Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-12
Pickups In Town and County.

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Pickups I'm Town and County.
The Lewisburg Presbyterian Sunday
School is picnicing in the Richlands to.
day.
The agent of the Phoenix is here this
week adjusting the losses of his Com
pany by the recent fire.
c. II. Hanna has been appointed
postmaster at Frankford, this county.
vice z. c. Woodward removed.
Bell 81 Echols will have two.story
business house erected on their lot ad-
joining the Pulliam market house, on
Main street, in a short time. 1t Will
be for rent.
Miss Georgia Taylor was drowned
last week at her home at Trout, this
county. She took spell of some kind
and fell with her face in a branch
She was aged 20 years.
w. l.. Wetzel has force of hands at
work building a two-story addition to
the residence of James III. Sibold, on
Main street. In fact all our of carpen-
tiers have their hands full.
The Bank Of Grecnbrier has a force
of hands at work cleaning away the de-
bris, and the walls of a new and hand
some brick bank building will soon rise
from the ashes. Who next?
w. 2. Smith and wife and Allen
Thompson, Of Covington, Va, who
rented the Hansbarger farm, near
Lewisburg, arrived last week and have
taken possession. We welcome them
to Greenbrier.
Tuesday evening two colored wait
ers at the White Sulphur Springs got
into fight in the dining-room, and one
of them pulled pistol and shot the
other one through the lung. We learn
he died in few hours after being shot.
John Shepherd, who lives on the
Bloomer farmer near Lewisburg, killed
rattlesnake at his kitchen door one
day last week, which measured 6 inches
around the body and s feet inches in
length. 1t had ten rattles and button.
Brushy Ridge Camp-meeting will
commence next Wednesday night, the
18th inst. Ten new tents have been
erected this year. There are about 100
tents now and they will all be occupied
by the various tent-holders. Several
ministers from distance are expected
The people of Lewisburg feel very
grateful to the people of the county,
State and Nation, who haye sent tele-
grams and letters, expressing their deep
sympathies for us in our great loss by
the fire. Truly, the old town s sons and
daughters are still interested in her
welfare.
II. F. Hansbarger has bought the
seven-acre lot Of Mr.. VIM. Worsham,
OF the Frankford road, nesr the resi-.
dence of r. Hough Lipps, and will
have house like the PRESBYTERIAN
Manse here erected on the same. Mr.
w. l.. Wetzel will commence it in three
weeks and will haye it completed by
the first of November.
The Town Hall will soon be one OF
our business centres. II. Z. Ritten
house has full line of dress goods, no
tions, &c, on the way, which he viii
open on the south side of the Hall mex
week H. T. Bell is getting his affairs
in shape, and expects to open stock O.
clothing on the north side soon; tn,
Bank of Greenbrier occupies the stage
j. w. Arbuckle the vestibule, willis
Mason Bell has corner for the sale O
School books, stationery, &c. The tele
phone office will also be in the hall 70
the present.
In stating the losses by the great fir
last week, we omitted to state that tn
tailor-shop of w. II Johnson was badl
damaged-not by the fire, but in tn
effort to tear it down to prevent tn
spread of the flames. The whole from
of the building was torn out before tn
fire fighters came to the conclusion tina
the removal of the building was unnec
essary. Drs. Bead Il Beard lost tn
most of their medical books and som
instruments. Maj. b. +. Eakle lost
handsome suit of furniture and othe
valuable articles. His loss is estimate
between 5000 and $500.
The Trustees met last Monday to So
lect a Principal for Lewisburg Grade
School in place of Prof. Jas. Il. Ruckel
who has been elected to the Princlpa
ship of the School for the Deaf. Dunn
and Blind at Romney. There were l
applicants for the position, any one c
whom would have filed the positio
acceptably. Prof. w. NJ. MEREDITH
of Montgomery county, Va, was fnall
elected. Prof. Meredith is a gradual
of Emory and Henry College, is "a year
of age and comes highly recommends
as teacher and man of exceller
christian character. He will NOV
with his wife and son, to Lewisburg
q few weeks.