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On last Monday evening the steam saw mill of Mr. Thomas
BLANKENSHIP, situated about 18 miles from Richlands, blew up, injuring Mr.
BLANKENSHIP seriously, and killing four men instantly. Viz: A. K.
OSBORNE, and Alderson BLANKENSHIP, son of Thomas BLANKENSHIP, and two other men whose names we could not learn. Young
OSBORNE was a son of Mrs. Matilda OSBORNE, widow of S.C.
OSBORNE, of Little Valley, and a nephew of Mr. J.B. CAUDILL of our town.
OSBORNE was blown about one hundred yards against a pile of lumber knocking it down. One of the other men killed was blown through both sides of a small house. Young OSBORNE was buried at Richlands, it being impossible to get his remains home. This shocking accident cast a gloom over the entire community,
evoking universal sympathy.
The shooting of a colored man named THOMPSON by a negro named SMOOT, occurred near Richlands and seemed to have been, from what we can gather, an unprovoked affair. Thompson has near relatives in our town.
On last Saturday, a young man named JONES shot and seriously wounded a young man name
LAMBERT, on Cavitts Creek. It seems that the two LAMBERT boys shot
JONES' dog on Thursday, and returned on Saturday, passing through
JONES' yard. They were forbidden to pass through the yard by young JONES, and after some words
LAMBERT shot a JONES, missing him, when the other JONES boy fired at
LAMBERT, "filling him full of shot" LAMBERT is not dangerously
hurt.
A death occurred at Cedar Bluff on Wednesday, which was peculiarly sad. Mrs. Charles
REED (Miss Lena MCGUIRE) of Canada, with her sister in law Mrs. Emile
LOW, has been on a visit to her home for some time died suddenly at her mother's, Mrs.
MCGUIRE. Mrs. REED had been sick with fever only about a week. She died about 10 o'clock Monday morning. She leaves three little girls, the youngest about one year old. The bereaved husband was telegraphed for and arrived on yesterday. The burial took place today at Cedar Bluff. Mrs.
REED was perfectly conscious up to her death. She gave her children to her mother, and without a fear or tremor, passed into rest.
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