The Roanoke times. [volume], August 10, 1890, Image 1

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VOL. VI ? NO. 202.
i II I
AMU Al!u
cijw U-juU suiting closing price, 7e
i yard.
Outing cloths in beautiful patterns,
it S and 10c a yard.
Flannelettes in new and stylish
?atterns at 12?c a yard.
Dress ginghams, 5, S and 10c a yard.
A few pieces of Scotch ginghams at
? K; worth 25c a yard
Still a eweh.iUics.it 4? and ('?;?? a
??rd.
Also a few more pieces of checked
a >hair at 25c a yard
Mohairs in all shades at 25, :'.T; and
? a yard.
lVhite goods iu all the newest ma
crials and at lowest prices.
A special bargain in part' Turkey
id table covers. g-4, 75c and 8 10 871c
ach.
Table linens, towels and napkins in
tidless variety, and at prices that
efy competition.
Another case of white bed quilts at
L>aeh.
Ladies' and. Gents' underwear mid
-iery in great assortment and at
? ttom prices.
Large stock of bleached and un?
reached cottons and sheetings in all
raths.
( 'hildrens white lace hats and capsj
m 15c up.
Tans. Fans, Fans, Fans, from 2c np.
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134'SALEM AVENUE, S. W.,
OANOKE, - - - - VIRGINIA.
lie Brii Flour!
iVIIITE BREAD FLOUR
WE WILL PAY
m in ca
To any one who can furnish
the slightest proof of the
slightest adulteration in the
Famous and Popular
WHITE BREAD
flour.
Try "WHITE DREAD" and
you will
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Notice to Contractors.
Scaled proposals will be received by
the engineer of the Koauokc Land and
Improvement Company until 2oY!"ik
p. m., of August 2?th, for the grading,
steam rolling (steam roller provided by
company), gutters, macudumiziug, lay?
ing of gas and water mains, timber
culverts, etc., on the exlersious of
Jefferson and Walnut streets, in ilie;
city of lloanoke, va. Profiles autl
specifications may be seen at the of?
fice of the company. So. 11 Camphell j
street, s. w.
The company reserves (lie right to '
j reject any and all bids
! J. ('. KAWN,
Engineer. 1
uug'd-i Jt
1 wiii oder my entire stock of
AND SHOES AT
j PRIME COST TO DlSt ON ITNCE
BUSINESS
F. G. MAY.
112 F! IIST 1VEXI K. S. U.
AT COST. AT COST.
augO 2wks
L. F. BUKKS,
Practica! Plumber
OAS ami STEAM FITTER.
And dealer iu all kinds of Plumber,
Gas and Steam Fitters' Supplies.
Prompt Attention to Orders, and
Satisfaction Gu .-ante d.
713 Main Street.
LYNGBB?RG, V.A.
1 l? Commerce Street;
iel2-3uio ROANOKB, VA.
h.m. mm, mm co.
Real Estate A gents,
Moomaw Block, No. 9. i
Wehaveta fine list of property from
? hieb to select.
In location, price and terms, we '
hope to suit all. If von have
PROPERTY
To sell or exchange, call.
Best of references given. juul? lm
Stii! keep the largest
assortment of
HARDWARE
Iu Southv.'es! Virginia.
They "have just received a large sppuly
Lap Robes, Hor&e Covers
Breech Loading Guns,
Sporting Goods.
Miner's and Railroad Stipplie
A Specialty.
IT and 19 Second Street, south wes
HOLLINS INSTITUTE,
VIRGINIA.
For the higher education of young
ladies, equipped at a cost of $120,000,
employs "J.") officers and Teachers, 7 of
whom are male professors, of both
American and- European training.
Languages, Literature, Science, Arr,
Music, Elocution, etc., arc 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 :i bracing mountain climate. At?
tendance last session "JO!) from 18
states. The 4Sth session will open
September 17th: P. < >. and Station,
Holiins, Va. ('HAS. M. OOCKE,
jy25-tf Business Manager.
