
Domestic
DRESS GOODS,
Ginghams, Satines, Challies,
Bleached and Unbleached1
Cottons and Sheetings, etc.
WH.L BE OFFERED AT
PRIME COST
FOR THE NEXT
Qfl Y) AVQ
O U U ?\ l Ow
Our Remnant Coun?
ter is now re;uly,
wliere you can
select
A Walnut, Ash o; Ebony
FOLK GIVEN AWAY with
every pair of Lace Curtains
bought to the value ??[ ??.oo
per pair or upwards.
42 Saleu
RDSENBAUM BROS
At n,
yy .iiy i hd
500 V LADLE0
flln
IomI's DiamoLmTToi
AND (
2?
?8s Lanndry Sis
C. F. BLOUNT,
THE
i? nacfj nRnr.ff.R
uA5t
lUULll Ij
134 SALEM AVENUE.
MONEY TO LOAN
THE PEOPLES' PERPETUAL
LOAN - & - BOILDIN
ASSOCIATION
will lend Oioneyon long time and easy
payments. Shares may be taken a;
any time Apply to
WM. F. WINCH.
Secretary and treasurer.
Room 1. Masonic Temple. apl tf.
Ii ki is Bon h?ini.
I will offer my entire stock of
HI GO1
mi
AND SHOES AT
pfi IM E C( 1ST TO D1 SCO N f INU E
P.USINE.SS.
X . \_Jm Jl.
A' , V_t . JMU k t ->
113, First avenue. S. W
AT (K AT COST
jy 16 2w
C: A. HEATH,
The well-known Jefferson Street
Has opened a Darber Shop in Hotel
Roauoke.
Room in basement. uiy20 1m
KGANOK
ROANOKE.
E. II. STEWART, President.
H. Cr. COLE, Seoand Treas.
.1 P. BARBOUR, Gen'l Manager.
CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS.
Ofllce with Gray A Boswkll, Jef?
ferson Si reet.
Lars:e Brick Biiildirms a
o o
Sj)ecialty.
HomtS built ou easy payment.*, i'at
ron ige solicited. Estimates cheer?
fully furnished on application.
GENERAL MANAGER,
je U-tf.
EMS i CHALMERS.
Still keep the largest
assortment of
HARDWARE
In Southwest Virginia.
':.. . '; Lve just received a largespp?ly
?OF?
Lap Robes, Horse Covers
:ech Loading Guns,
?AM)?
Sporting Goods.
Miner's and Railroad Supplie
A Specialty.
I? ami 1!' Second Sheet, southwes
THE
Ar-- uow prepared to furnish meals at
POPULAR PRICES,
Fable boarders can 1?' accommodated
and will receive prompt and
careful attention.
STEAKS, CHOPS, AND ALL
DISHES TO ORDER
SERVED IN FIRST
CLASS STYLE.
Cold Lunch ('nunter attached,
ivhere c ?hl lunches are served from
> a. m. to 12 p. i.j.
Fish, Clams and^Game in
cason a specialty.
Fred. Weber,
L. F. BURKS,
Practical Plumber
GAS aud STEAM FITTER.
?:o?
And dealer in all kinds of Plumber,
(i.i- aud Steam Fitter.*.' Supplies.
Prompt Attention to Orders, an?!
Satisfaction <?'u ranted.
715 Main Street.
LYNCH BURG, VA.
113 (Joinmerce S; reet,
iel2 Smo ROANOKE, VA.
H. 1LIMEY, SIBERT & CO.
Real Estate Agents,
Moomaw Block, No. 9.
We haven line list of property from
u hieb to select.
In local ion, price and terms, we
hope to suit all. If you have
PROPERTY
To sell o.- exchange, call.
Best of references given. junlC Im
DYEING,
CLEANING and REPAIRING
l'cu will save money by bringing
your dirty clothes to be cleaned or
dyed and repaired to me. Ch :rges
moderate. Work first class.
E. Walsak,
Corner Campbell auJ Henry street?,
Roanoke. Va. tf
HOLLINS INSTITUTE,
VIRGINIA.
For the higher edneati in of young
ladies, equipped at ;s cost of ?< 120,000,
employs ','?") officers and teachers, 7 of
whom are male professors, of both
American and European training.
Languages. Literature, Science, Art.
