Vol. III, No. 6, Friday, January 24, 1896
G.W. Johnston, of Los Angeles, Cal., an uncle of George
Strader, was registered at the Inn yesterday. Mr
Johnston will spend a few weeks with his daughter in this
city.
Vol. III., No. 8., Monday Morning, January 27, 1896
Mr. Blair Kennerly, of Chicago, is in the city the guest of
his sister, Mrs. S.B. Bass, on Tazewell street.
Vol. III. No. 11, Thursday Morning, January 30, 1896
J.D. Tickle, of Tazewell county, is visiting his
brother-in-law, Mr. E.P. Godbey.
John P. Lindsay, city editor of the New Daily Telegraph, and
Miss Kate Bass?, daughter of W.E. Bane, of Graham,
Va., were married last evening in Bristol, Tenn, by Rev. S.R.
Preston, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.
At the residence of Mr. Wm. Cawling, in West Bluefield, ...
last evening ... Mr. Wm. Hicks, proprietor of the Hicks
Furniture Co. was married to Miss Helen Wall, Rev. T.C.
Shuler officiating. Mr. Spangler, manager of the
Western Union Telegraph office, acted as best man.
Vol. III, No. 12, Friday Morning, January 31, 1896
Rev. J.B. Simpson, pastor of M.E. Church, of Concord, W.Va,
is visiting his mother-in-law, Mrs. S. A. Baily, mother of
Councilman C.C. Baily.
A boy and a girl were born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Snapp. Mr Snapp is employed at the shops.
Vol III. No. 13, Saturday Morning, February 1, 1896
Mr. W.H. Strother, postmaster at Elkhorn, died yesterday,
after having been shot last Monday night. Mr. Strother's
predecessor was not long since killed by a fall from Pinnacle Rock.
Vol. III. No. 14, Monday Morning, February 3, 1896
Mrs. J.H. Thompson died Saturday night at 11 o'clock at her
residence on the North side, after an illness of one week. Her
remains were taken to her former home at Maxmeadows, for burial.
Vol III. No. 15, Tuesday Morning, February 4, 1896
Miss Berta Bane, of Giles county, who is visiting her
cousin, Miss Grace Hight, will return to her home today
(Tuesday).
Mrs. Hale, mother of Mrs. J. Frank Surface, will
return to East Radford this morning.
Vol III. No. 17, Thursday Morning, February 5, 1896
Mrs. Dale, of Bellefont, Pa, daughter of Colonel
Teller of the Inn, is visiting her father.
Vol III. No. 19, Saturday Morning, February 7, 1896
The wife of H.M. Smith, railroad conductor, died at the
residence of her father, J.A. Peck, at Black Lick, this
county, aged 26 years and 3 months. She leaves a husband and three
children.
Oakvale - Mr. Harvey Austin, who has been stationed at
Newport Barracks, Conn, in the standing army for the past 5 years
is here on a visit to his parents. ... W.P. Boggess, of
Richlands, Va, is visiting his Brother R.A. Boggess of this
place. ... J.W. Wilson, deputy US marshall of
Christiansburg, Va, spent Wednesday night with his son Charles
Wilson ... of this place.
Vol. III. No. 20, Monday Morning, Februay 10, 1896
Jack Curry, a colored miner, working for the Booth-Bowen
Coal and Coke Co, at Simmons, was killed by falling slate Saturday
morning. He leaves a wife and four children.
Vol III. No. 21, Tuesday Morning, February 11, 1896
Died, Thurday, January 30, 1896, at the residence of her parents,
near Graham, Va, Miss Rose? Dale Lewis, daughter of J.B. and
Mrs. M.F. Lewis, aged 15 years.
Vol III. No. 23, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1896
Mr. Geo. P. Hall and Miss Perry, of Kelly, passed
through last night en route to Bristol to be married.
Mrs. E.E. Capehart, of Columbia, Pa, is on a visit to her
husband, who is an engineer on the Pocahontas division. Her little
son, Charlie, accompanied her.
The body of Mr. Harry Rorabaugh, who was killed in the coal
mines at Switchback, Tuesday night, was sent to the home of his
parents at Manassas, Va, for interment. Mr. Rorabaugh was
30 years of age and an engineer.
Vol III. No 25, Saturday Morning, February 15, 1896
Miss Nannie Pepper passed through the city en route to the
bedside of her sister, Mrs. F.P. Cummings, who is quite ill.
Vol III. No. 27, Tuesday Morning, February 18, 1896
Mrs Huby Phipps, daughter of Capt. William Cooper, is
very ill.
