Thursday, June 15, 1899
A shooting affair is reported to have occurred last Saturday west of Frost between Enos Sharp and an unknown party, but no injury resulted as the shots and rocks went wild. So much for having a charmed life.
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A party of gypsies encamped near C. L. Moore’s sugar camp a few days last week, and from their ear marks they are natives of Augusta county; reared near Staunton – Virginians by nature, but gypsies by practice.
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Tuesday of last week a surgical operation for bone erysipelas was performed in the case of Miss Rachel Moore, on Brown’s mountain, by Dr. Cunningham, assisted by Ligon Marshall and John Yeager, medical students. When last heard from, the patient was doing well.
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Sam Collins, who was indicted last term for felony, upon a charge of robbing his father-in-law of $100 while they were sleeping in the same room, was arrested and lodged in jail last week by R. K. Burns and J. F. Hill. They went to his place opposite the Levels and caught sight of him disappearing in the brush on his mule. They then made a feint of leaving and, coming back unexpectedly at noon, took him as he was eating dinner. He has retained T. S. McNeel as counsel, and says he is not guilty.
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Last week, R. K. Burns went up on Droop Mountain on the turnpike for a load of slate. While he was loading, one of the horses put his head through the lines and when he started, the teams and wagon went over the bank, turning over a time or two. The wagon was badly wrecked. While trying to liberate the horses, one of them struck Burns in the forehead with his front foot inflicting a painful wound.
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Jesse Hill, of Brownsburg, killed a crane that was 5 feet high and 7 feet from tip to tip. It whipped two dogs after it was wounded.
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Last week whilst K. D. Swecker was carrying the mail to the railroad men on Greenbrier river, he killed a rattlesnake not quite as large as a horse.
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There was a little fight Saturday between the Spaniards and Hungarians in the Hill country near Lewis Carpenter’s. So far no one was killed.
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The singing at Liberty Sunday was largely attended. There will be an all day sing at the Wanless schoolhouse on Sunday, June 25th, commencing at 10 a. m. Dinner on the ground. All come out and bring your books. Singing at Liberty July 2 at 2 p.m. Singing all day at Oak Grove Sunday, July 9th. Dinner on the ground.
THE BANK OF MARLINTON
The Bank of Marlinton will be open for business this week. F. R. Hunter, late teller of the bank of Greenbrier, is the cashier. M. J. McNeel, of Academy, is the president of the bank. He is known as one of the safest and most conservative business men of the county…
The stock is all held by Greenbrier and Pocahontas people, some of the wealthiest men of both counties being identified with the enterprise. The expected railroad development is the cause of the bank being established here, but its continuance does not depend upon a railroad by any means.
OBITUARIES
Colonel Stephen C. Prichard
In this issue of The Times, it becomes our sad duty to mention the death of this widely known citizen of our county, which occurred at Dunmore Thursday morning, June 1st, 1899, in his 73rd year. His disease was pneumonia.
Colonel Prichard was born at Kernstown, Frederick county, Virginia, November 4th, 1826, where he was reared to manhood…
In April 1872, he brought his family to Dunmore, which has been their home for more than 27 years. Colonel and Mrs. Prichard were the parents of seven sons and five daughters. Three have gone before. Robert, Charles, William, Mrs. John Hevener, Frank, Rese, Frederick, Ella and Cornelia are the surviving children.
About four years since, Colonel Prichard united with the Baxter Presbyterian church on profession of his faith in Christ…
On the 30th day of May, 1899, at 5:40 p.m., Mrs. Nancy Jane Beverage, wife of Rev. Levi Beverage, departed this life at her home on Clover Creek, in the full assurance of a living and saving faith, surrounded by her family and friends, and was buried at the Beverage graveyard on the 31st with suitable religious services at the home and at the grave by George P. Moore.
Mrs. Beverage was a twin daughter of the late Elijah Hudson, Esq., one of the prominent men of his time in Pocahontas County affairs. She was born December 16, 1847 and was the mother of 11 children, 10 of whom are still living.
She was converted 34 years ago, and soon united with the Dunkard church and remained a faithful, conscientious communicant until her death. Always liberal in her views, she enjoyed the saving power of the grace of God…
