Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-10-01
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County Court will convene mex
Tuesday, the 9Th inst.
The Lewisburg Colored School now
has an enrolment of 1O2.
Mr.. George Law has been confined tc
his bed for week or more.
Johnson Hesler, of Meadow Bluff
district, raised pumpkin this wear
that weighed 100 lbs.
one day last week the Youngest child
OF Mr.. Gordon B. Wright, of Staun.
ton, Va, died Of whooping-cough.
VIM. E. Darnell has bought the house
and lot on Court street, adjoining d.
III. Bell, from Col. b. f. Harlow
Price paid, 1925.
ReV. L. w. Brown married Mr.. Rob't
"A. Martin and Miss Maggie A. Nicely,
at the Methodist parsonage, Wednes-
day of last week.
There will be hag-raising and pub
lie speaking at Livesay's Mill, in the
Rlchlands, Friday ext, Oct. End
All are cordially invited 20 come after
noon. BY order of local Committee.
DR.. Samuel Tilden McClung, form
erly Of Meadow Bluff district, this
county, and Miss Georgia Alice Mar
tin were married on the 23rd ult., at
the brides home, in Louisville, Ken.
lucky.
Hon. c. Wood Daily will address the
voters at Anderson next Monday, Oct.
5th, at 2 O'Clock p. m, and at Union on
Tuesday, Oct. 9th, at O'Clock p. H.
He is an able speaker, and let the PEG.
pie turn out and hear him.
j. w. Bever, who recently had pho
tograph gallery in Lewisburg, died very
suddenly at the residence of Mr.. Thos.
l.. George, in Grassy Meadows, this
county, one day last week. He came
from Pocahontas county to Lewisburg.
He had forty spasms just before his
death.
Uncle Joe Brown, colored, died very
suddenly last Monday morning at his
home near Lewisburg. He got out
of bed and was sitting in q chair, when
he was taken suddenly with hemor-
rhage and bled to death before a physi-
clan could reach him.
Mr.. John McCue, Of Nicholas county,
was in Greenbrier last week attending
the Synod. He sold recently 20 head of
cattle, which averaged $40. They had
taken on 421 pounds in IL MONTHS
These were Nicholas cattle, but were
grazed, during the summer, on Green
brier lands.
Rev. DR.. Rob't S. Barrett, one of the
ablest and most popular preachers of
the Episcopal Church, and a man much
beloved by all, died of malignant tu-
NOR Of the stomach, at Wytheville,
on the 14th of September. He was a
brother-in-law of Mrs. J. n. Caldwell,
at Greenbrier Bridge.
Rey. v: w. Wheeler, who has been
assisting Rey. o. F. Burgess in a re-
vival meeting at Williamsburg, this
county, passed through Lewisburg on
Monday on his way to the White Sui
phur, where he is assisting Rev. l.. r.
hardwood in a similar meeting this
week. There were II or IA conversions
at the Williamsburg meeting.
On Wednesday night of last week
the barn of Mr.. w. H. Leach, near the
mouth Of Second Creek, this county,
was burned. The fire was discovered
about O'Clock by Mr.. Leach's daugh-
ter, who was about to retire. The rest
of the family were abed and asleep.
None of the contents of the barn were
saved. The fire originated in the top
Of the barn and spontaneous combus-
ton is the probable cause. Besides the
barn Mr.. Leach lost from % to 20 tons
of hay, all his straw and a ton and
a-half of fertilizer. The barn was a
new one and was considered one of the
best in the county. Mr.. Leach's loss
will aggregate from 81 200 to 81 500
Insured to the extent of $500 OH the
barn and $500 on the contents. in the
Farmers Home Fire Insurance Co. of
West Va.