Music. Elocution, etc., are taught
under best standards. For nearly a
half century it has commanded public
confidence without distinction of re?
ligious beliefs. 1,200 feet above sea
level, and surrounded by picturesque
mountain scenery, it enjoys the fur?
ther advantages of mineral waters
and a bracing mountain climate. At?
tendance last session 201) from 18
states. The 48th session will open
September 17th. P. O. and Station,
Hollins, Va. CHAS. H. COCKE,
jy25-tf Business Manager.
pARR THE SIGN WRITER, COR
U ner Third avenue aud First- street
N. W. mar6-tf
E, VIRGINIA, TUES!
A. GOOD EXHIBIT
OVER $30,000 RAISED EOR
THE R. & S. ROUTE.
GREAT WORK BY THE COMMITTEE
They Tliiuk S here Will Im> no 1'ronbl?'.
One fJroal lUIHeiiliy So Reeling
l.lisl M;lll Son i-.:!t: Iii:-..' t O.Sil??
srrlbc.
There is every prospect thai tie- ce
quired amount toward making the
proposed land company, over the
property <?(' which.the Roanoke and
Southern is to enter the town, a suc?
cess will be realized now in a verj
short while.
Of course the lirs! committee ap?
pointed by the Real Estate Exchange
had the best chance to raise a large
sum. and they did as~yrtl as tb. y ex?
pected tu do. There was bur one
day's work dune, or rather pari ol otic
day. and during that short time
*1S,500 was realized.
Then the hot weather and j r ? <fng
business proved ti"> much for the
committee. Two of them left town
on business that rouhl w' be post
poned, and .Mr. Hives, the remaining
member, only stayed her- Ibugeuough
t<> pr?sent his report and then he, too,
left. Anew committee was then ap
pointed by Vice-President (ireider,
and siuee Wednesday the members
have been hard "at work. They, too;
have succeeded in raising quite an
amount, nearly $12;0UU additional
having been subscribed a- a n -::lt ? i
their efforts.
This brings the total now promised
over $?J0jQQO, and it i- thought that
comparatively little trouble will be
experienced in getting tic remainder
id'the money. The great ditHcultv
seems to be t bat a great many neu
who would I"- willing tb subscribe
the stock of the company, are oui <?!
town lor the summer; laying in a
stock of health with which to tight
the coming battles of autumn, when
purchasers of real estate and promo
ters of various industrial plants will
swoop down in the tow n.
There was to ha ve been a meet ing
of the Stock Exchange la ?: night for
the purpose of hearing the report ol
the committee. .Mr. it ray was on
hand at his ollice, but a quorum ol
the exchange were nor. and so the
reading of the report had to be post
poned until some other time. In the
meantime, however, the work of tin
two committees has in-pi red a great
deal of confidence in th* ultimate
success of the scheme, and il is con*
tideutly expected that before [!????
week i> over 111?- entire amount ?l
-rock will ha", e been taken.
Now i.- the time to suhs.ccil
Itcltii'tieil dome ? Si ;.i.
Lieutenant Shanks, son Colnni !
I). ('. Shanks, of Sah in. : i eently
stationed at Fort Clark, Texas, has
arrived at his old home. Saelm. lie
had n pleasant place at Eort (.'lark,
butdias ljeen recently tr-n-n r.? ? ! to
Blaeksburg to take chargi ol the
military department of rife A.riei:!
tural ami Mechanic <! ' 'olleg ? :>; t,h:i!
place. While passing through Texas
he. stopped; long enohgh t> win the
prize as marksman -t \ lie San Ant onid
shooting match, lie has also been
invited to Wisconsin 1" lake pa rt in a
shooting match the:-/, and a.- le l.a
already won eight prizes a these in
tersate shooting matches, the pros
pects are that he will carry <?;) the
prize when he meets the uiai \- \.u a . I
the Northwest. Virginia boys an
hard to beat with a gun, :,-i <>,
rill.-.
ABOUT THE HOTELS.
Mr. Thomas <i. Deitriek speni Sun
day at Marshall's cafe. lie is a rail
road contractor and is working up o >
tin-New River exteasiohof t;; Nor
folk and Western, lie i- a great
fisherman, and wh-n In- has an hour
or two to spare he gets his t ickle oui
and goes down to the river for a good
quiet fish all by himself "Von may
talk about your trout and bass and
rock." he said to a TDIES reporter.
