Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-23
Pickups In Town and County.

First frost Of the season came Tues
day morning. 1t was nipper.
Samuel G. Johnson is dangerously i'll
with typhoid fever, at his home near
Clintonville, this county.
Mrs. Susan Remley died at her home
in Meadow Bluff district, this county,
last Monday, aged about 90 years.
The Lewisburg Colored School opened
out with SO students - f. A. Boiling
principal, and Eta Robinson ASS stant.
Rev. II. l.. Telford will conduct the
Communion service at the Richlands
Church on Sunday next. Rev. VIM. NJ.
White will preach on the SATURDAY.
morning previous.
J. M. Rodgers, of Irish Corner dis.
trict, recently threshed 35 acres of
wheat, which yielded $50 bushels-an
average of 27t bushels per acre. III.
Crawford, of the same district, threshed
acres of wheat, which averaged 80
bushels per acre.
The missionary barrel breaking will
take place next Sunday night in the NJ.
e. Church, South, here. Besides the
breaking of the barrels there will be n
song service. The public is most cor
daily invited to attend. A basket col
lection for missions will be lifted.
VIM r. Johnson, of the Rich Hollow
neigbborhood, bought Il ShOrthorn Bull,
Romeo, months old, from A. NJ. Nc.
Laughlin, of this county, last Saturday,
which weighed 6l5 lbs. 1t is a beauty,
and Mr.. Mclaughlin has several more
just like him for sale. Romeo is out
| of Red Rose of Grasmere. by Gan
DamO. Mr. Mclaughlin raises genuine
thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle.
p. D. Brubeck, of Charleston, has
the contract for the brick work, VIM.
j. Strealey, of our town, the stone
work on the Bank of Greenbrler, and
the Knapp Bros, of the Richards, has
the carpenter work. j. f. Wright, of
Huntington, has been employed to over
see the construction of the Bank of Lew
| isburg. Mr.. Brubeck has the brick
work on ID. r. Thomas store, Hunter
u Thomas the painting, A. w. Nc
Clintic the plasterlng.
The Lewisburg Graded School opened
last Monday, with w. NJ. Meredith as
Principal, and Misses Jayne Handley,
Daisy Feamster, Jennie McWhorter,
Lucy Cox and Dottie Mathews as AS
sistants. The school opens up with
one hundred forty-three studious, am
bilious pupils from whom, for aught
we know. may come future President
or mistress of the White House. This
is an up-to-date School, and the patrons
are all very deeply interested in it.
Last Thursday, the 10th instant, DR..
Stuart Mcclure, of Richmond, Va,
assisted by Drs. Sam i g. and Harry L..
Beard and Robert McChesney, of this
place, and Walter g. Beard, of Alder
son. amputated the right leg, just above
the knee, of Mrs. Lucy Mathews, widow
of the late Gov. Henry M. Mathews, of
our town. The operation was neces-
sary to prevent the spread Of gangrene,
which had taken place in the foot and
ankle. The operation was perfectly
successful, and we are pleased to report
that Mrs. Mathews is now doing well.
Jos. f. Wright, of Huntington, who
will superintend the construction of
the large and handsome brick building
which the Bank of Lewisburg proposes
to erect on the site of the old Lewisburg
Hotel, has force of hands laying the
foundation, which is to be of stone. -
We have seen plan of the ground
floor. Next to the alley will be large
store-room, aboat 90 feet deep, then will
come the room for the Bank, then an
other for postoflice and, on the west
side, another stOre-room, like the one
first mentioned. 1t will be two-story
building with handsome glass front.
The Bank of Greenbrier has gotten in
from Covington most of the brick to
be used In the construction of its new
bank building. The Bank bought the
ground recently occupied by the cloth
ing store of II. L. Bell, and will con-
meet its building with ahandsome brick
store-house which d. II. Thomas is
preparing to erect on the site of his
store destroyed by the great fire. The
work going on on Main street is very
encouraging, and thei buildings to be
erected will be ornaments to the town.
What we want now is a new and mod
ern hotel. Will not some one see his
opportunity here?