Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-04-30
THIS week IHlRTY-TWo YEARS ago,
Commenced from The Issue of ADri

THIS WEEK TAlRTY-TWo YEARS AGO.
Condemned from The Issue of April
26, 1883.
n oilers TO pay S1.OO for I:
turkey weighing ten pounds and
nall ITS weight. What must il
weigh?
Heavy frosts and freezes several
mornings this week.
inc first number of the Charleston
DAILY Gazette appeared this week
charleston now has two dailies.
Last Saturday morning the dwell
ing house of Rev. John II. Fitz-
gerald two miles north of Frank
iord, narrowly escaped destrustion
by ire. Half OF the dining room
roof was burned before the fire wa,
discovered and put out.
The Anderson House at Anderson
John NJ. Anderson Proprietor. is be-
ing over-hauled and bath rooms
ana other convcnicnccs installed.
). vi. ). writes that if David 4.
DwEcr will announce himself for
Sheriff he will crafty MANY friend,
ana VIII be enthusiastically SUD.
ported.
The Company which built the
bridge at Faycttc Station, recently
blown down. has offered TO rcDIacr
ii for $4,000.
Inc Charleston Daily Star. John
L.. Ihornhill, proprietor, is ont in
Il new dress looking spic and span.
Inc new Town Council has rent
cd The LOT on Court Street. in front
oil the Bank of Lcwisburg, and is
supplying ii with hitching racks.
HcorSc BiggS recently sold. from
ms Hrccn5ricr stock farm. TO Levi
Handley Short-hOrn Durham COW
and calf al $50.
Al meeting of the stockholders
OF inc Ronceverte Bank held here
tuesday afternoon, W. w. Moore. A.
r. Mathews, John W. Harris. Gen.
l." 5loomer, John A. Preston, New
ION Dickson. +. II. Camp, were
erected Directors. This board will
soon elect president and cashier,
inc men now holding stock in
me Grcenbl'ier Creamery ConDanv
mere are !. NJ. McWhorter. Cox &
hodson, l.. ID. Withrow, Fl, r. Roll,
). Is. Mason. JAS. &. Hudson. Martin
Boiler and w. W. Fry. They have
agreed upon the 18th of Nav rs ihr
Time TO set the Creamery in motion
the milk. 'p''
Ollver Beirnc. the wcaIthicst man
III Monroe county. owner of the Old
SWEEP Springs and much other val
uaDlc property. died on the DIST i'm
New Orleans. in his 18th wear. He
was a son of Col Andrew Bcirnc. of
Monroe who. in 1870, was a mem
Der OF Congress. He married first q
sister Of Hon. Allen L. Capcriou,
ms second wife being q Miss
Spragnc, Of Baltimore. BY the will
Of his old and lifelong friend, John
burnside. he became the sole lcgaicc
Of Mr.. Burnsidc'S large fortune
mainly in Louisiana. His body was
brought 10 Union and buried in the
cemetery there.
J.. Edgar McClunG has moved in
To his new store house near Am
wei Church. DR.. e.. a. Rupert will
continue his mercantile business ai
RUPERT
Capt dos. $. Crane. whose hcal,l,
IS much improved was in Lewis
burg this week
Jas. I. Marshall. of Albcyuarlc Co..
Virginia, is in Grccnbricr This week
With him came \. A. GRAY. of
Fluvanna CO.. who is looking after
business for Mr.. Marshall i'm our
Circuit Court.
S. j.. Woodson is just back from
an extended visit to his kin in
Texas.
Married: On April 10, 'SS. bv
Rev. Leo Butt, Joseph W. Walkup
and Miss Mary $. IIollaudswurtb.
all Of Grcenbricr.
On April %, 'S8. in Asbury Church
Augusta Co, Virginia. by Rev. G..
NJ. NeD. Rev. w. A. Sharp, Of Romeo
vcrtc. and Miss Alice V. Myers. of
Augusta County.
Died: On April %. '&S. ., the
home OF his father near Lcwisburg.
Waller D.. son Of Ballard Smith.
aged Is years.
On April 7. 'SS, near Union. An
drew u. Boyd, aged GO years. lie
was u Ruling Elder in The prcsby-
icrian Church.
On March %. 'SS. near Edray.
Pocabontas county, OF crySipClas,
Rev. John Waugh, aged S2 years.