''They are all very good in tin ir way.
but when it comes to comparing
them wirb the New River catfish you
are away off< I've caught them up
there weighing nearly a hundred
pounds, and the camp would live on
cat (or a couple of d lys. The llesb i
most delicious, and it ein I?.- oom
pared with nothing else. Catfish
steak is a delicacy that will oneol
these days be in great demand. Ii i
wonderful to me that it is rot now
frequently on tb" table of every epi?
cure in the land."
Judge M. !'.. Woods was in town
yesterilay. lie is a six footer, wears
a gray moustache, and has a rieb
florid complexion. He is a capital
teller of stories and comes from South?
west Virginia, where he is known as
one of the shrewdest pbliticans in
public life. lie is a Mahone Republ?
ican, and at one time was spoken of
for the readjuster nomination for
governor of the State. Put Mahone
got it and also got left.
Detective W. <i. Baldwin, of Blue
field was in the Hotel Felix corridor
yesterday. He came to the city on a
short business trip and went back to
the scene of his famous exploits last
night. Baldwin is, perhaps, the best
known detective in Virginia no w that
.lack Wren has passed away, and h?*
has done much harder worh among
the desperate classes than ever the
noted Richmond sleuth did. Ili
quick bright eye has the light of
a man of nerve in its d- phs and when
his linger prestos the trigger so;u ? -
thing is sure to dn >p.
Paul C. Edmunds is very confident
that he will get the nomination again
from thi? district ami be returned to
; Washington by a handsome majority.
; lie :-?*?; :. ... .4-: the Metropolitan
i hotel in that city, and to the hotel
gossiper of the Washington Post he
said the other day:
"Delegates have been chosen in ray
favor in Campbell and Montgomery
'counties, and Halifax wii! de lare for
! me tomorrow. I am entirely confident
of my renoniination."
Itcosts you nothing to callattbe
Singer ollice and register lor a chance
in the three beautiful pieces of ai t
work to be given away Friday even?
ing. ._
There are gentlemen engaged in
the business of law-making who,
notwithstanding some claims to quit k
wittedoess, are slow at seeinga point
especially a point of order.
Have you visited the Singer art die
play 1
'AY IVIORNINOi AUGI
:::\TON IlKf.PKIt ii.]..
Etc Is SiuMi'iii.v Stricken Down Vc?
tcrdny Afternoon.
Vcsterday evening about aqnartei
to live o'clock Mr. Hinton Helper, tin
well known newspaper corresponded
ol the South, uns in the office oi
.lulues S. Simmons & Co! conversing;
very leisurely with Capt. T. F. Harks
dale, when suddenly be remarked he
believed he:would.go over, to the drug
I store and get some medicine. He
started, and bad not advanced but a
lew step* when nil of the occupant*
of the office were startled by him be?
ing so suddenly prostrated to the
floor, friends came to his assistance
"as quickly u* possible. Dr. Butler
I was at once summoned and rendered
restoratives. Later on Dr. Gale was
sent for and all that medical aid and
tend >r friends could do was promptly
administered.
Up to this writiughe was suffering
j with pains mo.*.tly from the head. Mr.
! Helper had been complaining all day
I had a severe headache. It is
hopou by many friend* that his rc
; eoverj may be speedy.
tsi *:v wii.i. i:xci r: r.
. !:!::;:? Z',i>y s Wtrnf to Take ;? Tri)?
In ilit< Etridce.
i Tin Uoanoke Light Infantry met
.\ \~'. night at the armory and ap?
pointed a committee, consisting of
' Payne, Pritzman and Dush.to
see the Shenaudouh Valley railroad
officials und try and get rate* to
! Natural Bridge.
The company propose at an early
day to run an excursion to this
charming place, and if reasonable
r tes can be secured it is expected
that ;i large.-crowd will take adv?iit
age of the cheap rates.
Tin? company also accepted the in
| vitation to In- present ;u the marriage
I oj I-i-mt. i: tni VV. Ii. Moss and Miss
rlCcnl tomorrow eveningrat u o'clock.
The company will form at t lie armory
it ?"' o'clock ami march to the church.
The marringe will be solemnized at
St. John':: Episcopal church.
