Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-16
No 7 SINCE 1857.
The Weather Record at Blacksburs
During -Four Days Last Week.
I'M coal strrLy EXHAUSTED.
gndcfs Calamity Cut "a Road
Through to the Mincs-IoNest
Reputable Reading OF the Their
momctcr, ~ Uciow.

Correspondence of the Dispatch)
BLACKsBCRG. VA. February i5.-Noi
,ucc 1857 has such spell OF weather been
witnessed. o. | should gay. experienced
"a this section as that lasting from Thurs
Gay afternoon until Monday morning ON
Friday the thermometer stood II degrees
mellow zero. with a stiff. northwesteriy
wind blowing at the rate II hity m'leS
an hour. SIX to eight inches OF snow fell
on THURSDAY. ana the high wind taking
this up piled 80 ia huge drifts varying IN
depth from four 10 twelve teei ana some
of thcm "a milo ip length Friday SatHr-
DAY. and Sunday travel even on horse
back IN any direction from town was an
inrossilnly. So that from THURSDAY af-
tcrno.n ua-H the following Monday ar
,,rroor We had no mail here from
arv fo.rt Even Yet there are drifts ten
feet iu depth on the road - the station.
and one may reach there only by going
through thc fields Nor was this all.
Ca.ue to The continued bad weather pre-
yous to the } ST. storm our supply OF
co.l 100 town " is very low. and 10y Mon
cly rDlriy every one was ont of it.. The
coal.miues were bat FIVE miles distant.
tlt thtrc was no approach 10 them. on
Monday some young men Of the town
Undertook To open the road. but, though
hcy worked with a Will aid not get more
taau three quarters Of a mile Of 1t cleared.
WAY CLEARED.
ou Tuesday however, about one hun
df,I Of the cadets volunteered to clear
o.. way They were granted permission
IS the president Al it they went with
ail the Vim and energy OF the Virginia
coleee-boy. by I O'Clock they had the
way cleared 20 TWO of the mines. and coal
has been coming I'm ever since. New
river. a. Peppers Ferry. has seven inches
~ ice on il. and on Wednesday a four
horse team and loaded wagon crossed over
30 on the ice.
Last night the thermometer stood at
f' degrees above zero. ana each day at
rehifall since the Hih II has fallen to
ut the same point. and often far
rt.'w. The lowest reputable reading
was Is below.
on Tuesday morning the Misses Ear
,enrt daughters of the late Mir Charles
...rheart. attempted 10 drive from their
0omc H. ChTistansburg IN q sleigh drawn
.y two horses They became involved
. s.l''ff- -'ltfifs Aii.t At4' At'if'7 tfiiN'itt-
Iulhi. overturned the sleigh, and ran
~ Neither OF the young ladies' was
Injured. fortunately.
lu this immediate neighhorhoOd no cat
O.. or sheep were frozen so H. as |
faVc been able to ascertain. but | hear
tnat On Roanoke river a number Of year
lrss and calves which were out in the
cl1 Friday were lost
GOOD WOMAN GONE.
Mrs Anne G.. Phleear died on the Sth
Instant at the residence Of her daueh-
TEL Mrs. John Il. Johnson, of Chris
iaushure. au1 was buried on the 18TH
90 Tie cemetery there. the Rev. Dr. r.
81 Hooper. assisted 10y tho Rev Mr.
N hite and Dr. Masil. preaching the
'INtral sermon IL was necessary to
o..ay the services until this date since
i.fh captain aud Mrs. Johnson were
r .w brund-ihc former in CharlcStown
a4i the latter in Washington. and were
unable 10 reach home sooner Mrs |
Ir.egar was one OF tho bcst-kuown and |
most widely-loyci ladies Of this county |
sui section. Her hfc was one Of Chris |
tau faith and loving deeds, pure and |
ln'ty in its conception Of lifc's duties and |
faIthfl iu their execution. NotWith- |
standing tho bitter weather the funeral |
va- largely attended. and there were few |
dr8 ewes m the house at the close of
tIs ffIfltf anu JON IT liNi' l'hiI i'i
bog her pastor whom She had known and
lov,i for thirty years Mrs Phlesar
wss the widow of Mr.. Eli Phlegar who
lied In n. sixties. ana who WAS for
wears TIE peer of the bar in this sec
ion both bv reason of his ability and |
1lnIuy ~ character. She leaves two
>ti4rcu-Nr. \. A. rhlccar who has fol |
owed boz his father footsteps and j. "A |
aWNsr widely known IA this ana other
D. .f.r
vif. ol captain John X. Johnson. on |
whom the mothcr's mantle OF loving |
..aity and Cooi deeds has fallen. She |
..ates. ALSO. ten grandchildren. and three |
-I.at-lri NrchllII.u.
FOUR GENERATIONS.
4 fact worthy of mention perhaps is |
t'4f frequently ln captain Johnson's |
household there were four generations al |
on. time Mis- phlcgar. Mrs. Johnson |
Nis Campbell and Der two children. one |
r ONE Virginia is losing those noble |
ladies of th. oldcn time. whom Bagby 80 |
t.lchinciy Describes. who were an orna- |
meut ani an honor TO oar Common
wealth. and on whose beauty OF life and |
geutlcnos- of heart and manner the bur |
d,n of yeats nor times frosty touch ever |
made an IMPRESSION unless ~ were To rem |
dor more beautiful and soft and gentle |
the gentle helut. of their lives. such an
other WIS the late Mrs. Lucy Preston. OF |
Smi,hncd. ana such another Is Mrs. Sarah |
Preston. NOW OF Kadford. hut for years |
~, graceful and hospi'ah.c mistress OF |
"Nmtsthorr." ihc splendid estate Of the |
ate colonel James Preston They may. |
perhaps. have po monument erected T. |
.hem. ana need none. for theirs is the |
everlasting monument OF noble deeds |
tentlc lives. and true cnurtcsy~in word, |
Gst az hcauciul womanhood.