Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-13
WYTHEVILLE PEOPLE
INTERESTING LETTER ABOUT
+ THEIR MOVEMENTS AND PLANS.
LITTLE RAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Mrs. Mary CrowEey Dead--sherin
Harkradcr Has Returned Home
Much Improved-Proposed Confede-
: rate Monument I'm the Town.

wYTHEvIILE, VA. March l2.-(spe-
cial.)--Mrs. Mary Crowgey, aunt OF
Messrs. J. II. and r. II. Crowgey. pros
porous English farmers. who live five
miles northwest OF wytheville, died this
morning at o'clock. at her home,
'Hedgeheld," on the suburbs OF this
place. The funeral viii take place at
st. Johns Cemetery. from the Episcopal
church. OF which she was a member,
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Crowgey was s. years old. was
born in Cornwall county England Her
father was captain In the English
navy. The deceased came TO America
some fifteen years ago with her brother
sn-law. Mr.. Robert Crowgey, her hus-
band having previously died in England
She leaves no children
a few days ago young man named
Turner Carson, who is said to be a native
of Alexandria county y. e.. was ar
rested In Smyth county upon the charge
OF cOunterfeitlng. When apprehended
by a representative OF the United States
Secret Service he had pair of moulds
and some counterfeit coin on his per-
son. He was given a hearing before a
United States Commissioner at Marion.
and upon his failure TO give the required
bond Of 1900 was committed 10 jail IN
ahat place 10 await the action of the
next grand jury of the United States
Court at Abingdon.
BADLY IN NEED OF RAIN.
1t would seem strange that one should
rompla!n Of drought at this season of
the year. but there is cause for COM
plant i'm this section. / am told by
Those who are familiar with the water
courses. in this locality, especially, that
hey are little. II any, larger than they
were six months ago; that in some in
stances springs which went dry on ac-
count OF the scarcity OF rain last summer
and fall are still so. The representa- |
1--we of the Government Weather Bureau |
IN this place tells me that the rainfall |
IN February was but a fraction over a |
lbar inch, whilst In February. 1891, It |
WAS nearly 91-2 inches.
The work OF exchanging the arc for |
fhe incandescent system for lighting the |
streets of Wytheville is nearly finished. |
and when completed will be better and
more acceptable than the arc. The cost |
Enough, is about the same.
Miss Maud Neff. a well-knOwn young /
lady OF Rural Retreat, has been taken
70 Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore,
Hor treatment.
Mr.. Preston l.. Copenhaver, promising
young man Of the western section of
this county will soon go 10 North Da-
kota and become a citizen of that State |
Robert Harold. a young man. formerly
d resident Of this place. died at Radford
a few days ago. He left a wife and
several children. He was about 80 years
old. and was an employee of the Nor
folk and Western road
On and after Sunday next the Norfolk
and Western road will put on an extra
passenger train from Bristol TO Rad
ford. The train will leave Bristol about
o'clock In the afternoon, and will ar
rive at Radford in time to make con-
necuon with the early night train for
Columbus, o., and other northwestern
points. The train viii reach Wythe- !
vile about O'Clock. 1t will be a great
public convenience. especially to pas
sengers from this section for Bluefeld.
Graham, Pocahontas, the Clinch Valley.
points in West Virginia &C., for. as il
$ now, they have TO spend the night at
Radford and go out to that section the
lext morning
The offices Of the chief of general store
eepers ana gaugers in the Western Dis y
rict Of Virginia have been removed TO j
Vytheville. and Mr.. Henry Loving. Jr.. l.
I Lynchburg, who has been in the SER 0
ice for six or seven years, is in charge
HERIB'F ItARI<RADER IMPROVING. :,
sherin L r. Harkrader has returned t
ome here from stay of several months C
{ Hot Springs. Ark, greatly improved p
] health The Sheriff has been an inya- y
a from the effects OF rheumatism -
Or. George II. Zimmerman came over y
rom Pocahontas and spent several DAYS Y
listing in WytheviIle this week b
Mrs Henry Williams has returned IN il
er home, at Martinsville, after a visit v
some weeks 10 her father here, Colonel | ;,
: Z. Withers. u
Major George r. Dunn is stiI confined n
his home, on Church street, on ac- W
punt Of sickness. $
ARCHER Neighbors, OF this Mace has b
,cured q position in Washington CITY. .
w. w. Byars has returned home from h.
business trip West :,
The committee in charge, representing
10 William Terry Camp Of Confederate e.
have advertised for bids on j.
70 proposed monument TO the Confede- a
lie dead OF Wythe county, TO be a
ected in the East-End Cemetery. and y,
cost from 500 To $500. a large portion al
which amount has been raised. There es
e some thirty-five Confederate dead
1880 as eiAN b4A NNAAiNAtAgs III Nltt western I =
ction OF the town. They VIII be taken | I.
,, and inferred in a lot for that pur ~
$50 In the East-End Cemetery, and in be-
hich the monument viii be erected. II &C
proposed TO unveil the monument with nj
'propriate ceremonies in May, IL possi- Trc
e; and all OF the camps OF Confederate !tI
terans in this section viii be invited 10 III
ke part in them. OF
Mss Grayson Williams is visiting at or
lem. 3
Major John II. HAMLET and NJ. NJ 81
ldwell are in New York on business. 20
Guthrie Allison has returned from the ne
fillmore Dental College a.
rev. Mr.. Carr, OF Bland Courthouse. in
10 has been in i'll health for some time il
II soon so TO Richmond for medical III
in
drs. Frank S. Blair is visiting in Knox i ha
le, Tenn. IIs
several Wytheville young men have sv
pc 10 Norfolk 10 enlist in the United an
ltes navy. Among them are Robert VIC
air. George Fisher. and Samuel Iackey. Oft
e latter. believe. has passed the ne US
ssary examination. and has been as 80
med to the Puritan. ~,
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sAFE-BLOWERS IN WINSTON. IN,