.Nervi?-!1? in I lie Pir.nl l?re->'?.> I:-ri an
I lull I'll .Nuixhi i .
! The services at the First Presbyter?
ian Church of this city on Sunday
morning were very solemn and im?
pressive. After ?In- rite of baptism
had been administered to the infant
I ol I ?r. ;'ud Mrs. Campbell; the
reveii ml gentleman delivered an el^
ijuen"! discourse from the text; "For
?. ntso loved tie- world, that lie gave
Hi* only begotten Son, that whoso?
ever bclievcth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting life."?
rst...rohn-:ntr.
Immediately after the sermon the
sacniineni of the Lord's supper was
: blistered Elder Ridout. of liar
ford county, Md., and Elder Georgi
i. la of Berryville; Vra., itssisted in
' ??? distribution of Hie elements.
A: S o'clock p. in.. Rev M. .1. Fi rev,
ji |).. pastor of Trinity Lutheran
Church, ot Altoona, Ohio, by special
request, preached a temperance ser?
mon. Dr. Fi rev chose for his text,
i.uke 1' :'.'?, ""Which now of these
three, fhinkest thou.was neighbor
unto him that fell among the
thieves."
'!'!:?? sermon was a powerful exposi?
tion of the real relations of the state
o the cause of temperance: a vivid
lese fptfon ol the misery ami ruin
br ?: ?!;; about bj the liquor traffic;
md the individual responsibility of
the voter for if. At the close of the1
sermon. Dr. Campbell made some
very perrinent remarks concerning
i lie eau ?? of in'emperanee in our city,
:ie! thegreat ueed of concerted ChriV
: in ii ..et ion again?t it.
A pleasant feature of the evening
? service ".is- the interlude sung by
I Professor Leary and Mrs. Hodgson.
To IlstabliNli Stoekyarrf*.
H is reported that the cattle dealers
of Southwest Virginia and Tennessee
contemplate the establishment oi
yard - for the receipt a.id sale of cattle,
sheep and hogs in Alexandria. Several
reasons aregiven f?rthiS:move,amorig
them being the excessive charges for
corn, hay and other feed, made by
rhe m inagement of the yards in
Washington and Georgetown', thcex
pense of d'eliveringstock, water, etc.
?le location selected would lie very
convenient ror the threeeilies, Wash?
ington. Georgetown and Alexandria,
and it i- believed the investment will
p iy handsomely.
Rnso Rail Game* of Vcstcritny.
jm.avkiis' league;
.'.r ihuValo?First game?Buffalo, b:
Boston, 5. Second game?Buffalo, 2;
Boston, 7.
At Pittsburg?Pittsburg, li;Brook?
lyn, 11.
' At (?'eve'.-ud -Cleveland. S; Phila?
delphia. 5;
At Chicago?Chicago, New
national league.
At Brooklyn?Brooklyn, 19; Pitts
burg, ii.
Ai Cleveland?Cleveland, 2; New
York. 2.
At Chicago?Chicago, :!: Boston, I.
At f'iiiciunati?Cincinnati, 7: Phila?
delphia, ."i.
atlantic league.
A.t Washington ? Washington, 0:
Newark. 4.
At Ilarrisburg? Ilarrisburg, 7: New
Haven, 8.
At Baltimore?Baltimore, 11, Hart?
ford, I.
At Wilmington?Wilmington, ~r.
Lebanon, 4.
No American Association games to?
day. _
linseball ai Berryville.
: Special i'i The Ti.mi:s.
be rr wille, Va., Aug b?At
Berryville?Berryville, 11; 1 lagers
town, 10. Base hits?Berryville, 11;
Hagerstown, 9. Batteries?Curtis and
Smith, Abigal and Pat Rollins.
IS filFE ITORTIl LlVfXti ?
Nol if von go through the world a
dyspeptic. Dr. Acker's .Dyspepsia
Tablets are a positive cure "for the
worst forms of dyspepsia, indigestion,
flatulency a.id constipation. Guar
anti d and sold by Budwell, Christian
& Barbee!
Lotties Have Trfcil It,
! A number of my lady customer?
have tried "Mother's Friend,"' ami
would not be without for many timet
its cost. They recommend it i'oal
who are to become mother.*. R. A
Pavne. Druggist, Greenville, Ala
I Write Bradfietd Keg. Co., Atlanta
Ga., for particulars. By Budwell
, Christ ian and Barbee.