ENGLEBY S BROS.,
M A N 0 FA CT (JJtERS OF
TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE,
. and dealers in all ki ids of
COOKLNG A.vu HEATING STOVES,
Plumbing --nd Gas-Fitting, Roofing
Spouting und Jobbing
19 Sab-!.. Avenue. ROANOKE, VA
an5 oni
YOtJNGE.
Architect and Superintendent
Roanoke, Va. Room 6, Didier Build?
ing. All classes of pfublic and private
ROANOK
AT
COST
For 30 Days.
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF
DRY
GOODS
Consisting of Foreign and
Domestic
DRESS GOODS,
Ginghams, Satines, Chall/es,
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 Wain at, Ash or Ebony
POLE GIVEN AWAY with
2very pair of Lacf Curtains
nought to the value of <-.oo
)er pair or upwards.
500 V LADIES
to call at
and wet
I Bates Laundry Soap
For 5 Cents.
G. F. BLOUNT,
HE CASH GROCER
154 SALEM AVENUE.
THE
lmi\\ Building M -
-AND
DINING ROOMS
Are now prepared to furnish meals at
POPULAR PRICES,
Table boarders can be accommodated
and will receive prompt and
careful attention.
STEAKS, CHOPS, AND ALL
DISHES TO ORDER
SERVED IN FIRST
CLASS STYLE.
Cold Lunch Counter attached,
where cold lunches are served from
5 a. m. to 12 p. in.
Fish, Clams and Game in
season a specialty.
Fred. Weber,
DYEING.
CLEANING and REPAIRING
I'ou will save money by bridging
your dirty clothes to be cleaned oi
dyed and repaired to me. Ch.rget
moderate. Work first class.
E. Walsak,
Corner Campbell and Henry streets
j Roanoko. Va. tf
I pAfttR THE SIGN WRITER, COR
I LtfnflrSH^Arenue and First streel
K, VIRGINIA, Ni'NIW
FOUR THOUSAND
iTHIS AMOUNT SUBSCRIBED TO
i
I THE R. & S. YESTERDAY.
jONLY $9,500 MOaE TO GET Wl
llhc Work ol (lie Commit ices I'ublic
Slilr teil Citizens Who Subscribed.
! Wim! flu- Other Committee Did -The
Meeting; Tomorrow Might.
_
Yesterday roue thousand dollars
j was added to I lie $;iti,5C0 already
raised by the committee appointed ti?
[solicit subscriptions the stock of
the Roanokc and Southern < i uarantee
Company.
Bat $9,500 is now Licking to uuike
up the required $50,009, and then the
. laud will lie bought am! work on the
road from this point wilLbe immedi?
ately commenced, it will be a great
day when it is.and there will berejoic
: iug among a!! classes ?>: mir citi/.ens.
The committee, consisting ol Messrs.
i it. H. Woodruiu, W. M. \ ager, L. I.,
j Powell. Joseph A. Ga'e, \V. .). liu
glebyund ('. dreary, decided yester
day to divide the work. It was feared
that if all of them went soliciting the
same day they would conflict with one
I another, so this arrangement was en?
tered into. Messrs. Powell, l'agerand
IEugleby worked yesterday, and tie-;,
j did well iu raising ?4,0( (j.
I It was Saturday and almost every
one was busier than usual or the
amount would have been much
j greater. But part of the day could
be utilized, and the following sub?
scribers put their mimes on the list:
Crystal Sprixg Laxu Co.?2,000
Wll.MA.M LuXrSFORD. 250
T.wknki; & AlIUIKAHT. ?00
\V. W. Bk< k.vku. SOO
L. b. Huff. soo
C. H. WiNXKii. I0U
N. M. WlliMETR. ."iiii!
L. V. Jamison. 50
Tomorrow Messrs. Wood-on, Gale
and O'Leary will start out to raise the
remaining.?9,500and they are deter
mined to do it. A meeting of the
subscribers will be held at Grey &
Bos well's office, i 10 Jefferson street, at j
8o'clock on Monday evening, and the
reports of the two committees will !>.?
heard.
