Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1901-02-14
This, that and the Other.

Massv Wnnddcll, working 1T Warrr"'S
Camp. IN Prcahontas county, while
standing near Il slide Oh the 29th MT.
was struck hr 4 log which had jumped
the track. breaking both bones "f his
leg lust below the knee. He was Il son
Of the late Andrew Wooddcll VIII" wa>
killed Nv rolling log, near Edrav, :,
! few ycars since.
! clergyman while catechising his
Sunday School few weeks ag" had oc-
rasiuu to ask the chi ldrem the meaning
OF the word cpstlc. a little girl in
the Young class was so certain that she
knew that she did not hc>itatcH minute,
hut with the greatest confidence an
swrred - Az cpistlc is the wife Of an
auuSt lt. - Baltimore SIN
After m exhaustive search Of SIN
months TOR the oldest person III the
worIu, Il committee nf the Hundred
Year { Ili IF New York has prepared
a report which shows that the oldest
1nan in the world is lXai EodntSty. Of
Moscow. Russia. who is III his l$Gth year.
and the oldest woman is Mrs. Nancy
ilolilieId, of Battle Greek, Michigan.
who is III.
At Romney. this State, on the 18th
inst, Mrs. J. Wesley Dates had what
may prove to be fatal encounter with
! her house eat She WAS sweeping a
room and tilted chair for the cat t"
limp oft. The animal, however, refused
to move, but sprang ar the w"ma",
| hurving its teeth in her wrist and then
grabbed her by the throat. BY this time
the house dog rushed upon the cat. (which
refused t. loosen it's hold until seized
| hv the dog. Mrs. Oates then fell III Il
| faint To the floor, where she WAS found
hv her husband Blood poisoning set
in AMI there is little hope that she Will
recover.
In an inter y ornal School, State ora
torical contest at Charleston last week.
the first prize--a twenty dollar gold
piere-waS won hy Miss OCie Stafford,
of Concord, subject, " The Coming
Time" The second prize-a ten-doIIal
gold piece by Herbert Miller. OF the
ShepherdStown Normal, subject. " pul
Responsibility. The third-a Web
ster's International Dictionarv-hy j,
K. Marcum. of Marshall College, sub
iect. " IndividualiSm. The fourth
and fifth prizes-S5. TO in gold to EACH
by Guv Prtchard, of the Fairm"n
Normal, subject. The increasing Pur
pose" and Herbert Woofter. Of tit
Gcnville Normal, subject. The Fair
est Hope of the Future. West Lib
erty was not represented. The judge
were Governor Atkinson, Judge Il. NJ
Dent and Rev. DR.. T. &. JohnSon.-
The contest was inauguraied 10y y. }
Wilkinson, of Grafton, who was presen
and made pleasing speech commend
ing the work of the Normal Schools
Miss Daisy FeamSter of Marshall Col
lege was prominent in the musica
program.
4 new electrical machine has been in
. vented 10y which. it is claimed. ice ca
lie made in houses or apartments Il
. much less cost than it can lie furniShe
by any company. The machine is OF
/. Grated 10y Il One-hOrSe.power motor
which is declared tn We capable of pre-
, duclng | 100 pounds of ice in "A hours
at Il cost to the consumer of about 81
1t is also declared hy the electric CON
{, pany, which is using the machine. tia
n u small refrigerating machine on th
n same principle can he installed in an
e refrigerator which will maintain an nj
sulutelv even temperature for Who'll
y season, and that it will also produc
;. small pieces of ice for an ice-pitchel
c and may be used for freezing cream
d In Hartford, Conn. the electric l!gh
t company intends to lease the machine
o to hOuseholders, and charge them onl
d for the current used in them. Theme
|, machine uses anhydrous ammonia. an
8 its expansion is regulated by a sma
e electric motor, which goes about ii
/ work automatically, and requires n
e more attention than the usual olling.
|. Ne1o York Post.