Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-06
THE NEWS IN WYTHE.
.rpy COLD WEATHER, nut NO
LACK or SOCIAL GAyETy.
rhrcc Harvests Of Ice since january.
protest Against the New County
Many other Personal Items of In
terest.

vyTHEV1LIsE, February 5.-(Special.)
,ne invitations have been issued TO the
.,.,,iaee OF Miss sue Gibson, daughter
r, vr and Mrs Il. y. Pendlcton. OF this
.,.eo. with Mr.. Francis Gloon ChaRin, Of
r,sfers Falls. Va. which will take
,,sre 81 81. Johns Episcopal church. on
vain street, at o'clock on tho eve
ming OF the 18Th. Immediately after The
ceremony, which will be performed by
.t. Rev. Or NJ, p. Logan, the couple
,-u leave for their future home. at
r.stcr's Falls where a large reception
sill be rendered them by the groom
elects relatives.
Nr. and Mrs. Ballard Preston enter
,.,red quite party OF their special
friends az progressive whist at their
rooms az the Fourth-Avenue Hotel, Wed
r.sday night During the evening deli
,iors refreshments were served.
Thursday afternoon, from to G. at
,,r home, on Main street. Miss Rhetta
chhoncy received and entertained the
rn5-of-thc- Century Club.
NJ Withers Massio. formerly Of this
r,ace. was recently married TO Miss The
rosa Gertrude Murray, OF New York city.
ST. Robert ". Massie was best man.
AMI Miss sue Massie was one of the
b-frsmaids. Mr.. Massie lives now at
Nsssio's Mills, IN Nelson county.
AGAINST THE NEW COUNTY.
cau has been issued to the citizens
Of the county for a meeting TO protest
AGAINST the passage OF the bill now pend
irc before the Legislature to cut OF so
much of this county's territory and give
j .o IulGsk county, and the meeting will
take place on the nrst day OF County
Court The slice for Pulaski county
embraces about one third OF Wythe's
taxable values.
Section 10. Article v, OF the Constitu-
ton % Virginia, says: mo new COUNTY
shcu be formed with an area Of less than
e. square miles; nor shah the county
or counties from which it is TO be formed
De- reduced below that area"
The present limits OF Wythe contain
or.y -5ra. square miles. so II is hardly
possible that the slice" viii be taken in
me face Of the Constitution. But our
pcfe are going to kick, and that vigor-
ous.y.
Yesterday was the coolest day Of the
year I'm Wytheville. the thermometer
registering zero.
few nights ago an effort was made
% enter and rob Mr.. c. n. Otey's saloon.
on Main street. but it is thought that the
thieves were frightened off before they
succeeded IN gaining an entrance.
Nr and Mrs. Matthew H. Maury, OF
this place lost nearly all Of their per-
sonll effects, clothing. china. silver. etc,
in a IRE at Embreeville. Tenn, a few
days ago. Mr.. Maury is superintendent
of a large iron furnace at Embreeville.
end was living in rented property, when
the house caught fire and burned 10 thu
ground before the household property,
watch was theirs. could be saved.
TO HAVE INCANDESCENT LIGHTS.
The Town Council has leased the cleo
tric-light plant 10 the Brown Electric
Light Company, composed Of Messrs.
julius A. Brown. Frank Owens l. ID.
Caitee. J. d. Baily, and NJ. NJ. Caldwell.
and the new company has contracted 10
lght Wythevine with the incandescent
instead of the arc. system.
Messrs. W. S. Trinkle Hugh CasseH
Frank Blair, and 1. r. Hdrkrader, of this
Place. have gone TO Hot Springs, Ark.
Boyd Spiller. Of Baltimore, was on a
visit 10 his old home, in this place, this
week.
Nr. J.. Il. ayers REPRESENTING W. a.
Porterfield & Co, Of Richmond, is in town
90 establish a branch business here.
The weather continues clear and cold.
This morning the thermometer was down
again 10 l degree above zero, and our
people are harvesting four-inch ice. This
makes the third ice-harvest since the lst
OF January. Something unusual, indeed,
f0r this section.
Mayor Stanley has been in Norfolk on
business this week.
sirs. John c. Blair returned from a
visit 10 New York yesterday.
Messrs. c. n. and G. NJ. Otey are on
visit 10 their old home, at Bedford City.
Major ". g Sanders has returned from
O visit to his son. in Knoxville.
The revival at the Methodist church |
came 10 a close last night.
Hall Blackwell is on a visit to relatives |
Iu Indiana.
W. and Mrs. Edmund Pendleton have |
returned from High Point, W. Va, the /
atters old home