Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-19
WYTHEYILLE ITEMS.
TIL, SAD DEATH OF LIEUTENANT
WILLIAM J. DAVIS.
FUNERAL OF MRS. MARGARET REPASS
The old Crockett Hotel Property to
Re Improved-The Revival at the
manifest Cburch Has Ended-Acci-
dent with ~ Pistol-PersOnHls.

WYTHEVILLE. November T.-CSpeclaiD
The many friends. and especially the
immediate family of Assistant-SHgeon
w Robert Davis are greatly grieved
over the report that n was killed in
battle near Manila Saturday last. Up 10
this morning Mr.. William i. Davis, VINO
lives near Wythcyille, and who is the
/ father of Lieutenant Davis, had not been
/ able 10 have tie report confirmed or de-
MED. Lieutenant Davis enlisted with a
/ Tennessee regiment. lie WAS young
/ man of exceptionally fine promise, and *
/ a. 10 r. hoped th.t rhc rout+t vii Fi'ts
Incorrect.
/ The remains of Mrs. Margaret Repass,
/ wife of Mr.. Joseph kepass, VINO dled
recently at her new home. in Roanoke
yero brought back 10 this county ana
/ inferred in the Old family graveyard NOT
far from Max Meadows. The uec-ased
died vi consump ION. she Was the mother
/ OF nine living children. and was a SISTER
of ex-Deputy-aherln John b. Hurt, Of
WVtheyille.
MIR. WILLIAM SNYDER DEAD.
Mr.. william Snyder. a weil-known Gill
zen Of Sinythe county. died Of typhoid
fever. He was 60 years old.
MIR. j. D. Mustard. one OF the leading
citizens Of Bland county, viii soon To-
move with his family 70 Washington
state His household goods We're shipped
from this station This week and Mr.. Mus
tard, with his family, Will 80 i'm lew
DAVIS
Miss Nceta Glass. who is teacher IN
Mrs. DeW's school for Young Ladies, on
Church street. is I'm Lynchburg, her home,
this week. attending the marriage Of her
sister. Miss Louise Augusta Glass, and
Mr. Fontaine j.. Johnson, Jr, of tnat
Guy.
Chief-of-Police Cose, OF Bristol, is In
I Wvtheville this week attending 10 some
business i'm the County Court.
The revival at the Baptist church mas
closed quite a number of professions
of RELIGION were made during the meet
ing Rev. ". W. Sisk, VINO assisted iAe
pastor Rev. Ar Stuart, ln conducting
il. has returned TO his home. I'm Man
chester.
CROCKETT HOTEL TO BE IMPROVED
our people generally were delshtod 10
learn this week that the old Crockett
Hotel property. on Main street now
owned by Mr.. c. y. Otey will b. greatly
improved and opened TO the public &c
once. II will be- run by Mr. Abel nc
present proprietor of the Fourth-AVenuo
Hotel I'm this place. I'm former years the
Crockett Hotel was one or the most popn-
lar hostelries I'm an this section OF he
state. Mr.. Otey has rented tho McGaTock
residence, on Church street, and VIII re-
side mere in the future
Mr.. j. H. Rosenheim has accepted
position I'm Bristol
Rev. c. Il. Stuart is attending the CEN
eral Association Of the Virginia Bapust5'
now I'm session I'm Richmond
Mir. Bascom Umberger. brother Of DR.. I
+. w. Umberger. Of this place. and MISS /
Jennie Ludwig. of Concord. y. c., were |
recently married at the home or the /
bride. in that place.
Captain Charles K. BOYD has returned /
from the convention for the improvement
of the western waterways in session |
this week in Memphis. Captain Boyd was
e delegate from Virginia.
A TRICKY OLD PISTOL.
4 few DAYS since two men were ex-
aiming an old pistol I'm the lower end
of this county, when il was accidentally
exploded The ball struck one OF thr
mon I'm the side Of the head. but inflicted
only a slight wound. ...,
DR.. Fwald, of Portsmouth, is visiting
his family. who have been spending some
weeks with relatives in Wy-heville.
A miner was quite painfully injured by
some falling irOn-ore ia mine near MAX
Meadows yesterday.
Mr.. Roland r. Moore. a farmer, who
lives east OF town. sold 20 the cattle
buvers Brown a. Crockett, OF this place
this week a steer that weighed Ly''
pounds. ,..
some diphtheria prevails in certain
localities In the western section or this
county.