The committee^consistingoLMessrs.
.lames S. Simmons, C. O'Leary, and
Ilinton Helper, appoi'ite i to wait
upon the original promoters of the
road have as yet done nothing, but
they expect to be ready with a favor
! able report at the meeting on Mon?
day.
TO KCl 1.1? SHOE'S.
Tile Norfolk mid Western Will
cute the Crew? 1'lnnt ;u Nor to! It.
The Norfolk and Western road lias
finally decided to build immense car
works at Lambert's Point, and have
selected a site on which to erect the
buildings.
The shops will be erected on the
old Barker estate, north of the com?
pany's tracks and west of tin- tene?
ment houses. It will cost ?200,000 to .
put up the buildings and equip them
wirb the necessary machinery.
Fifty laborers are now at Ijambert's
Point ready to break ground for the
building. Their pick.- and shovels ,
will commence making tin- dirt-fly
next week, and by the first of De ,
cember it i< proposed to have the .
building up. '.
The shops here will be styled after
those at Grewc, with the exception
that they will be put upon a much
more elaborate scale. The comp iny's
rapidly increasing bush. demands
more cars than the s!e-ps al Crewe 1
have the facilities for building, and i' 1
is now a matter of necessity to have
greater building room. W hen the
shops are in full operation i: is esti?
mated that they will employ 5*0 men.
Most of these men will be skilled me?
chanics, and as they will undoubtedly
want houses near I be place they work
a big building boom will undoubtedly
prevail in the Lambert's Poiutsee
tion.
The railroad companv find that
Lambert's Point is just the place for
these shops, because most of tiie coal
cars which come there loaded with
coal will always be empty right at
the doors of the shops air<-r having
been unloaded. The coal business i.
uow assuming such enormous dimen
sious that cars are short, and the
company cannot, build them fast
enough to supply the demand. There
are already six indes of side tracks in
the company's yards at the Point,
and four more miles are being con?
structed, which will make a total .'I
ten indes of side tracks.? Norfolk
Virginian.
George Wilson's S!iu' ."'linstj-cJs.
The season of amusements will
open at the Opera House on Monday
evening August 18, when George Wil
son's Mammoth Minstrels will appear.
Wilson is said to have this season the
very best minstrel company ever or?
ganized, everything being new and
replete with novelty. The New York
Journal says of the company: Comi?
cal George Wilson stalked upon the
staire of the Criterion Theatre List
night at the beginingof bis special
turn, and stood still. The audience
looked at him a second and then
some one laughed. George laughed
a little, and some one else laughed.
Then the risibilities of the audience
were stirred to their depths,and such
a good old fashioned laugh as the
patrons of that house enjoyed will
be long remembered. And w hat were
they laughing at V Why nothing in
particular but Wilson, but they
seemed to think it was time to laugh
and did so. His make-up was ex?
tremely comical. The minstel organ?
ization* Mr. Wilson has witli him tins
season, is second to very few, if any,
in the country. The singers are the
be t, tiie comedians of a higher class
Mi.-ir- v.-ir? <?? <-n in minstrel shows,
and tt.e instrumentalists excellent.
Large Investment.
Mr. Peter Peebles, of Lonaconing,
Md.. who is in the city prospecting,
has purchased from the lloanoke
Land and Improvement Compauy and
other parties, twenty-nine houses and
thirty-one lots on Seventh avenue n.
e. (Rutherford street). Mr. Peebles is
strong in his faith of the future of
Roanoke, and is backing it with the
investment of his capital to no small
amount.
Buy jour cooking stoves from M.U
Jennings & Co., near market hense.
Salem, avenue. I
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Foi* Female troubles A. B. C. Tonic
ha&proved a Specific. Why hesitate?
Tja.it. . _
A
.Y MORNING, AUGUS
O MVA 111) NT I5.
The (ndnslrlnl Koiilu fs Pushing Ev?i
> <> ilie Front.
