Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-23
MYTHEEILLE.
A Serious Runaway Accioe"'
Near Loose-Personal.

(Correspoudence of the Dlspalch'l
WYTHEVILI.E. VA. July 2l-Mr. sam
uel Wood. a well-knOwn young Ial'H.l'
who lives IN CrOcketts cove, some 50
miles northwest OF Wythevle, was III
town Yesterday afternoon for "a nay -laNe'
He had hitched his horse 10 II, ana ""5
driving up Main street, when the dllH'a'
became frightened and ran OF. In IIoHl
~ Icoota A. Johnson's carriage-tdctory IL
collided with mule-teah. III the cO'''
sion the rake was broken up, young
wood thrown violently 10 the ground
and very seriously and painfully injured
princIpallv about the face and head. one
of the mules was also badly hurt. Fhy-
sicians attended young Wood, sewing up
an uelv cut on the forehead, and he was
then conveyed 10 his home. The news
from him this morning was that ne was
doing as well as could be expected.
A net bear. belonging 10 Mr.. c. y. Otey,
got out of "its den" yesterday afternoon
@rs,tIn, considerable excitement on Main
street. He was soon captured, and, too'
without any danger TO the excited popu-
lace.
The old home-place Of the late Judge
William II. Boiling has been broken up
Mrs. Boiling and Miss Bertha going 10
visit Mrs. Boling's sister. Mls. james
c. Field, near GOrdonsvlilei Mt. Julah
Rolling Recommending his sister, Mrs.
Hfattbew h. Maury, to her home. at
Athens Tenn, and Mr.. Wilmer Boiling
Going soon to Lynchburg to engage IN
business. This was enc Of the Oldest home
circles Of our town. Judge and Mrs. Boil
ling having removed to WytheWle from
PeGford county some forty years ago.
Mrs /. ID. Hancock, the aged mother
~ Mrs Mamie Stuart Brown, was
stricken a few days ago with paralysis'
and she is now in precarious cohulllon'
Dr George Ben Johnston, of Richmond,
was in town this week, and performed
several difficult operations. His patents
are doing we'll ,,-,.,-.. on
AIR / j. 4. Powell is in Baltimore on
important business, pertaining 10 the
town Of Wytheville. -
Mrs E. c. Deuel., Mr. and Mrs. tlem.
Hurt. OF Roanoke, are visiting li'eNuS
at their old home, in TINS pace
Mr.. Larry Patterson. VINO mas u01t
work for some months IN MISSISSIPPI u
quite IN, and his family mere nave Ds'''
so informed. - 49,,
nIavor smith. Of Lynchburg, has beeA
,,.siting his family. who are summerihs
here. ,,o.o
r-,a farmers Of this section are now
,,,sil,, engaged harvesting the largest and
D
| - cron OF nav grown In this section IN
the memory of the Oldest Inhabitants
II Is a remarkable crop.
Miss Maggie Lee Crockett ana MT,
t4srrv lee Crockett daughter and son OF
! Cant,in Robert Crockett, are quite SICK
| 81 their home in Camp Jackson
! Miss Salie Royal. Of Lynchburg' Is
visiting her sister, Mrs. DR.. I'd. A.
| Thomas. on stuarts HILL
DR.. c. d. owens is on a brlef Vlslt 10
| the Natural Bridge. .,..,..-.
MISS Lola Ewald is visiting relatives
rev d. 4. Snow is quite sick.
Miss Susie Repass. Of Roanoke Is VS.
| it.ng here. -. .r,o,r-
The kissing bug has made It's appear
| ance in Wythevine. but so far there nave
rev John Allison and family OF Baitl-
more are spending the summer IN
| ;Vvtbeville. their former home
Mr. and Mrs McSwain and children OF
yasbington. and Mr. and Mrs. Bowman.
! ~ Alexandria, are boarding on Main
NIr G. Johnson Is attending the Up
worth League Convention, now In session
| I'm Indianapolis, Ina. q.
A right serious runaway TOOK pace ~
| the western section Of this county ie"