Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-13
BEDFORD City.
The Coming. Observation-Disclosures
Social Notes. a

BEDFORD CITY, VA, August i2.-tSpc-
cial.)-As the mercury has been aspiring
of late TO a Philippine standard OF heat
in like proportion have the energies Vi
the aspirants for legislative honors "ANeo
warm in their canvass. preparatory -
the Democratic primary that VIII be ne'"
on September I'd. The following are 'he
gentlemen who are urging their claims
to represent Bedford in the State senais;
Mr.. Graham Clayton, Hon. III. {. LowIy
Captain Thomas 5. Wise. and Ms, Joha
Thompson Brown. There are six f"h'
didates already announced for the Houss
nomination-viz: Mr. George Il. Murrel,
Mr. William a. Goad. Major w r.
Graves. Mr.. y. b. Updike. Major James
b. Smith. and Mr.. j. NJ Hancock.
AT the primary election the names cf
the two candidates already announced FOR
the United States senatorship Gyler aud
MARTINI will be printed on the tickets, Ia
order that the voters may have an OPP
pOrtunity to express their preference.
On Thursday afternoon. while "a service
was being held in Timber Ridge church,
AT the close Of the Strawberry Ass9oia-
ton, a terrific storm arose, when the
flashing lightning, crashing thunder.
fierce winds, and pelting hail cOnspred
to create a scene of wild confusion and
terror. Therewas a great stampede CT the
horses. which were terrified, especially
by the peting OF the hail. Some persons
! received shocks of electricity, but no enc
was seriously injured. Mr.. 5. X. Fizer
who was standing by his team trying 70
hold his horse, was painfully injured Dy
| the fan OF a limb OF tree, which de-
moIshed the vehicle. a horse In a field
nearby was killed by lightning. Many
persons who were returning ho-neward
| were completely drenched by the food
of rain.
Mr.. George T.. Murrell the secretary
| and treasurer Of the Virginia state HOT
| ticultural Society, and president OF the
| local sOciey, has received letter from
| Assistant-U nited- States-PomolOgist VIII
| Fam A. Taylor, secretary of the American
| Pomologic Society, which VIII hold its
biennial meeting in Philadelphia on the
| 18th and Sth Of September in which Mr..
| Taylor sOlicits specimens OF Virginia
choice apples MIR. Taylor says: Some
of your fine samples would do the fruit
| interest of your State good IL they could
| be gotten together and shown, as the In
terest In fruit adapted To export seems
| l.kely to be considerable" If the date
for the exhibition was not so early. there
| Is no doubt that Virginia, and Bedford
! county particularly, could make such a
display as would give the state front
rank among the apple-producing states.
1t is thought that never before has
there been so large a number Of summer
visitors here. The large numbers OF pref
| tily-dressed persons who throng the
streets give the town quite a city air. ana
the unusually good livery seryice of the
place is scarcely adequate to supply the
tourists who desire to visit the Peaks OF
otter and other natural points of inter-
est.
on Thursday evening there was pril-
liant german in the spacious hall OF Bel
! mont Seminary, led by Mr.. s. w. Clark
and Miss Edith CObbs, OF Alabama. The
couples who participated were j. Is. Jor-
dan with Bliss Marie Henry, of Rich
mond; Leslie Morris, of Richmond, with
Miss Fannie Allen, of Petersburg; Joe
Johnston with Miss Lottie Griffin; Charles
4. Hagan with Miss Shelley Daniel; Mar
shall Vest with Miss Minnie Daniel; John
Hurt with MISC Annie Mosby; H. j. Thur
man with Miss Virginia Mosby; Robert
Gillian with Miss Belle Gillian. of Pc
tersburg; Arthur Kelsey with Miss 10
Moore; Or. II. T. West with Miss Mamie
Griffin: X. G.. OHara. Jr., with Miss
Janey Tunstan; Harry Moseley With Miss
jamie Moseley; Samuel Cove with Miss
Kate Parr: c. Gibson with Miss Louise
Ouarles; Cabell Thomas with Miss Mary
Lyons Hutter; Malcolm Griffin with Miss
Dillon. of Lexington; Ormond Humphreys
with MISS Dillon, of Lexington; Charles
lO'Hara with Miss Page Nichols, of Pc
tersburg: Harry Jopling with Miss Daisy
Carper OF Asheville, ". c.; Mr.. and Mrs
r. l.. Quarles. The stays were Messrs.
$. V. Kemp. Allan Cucullu, Frank Hail.
and Henry Grey.