The Manufacturers' Record oi
August 0 say.-: The contrast betweei
tin- West :iml Northwest and t!u
South is being very strikingly
broughl out at present, by the daily
crop reports. In the former sections
disastrous crop failures seem to be
the order of the day. Prom Kansas
comes the report of a corn crop oi
only 20 per cent of last year's, while
Dakota semis out doleful tales of
short yields of cereals. In the South
the tanner.-, are rejoicing over the
finest prospects known for ninny
years, ami the indications now point
to the largest cotton crop ever raised,
with prices high on account of the
steai.ily increasing demand through?
out the world lor cotton goods.
The past week has witnessed the
organization of many enterprises,
f ollowing in the line'of the steel
works reported last week comes the
contract for steel works at Middles
borough, Ry.. to lie built by English
people at ii cost of $530,000; at Ash?
land Hi the same Suite, plans are
being mature.1 tor large steel wo ks.
In .\ abama, a ?25,000 Hour mil! com
p my. am! a $25,000 fertilizer company
nave been incorporated. In Arkansas
a $40,000 ice factory will he built.
Virginia shows a $50,000 hardware
factory company at Basic City: $800,
000 boiler ami machine works at
Buenu Vista; a $200,000 roll' >g mill
a! Glasgow, to be removed from Ohio;
a $100,000 woolen mill company at
Clifton Forge; $500,C00 company to
build reduction works at Mineral
< 'iry. and n $100,000 wood?
working company at Culpeper.
In Texas a $100,000 agricultural im?
plement factory has been organized:
$50,000 iron work, ami a $50,000print?
ing and lithographing company. All
along lh.' line the South is growing
and prospering. Activity is seen
ever, where, an I the fall season will,
we believe, show a degree of pros?
perity !',,ri,reater than the South has
ever before enjoyed.
Will l*i?3 Jar Mis Fun.
About :i week ago WiUiam Moss, a
negro man, went to the stables of
Mesfs. .Miller & Co., on Tazewell
street, and hired a horse ami buggy
for several hours, fn company with a
sombre-hued damsel, he drove abound
tin- citj at a rare thai made horseflesh
sulTei beyom! what the law permits,
and finally came to u saloon, where he
slopped t ?imbibe the liquid fite .-old
within. Here he was met by William
Oai ington; a gentlemau of bis own
eolor, who offered to return the team
to iiie livery. Moss consented, but
instead of returning the team to the
stable Carriugton concluded to take
1 drive. When he did return the team
Mr. Miller found the horse literally
bathed fn his own sweat; and with
whip marksall overhis back and hind
: >gs. Alarmed at thecondition Of the
horse, Mr. Miller had Carrington ar?
rested and lodged in jail. Ye.-terday
lie was I >r< mght bef?i e .1 usi ice Hower
ton, who. after listening patiently to
the evidence, concluded that $45 line
md sixty days in jail would satisfy
die demands of justice. Carriugton
iva* not able to pay the line, anil so
..ii! have tli.- pleasure of working
ipon our p'iblic thoroughfares for
birty days longer, or three months in
;!!. Moss left for parts unknown, or
lo.ubtless he would have shared the
.her.- of Carriugton on the chain
Ai Chicago the committee on uiii
orm classification of freight, which
vas appointed December 5,1888, by
he railroad companies of the United
states, has just submitted its report.
The committee consists of sixteen
neinbers, two from each of the eight
raffle associations of the country,
md after much labor lias formulated
i plan for the combining of all exist
ng classifications in one general
dassitication. The proposed form is
:omposed of eleven classes, and it is
?ecoTutucnded that it be put in eiTect
January ?.. igei. The committee also
?ecomtm ndstu?* a permanent organi?
sation be fanned wuu, hoard of uni
orm classification, a chiet ?hairman
indtliree district chairmen, im.
lice of i he principal chairman to be in
Jhic?gO, and the district chairmen to
lie located respectively at New Vvrk,
Atlanta ai.d St. Louis.
