Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-06-18
Pickups In and Around the Burg.

Pickups In and Around the Burg.
The White Sulphur Springs has 100
visitors now, and fine prospects for a
big season.
Mr.. Geo. G.. Reese, of White Sulphur
Springs, died in Hinton last Friday,
the 18th inst, aged about 60 years.
A fishing party-Dr. VIM Nelson, A.
M. Howison and Rob't Guy-left here
yesterday for weeks fish on Cherry
river.
The ladies of the N. f. Church, South,
here are having their church painted,
Henry Hunter and Floyd Thomas do
ing the work.
The Brushy Ridge Camp-meeting will
begin on Thursday, the 18th day of Au-
gust, and the Monroe Camp meeting on
the 9th of the same month.
The Postoffice Department at Wash
ingtOn Is advertising for bids to carry
daily mail from Lewisburg to Savan-
nah Mill, a distance of Smiles.
A special meeting of all enrolled
members of the Kings Daughters is
earnestly requested on tomorrow (Fri-
day. afternoon, at o'clock, at the Lew
| isburg Hotel.
Rev. G. w. Painter, Missionary, oc-
cupied the pulpit Of the Presbyterian
Lecture Room at the weekly prayer
meeting Wednesday night of last week,
and delivered an interesting address.
The Lewisburg District Epworth
League Conference, of the M. f.
Church, South, will be held in Anderson,
beginning July LIST. Rev. II. w. Brown,
of this place, has been invited to preach
the opening sermon.
The subject for Rev. II. w. Brown g
discourse next Sunday morning, at IL
O'Clock. will be " the Resurrection of the
Human Body There will be no SER
vices in his Church Sunday night, on
account Of the meeting of the Bible So
ciety in the Presbyterian Church.
There are now eleven prisoners in our
county Jail. Two of them are charged
with murder, one with burglary, one
with grand larceny, two with misde-
meanors and FIVE are prisoners sent here
by Judge Jackson's Court to serve out
terms for violations of the revenue
law.
| w. l.. WetZel, contractor, is now put
ting up two-story business house on
Main street for j. j. Echols and E. L..
Bell. II. II. Beirne is having a build
ing put up on his lot near the Jail to
keep his livery vehicles in. Law &
Handley have about completed the resi-
dences of Mrs. Mollie Bell and r. =.
Rittenhouse, and are now at work on
IL. Il. Bells house. They are also
building an addition to Mr. Bella Cloth
ing Store, on Main street, to give him
more room for his large stock of cloth
ing.
Notwithstanding the threatening state
OF the weather a goodly number of our
people assembled at the PRESBYTERIAN
Church Oh Wednesday afternoon of
last week, and, after listening to few
appropriate remarks by Rey. w. Nice.
White, proceeded to the Soldiers GENE
terry on the hill west of town and
strewed the graves of our fallen heroes
with beautiful flowers--thus testifying
that they had not forgotten the achieve.
ments and sacrifices Of the brave men
who fell in defense of cause they be.
lieved to be just and sacred.
The Greenbrier Circuit Court will
convene next Tuesday, the 23rd inst
The following gentlemen have been
drawn on the Grand Jury for this term
John ID. White, Jas. M RAIDER. VIM. A
Perry, John McGrath, John Driscol, J
/. s. Surber, ID. w. Ayres, Edward Gum
w. II. Dunbar, George Caraway, w
ID. Ayers, +. G. McFerrin, b. +. Nc
, Chung, N. A. Dunbar, s. w. N. Feam
, ster and A. M. Buster. Petit Jurors
Geo. II. Piercy, DIS. Lockhart, Jas. w
Hedges, q. G. Claypool, VIM. M. Bell
II. G. Nicholas, John Shockley, Geo. l.
Handley John Shaunasey, John Nc
: Chung, Lewis K. Gum, Gilbert Judy
Henry II. Argabrite, John w. Callson
I w. p. Rookstool, D. B. Humphreys
]. w. McClung, f. II. Camp, G. w
y Dunbar, John J. Rife, Il. p. Rltten
, house, II. q. Harvey, Jas. e. Wells, A
F. Denning, Jas. II. Scott, f. A. Bur
CESS, J. W. Wetzel, r. G. Haynes, r
Q II. Brown, John w. Fisher, James M
q Argabrite, w. M. McClung, A. s. Nut
ter, Geo. T. Argabrite, E. l.. Boyd an
lC. l.. Childers.