Princeton- Opin Crotty, son of Wm. Crotty of
Elkhorn, died at that place Sunday morning. He was buried here in
the public cemetery. He was taken sick last Monday evening with
inflamation of the bowells. He was 16/18? years of age.
Vol III. No. 28, Wednesday Morning, February 19, 1896
Mrs. R.C. Kidd, of Pulaski, Va, is visiting her
granddaughter, Mrs. Ira C. Van Doran.
Vol III. No. 29, Thursday Morning, February 20, 1896
Oakvale- On the 13th inst. Mr. Louis Harvey Wiley and Miss
Rhoda Emma Whittaker, were married by Elder L.
Goodwin.
Vol. III. No. 30, Friday Morning, February 21, 1896
Miss Ida Thomas is visiting her parents, Capt. and Mrs. Geo.
W. Thomas.
Vol. III. No. 31, Saturday Morning, February 22, 1896
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Burnett died night
before last.
Vol. III. No. 32, Monday Morning, February 24, 1896
At the cemetery Saturday Mr. Dixon representing the Roanoke
Marble Works set up a handsome marble monument ot the memory of the
lamented engineer J. W. Forelines, who was killed at Ennis,
December 4, 1895.
Vol. III. No 33, Tuesday Morning, February 25, 1895
Rev. W.A. Pearson and little daughter Helen, are both
confined to their beds by sickness.
Mr. Cooley, whose illness has been noted by the Telegraph,
died yesterday afternoon at his residence.
Vol. III. No 35, Thursday Morning, February 27, 1896
Mr. J.C. Cooley's reported death was a mistake. The
gentleman is very low with but slight chances of recovery.
Mr. H.A. Dunn, a young man employed on the yards, was caught
between the bumpers of two freight cars yesterday afternoon at
8 o'clock and severly smashed. He was conveyed on a stretcher for
medical attention to the office of Dr. Wilson, who is acting
as railway surgeon in the absence of Dr. J. Francke Fox. He
is 19 years old, and a son of W.H. Dunn, a prosperous farmer
of near Peterstown, Monroe county, W.Va. He is a relative of Mr.
L.A. Dunn, of the Southern Express Co, and had only been in
railroad company's employ about 5 weeks.
Vol. III. No. 36, Friday Morning, February 28, 1896
Mr. H.A. Dunn, a report of whose injuries appeared in
yesterday's issue, died that morning at 6 o'clock.
The little 4 1-2 year old son of Mr. P.B. Bruce, of Ada,
while playing near Glover's saw mill, was caught under a
rolling saw log and severely mashed about the body and head. Dr.
F.W. Smith was summonded to attend to him. Very little hope
is entertained for his recovery.
Vol. III. No. 37, Saturday Morning, Februay 29, 1896
Wallace Hearn was shot last night about 8:30 by some unknown
party near the Baptist church, on Mercer street. Wallace is the
property of J.W. French and was considered a very valuable
dog by all who knew him.
Vol. III. No. 38, Monday Morning, March 2, 1896,
The little infant of Mr. and Mrs. Green Chandler, died
yesterday morning.
Clarence McClaugherty, son of Judge McClaugherty, was
visiting friends here Saturday.
Miss Minnie Wilson, of Oakvale, is visiting her uncle, Mr.
F. V. Snapp on the north side of the railroad.
Mrs. D. Geiger, accompanied by her little daughter Mary,
left on Saturday for an extended visit to her parents at Allentown,
Penn.
Marshall, the lttle son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Townes, fell
from the nurse's arms and dislocated one of its arms yesterday
afternoon.
Capt. H.T. Hall, of the Clinch Valley, came back Saturday
from a visit to Tazewell, where he was best man at the marriage of
Edward McGuire and Miss Maggie Brown.
Mr. J.C. Cooley died at his residence in the West End, of
consumption, on Friday night. He was buried yesterday evening,
Rev. W.A. Pearson preaching the funeral sermon.
Vol. III. No. 41, Thursday Morning, March 5, 1896
While attempting to board a rapidly moving freight train at an
early hour yesterday morning, Oscar McCall, about 18 years
of age, missed his footing and was thrown beneath the cars, several
of which passed over his body, almost severing both his legs ...
Dr. Fox, N&W RR surgeon, assisted by Drs. Crockett
and Greever, rendered all the assitance possible, amputating
both legs above the kneee ... at a late hour last night the boy was
still alive with faint hopes of recovery. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J.M. McCall ... of Graham.
Rev. J. Tyler Frazier left for Bramwell yesterday to visit
his son-in-law Dr. Kirk.
Mrs. Horton, of Radford, passed through the city last night,
en rout home from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Godfrey, of
Bramwell.
