Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08
AROUND The CITY.
A BRIEF RESUME on WHAT HAS
TRANSFERRED IN BIUEFIELD
AND OTHER NEARBY
TOWNS.
News Items Caught by Leader Re-
portcrs During the Day.


Col } a Wilkinson and wife. OF
Bristol. are visiting Ina the city this
week. aud IN company with MIR. aud
Mrs. y. V. Widener have been Wis.
ting the several saw mills I'm this
section who sell their output tn Mr.
Wilkinson. MIR. Widener has charge
of the local office. H. N. stump. OF
the Bristol Office. has also been trans.
ferred here as inspector. Although
Col. Wilkinson lost $40, 900 by his
recent fire al Bristol he IL as cheer
ful as II IL hadn't happened.
The Narrows Giles coenty. Va. Ia
to have big veneer plant. pitts
burg capitalists have chosen this 10
cation ON account OF It's accessibility
To an meXhaustlble timber supply.
The site for the plant has been Sc
cured. and n. H. Enock, Of Pittsbnrs
the general manager. Is ON the ground
arranging FOR the immediate con
struction of the plant
Sheriff Il. G. Bradley, of. Welch.
was married Wednesday tn Miss
Kate Fletcher. of Russell county.
Virginia
'Moonshining la remote parts of
this county has not been entirely sun
pressed. Daniel and Kyle Hatcher.
OF Mountain Creek. plead guilty in
the Federal court Of Huntington and
were fined 500 each and lodged In
TAIL for 30 days.
Guy jennings. very popular
yonng railroad man, died OF consump-
ton last week, and was buried at
Graham Sunday by Bueheld Lodge of
Masons. of which he was a highly
esteemed member. MIR jennings
waS member of the Christian
chmch in this city and very eek.
cellent man
Born To MIR and Mrs. Geo. Il.
White. of Highland avenue. IA son.
Justus Collins has purchased the
mines of the Richards Coal Com
pany, at Richlands, for which II a.
said he paid $4,000.
Miss Matte Hetherington. who has
been visiting her brother, returned
To her home near Princeton Wednes-
day.
Geo. A. Harris was run over by a
team driven by Lee Gilmire and pain
fully bruised Gilmore was arrested
for reckless driving.
Bennum Higginbotham left Tues
day night for "A visit to his brother
Fred. in North Dakota. RI he f.
pleased with the country he may re-
main there
IL you want to vote at the May
election you must register. See City
Assessor Geo. A. Reid
suit brought against j. B. Webb
to remove the cloud on the title 10
a lot In this city recalls the mysterI.
Gus disappearance of one of Blue.
fields pioneer merchants during the
Chicago Fair. Mr. Webb was re
ported to have fallen overheard from
a steamer into Lake Michigan and &c
have been drowned. but the report
was generally discredited, especial,
ny his creditors. So far as known
he las never been seen OF heard oil
since the day he disappeared in Chi
cago.
Deputy Sheriff James O'Connor
OF BramwelI. Is suffering. from a
broken arm. the fracture having been
received la IA friendly but rather
strenuous tussel with a. e.. Smith.
Congressman Babcock. leader OF
the house insurgents was gosslplne
with some newspaper men. 81 I'M
derstand - good many Of the Repub-
lican members won't be able TO draw
their mileage said Babcock. as II
Imparting valuable information
How's that?" asked someoni.
Those ten Republicans from Mis-
souri, and Kansas who kept Oklaho-
ma and Indian Territory from state
hood are afraid to 30 home" he re
piled.