Nine tenths of the railroad acei
lents that happen to paesengers are
lirectly dm- to the passengers them?
selves. The railroad companies know
the dangers of travel and they take
every precaution to reduce them to
the minimum, laying down rules that
ire safe and wise. If passengers,
through their own reckless and fool?
hardy c induct, tiMiisirivss those rules
and are killed or maimed, they them?
selves are to blame ami not the com?
pany. Passengers mu>t not get on
the platform until the train stops.
Stay in the ear until it stops.
The weakness of Missouri Pacific is
commented upon as showing the posi?
tion of Mr. Gould in the market. That
gentleman is looked upon as a very
important and prominent factor in
the uext bull campaign, and if this
be continued he is naturally favorable
to as low a range of prices for a start
ing point as can be obtained. There
are some wiio believe this is the ex?
planation of the present weakness.
The capital to build the South
Pennsylvania railroad will be fur?
nished bya syndicate of Pennsylvania
and Maryland men. Apart of the old
route will be abandoned, "~rrnd the
right of way for the new line has been
bought.
President (.'able, of the Kock Island
road,is quoted as saying that the road
do not make the most money out of
big crops, for the reason that the
Grangers insist on low rates, and the
general business is, therefore, con?
noted by the plethora of produce for
which there is no demand.
Ii is said that the soft coal produc?
tion this year will be 2.000,000 tons
ahead of last year; which represent
nearly that amount of anthracite
which cannot be marketed.
Vice PresidentReinfiart says thru
much of the 1 nIk of poor crops in
Kansas, along the line of the Atchin.
son lines, is for the sole purpose of
depressing stock values, ami really
has no basis in fact. There is now in
the West and Northwest fully one
third of last year's enormous crops
that has not been moved at all, and
that is now being held back for higher
prices.
The survey of the Bedford and
James River Railroad will probably
begin in about two weeks, and we
may hope to see active operations in?
stituted within sixty day9. Pr^ident
Berry will leave shortly for Atlanta,
Ga., to make final arrangements with
the construction company.
RAILROAD NOTES.
iT 10, ls?o.
SUNDAY SALAD.
TO BE READ BEFORE THF
MORNING SERMON.
THE FIRST SPIKE HAS GONE HOME.
I'liv IS.ill Tenin Arc Off They Will Vlay
nl IfrlMlol and KnoxTllle? A Vintou
Agent's Yiews-Koanoltc*.?? llenlthftil
UCHH Ycsicrdiij")! Market.
Yesterday morning the first spik*
was driven iu the dummy road con?
necting Roanoke and Salem, and in a
few weeks l lie line will bo completed.
There has been considerable delay
u the work owing to the failure of
the li-b plates to arrive. The c ar in
which they wore lay at Buchanan for
>ver a week, and no oue knew where
it was. The rails and spikes came
through without delay, but no rails
could l>e laid without ibu fish-plates,
and so Houston & Co., the contrac?
tors, bad to content themselves wirb
getting everything in readiness for
I laying tin-road u beutln- plates did
1 arrive. So the rails were spread along
the road for a distance ol two mill ',
and yesterday at 7 o'clock a big negro
picked up a sledge and sent the lirsl
spike safely ho nr.
The road is now graded within a
mile of Salem, and a largo- force of
bands are at work pushing it forward
rapidly. A saw null has been placed
in position, and timber for the
bridges is being cut every day. and it
. will not be long before the streams
! lying between will be spanned.
Next month will not be very old
when one can be whirled over to
Salem in a jiffy.
This evening the Roanoke Base
Bull Clab leaves for Bristol, wi ere
they will cross bats <m Monday and
Tuesday afternoons with the Border
City club. The Bristol team has been
greatly strengthened sluce it was here
about two months ago. and it is ex?
pected that the scores will be more
intevesting. Prom Bristo1 the club
will u'o to Knoxville, and there four
games will be played. The Uoanol.es
ami the hluoxvilles are now withoul
doubt the i wo strongest teams in the
South and tin- outcome of the scores
will be watched closely by the base
ball lovers both hen.'anil there. Um?
pire Welch will go with the boys ami
keep them straight. Pull reports of
tin- games will be found every morn?
ing in the Times.
