Visits & Illness & Misc.from the Manassas Gazette - 1896 (Prince William Co., Virginia) -------------------------------------------------- February 28, 1896 - Manassas Gazette Dr. J. S. Powell, of Occoquan, spent sometime in town this week. Col. T. J. Leachman and Mr. Brown of Wellington were in town on Thursday. Miss Nina E. Cross spent Washington's birthday and Sunday following with her mother near town. Miss Maude Ketcham returned to her home in Washington after having spent some time visiting relatives. Mrs. J. E. Beale, of Haymarket spent several days in town this week visiting her father Capt. J. E. Herrell. Rev. R. J. Adamson will preach at the Asbury Chapel at 11 o'clock a. m. and at Nokesville 3 p.m. Sunday, March 1st. Rev. T. D. Lewis' appointment here will be filled on Sunday by Mr. Buckner of the Alexandria county Theological Seminary. Mr. Harding from South Dakota was a guest of Mr. Abram Connor recently. He is looking through Virginia with the idea of locating here. The Fairfax Herald says: There is an abundance of superior copper ore being taken from the mines near Bull Run, by Mr. John Hart and son. Mr. E. E. Connor, who lives near town, is recovering slowly from a hurt he received several weeks ago while assisting a neighbor to doctor a sick horse. Mr. H. L. Hilleary, proprietor of the livery stables in this place, left here on Sunday for Woodstock in response to a telegram announcing the extreme illness of his mother at that place. While going from Leesburg to his home at Hickory Grove one day last week, Mr. Aris Buckner was so unfortunate as to fall and break one of his arms. His arm was so badly injured that he went to Baltimore on Tuesday to have it amputated. Mr. Geo. N. Cannon, a brother of Mrs. J. T. Goodwin of this place, sustained a second stroke of paralysis at his home near Vienna, Fairfax county, on Saturday. At last accounts his condition was such as to excite grave apprehensions for his recovery. Mr. R. M. Ruffner, of Orlando, passed through town to day on his way to Washington. In consequence of a runaway accident in which he has his leg broken last fall, he performs with considerable difficulty the feat of locomotion with the aid of a crutch. Mrs. Virginia Stroud of New York, N. Y., purchased of Mr. George C. Round, a lot at the corner of Grant Ave. and Mr. Portner's place on Wednesday. Mrs. Stroud expects to erect a handsome cottage at once and make this her home. The dwelling house of Mr. John Davis who resides near Landsdowne in this county was totally destroyed by fire one day last week. The fire, it is supposed was caused by a defective flue. A portion of the furniture and other contents of the house were saved. There was no insurance upon the property. On Sunday evening last whilst Mr. John T. Tubbs who resides below Independent Hill was driving home with this wife from a neighbor's house his horse became frightened and ran off. Mrs. Tubbs in her fright leaped from the buggy breaking one of her limbs near the ankle. February 28, 1896 A man named George Kelly who lives near Gainesville carried Mr. Barron's horse away from Warrenton on Monday last, claiming that he traded for it.Mr.. Barron recovered his horse Wednesday and says he is going to have Kellyarrested and tried for horse stealing.-- Warrenton Virginian County Treasurer Hutchison reports that Mr. William Moore was found in an unconscious condition in his stable at Aldie on Saturday last. Mr. Hutchinson says that at last accounts Mr. Moore had not regained consciousness and it was therefore not known how he got in the condition in which he was found, but it is supposed he received a fall. Mr. John Tillett has donated a lot near his home to the Southern Methodist Church on which they propose to erect a parsonage. The store of Mr. George Lee, at Difficult, near Fairfax Courthouse, caught fire last Saturday night, and the building and goods were entirely destroyed. The store also contained the postoffice, and all the mail matter, stamps, etc., were burned. Quantico, Va., Feb. 24 -- The tender Maple, with President Cleveland and party on board, arrived off Quantico about 3:20 this morning and at once proceeded down the river and anchored at 4 o'clock in front of the small station of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, known as Widewater. The party came down on the invitation of Colonel Withers Walter to enjoy the duck shooting from his blinds. July 3, 1896 Mr. W. G. Morrell, of Carrol county, obtained at his place on Saturday before Judge Nicol of the Circuit Court license to practice law. Mr. A. W. Sinclair has just purchased two and a-half acres of land adjoining his place from Mr. Thos. H. Lion. Mr. R. W. Merchant and her little son Allen left here on Thursday for Germantown, Md., on a visit to her sister Mrs. W. W. Winson. With a view to increasing his quarrying operations Mr. Geo. Muddiman has lately had a large steam engine placed in his brown stone quarry a few miles out on the Centreville road. Mr. G. W. Smith who recently began to run the Curry House saloon in this place, is quite ill at his home at Haymarket. Mr. Smith has just resigned the position of postmaster at the place. Mrs. M. J. Smith was appointed to succeed him. Bishop Whittle at the Ordination at the Theological Seminary last week assigned Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton to the two churches recently left vacant by Rev. T. D. Lewis' removal to Texas, Trinity church, this place and Zion church at Fairfax C. H. We understand Mr. Pendleton will take charge the first of August. Mr. Stephen McCormick, of Weimar, Texas was the guest of Mrs. J. B. Johnson this week. Mr. McCormick came as a delegate from the Shropshire Upton Camp of Columbus, Texas, to the reunion in Richmond. He accompanied the Ewell Camp from this place to Richmond. Mr. McCormick formerly resided in Fairfax county. Dr. W. P. Stoddard returned to his home in this place on Friday from Washington where he had been to undergo treatment for an injury to one of his arms, which was sustained by the arm coming in contact with the sharp point of a pailing fence. His injury was severe, so much so that he had lost the use of his arm, but in consequence of the treatment he received while in Washington the cunning of the injured member was restored, and he is now therefore prepared to perform his professional duties as dentist with his accustomed skill. As Mr. Jos. B. Reid was returning from Manassas to his home Saturday night about 9 o'clock, in crossing the bridge near T. H. Lion's the Dog- Cart was overturned. Through having his foot caught in a wheel of the vehicle Mr.Reid was thrown with considerable force to the ground, but he fortunately escaped any serious injury. ----------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archives by Carol Phillips phillips@sundial.net ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************