Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-21
many SHEEP PERISH.
r,,rY ATE LAUREL IN THE NOUN
rAlNs OF BATH COUNTY.
PLANT KILLED ABOUT FIFTY.
,..cn Bcttcr Mail Service Promised
warm spripss-Lanuuit Involving
.h, nwildcrnc.s- Property Set
lied by the Supreme Court.

<c VA az Nj l.. 3. Byrd passed here
.b;s week. Driving about Ivy s.Isp iie
MI. " a. McNul,y. Of MsDo"c Hhen nee
was, was 'a ne 70 be shipped to Baltimore
T-s,sn c-os:srr Rocky Ridge, pow
On sho mountain nsar mere TN cround
,ec~ssary 10 camp al! nlsh,; ~. go, a. a.
tynnassih,e FOR the sheep 10 get any LOT
use and as the drovcrs mao noSniiiS "a
rand 10 give them, the animals helpto
themselves abundanny 20 .aG nslle6 This
,iart Is very poisonous to cattle ana IA
consequence about oae-l1af OF the Ipch
Alec before reaching the s1atlo. ~.
were very large, me Siieep' ahu "
MICH SETTER MAIL SERVICE.
in about tTs weeks now the patrons ' on
twice each dH. Never before mas i ms
been attempted with success. In the
summer the mails are delivered t"ice
every day but from November ISL ~
hne- delivered. thus making 1t very IN,
convenient The Richmond Dispatch ano
News would be thirty-six hours oio Mmen
they reached the subscribers al ms r piace:
r, many instances the news OF tTioaS
AFTERNOON would not reach here unuI
Monday at noon. This will be great
Improvement IN mail facilities, and our
papers VIII arrive In ABOUT Twelve iiouA
after tdhlfcatiOn.
IN, Supreme Court Of Virginia has de-
c,ded case OF more than ordinary N
teres. to the people Of Bath county; Inc
case was styled William ~ McAiiister.
etc trustee VS. Lewis Hartman. CT ais.
sud involved the lands in this county
known as the ''ATilderness, and former.
air7ns the decision of the Circuit Court
of Bath which relieves Lewis HaImsn
and Carter Burll1ey as purchasers Q! the
farm, and saves them not only tarse
IN,,$
them all payments and moneys they have
eTno,dea The lands --''l have to be re-
advertised and q second sale mac
Celne Maryland. a notorious negro Mo
week and sent or to the grand jury to
answer the charge Of entering a trunk
and stealing clothing.
Possibly nowhere in the United states
ss Christmas better or more happily spent
than in the mountains of Virginia, and
from all indications the approaching hoii-
day will be the most blessed we have
ever known
Aiessrs George Baylor. Emmett Bay
Dor. and Dora Perry of Churchville, are
on q hunting expedition near burns
Mt A. H. Rusnisel, of Green Valley.
who has been very sick for several weeks
with rheumatism. IS recovering rapidly.
COMMODORE" STANLEY'S HOUSE
BURNT.
The dwelling house belonging TO Com
,nodoret' Stanley at Hot Springs was de-
stroyed by fire Monday night. The loss
was fully covered by insurance. The oc-
currence- however. was indeed sad one.
as Mrs Stanley and one of her children
were extremely i'll with pneumonia. and
were necessarily exposed to the night air
for some time. but as yet they have not
suffered any serious effects of it.
Mr.. Samuel Newton heyser. who was
killed in the werck near Whitcomb. w.
Va. last Saturday night. was buried
with Masonic honors in the Baptist Gem
etery. near Healing Springs Monday. His
death cast a gloom over the western
section of the county. About sixty Ma
sons from Warm Springs, Hot Springs.
and CovinSton conducted the Masonic
services