A reporter of the TlMEs took a run |
down to Vintou on the dummy dur-j
ing the week ami at the terminus of , '
the line he was met by a real estate),
agent, who took him for a stranger
and a capitalist. lie tried to sell him
a lot. ami iu the course of the conver?
sation the agent mentioned, in aeon
lidential way, that Vintou was the
healthiest town in the country. "My I 1
dear sir," he said, '"just look at me if I j
you want to sec an example of thel"
bealtbfulness of Vintou. Two months'!
ago 1 was living in Roanoke, and since I
I've moved here I've gained twenty J
pounds. 1 tell you. sir, Roauoke*s an
unhealthy place. If you want to live
long and be happy, just buy a lot here
iu Vintou and live here, if you live
iu Roanoke you'll be sure and catch
the fever."
It is just such trash as this that is
dinned into the ears of every pros?
pective investor in many of the towns
throughout the Southwest. The
;i^ei!t> do not seem to appreciate the
fact that every sensible man will
think much less of him for trying to
injure another place for the sake of
building up his own home. He does
not give the purchaser credit for hav- j i
iug enough sense to see through his |<
motives and having a wholesale con?
tempt for them. Roanoke doesn't in
the least tear Legitimate com .petition.
< hi the other hand it welcomes it
Bereis the total of the deaths here
for tin- pad year furnished by Com?
missioner Turner. They were but
?-UJ. The census returns gave Roan?
oke .. copulation of 18,400. "This gives
the city ^uj, deaiJis to ev --y ""v*
sand people. Can an v ..mer town in
the country make a better showing ':
Saturday is a big day at the Roan?
oke market, and yesterday more busi?
ness was done than ever before in the
experience of the oldest dealers. I'p
to 11 o'clock last night the place was
thronged with people.
One hundred and seven wagons
paid curbage tax at the market house,
amounting to *is.7.~>, the receipts
being about $1 more than any pre?
vious market. The average receipts
per day for the first nine days of the
month "have been $11, and they are
increasing as the later fruits and
vegetables are coining into market.
Prices for all kinds of produce remain
high, and we hope this fact will en?
courage our farmers to try and supply
the needs of our people.
Want Mori? oi' Them.
From a comparative statement of
the business of the Norfolk and West?
ern railroad for the first six months of
the present year with the same period
in 1889, it is learned that !>-l 484 more
local passengers have been transported
this year than last, and -is'.i.-lijl more
tons of local freight. The local freight
traffic is :)7 per cent, greater than last
year, and the local passenger business
?20 per cent, greater.
And the Norfolk and Western road
has thus increased its business by the
very liberal policy it has pursued in
developing the country through
which it passes. Pity we heven't a
dozen railroads in Virginia like the
Norfol k and Western, for if we had
the boom would not be confined to
one section of the State.?Danville
Register._
Death of .Miss Clara Johns.
Miss Clara Lee Johns died about 8
o'clock yesterday morning at her
residence corner of Park and Moor?
man's road, aged 20 years,
Miss Johns was a most amiable
voting lady and consistent Christian,
and was loved by all who knew her.
She has been a sufferer from that
dreaded disease, consumption, which
has claimed five of her family within
the last ten years.and to which she at
last fell I a victim. She leaves a
brother And sister to mourn her loss.
The fiJieral services will take place
today a#No. 333 Fifth street, n. w.,
at 12.4?fp. m , instead of 10 a. m., as
announced in the Evening World.
Rev. ?Ja. Huffurd will officiate. The
reindK will betakem^a^iyeS
THE PAPER Ii i? COMPANY
llnvc nought and Fitted up t:.v T<>
bncco Factory.
