Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-01-23
HiIIsboro. Pooahontas County. Items.

Hnlsboro. Pocahontss County. Items.
We have had some fine winter weather
lately, and there has been considerable
outdoor work going on.
Sherman Beard, a bright little fellow
son Of Mr.. Lee Beard, fell on the ice
one day last week and broke both bones
of his right arm near the wrist. The
family physician was sent for and the
broken limb set. The little sufferer is
now as well as could be expected.
Messrs. Bird and Moore, who have
been drilling well for G.. L.. Clark,
found good vein of water last week at
depth of SO feet. This is the deepest
well Of the kind in this section of
country. There is now some talk of
boring a deep well on Main street, near
the public school building, for the use
of town and public. Such well would
be Of inestimable value to our town,
and something we have badly needed
for along while.
There was double wedding near
Buckeye on last Wednesday, the 10Th.
Shi' HlOotO oNCluOlb was unlbGu Ill
marriage to Miss Lucy Mcneil, and
Mr.. Enoch Mcneil to Miss Annie Dun
can, by Rev. Joshua Buckley. We ex-
tend our congratulations to the happy
couples.
Mr.. E. III. Moore, popular merchant
and Hotel man of our town, is going to
put up stOre-house next spring. He
is now conducting his mercantile bust
ness in dwelling house, which is not
suitable, nor large enough for his bust
ness, which is steadily increasing.
Mr.. w. II. Overholt, of frankfort,
has sold his timber on the east side Of
the Greenbrier river near here to the
st. Lawrence Boom & Mfg Co., of
Ronceverte. He is to log it and de-
liver it at the river. 1t will in all proba-
bility take him two or three years to cut
and put it in the river, as 1t is scattered
over very rough and mountainous
| country. That which stands near the
| river will be hauled or slidden down
the steep mountain sides, while that
farther back will be conveyed to the
river by means of log slides" These
slides follow the low places along the
hollows and hillsides, and when covered
with ice, which is the time generally
chosen for sliding, the logs pass over
them with wonderful velocity. and some
times where there is curve in the slide
a log will often jump out, landing some
times 80 feet distant. Sliding logs is
attended with danger, and seldom is a
job entirely finished up without some
one getting crippled or killed.
The coal Mr.. Thos. Callison discoy-
cred on his place some time ago prom
Uses to be of excellent quality when
properly opeued up. If it pans out
well, the steam Touring mill, which
will certainly be put here in the near
future, will consume large quantities
of it.
During wind storm here about a
month ago large oak tree, 3 feet in
diameter, standing on Nicholas street
near G. l.. Clark's, was blown down,
and while it was being sawed into wood
a horseshoe was found imbedded in it,
near the center, the saw barely missing
it. 1t was 20 feet from the but-end of
the tree to where the shoe was found
buried. and how it got there is puzzle
to every body here.
Charles Lewis, the negro who, in an
alteration with Mr.. Anderson Chest
nut, of Highland county, Va, on the
23rd of December last, struck him on
the head with rock and nearly killed
him, was captured on the 18th instant,
near Edray, by Deputy Sheriff R. X.
Burns and lodged in Jail at Marlinton.
Mr.. Chestnut is in very critical con-
dition, not being conscious of what is
passing around him, his brain having
been injured by the blow. His friends
offered reward of s75 90 for the cap.
ture of the negro.
j. Fl. Clark, the painter, is giving the
counters in Mr.. S. j. Payne's mammoth
store building some artistic touches.
Mr.. j. q. Beard sold two steers re-
cently-one weighing ,975 and the other
$50 pounds.
The war between England and the
United States has been fought here and
England completely annihilated.
JENKINS.