Vol. III. No. 43, Saturday Morning, March 7, 1896
Earl the little son of Rev. and Mrs. W.C. Lindsay is quite
sick.
Vol. III. No. 44, Tuesday Morning, March 10, 1896
Mrs. C.B. Maddox, of Orange, Va., is visiting her brother,
Charlie M. Butler.
The family of Mr. G.M. McCulloch were summoned to the home
of Mrs. McCulloch's father, on account his death Sunday
afternoon.
Wesley Chapman, son of Dr. Chapman, is in the city
visiting his father. He is employed in the machine shopes of the
Seabord Air Line at Portsmouth, Va.
Mrs. W.G. Baldwin, accompanied by Miss Kyle Baldwin,
will leave this morning for Tazewell to be present at the marriage
of Miss Theresa Alexander and Mr. James Buston, which
will take place at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Mrs. Kate Phipps, wife of R.J. Phipps died yesterday
morning after a lingering illness, at her husband's residence on
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Benjamin Echols the nine year old son of Mrs Echols
on North side was killed on the yard yesterday, run down by a yard
engine while gathering coal. His remains will be conveyed to
Petersburg for interment.
Vol. III. No. 46, Wednesday Morning, March 11, 1896
The report that Mrs. Phipps was dead which appeared in our
issue of yesterday was due to misinformation.
Messrs. Milton and Edward Easley were tendered a birthday
party last night. It was the occasion of their 21st anniversary.
Vol. III. No. 47, Thursday Morning, March 12, 1896
Samuel Cagle, a brakeman on the Pocahontas Division, met a
horrible death yesterday morning near Glen allen. He was standing
on the rear end of a backward moving train which slackened speed,
just for a moment, throwing him from his footing onto the track
many cars passing over him before he was discovered. He was
perhaps 29 years old and came here from Bluff City, Tennessee only
a short while since.
Mrs. D.J. Phipps died yesterday morning early after a
lingering illness and will be conveyed to Falls Mills this morning
where the interment will be made. Funeral this a.m. at the
Christian Baptist Church.
Vol. III. No. 48, Friday Morning, March 13, 1896
Mr. and Mrs. McCulloch returned by No. 3 last night from
Litia, Botetourt county, Va., shere they were attending the funeral
of Mrs. McCulloch's father.
Mrs. J. Frank Surface and children have gone to East
Radford. They were summoned by telegraph to the bedside of Mr.
Hall, Mrs. Surface's father, who is critically ill.
Tazewell - Mr. James Buston and Miss Theresa
Alexander were married in the Presbyterian Church ...
Wednesday. Rev. Ruff, assisted by Rev. Martin,
officiating. Miss Allee Alexander, maid of honor and a
sister of the bride ... ushers, Messrs. H.W. O'Keefe, W.H.
Alderson, Allan Higginbotham and E.L. Greever
... groom's brother and best man, Mr. Henry Buston. ...
bride's brother Mr. Charles Alexander, who gave her away.
Vol. III. No. 49, Saturday Morning, March 14, 1896
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock there was a double wedding in
the city jail. The contracting parties were Delphia Harris
and William Moss, who were upon the presentation of the
proper license joined in wedlock by Rev. T.C. Shuler. Then
came Georgie Hale and Chris. Fitzgerald, who were
joined until death did them part. Both couples were colored, and
were languishing in durance vile because they had not been married
some time previous.
Oakvale- Mr. J.A. White's little boy, aged 4 days, died
Thursday morning, March 5, and was buried Friday, March 6, at 11
a.m. in James R. White's cemetery. Mr. A.R. Bonham,
a prominent citizen resideing near this place, died with pneumonia
on Wednesday, March 4, and was buried Thursday at 1 o'clock p.m. in
J.R. White's cemetery, Elder L. Goodwin officiating.
He leaves a wife and two children.
Vol. III. No. 50, Monday Morning, March 16, 1896
Mrs. L.A. Comann, of Norton, Va., mother of Mrs. C.A.
Honaker, is visiting her daughter in this city.
Vol. III. No. 51, Tuesday Morning March 17, 1896
S.H. Pierce, of Elkhorn, is in the city. He was called here
by the death ofhis only grandchild, little Henry Samuel
Marion, whose parents moved here only last Friday.
Vol. III. No. 52, Wednesday Morning, March 18, 1896
Engineer J.W. Brewer is to be congratulated. There is a
little engineer at his house.
A young lady weighing 8 pounds, came visit Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph
Swank, Monday morning.
Mrs. R.A. Anderson left on No. 4 yesterday for East Radford,
Va., to visit her sister, Mrs. Johnson.