The promoters of the Paper Bag
Company uro not allowing any grast
to grow under their feet. They have
been pushing things right ahead, and
expect to have several machines
turning out 840 paper bags a min i1
each, and giving employment to forty
or fifty people, in running operation
by the lirst of Septemb -r.
A representative of the Times took
a ride yesterday with L. L Powell,
one of the prime movers of the com
pany, and had an opj >?tunityol see
ing What had been done.
Tlie promoters have purchasi 1 the
Price tobacco factory, corner Com
merce and Franklin streets, at a cosl
of $0,000, and have had it thoroughlj
renovated and repaired, it has I
fitted up especiu'ly for the business
of the company, and is now quite i?
handsome and commodious structrre.
An 80 horse-power engine has been
put inasamoto *, and the fhsl lloor
will l>c used as a bee-hive plant. The
second floor will be used a- oflice and
storeroom of t he paper bag con:] ian\
proper, and the machines will hi
located on the third floor. As stated,
the company expects to be turning
out paper bags by the first oi Sep?
tember.
It is also reported that the com?
pany has been offered $50,000 for on
halt of its territory.
ROANOKES VS. VIRGINIAS.
Tin-si mixers !>?> l'i> the Boy? Without
Much Difficulty.
The game yesterday afternoon at
Riverside park between the Roanoki
and the Virginian-, both of this city,
was not very interesting, and tie
crowd in attendance was very small.
Brodie was in the box for the Vir?
ginias, and Quarles pitched for the
Roanokes. But even this attraction
did not do much for the interest of
the game.
Qrarlesheld his own against the
heavy hitlers of !!:?? Roanokes, and
oulyjive safe hits were made from hi
deliv?ty. Ford got a double, ay <ii<
also WR^en, and then Ro enthat^
B-odie an
Irvin am
the Virgiui
lucky ones
Gray, \Va
Follow!
Virginias
Roanokes
U A It Ii
lim i!u- line
With Thci
Left.
On Friday
ties entered
Second Ward
Gfeorge Sisler's
an ut, and witl
the lirst two iro
window on that s
horse sufficiently
froui the cross bars,
'iiii-red and very dexter
?very money drawer insid
L'ately for the market men.
nothing in them, and the t!
with meat in quantities too
ae missed. 11 is due the poli
ibis beat to say that on that night it
ivas doubled with the Railroad avenue
Seat in order to leave the officer on
:he latter attend to a telegraphic
summons for an artest in another pan
?f the city, a fact that the robbers
loubtless knew and took advant
ige of.
- ?
A Good Idea.
It has been suggested to the Times,
ind the idea is a good one. that it
would be an excellent thing '.or tin
idvancement of the city if the presi
lents of the different land companies
here would form an organization and
secure more concerted action. Su< h
i company would be stronger than
my single one, and if i* readily s. en
?ould be a most valuable factor in
securing new industries. The coin
pany could hear propositions from
persons thinking of locating plants
in this section, and then each pre.-:'
dent could have a ineeting^of bis
company called, and recoini/feud tp ;T
whatevei plan the large^company
had fixed upon. The idea .:^a t;ood
one.
^trstinsrorihe VulN-y Bau*
tiou.
The Van*-..,, v-^-.t ? ? isdcTation wul
meet with the Salem Baptist Church
next Tuesday at 10 o'clock a. m. Rev.
W. C. Tyree, of Harrisonburg, wi!
preach the introductory sen i
Mayor Evans and Charles Lunsford
Esq., with the pastor, will repre
the Roanoke Baptist Church- William
Lunsford is appointed to present th<
report on "Ministers' Relief." 'i I
letter from the Roanoke Bapti
Church will have the ring and ehe?
of progress and church life. Theaccci
sion during the year by letter and the
baptism of believers have been large.
On Sunday night four candidates
passed under the waters of baptism
and were added to the church.
ABOUT THE HOTELS.
Captain A. J. Featherstpne, a
prominent investor and politician of
Bedford, was in the city yesterday.