,' Erysipelas and salt rheum wai
driven entirely away from Mrs. J. C
; Anderson. Peshtigo, Wis., by Rur
... dock Blood Hitters. No equal a
j blood purifier.
JST 5, IS90:
. HIS LAST DAY.
? KEMMLER WILL BE ELECTRO?
CUTED TONIGHT.
' FITTSRIJRC IRON WORKERS STRIKE
_^w*"*
JoiicM.of Riiighnmlon, EscnpeN Ute v. n
lug UonUiiinki'* Strike Again IVcl
couic to Hie Emperor Jay Gould's
Castle Washington .Nu I es.
By United Press.
Buffalo, N. Y.,Aug. 4.?There ap?
pears to be a good reason to believe
that William Kern in 1 er will be electro?
cuted between Tuesday night ami
Wednesday morning.
The killing machine today is com
plete and the ehair is ready lor its
burden. Tin- (iuishing touches were
pur on Friday morniugund tin-dyna?
mo was run foradfew hours as an ex?
periment. It^hTrhs well. Only Kem
mler is needed now to complete the
iiiij Iras.nit jo!) which Warden Durs
ton ha- on band.
Tin big prison, with half of its gray
expanse of wall hidden by creeping
vine- ol English ivy. gives out no bint
<?l approaching execution, and the
turnkeys and keepers are as mute
and solemn respecting Kemmler ami
his historical death as though such a
thing had never been heard of.
Kenuuier's appearance has changed
considerably, and with his beard
shaved oil he look.- like auothei man.
Theri is no more singing or whistling,
i The prisoner only sit- and broods
over the late that await- him. There
are but sixty hours between him and
eternity if Warden Durston chooses
to select the lirst hourof Keinmler's
week of death lor his execution. An\
moment after midnight the warden
may take him from his silent cell.ami
in at twinkling, by the simple switch
ing of an electric current, send him
to hi- maker.
Kemmler is'more of a man today
than he would ever have been had he
not committed the awful deed and
been incarcerated here. Not that
murder has made a better man of
him. i>u* had not something been
I done to briug hfin under these eon
Iditious he would never have bail the
advantage of the kind, helpful inter
e-r of a true woman.
The fact that all work done formen
in hi- situation has usually been of
that sensational character that
merely seeks notoriety, ami consists
in (lowers, psalm singing and pray ing,
many press representatives have
been determined to make a similar
ise o| this.
To old Daniel MeNaughton Kemm?
ler said: ? Aller ad. i ain't sure Fin
glad tie- I twyers urot me off that
other time. It seems tough, though,
to kill a man alter he has made such a
hard tight
Another Republican Seated
By United Press.
Washington, August l ? The re
port of the majority of members ol
the House committi.n election in
the contested election case of Good?
rich t Republican) vs. Bullock (Demo?
erat) from the Second district in
Florida, was submitted to the House
today by Mr. Rowell. The committee
throws aside the returned majority
for ISullock by 819 votes, and decide
that Goodrich is entitled to the seat
by a majority <>f:;:;?. Resolutions de?
claring Bullock's seat vacant and
giving it to Goodrich are appended to
the report.
.tu iiiu '> i;i^ Petition.
Xkw 1'ork. Aug. 4.?Over two
thousand names have been signe 1 to
ft petitii I) for a pardon for Alderman
Jaehne, who was convicted and sen
ti ue.-d to Siug Sim; prison tor nine
years and t"n months for complicity
in the Broadway railroad steal.
Jaehne has been in prison four years.
Iriisi Woi hers Strike.
By Cniteu Press.
PirTSBCRG, Pa., Aug. 4.?About
300 men came out on a strike at the i
Carbonate Iron Works today. The I
trouble dates from the lirst of July, ai
which time the puddlers, to the num?
ber of ninety-six. refused to work, as
the linn would not sign a scale pre?
pared by the Amalgamated Associa
t ion.
Jay < Jo ii hi's Castle.
By United Press.
New You k, August 4.?A dispatch
from San Antonio, Texas, to the
World says: It is reported from the
City of Mexico that the famous castle
Chapultepec, one of the most impos?
ing structures in the world, is tobe
sold to Jay Gould. The price is under?
stood to be *.j,0(XM.)00.
