Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-31
FROM THE SOUTHWEST
o,orosEp IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
FISH HATCHERY IN wyruEvrLLE.
I'm THOUSAND WILL Be SPENT.
.,,irimonisI and Personal Matters
~ IntercSt-Prccaution Against
maths i'm the Community.


wyTHEvILLE. VA. March sO.-(spe-
Limitations have been issued to
che marriage OF Miss Lucy Nelson. daugh.
cor Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert n. Pendleton,
~ tnis place 20 Mr.. William +. Leaven
l. which will take place at Grace Epis-
opal church. at Lexington. Va. on the
evening 81 April 14th. Miss Pndleton has
made her home With her cousin, Mrs.
susan y Lee. at Lexington. for several
Years. and It was there that she first
mc, Mr.. Leavell. The groom-elect is a
large coal operator in West Virginia. He
Is a son of Rev. William T. Leavell, a
yercra..e Episcopal minister in jefferson
county. ". Va.
Mr. stephen r. Ewald has sold his
splendid Fourth-avenue residence 10 DR..
=. T. Tarter. The price is not mentioned.
Possession is 10 be- given on the 18th of
April Dr. Tarter but recently removed TO
Wytheville from Bland Courthouse. where
he had practiced his profession for some
In or twelve years.
Mr. Ewald speaks Of building again on
3 lot Of his known as the ALEX. Chafiin"
Square. on Lawyers Hill, the most de-
s.rabe vacant building lot In the town.
THE FISH HATCHERY.
Mr.. George A. Seagle, Superintendent
Of the United States Fish-Hatchery, near
Wytheville. returned home yesterday
from an official visit 10 Washington city.
bringing with him the glad news that
the department had instructed him 10
proceed at once TO expend, in the way
Of improvements at the hatchery, the
$4,000 appropriation recently made by the
government. Among the improvements
10 be made. 1 will mention a $500 resi-
dence; thirteen new rearing ponds for
trout. to cost $50 each; nine new spawn
ing ponds for trout, 10 cost 500 each; n
new nursery. two stories high, at a cost
OF some $500 Fifteen hundred dollars
will be expended In repairing the Old
trout ponds. and the remainder of the
appropriation in some other necessary
and substantial improvements.
/ am confident that a little additional
data in regard 10 this important enter
prise, as TO its history and it's work,
viii be of general interest, especially TO
your Virginia readers.
The hatchery was established by the
state Of Virginia in 1879. under the late
Colonel Marshall Mcdonald. who was
then Fish Commissioner OF Virginia, and
Mr.. William Page of Lynchburg, was the
first superintendent. Mr.. Page was sue
Ceeded BY Mr.. Seagle, the present super
intendent.
The hatchery grounds consist Of seven
teen acres of land. four miles south Of
Wytheville. and Immediately on the
Norfolk and Western road. a large bold
spring. with a daily capacity Of from five
To- six hundred thousand gallons. fur
nishes the necessary water supply for
an Matching PURPOSES.
In 1852 the United States Government
leased the property from Virginia, and
tn october, 1895, purchased it at a very
nominal price.
THOUSANDS OF FISH MATCHED.
During the pest fiscal year $4,000 young
fish were Matched and shipped from the
station TO Pennsylvania, New York, Della
ware, New Jersey. Maryland, West Vir-
ginia, Virginia, Tennessee. Alabama,
Georgia, Kentucky, and North Carolina,
and distributed in the waters of those
states. and during the past fifteen months
5000 eggs were shipped TO New York.
Massachusetts. Connecticut, Washington
city. New Hampshire Vermont, New
York, New Jersey, France, Rome, Italy,
England. and Belgium.
/ should add that in point of service the
hatchery is rated the best in the South,
and among the best for trout Matching
IN the United States.
The place is beautifully located, and
after the appropriation is expended in
improving and beautifying the grounds
it. will be one of the most attractive spots
On this section Of the State.
I'm the Dispatches Lexington special OF
Sunday last was a notice of a New Or
leans Picayune, dated August %. 1913,
(which gave the names and situation of
the prisoners Of the Inflated Mier expe-
Giton." Also, a reference to William
CBig Foot'O Wallace, as having been
one Of the party, and as having made his
escape by drawing a white bean. etc. A
sister of big Foot" Wallace, Mrs. Ma
Ran Leyhorn, lived in Wytheville for
many years, and during her stay here
her brother came out from Texas and
visited her The Leyhorn family after
wards moved 10 California, where Mrs.
Lyhorn died many years ago.
RECENT DEATHS.
Uncle" Booker Goode, who was a
slave Of Hon. John Goodies father in
Bedford county died here this morning.,
~ an advanced age. For some years past
hon. John Goode contributed towards his
support by frequently sending him money
and clothing.
AIR. W. w. Allison, a prominent citizen
uf Glade Spring. is dead. He was 6S years
.ran. most Of whom are married.
ltery 4 Hartman. of Tazewel county,
have sold a lumber dealer in Bristol
bta0O feet Of lumber
supreme Court-Clerk Lowry. Of Abing-
8oa is az his office in this place.
Mr. r.. f. Boiling has returned TO his
home at Abingdon.
County Court has adjourned, and the
Flit Of Commissioner-of-Ro A. Il. Har-
DIS Us. the county, for salary, has been
dismissed. the Board Of Supervisors
agreeing to pay up"
ON account OF the smallpox scare in
Oh lower end OF this county, there being
Tour cases OF the disease at Carriers rock
quarry. in that section, the supervisors
nave issued an order enforcing compul-
t.ry vaccination in the Lead-Mine Mag
SERIAL District. and prohibiting public
gatherings OF all kinds.
Miss jamie Gibbony IS expected home
tonight from Richmond. where she has
Deem visiting her sister, Mrs. James
archer for severla weeks.
AIR. John Henry Ewald continues dan
t.roJsly in an his home near town, and
i' daughter Mrs. Stultz OF Martinsville,
@ expected here tonight.
Grand rains have been falling through
DUB this section since yesterday. They
".re badly needed
Miss Jennie Sullivan, OF Blueneld, w.
Na spent several days in town this
week. visiting friends.
ROBBED IN DICKINSON COUNTY.
Wilson bryant Held Up by High
Waymen I'm the Mountains.