The funeral of Samuel Henry Mainor, the little 5 months old
son of Mr. and Mrs Mainor, who moved here from Elkhorn last
Sunday, was preached yesterday afternoon by Rev. T.C. Shuler
at the residence of Mr. Mainor in the West End. The
interment was at the cemetery, South of the city.
Oakvale- Mrs. Liddie Little, wife of Thos. Little,
departed this life Saturday night, March 7th. She had been a great
sufferer for two months with joint disease which was caused by
being thrown from a horse in June, 1895. She received the medical
attention of Drs. Boyd, Robinson, Bee and
Hughes. She had been a member of the Baptist church about
eight years. She leaves behind her a husband, two children ... Her
remains were taken to Reed's cemetery on March 9th.
Vol. III. No. 54, Friday Morning, March 20, 1896
Trustee's sale - ... by Minnie M. Mays, and Fitzhugh L.
Mays, her husband, dated 27 Dec 1894 ...
Vol. III. No. 55, Saturday Morning, March 21, 1896
Miss Henrietta Thomas came in on No 15 and stopped over to
visit her uncle, Captain Thomas. She left for Elkhorn by
No. 3.
Vol. III. No. 56, Monday Morning, March 23, 1896
Wiley Webb, a white miner, whose home is at Kyle, was run
over by No. 12 late yesterday afternoon about a half-mile west of
that place. We learn that his is now in a very precarious
condition and it is impossible for him to recover.
N. Partee, accompanied by his little son, Eugene, has
returned from Roanoke. Mrs. Paul B. Means, of Concord, N.C.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. N. Partee.
Miss May Hall, of Tazewell, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
R.L. Shelton, in the West End.
Miss Nettie E. Turner, of Russell county, is in the city
attending school. She is a sister of R.F. Turner, of the
Pocahontas division.
Vol. III. No. 57, Tuesday Morning, March 24, 1896
Mrs. D.B. Baldwin, Mrs. W.G. Baldwin, D.O.
Baldwin went to Abingdon to attend the funeral of Miss Allie
Baldwin which takes place today.
George E. Horner, of Bristol, Tenn., is ... a nephew of W.J.
Monroe, of this city and an employe of the N&W RR
Vol. III. No. 58, Wednesday Morning, March 25, 1896
The Roanoke Times of yesterday announces the elopement and marriage
of John Madigan, of that city, to Miss Lizzie
Shelton, of Bluefield. They were married in Bristol on the
20th, and are now keeping house in Roanoke.
Vol. III. No. 59, Thursday Morning, March 26, 1896
Mrs. C.V. Ferguson, of Maybeury, is in the city visiting her
father, Squire G.H. Burton.
Mr. Walter Graham, president of the Graham-Bluefield
Electric Light and Power company, is rejoicing over the advent of
a son into his family. The event occurred in Philadelphia on the
21st.
Vol. III. No. 60, Friday Morning, March 27, 1896
Miss Annie J. Dickinson, daughter of Mr. John
Dickinson left for Roanoke yesterday. Mr. Dickinson will
remove his family to that city shortly.
Vol. III. No. 61, Saturday Morning, March 28, 1896.
L.D. Massie, of the Telegraph's composing rooms, was
summoned to his home in Roanoke yesterday by a telegram announcing
the serious illness of his brother, Cameron Massie.
Vol. III. No. 62, Monday Morning, March 30, 1896
Miss Mary Evans, of Concord, Campbell county, Va, is
visiting her sister Mrs. A.H. Land.
Wm. Brown and Miss Nannie Brown, of Graham, were
visiting their brother Robt. Brown, yesterday.
Herbert Hawes Shirey is on a protracted visit to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Shirey.
Little Edith, the one-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
Summerfield, died Saturday morning in this city at 8:30 a.m.
The funeral will take place at Goldsboro, N.C.
Vol. III. No. 63, Tuesday Morning, March 31, 1896.
C.W. Deck, of Kenova, is visiting his brother, J.E.
Deck.
J.R. Tilson, the genial clerk at the freight depot, is a
subject for congratulation - it's a girl.
Capt. G.W. Thomas, the genial station master and veteran
conductor, went to East Radford yesterday to attend the funeral of
Captain J.E. Davis.
Walton and Nannie Southers, of Welch, and Willie and Charlie
Gardener, of this county, are visiting their grandmother,
Mrs. M.M. Crockett, of this city.
The intelligence of the death of Mrs. N.H. Smith, of
Bristol, was received here yesterday morning shortly after the sad
occurrence. Mrs. Smith formerly resided in Bluefield, where
her husband held the position of master mechanic in the shops until
transferred to Bristol.