Washington >cws.
Iiv United Press.
Washington, August 4.?The Sen?
ate today further considered the tarifi"
bill. The House considered the gen?
eral deficiency bill. During the de?
bate Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, made a
bitter attack on Speaker Reed.
An Italian l ight.
By United Press.
bouxdbrook, N.J.. Aim. i.?A ter?
rible light occurred in the Italian set?
tlement, known as Gravel Pit in the
outskirts of Bouhdbrook yesterday.
Two men were kiljed and two others
are expected to hie.
Governor Jones*' Sorrow Escape,
By United Press.
BlXGHAUFTOX, N. Y., Aug. i.?
Lieutenant Governor Jones had a
narrow escape from drowning this
1 afternoon.
Cloakuiakcrti .strike Again.
By United Press.
New York, Aug. 4.?The Woring
union eloakmakers in all shops in this
; city to the number of 3,000, went on a
i strike again today.
I Editors "Welcome Emperor William.
By United Press.
London, August 4.?All this morn
' ing's papers print editorials welcom
' ing Emperor William to England.
? When you try A. 13. C. Remedies
tell your neighbors the result.
a
Go to Geyer's to get your spr.ini
and summer suits my20 tf.
PHI
VIRGINIA POLITICS.
Tue Cauldron Is Boiling- nil Overt ho
Old Duniiiiloii.
Col. H. B. Barksdale, of Danville,
announces himself an independent
Republican candidate for Congress
from that city. He declares In- will
have nothing to do with any conven?
tions, but will ride his own horse and
crack his own whip. He says he
stands squarely by Mahone, who, he
declares, has more brains and capital
than all the kickers.
In the fifth congressional district
lion. Posey Gr. Bester, the present in?
cumbent, will probably berenbmi
nated.
The Democrats ol Westmoreland
county have elected an uniustructed
delegation to the lirst district con?
gressional convention, but express?
ing a preference for Robert .1. Wash?
ington. 1
Langston,the colored contestant forj
.Mr. Vcnable's seat in the House, was
at the capitol today. He i- by no
means as gameyas he was some time
ago. and ha* evidently become a
little "timid," and won't even say
now whether he will be a candidate
at the next fall election.?Alexandria
Gazette.
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raixro vn iicnoKs.
The Rosy Brain of :t Nerlltc Pitts One
und Tno l'u;riher.
The Johnson City correspondent of
the Knoxville Journal, under date of
the 20th writes as follows: It is a
frosty morning in August when
there's not a rumor of some new rail
i road or extensions of old ones. The
latest is that the Norfolk and Western
is surveying a line from Bristol to
Kiugsport and theuce to Lnttrell or
some oilier point on the i\. ''. G-. & L.
or Morristown and Cumberland < <.-?{>
with the ultimate view of getting to
Nashville and Memphis by a shorter
route than that of the E ist Tennessee.
Another story is that they will goto
Cumberland Gap from Kiugsport.
which is not atall probable, as they
are buiklinga lihealready in that di?
rection. At any rate the engineerim:
corps i- in the field and driving stakes
between Dristol and Kingsport.
The scheme of the East Tennessee
and Baltimore and Ohio t<> parallel
the Norfolk and Western and Shenan
doah Valley is working. The grad?
ing of fifty live miles of the Baltimore
and Ohio Valley extension from Lex?
ington fo Saletn, Va.. i- nearly lin
ished. It is rumore,1 rh.tr contracts
are soon to be let for the entire line to
Mendota, Va.
A <;<><mI Democratic Outlook.
Judge T. ?. Claiborne, of this city,
puturni I Saturday night from a visit
to Southwest Virginia. While there
he visited Tuzewell and other coun?
ties and talked considerably with
political leaders on both sides. \i
the meeting at Tuzewell Court House
last week a full delegation in favor of
Congressman Buchanan was selected
and the disposition in that district on
the part of the Republicans was not
to make any nomination's to oppose
him.
RAILROAD NOTES.
Respect ing the possibility of main
turning freight rates, the necessities
of many of the roads are so great
that they cannot 'afford to establish
higher rates at the expense of de?
ceased tonnage, and it is certain that
railway officials generally are alarmed
by the certainty of decreased ton?
nage in the future, and will try to
! as high rates as possible.
