Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-29
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Pers"nsI Mention.
Miss Mary L. Handy is at home from
Covington, Va.
kenney Campbell, Esq, of the Gov
lngton Va.) bar was badly paralyzed
last week.
Mrs. David Lewis, of Virginia. is
here visiting her father, Judge j. NJ.
McWhorter.
w. III. Sawyers, Esq, Of the Hinton
Independent, Herald was in town several
days last week.
Mrs. VIM. III. Parrish and son, OF
Richmond, Va, are here visiting her
father, Maj. John w. Harris.
Jos. d. Logan, Esq, of the Monroe
bar, was here OH business last Friday.
His wife came over with him.
&. Russell Caldwell, of Staunton.
Va, was here last Sunday to visit his
mother, Mrs. Fannie Caldwell.
John u. Holt, of the Cabell county
bar. was here on business Tuesday, the
guest of his father, Judge III. A, Holt.
Mrs. John a. Bright and Miss Liz
zie Watkins, of Anderson, attended the
commencement of Lewisburg Graded
School last week.
Miss Alice Camper, who had spent
several months here with her sister,
Mrs. Mary Moore, left Tuesday for her
home in Fincastle, Va.
Jas. X. Bright, of Hillsboro, Poca.
hontas county, was here last Thursday
shaking hands with his many friends,
and gave us pleasant call.
John l.. Rowan and Beirne G.. Young,
OF Monroe county, was here yesterday
as attorney and witness respectfully in
the case of Burdett VS.. White.
Prof. Jas. Il. Rucker, Cecil Austin,
Willie Argabrite and Herbert Porter
field left last Monday for Nicholas
county for week 8 fishing outing.
Misses Eva link and Pearl Scott,
who were pupils at the Lewisburg
Graded School, left this week for their
homes in Virginia, the former to Chris
tiansburg and the latter to Lynchburg
Judge f. A. Guthrie, of the Kanawha
Circuit, was here three days this week
sitting in causes which Judge McWhor-
ter could not try by reason of his con-
nection with them heretofore as attor-
ney.
Mrs. E. f. Turner, of Anderson, took
in the closing exercises of the Lewis
burg Graded School here last week, and
spent several days with her father, VIM.
Worsham. Mr.. Turner was here Sun.
day.
Prof. A. J. Wilkinson, late of the
Grafton Schools, now agent of the
American Book Company, is in Green
brier this week. He will visit, whilst
here, his uncle, j. s. Wilkinson, Esq,
at Williamsburg.
Prof. w. S. Anderson, the efficient
Principal of the Allegheny Collegiate
Institute, at Anderson, paid us pleas
ant call last Saturday. He reports the
best attendance at the Institute it has
had in many years.
Mrs. w. E. II. Byrne came up from
Charleston Saturday last, bringing hel
children with her. Leaving her chill
dren here with her mother Mrs. S. Ii
Austin, she returned to Charleston
Monday to attend upon her mOtherin
law, Mrs. b. w. Byrne, who Is quite
sick.
Lieut.. Mason NJ. Patrick, of the U
S. A. Engineer corps, has just passed
a successful examination for promotion
to the rank of Captain, and will doubt
less soon receive his commission. HI
was in Charleston last week visiting
his parents, DR.. and Mrs. A. S. Patrick
late of Lewisburg.
John Osborne, Esq, of the Monroe
county bar, was in town yesterday at
tending the Circuit Court. He gener
ally has something amusing to relate
and now tells that prominent Bryan
Democrat in his county has gone Graz.
I'm the effort to figure out the difference
between Cleveland panic and soun'
money boom.
Greenbrier county has eight youni
men at the West Virginia Universit
:, this year. They are-Homer A. FIR
, and Joseph b. Scott, mechanical engin
eerIng j. Verne Snyder, civil englr
> eering Joseph II. Fry, fancy Harr
son, Charles II. Harrison, r. A. watts
the law; and Charles N. McWhorte1
. preparatory school. A number OF othe
!. voung men in the county are gettin
ready to attend next year.