Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-13
\ BEDFORD CITY.
.,xs ron TINE REBUILDING or
LITTLE OTTER BRIDGE.
81. Of n Venerable Citizen-rn-
..-c.fing Letters from - Mission
ar, Touching Life In Chinn-rcr-
.o,,ts and Briefs.

rrrrOgD CITY VA. December p
.II.TI.s morning the massive
. PORTIONS for the spans Of Little
- bridge hat went down in the
go. .,ue tw1 months since. when
,..y-.uo coa-cars were precipitated
Odd. H. Dh.en below and two spans
ID ,,. Iroal bridge utterly DESTROYED.
-. lrc from Pcncoyd, Pa. en- route
,.... BRIDGE which IS about five miles
...a ts place.
r- ..rc Sis fats used I'm transport
.. -.... steel parts. which are indica-
OIL. .. crrat strensth and security for
., r.n structure The two great
en-. .utmcnts have been completed
,-.-.. tnoalht that when AN is finished
-. bridge Viii be more secure than ever
r,
ADJ ay.uee OF from forty 10 fifty
..s r.s o,cr the bridge daily. some OF
r. rlus coal. and numbering from
.. tl forty Aelyily-laden gondolas to
,- u.lri Wells. a venerable and
f...-re~ SPECIFIED citizen of the county
.n tuesday, 40 the home OF his
rr Watson Wells. near Otter HILL
b.. advanced age of 9S Years. lie
..t.. ay seven children, only one
.m u1w resides IN the county.
.. .r..as O.. the warehouses of to-
l. were reported as unusually large
. week.. and the prices realized
l good.
LIFE ~ CHINA
,... Tmouia sale. second daughter
r- H. A. Sale. who recently went
.olr. u.s. missionary from the Bap-
.r.h. sends home very charm
H. t.t.rs descriptive of the sights GUS
- AND supersit0ns OF those strange
.r1m her present place Of resi-
10 Canton.
~ .s steadily acquiring a knowledge
r .. language and people to fit her
CIR .. co-sccIated work in that far
.r auI. Perhaps no life requires
..- cr.lce or self-abncsatIon than
Dr. young girl TO resign all the joys
beautiful. home and social ties 10
-..-e her energies TO q life of labor
e.. strange land among an uncOngenial
.s.t.-s received from Rev T. w. Jones
.... his safe arrival at Marshall.
r.r and most cordial reception by the
OF hs church. a beautifully
...l rectory was In waiting. with
..-..a.rc that could conduce 10 the COM
t- Dis famlly The Episcopal church
or. is as yet without a rector TO supply
SOCIAL MATTERS.
thursday af,crpoon the Fifteen Club
--s most Hospitality entertained 10y Miss
ts Thurman. the principal features
.t.- occasion being Rotations by Misses
Davis and Bessie Clark, rendered
.. uH.h expression and appreciation Of
SUBJECTS The former gave AN
-le Period" and, as an encore
Similar Case': tho latter. "So Was l."
-we afternoon the "Just-For-
T Club. OF schoolgirls met M the
r l''ss Anuis Davis and INDICATED
f~ u GO The title by having a Glove
r dancing TO the merry notes Of
..-.ur played by Miss Jo Moore.
rrar rftcrnoou. contrary 20 its name
or -ce-on the Thursday Club. but for
.--r.1iar.e met al the beautiful home
. Mr- 81. a. Clark. on Bedford avenue
o.. -..rt q very charming time i'm the
cr- NJ genial converse, and
'-. RECALLED with p recitation given
rt erect. hy Miss Ellen Davis Of
-.- Sweet strange poem Of owen Mere
.t1r Italians" I'm lighter vein.
t- with admirable Interpretation of the
bad small boy Miss Bessie
-.-. ra-taI "Ddnt We. Charley and
.-re tr Nrs Graham clayton and Mrs.
nr wth guitar accompanimcnts.
Hr John Goo1e has been o. a visit
On WASHINGTON this week.
,t Griffin is absent on trip 10
Norfolk baltimore. and other cities.
.- So Berry is making q tour OF |
Nr Ere'.r1 on business.
.-- A.. ~ Conway of Charlottesville. !
g. .. e r.t On har father Rev. A. Eu- |
E .t S1unyslde.
.. Annie Joping is visiting friends I
r -.rrUie.
--- L Iv'o has returned 10 Helena, /
t-. after visit 20 his parents here.
"r Tr De Forest let Thursday TO /
g.. Dap husband. at New York.