Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-26
IN THE SOUTHWEST.
BEDFORD CITY AND BEDfoHp
COUNTY H,PPEyINcs.
PROPOSITION As TO POWER.
several Marriages-The Question OF
Good Roads-A Very nseasonn"ie
snake story-The Birds anu i"e
SnOw-The Fruit.

BEDFORD CITY. VA, February o.
fspeciafJ-A PROPOSITION has beer submit
ted 20 the Town Council. through Mt L.
r. ellis. a member q it. from the sLahu-
ard Water-Meter Company, Of New AorA'
Offering 20 put ia two water motors 70
operate the arc dynamo of the electuc
plant for the sum Of $40 After sufi-
Gent trial. should the motors prove IN
satisfactory the company viii remove
them. and no charge viii be made, either
for putting them in or removing. IL IS
estimated that II the plant can be run
by water power instead Of steam as az
present the expense VIII be reduced al
least three fourths.
Several marriages have been solemnlzed
in various parts 81 the county during the
week. on Wedr asday Mr. Harry i Hud-
dlesf0n. o. this place. was united In mar
rlage with Miss Eddie sun at the home
~ her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. stih,
II space. Rev. Mr. Hickman, OF the
Methodist Conference performing the GER
emory After receiving the congfatuia-
lions VI the friends who were present
Mr. and Mrs Huddiest0n drove here ana
were rendered a reception By the parents
~ the groom Mr. and Mrs. =. j. Huddie-
-f1n.
ON the same day. AZ the PRESBYTERIAN
church. 600 M0utya.e. Miss May Becker.
daughter ~ Sir. Charles IT, Becker, and
Mr. j. s. Withers. of Richmond, were Wed,
Rev. Mr. Rachel officiating.
At the home ~ Mrs. Allen Smith, near
ID. ID
r.. ~. her daughter Miss Pearl smith.
was united in matrmony 90 Mr.. Robert
~. Moore. Rev. j. II. Luck performing
the ceremony.
The theme ~ paramount interest now
throughout the county BE- that OF road I'M
provrment. the present winter having de-
monsfrated the fact that however fine
the dirt roads may Doe in summer. they
will not stand when the SHOWS and rains
SCI in. a number Of prominent farmers
have written communications Offering va
rIous suggestions f0r overcoming the
cvil. but as set no definite plan has been
determined upon. u r. thought that
covering the r0ad-led with @ system OF
steel plates lz the solution of the propiein'
as SUPERIOR to macsdamizing with the
flint and sandstone. Boo which me county
ab0unds.
Not many days after the mercury as
eafdeI from below the zero point anu
while the earth was stiI covered Win
snow. "a large moccaein snake emerged
from Dos winter quarters ana sllriehe'
ITSELF DOB "a ditch near the house Ut oo'-
I'od woman ln tho town 90 find N thare
WAS anv warmth in the sunshine. TIC
woman approached the spot and di-coN-
cred tho snake. Who much 20 hef teii'I'
made an effort 10 strike her wlth as much
agility and venom as though u were mo-
summer She ran and summoned siu'
and after fierce resistance on INC part
,f fha snake 10 was finally killed. in or
lar d, obstinate any doubts Of the truth
of her story of "a snake being the cliui"A
of "a phenomenal blizzard. 30 sim hangs
upon the fence near which 10 was slAlh
"plain Tor an folk 90 see.'
Mr. George T. Murrell. a member or the
rountv and State horticultural socieues'
and "a gentleman Of large iniormauoh
and experience in the cultivation or truli
ls az the opinion that ali of tho peaches
ana improved p.ums ln the section OF tns
county where Doe lives, near Cor inin
Fails. hay. been entirely destroyed Dy
the recent intensely cold weather IL is
thought that thus far the apple crop is
safe.
rev Dr. s s. Lambeth has returned
from Ashland. whittier DE- went 20 Helte'
an address before the washington Lite
r,rv Society 0n the anniversary " the
natal day VI the Father VI HIS country
So kindly were tho birds FED ~ ina
r4rruers during tho rigorous weather that
% be- thought that very fsw pershed. Ihry
were made $50 gentle by the paht' or nun
ger that they would hy down 70 'N'
Ground and eit with the poultry when
these were FED.