A close examination of the spring
wheat territory warrants redu.I
estimates of that crop below an\
thai have been made during the
season, and the weather generally is
still far from favorable, so that further
reduction is not improbable. The
di couraging crop outlook has had the
effo< Is ot causing the railway officials
of Wi'stern roads to make sue!: con?
cessions to each other thar an ad?
vance in freight rates may be estab?
lished.
The gross earnings of eighty-six
railroads for the thirdl week in July
were ?0,405,112, against ?5,843,^(1 in
! ? ?;?. an increase ot $018.720.
The interest and dividends payable
ibis month are unusually large. Tin
amount of interest ?lue and payablt
is ?10,902,508, against ?15,270.791 in
1889.
An organization has been perfected
by tbe incorporators of the Cumber
land Gap and Mississippi Valley Ka il
road, which will extend from Colum?
bus on the Mississippi through Hop
kinsville to Cumberland Gap.
It is rumorea that the East Tenne
see, Virginia and Georgia road is
looking for an outlet from Mobile to
New Orleans by running a road al?
most due west to pearl river, where
connection can be made with the
Northwestern road into the Crescent
city. Such a road would parallel the
New Orleans and Mobile division ol
the Louisville and Nashville road.
Large quantities of lire brick, steel
rails and machinery are in the Shen
undoah Valley yards awaiting ship
ment to the South. They are destined
for Southwest Virginia, East Ten?
nessee, North Alabama and various
points in Georgia.
The increase in the value of rail?
roads of the country during the past
year has brought the value of their
assets forthe timeover ?10,000,000,000.
On this property the net earnings,
after paying expenses, were $318,125,
000, but the stockholders received
only ?79,532,000 out of it. Further
than that, the balance of assets has
been increased in the year only about
ssj.ntJO.OoO. or less than 1 per cent. In
many sections of the country the sur?
plus is smaller than lor the previous
year, the increase in the Northwest
being more than double the increase
in the whole country.
Captain John U. Sumpter, chief
clerk t<> Railroad Commissiouer Iiili.
has resigned on account of ill-health.
Mr. A. G. Akers, of Roanoke, for
? merly chief clerk to Mr. A. Pope, gen?
eral freight agent of the Norfolk and
Western railroad, w ill succeed 1dm.
Mr. Henry Hilden has assumed the
duties <if agent of the Richmond and
[ Danville Railroad Company at Lynch
; burg, a position to which he has just
, been appointed. It would have been
! impossible for the company to have
j selected an agent who at once would
I have been so acceptable to the com?
munity, and eo beneficial to the com?
pany.
For rheumatism, lumbago, neural?
gia, cramp ami colic, there is uo rem
edv superior to the genuine Dr,
Thomas' Electric Oil.
Buy your cooking e to yes from M.H
j Jennings & Co., near rnnrket house
Salem avenue. \
CE -
- FIVE CENTS.
IT RUNS AGAIN.
THE CITY ONCE MORE S?P
=a PLIED WITH WATER.
WORDEN HAVE A HOLIDAY.
Repairing ||ie Pipe - Hon Si Wuh
(Hone and Wno;i>i<l it It (^Stronger
.;Than Evcr?Xow- Uow the City Wim
I rSappTied With Water. ':?S3
The calliopean whistle of the Ma?
chine Works didn't Bend its wail over
Roanoke yesterday morning at ?
o'clock. Neither did its smaller
brethren do their share towards
awaking the sleeping city.
There was no water in the boiler.-,
and, as a consequence, over 2,000
workmen had a holiday, and the
streets were crowded with them all
day long. But there was no holiday
for th<; men engaged in repairing the
broken main. They worked all the
harder, and Mr. McConnell, with half
a dozen of Iiis men from the Machine
work-, went, out to hell) Superintend?
ent Raun and his tired workers.
I It was a dirty, disagreeable job,
and everyone had their share of mud.
The pipe was buried baif way in the
sandy bottom of the river, and the
break was directly underneath. JSo
it was that a long tim>- was consumed
in getting this sand out Of tin- way go
that the ''sleeve,'' that had been cast
by the Machine Works people, could
be ii;r?-d on.
in the meantime the city was with?
out water and hotel keeper.- and
house wives had the greatest difficulty
in getting enough of the precious
fiufd to prepare dinner. All morning
the streets were tilled with barrel
loaded wagon-on their way to and
from the various spring- and wells
and the drivers turned many an hon?
est penny peddling water.
