Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-23
Forest Fires in virginia.

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TWO CITIZENS OF VIENNA, VA, OVERCOME BY
THE HEAT-A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR.
.-'c.s.i VIENNA, VA, April %.
The people of the quiet little village of Vienna,
in Fairfax county, Va, were shocked on Mon
day last to hear Of the sudden death Of Mr..
George Malcolm, an aged and highly-respec, Led
fire had broken out, and Mr.. Malcolm went
out to assist in blowing a furrow to check the
spread of the flames. A few moments later he
was found dead under tree by one of his sons.
DR.. B. NJ. Collins was called, and pronounced it
a case of sudden death by heart disease.
Mr.. Malcolm was native Of Scotland, where
at one time he was possessed of considerable
wealth, but failing in business, he emigrated to
this country, eventually settling in Virginia.
whom are living, and most of them grown.
The members of this unusually large family
We're never together but once. The mother still
Wednesday afternoon, while the funeral of
Mr.. Malcolm was in progress, Memo Heffner, a
man of German extraction, was engaged in
burning brush on his farm near the town. The
fire became unmanageable, owing to the high
wind which prevailed, and the neighbors as
sembied to assist in putting it. out. After the
that Mr.. Heffner had not been seen for some
time; search was instituted, and the charred
remains of his burned body were discovered in
the woods The clothing on hls body was en-
tirely consumed, and the flesh, except on the
back, burned to a crisp life had evidently been
unfortunate man, overcome by heat and anx-
iety fell in faint in front Of the fire and was
unable to escape from the flames. He leaves a
wife and two children.
A curious circumstance, full of significance to
the superstitious. is connected with this case.
Some months ago Mrs. Heffner fell sick from
overwork; during her illness one of the neigh
bors demonstrated with her for working SO hard,
telling her that it was unnecessary, since they
were in comfortable circumstances and had but
small family. She replied that she must accu-
mulate all she could. as she had been told at her
that her husband would die before he was 40.
Mr.. Heffner was 80 at the time of his death.
Local Notes.
representative of the United States Demo
crat states that the bogus advertising solicitors
did not solicit for their paper.
reports stolen from his house yesterday q bicy.
Wolf Nordiinger, s1os NJ street, reports that
Farmers and Mechanics bank, Of West Wash
s Seq. e'sVen forged eneeAS amounting 70
Genieve Lyles, alias williams, a colored SER
want, was tried in the Police Court this morn
ing for robbing her employer, and the case was
st hz II oatt coloTed, Of Vest Washington,
fourteen years old, was arrested on suspicion of
larceny, but discharged for want Of evidence.
The grand jury to-day found an Indictment
against John Catry for forgery.
EX-SENATOR JONAS, whose appointment as
collector of customs at New Orleans has been
expected daily by his friends for several weeks,
has gone home. 1t is still understood that he is
to be appointed.
Observation-Disclosures Pendleton, Senator
Stanford and Mrs. James G. Blaine were regis
tered in New York last evening.-Ex-Repre
sentative Deuster, of Wisconsin. is In town, for
Wormleys s..w. W. Aston, late minister to
Rome, has rented a Newport cottage for the
coming summer.-Mr; Harold Forsberg, the