Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-02-18
THIS WEEK THlRTY-TWO YEARS AGO.

lii;tt III. 1. ID. t,roNc died at his
home at RUnCcvcrtr last night.
y patent has been issues to Mar
shall! Wood. of Anderson. for 4 heal
ing apparatus for passenger cars.
The Council ot Ronccvcrtc ha,
dccidcd to buy 4 steam fire engine
and TO erect an engine house at a
cost OF - 500.
\ "Ouintct' Band has been or
gained here. with Prof. I. NJ.
turner as leader.
Ionn !. Stuart. SON of VIM. 4.
Stuart. owner OF the White Sui
phur Springs, and Miss Katie e..
preston were married ut Abingdon.
Virginia January 81 1889.
After the 18TH Lcwlsburg will
have three mails from ,Ronccvcrtc,
forenoon. afternoon anu evening.
Nelson Andrew left this morning
with III head Of horses. Printers
ink brought them in to him.
The Richmond State, owned and
edited by Col. Richard F. Bcirne,
has new "Pertcction" press capa-
bic Of turning out 10000 copies an
hour.
George Holiday. IN English youth
Of II years. was accidentally shot
at the II. NJ. ,Lockridgc boarding
house in PocahontaS, Thursday, BY
Dick Jordon, Il colorcd boy aged
III. The wound was serious.
We learn that nearly all the iron
Eridges on the T.. Il y. have been
condemned. The one crossing the
Grcenbrier two miles south of Lew
isburg was built in 1872 at u cost of
s6U.uUO.
Edward Martin, while under tho
influence OF liquor at the hotel Poca
hontaS at Huntersville, struck Dan
hurry over the head with a stone
pitcher inflicting dangerous
wound. The condition of hurry is
critical. Martin was jailed in de-
fault Of $500 bail.
One night last week a. w. Ar
buckle chased three men out Of his
smoke house. Up late writing Il
letter. he went out, when the dogs
barked. just in time to see the
thieves running Off. He went back
for his gun but WAS too late. The
dogs frightened them Off before
they got the bacon.
The Central Presbyterian is re-
porting Rev. DR.. Moses ID. Hogc's
sermons delivered Sunday nights
TO the people at large of Richmond
III the Old Market Hall. These dis
courccS have attracted wide atten-
ton rs DR.. Hogc is an able man and
IA matChlcsS orator.
The late Henry Robinson, Of Mon
roe county, who married u dauyht-
or OF Oliver Beirnc, and left an es-
tate valued at $lOU,OUO in his Will
directed that Il shaving and dress
ing table winch Washington mad
icll by will to Robinson's brother,
De Soid TO the /. ). Government
and the proceeds turned over to
his sister, Margaret Cox.
Inc Baltimore Conference will
convene at Alexandria, Va, Marcn
l3th. Bishop wilson will preside.
The delegates from the Lcwisburg
District are y. T.. HuddlcStun, White
HuIpnur; a. IS. bowie, tOvin9lon;
X. W. Hill. Hillsboro; and T.. II.
iecK. Hinton. with Chase. Bare, Hy
Stuart and e.. Rise Moore, as alter
mates.
hcv. J. Edgar Wilson will retire
from the ministry and start a pap
or In baltimore abaout the hrsl ul
March.
Miss Cora Turner, sister Of +. NJ.
Turner, OF Lewisburg. long teach
or at hinton, has accepted posi-
tIon III the Music Department OF
Cooper Institute, SpartanDurg, 5. G..
hey. II. W. kInZcr is back from
Philadelphia with his health much
improved.
Col. John Snyder and Mrs. !. y.
Caldwell are quite sick at their
homes near town.
Whiting j. Dcnning, Laurel Run
lumber men have about completed
ihclr winter work and now have
Il pie OF white pine logs at their
landing on the RIVER wntcn is a
SlSni 10 DrnOIu.
thaS. l.. Dickson. son of Joseph
DlchHOn, dlcd al his nome at me
"hi!c on the 9th Of typhoid pncu-
nOnIa.
Iicnry Humphreys, late of Hodcs
ana company, Eonccvrrlr, has gone
10 Florence, AliDaIna.
j. Steele MCL.mn1, of Trout. This
cohhtN' mas turkcy hen oil most
rPilidrkaDlc prrsiAtcncy. I'm March
ana April OF last year she laycd %
Gigs from which She hatcnrd ii
Young turkeys. Not satisfied with
SO small brood she laycd ii more
c8Ss winch were taken from the
nest; not to be beaten She laycd an
Other llcgSs Of which she was also
deprived. Not at All discouraged
in the effort to increase her family,
she dropped more eggs in the
nest ana OF these she was robbed.