The big spring commonly known as
the Trout spring, just under the
Hotel Pott'je de L<100, Was vi.-ited by
hundreds. The water in the spring
is pure ami flows freely enough to
-apply a city of small population,and
is very convenient to the people in
the neighborhood of which it. is loca
ted in cases when the city supply is
short like the past two days. Mr.
Smith, the proprietor, acted very
kindly and did nor try to prohibit
any one from getting what they
wanted of that blessing that flows
fre? to all generally, but not on yes?
terday.
By two o'clock the "sleeve" had
been fitted neatly around the defec?
tive pipe and caulked, and at o'clock
the pure water from Mill Mountain
spring was once m re running through
the pipes and the people were re?
joicing.
At six o'clock tie- shrill shriek of
the Machine Work- whistle was once
more heard in the land and the night
force went to work.
The only establishment in the city
that sulVered no inconvenience from
the stoppage of the supply was the
?'ro/.er iurnaces. They have a con?
nection with Tinker creek. The ice
factory managed to get a supply lor
sometime, a? did the brewery, but
the electric light company come to a
stand-still early .Sunday morning.
The officials do not think that there
will ever again be trouble of this kind.
As -00:1 as the bridges across the
river are built the water will be
brought over by aqueduct.
ifc Wanted Something to Eat.
About 1 alf past seven o'clock Oil
Sunday morning a tramp approached
the house of .Mr. John Tinsley, on
Roanoke street, in a very humble
manner ami said he was hungry and
wanted something to eat. Mrs. Tins
ley complied with his request by giv?
ing him Iiis breakfast. He ate a
hearty meal for which he proved his
gratefulness by striking Mr. Tin-ley's
dog over the head with a stick, the
lick proving fata!. Mrs. Tinsley
quickly notified her husband of what
had been done, and he at once went
in pursuit, but the tramp, perceiving
what might be the consequences if
hi- pursuer caught him, pur on all
the speed possible ami made good his
escape. He lias not been seen since.
A Gootl Fnrtll Year.
While agriculture does not pay as
it once did, some of the most success?
ful people in Virginia are found
among the farmers, in a good crop
year like this the farmers it; the Val?
ley ami Southwest Virginia cannot
fad to make money. To make up for
the falling oil in agricultural profits
in certain counties the farmers ship
wood and bark, which generally com?
mand good ju ices. A great dead of
money comes into Virginia for poplar
wood," used in the manufacture of
paper. And the best of it is this trade
is steadily growing.
A Sorrow Escape.
Two young men named Arthur
Perry and Louis Selig while scuffling
near a window in a boarding house on
Fourth .avenue, s. e., feil our the
window a distance of tenor twelve
feet to the ground. Mr. Perry sus?
tained a severe contusion of the knee
cap. Mr. Selig sustained severe
buises about the back and shoulders.
Mr. Perry's screams (or assistance
brought the neighbors in the imme?
diate vicinity to the scene At last
report they are doing well.
A Barrel of Whisky Explodes.
A barrel of whisky exploded at
Syracuse Tuesday, injuring three
p'-rson.s and damaging the front of
houses in -the neighborhood. A
saloon keeper allowed a barrel to
set in the hot sun ail day ami in the
afternoon the whisky exploded. The
saloon keeper was seriously hurt, as
were a nurse and a baby who hap?
pened to be in the vicinity at the
time.
Married East Night.
Mr. John T. Boyd and Miss Hattie
Mav Atkins were "married last even?
ing at 7 o'clock, in Vinton, at the
residence of th-> bride's uncle. Mr.
Wilkinson, by Rev. Dr. W. C. Camp?
bell, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church. The newly married pair will
make their residence in this city. The
TIMES extends its sincere congratula?
tions and hopes the happy couple
may live long and prosper.
4M Interest to Sprinters.
The fast runners of Roanoke can
?now have a chance to test their speed
and back their judgment, too, if they
want to. There is a gentleman now
in this city who oilers to run either
one hundred or two hundred yards
on a wager of a $100.
Miss E. J. Zimmerman, of 100 Fourth
avenue, s. e.. who has been in Bad
health for some time, left yesterday
for her old home at Buchanan