The captain was perhaps the tallest
man in town, and Charley Thomas,
the city treasurer, would have to look
up to him. But he is not only big in
size, he is big any way you Take him,
and he numbers his friends by the
hundred- He has almost abandoned
politics of late, and is engrossed in
the development ol his proj erty in
Southwest Virginia. But it is not
unlikely that he will again fake the
stump if he is needed, and a .bei ter
champion would be hard to find.
?? *
Mr. Frederick Johnson, one of the
oldest inhabitantants of this section,
was in town a couple of days during
the week. He has many reminiscences
to tell of the days when Roanoke was
known as Big' Lick. For twenty
seven vears he was the clerk of the
Circuit Court, being the first incum?
bent of the office, retiring at the close
of the war, to remove to Salem where
he has since practiced law. Age has
dealt very lovingly with Mr. Johnso
and though nearly 80 years old,"
does no* seem to be over GO
*_
One of the highest
soldier of the Confederj
T. T. Munford, who
terday. Hewasthecj
second brigade q_
late war, anc
SICE FIVE CENT
A 0 P 17 \ T C1
NEW YORK CENTRAL MEN ARE
STILLOUT.
DISMEEMEN]1 OF POPE MD CZiB
Women I > Break Kocli?i;uu Tal?
Dcnd Hr. Daniel'? Great Tariff
Speech Washington News Nihilist*
rapt i: red.
NEW Vohk, Aug. 9.?The great
[strike ou the Now i*ork Central, inau?
gurate); yesterday, srill continues. It
seems to be sprcadirig^and much\iUr
convenience is causer]
public. No weakeq
The Brotherht
gin "i
? Lab?!
for a coefcren e ai
as if the engineers w<
night. This will virt
traffic.
It U said that a strik
Shore road will be ordered
thy Centrl
AbBAXY, Aug. 1.?Ail the ui<
car shop3 at West Albany (1,7
number) hav ? ? I ruck and fhe
are closed np.
W Tbjg
.?? ift '
by tli g'\]
of the Department A' *
day. The decline
J uly to the first ,
:'?!.! i.?:.,.;' . : ? .r??L' : ?
spring wii?: frou
in r,w
of jj
had b m reTl
House by the d<
Dick T?te is Dead.
By United Press.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. '9.
have been ree< ived here whicl
the belief that Dick Tute,4he
iug State tr< asu -er of Keutue'
in China over a year ago.
?? wenty >.>'.:'. Cai>I?
By L'?:'.< I Press
BURSE, Aug. ?.;
ma le a r;
1 ?'?if, a
t& ****** WI
uaeeting^S:
Women
j Lot: is'
Ufelj'Vf':
Kio*futioDS that
house shall be
bre iking rocs s.
pcech.
SSr. ??:?. ?; '??'???:'.
By United Pr< s.
WASHI5Gto>", An : .-The Senate
discussed the tariff all day. Mr.
Daniel, of Virginia, lade a strong
speech against the bill.
Base Ball GRiniv ?terday.
Bj United Press.
PLAYERS* ?. -
At New York? New \ ork, 3: Phila
deiphia, 7.
Ai Boston?Bostoa^JSrooklyn, ?.
At 1 levoland?Cicvefi1
burg. 1.
At Chicago?Chicago, io: ?ur.
falo, 7.
5ATTOXAL LKAOUE.
At New York?New York, 0: Brook
lyn, ?".
At Philadelphia?Philadelphia; c
Boston,
At Pittsburg-Pittsburg, 4; Chi?
cago. 5.
At Cleveland^Cleyeland, :K ?hfoj?
nat:, 4. y.. ~*
AMEE1* AX 'XSSOCIATIOS
At St. Lor. s-St. Louis, :>; Brook
lyn, 4.
"At Toledo-Toledo, 3; Athletic -
At Louisville?Louisville, tij
case, 2,
At Columbia -Colanibus, 10; Rod
nv _/r 1 *
j'isburg, 0;
tcr.
ALT. ANTIC
At Harrisburg?H
timoi