Index to Bluefield Dailey Telegraph Surnames
Alderson - Mar 13
Alexander - Mar 10, Mar 13
Anderson - Mar 18
Andrews - Phone
Austin - Feb 7
Bailey - Phone, Jan 31
Baldwin - Phone, Mar 10, Mar 24
Bane - Jan 30, Feb 4
Bass - Jan 27, Jan 30
Bee - Mar 18
Boggess - Feb 7
Bonham - Mar 15
Boyd - Mar 18
Brewer - Mar 18
Brown - Phone, Mar 2, Mar 30
Bruce - Feb 28
Burnett - Feb 22
Burton - Jan 23, Mar 26
Buston - Mar 10, Mar 13
Butler - Mar 10
Cagle - Mar 12
Campbell - Phone
Capehart - Feb 13
Cawling - Jan 30
Chandler - Mar 2
Chapman - Mar 10
Comann - Mar 16
Cooley - Feb 25, Feb 27, Mar 2
Cooper - Feb 18, Mar 10
Crockett - Mar 5, Mar 31
Crotty - Feb 18
Cummings - Feb 15
Curry - Feb 10
Dale - Feb 5
Darst - Phone
Davis - Mar 31
Deck - Mar 31
Dickinson - Mar 27
Dixon - Feb 24
Dunn - Feb 27, Feb 28
Easley - Mar 11
Echols - Mar 10
Evans - Mar 30
Ferguson - Jan 23, Mar 26
Fitzgerald - Mar 15
Forelines - Feb 24
Foutz - Phone
Fox - Phone, Feb 27, Mar 5
Frazier - Mar 5
French - Feb 29
Gardner - Mar 31
Geiger - Mar 2
Godbey - Jan 30
Godfrey - Mar 5
Goodwin - Feb 20, Mar 15
Graham - Mar 26
Greever - Mar 5, Mar 13
Hale - Phone, Feb 4, Mar 15
Hall - Feb 13, Mar 2, Mar 13, Mar 23
Harris - Mar 15
Hawley - Phone
Hearn - Feb 29
Hicks - Phone, Jan 30
Higgingotham - Phone, Mar 13
Hight - Feb 4
Honaker - Mar 16
Horner - Mar 24
Horton - Mar 5
Huff - Phone
Hughes - Mar 18
Johnson - Mar 18
Johnston - Phone, Jan 24
Kaylor - Phone
Kellogg - Phone
Kennerly - Jan 27
Kidd - Feb 19
Kirk - Mar 5
Land - Phone, Mar 30
Lewis - Feb 11
Lindsay - Jan 23, Jan 30, Mar 7
Little - Mar 18
Maddox - Mar 10
Madigan - Mar 25
Mainor - Mar 18
Marion - Mar 17
Martin - Mar 13
Mason - Phone
Massie - Mar 28
Mays - Mar 20
McCall - Mar 5
McClaugherty - Mar 2
McCreery - Phone
McCulloch - Mar 10, Mar 13
McGuire - Mar 2
Meador - Phone
Means - Mar 23
Monroe - Mar 24
Moore - Phone
Morgan - Phone
Moss - Mar 15
O~Keefe - Mar 13
Partee - Phone, Mar 23
Pearson - Feb 25, Mar 2
Peck - Feb 7
Pepper - Feb 15
Perry - Feb 13
Phipps - Feb 18, Mar 10, Mar 11, Mar 12
Pierce - Mar 17
Postlethwaite - Phone
Preston - Jan 30
Prince - Phone
Robinson - Mar 18
Rorabaugh - Feb 13
Ruff - Mar 13
Shelton - Mar 23, Mar 25
Shirey - Phone, Mar 30
Shorter - Jan 23
Shuler - Jan 30, Mar 15, Mar 18
Simpson - Jan 31
Smith - Feb 7, Feb 28, Mar 31
Snapp - Jan 31, Mar 2
Southers - Mar 31
Spangler - Phone, Jan 30
Strader - Jan 24
Strother - Feb 1
Summerfield - Mar 30
Surface - Phone, Feb 4, Mar 13
Swank - Mar 18
Tabb - Phone
Teller - Feb 5
Thomas - Phone, Feb 21, Mar 21, Mar 31
Thompson - Feb 3
Tickle - Jan 30
Tilson - Mar 31
Townes - Mar 2
Turner - Mar 23
Van-Doran - Feb 19
Vaughter - Jan 23
Wall - Jan 30
Webb - Mar 23
White - Phone, Mar 15
Whittaker - Feb 20
Wiley - Feb 20
Wilson - Feb 7, Feb 27, Mar 2
