Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-25
BEDFORD CITY.
The Euuinox-Wanted to Plant HIS
Eamily-Trce.

BEDFORD CITY, VA, september "a
(Special)-As though in direct reiutauon
Of the iconoclastic assertion OF recent
years. that there are no such ;hings as
equinoctial storms per Sc, the morning OF
Thursday. the 22d instant was dshered in
with q storm Of such orthodox wind ana
drenchng sheets Of rain that the most
doubling should have been convinced
| shat the autumnal equinox intended 10
assert itself in vindication Of its tne-
honored prerogatiye.
| The storm, which continued all day ana
far into the night. was accompanied by
an electrical display OF lightning ana re-
verberating distant thunder Next morn /
ing the sky was again serene and ne ar /
so clear and vitaliZing 1t seemed IS
| though it, too had a thorough puilh- /
cation from the clouds o. dust that ior
several weeks had been stirred by every !
! breeze.
Tho rain was most opportunc for pre-
narine the earth for following and ie-
| ceiying the wheat. the parched pastures
will also be revived. and the ROADS VIII
again be in fine condition for driving ana
bicycling.
A throb OF deep sympathy and rcgret
was felt when the .tidings OF the leath %
Miss Winnie Davis arrived ana many
hearts 20 out I'm tenderness to her moiher'
|
has prepared for the New Orleans Flca-
vuna q noem I'm memory Of the bright NE
cut off i'm its prime. Miss Hurley fas
nhotograph with the autograph OF Jeller-
son Davis. sent her when chlId p| MIS-.
Davis while the Confederate freSiurhI
was incarcerated in Fort Monroe Inc
picture was accompanied by E'"osiN'
letter from Mrs. DAVIS. ,.,,,
Mrs Burweu the mistress or Ahteu
|
/ ,eare NJ age and possesses all OF hfr Ia
e | entities I'm a wonderful degree, is Il most
charming conversationalist, ana writes
D many and delightful private letters, ana
I does not use glasses. .r
This summer a small boy from your
,, city-Master Joseph Chrisuah-'PchI "
a nart Of the season here, ana was 50
onamored with his first com nunion win
nature that he spent a large poiu'h VI
each dav amid the long curYinS Lotsn"
% % a dre sugar maple. one day Nhle
or,a,,np over his anticipated departure
.e home. where no tree except In't
knowledge, to be found in me acnooI-
IS room. awaited him, he ran TO MS iho ''l
Id and with beaming face. eXclaihleu' 1"S
NJ Y,otber can't we plant our family tree IL
ne tho back-vard?" He had heard discus
re SION in regard to the above-nentiohe,
IN genus of trees, and in perfect goou liit .
ne o. regord 10 the feasibility of his request
Win visions of a veritable tree III Jun led
in the yard, appealed TO ms 'ho'hel y
=. plant their genealogical tree
y professor c. 6. Evans, OF Hahuoipn
~ ,taoon Academy. was summoned hom
= Trtdav Inv n telegram announcing III
We haa,h Of his mother, which occurred u
he Manteo, \. {. NJ hoe or
ne Ms X /. Douglas. Of Texas, has ar
~ rived with her son. Alexander ana tne
H. ara NESTS of Colonel j. L. Nichols- ne
~, will remain during the school ,erih u III
nd academy. which the son VIII a''-nu'
Mr.. T.. II. Bury WIS III i'iO'
raj days this week -. ,ro,.o
Mr.. Alfred Witherspoon, OF Atlanta
visiting friends here. ~.
Miss Elise Barrow. of Baton Roug
Tn is the guest Of Mrs. j. NJ. BURY
Mrs II ii. Halves will leave MonGa
for B.ueGeld to visit her daughter vi
Shirley pooh,,
We Richmond. are spending VacaIoh hei
NJ ! +. Spencer has been absent on
rim 70 Richmond, Petersburg, and NO
she Mi Mildred Mitchell has accepted
nosition I'm the Spring Garden Ills
y, school. near Chatham, va -
Mrs. ". q. Long and two chiidreh VII
80 her brother, Mrs. j. r. fa'Aihso,i'
~ richmond are at Sunny side, the non
| q "
Wv ho,re from the Rockbridse Alum Spilns
,sta Mrs. virginia Mosby and daushter vi
,ols have been guests of Mrs. IL. b. M0 o5u
have returned to their nome "t i'''
art mond. -. r..,,rrod
' .ne Miss Hettie Anspach has returned
NV Dublin TO resume the duties oil her soho
In- Miss Junia Graves has returned
an Charlotte. y. c., to again enter upon ~ u
a,r duties as teacher in the fIeso3 '~'''''
,av- lege. ,,.,oot b,s .
ich cepted a position in Kenmore III
cto. school, in Amherst. o,.o,r,
'v,o ,rhe many friends here ana elseWA'
li a Of Mr.. wharton Griffin, son Oh Ma
my samuel Griffin, will be pleased 10 ie e..
PIT! 90 his promotion to the position o. III
rest tenant in the Third Regiment Oh N
up safes Army Engineers. Lieutenant Gi
rops An is at Lexington, KY lie Is RAJ
ale Of the virginia Military institute
a.. heen engaged in work in engineer
oil on the Mississippi river near st. LOUIS