Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-08-06

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the President had restricted the
discharges from the Navy. Young
Roysten is now stocking on the
Alabama. Mrs. Roysten is FRUSTRATED
over her sons departure.
Four small children had q narrow
! escape from horrible death at
, 'Rosemont," the home of Mr.. q. III.
Boxwell. The youngsters were Wis.,
ting their grandfather and enjoying
themselves under one of the big oaks
near the mansion, when the oldest of
them called the others to follow her
to the house, TO escape a storm, that
seemed imminent. Hardly had the
youngsters reached the porch, when
a bolt of lightning struck the mas
sive tree, and split it from top to
bottom, as though it were match.
The trunk took fire and the timber
was only saved by the united efforts
of Mr. Boxwell's hands.
Prof. William Byrd Page and wife,
who are stopping at Winchester Inn,
have been visiting the many attrac-
tive homeplaces IN Frederick and
Clarke county, with the intention Of
selecting a future residence. Mr.
and Mrs. Page were delighted with
the Tulleries," Col. I. l., Boyce's
palatial mansion and farm near
Boyce, but it is understood that the
Colonel does not want TO sell. Prof.
Page is scion of the we'll known
Virginia families of Byrd and Page.
He is graduate of the University of
Virginia and struck it rich at Lead
will, Col, during the boom days.
His residence is now at Denver.
Negotiations which have been
( pending for some time, were closed in
Baltimore ON last Wednesday, where
/ by the Baltimore Chrome Works
| passed into the hands of the Kalion
Chemical Company, of Philadelphia.
The amount paid for the entire plant
was 100000. Mr.. Jesse Tyson.
owner of the RosemOnt farm. near
Berryville, aud which. incidentally.
is advertised for sale, was president
and principal owner of the Baltimore
concern. The Baltimore Chrome
Works are the largcs, IN the world.
Its greatest competitors are two
factories ia Glasgow, Scotland, and
the kalion Chemical Company in
Philadelphia. The output of the
| Tyson factory is enormous, and fur
nishes most of the United States. as
well rs a great part of the rest of the
world with dyeiug material.
The barn with its contents on the
farm now occupied by MIR. !. W.
Hansucker, and owned by the editor
of this paper, situated "A half mile
below town, narrowly escaped des-
tructiOn last week, while Mr.. Han
sucker was thras'Lug his wheat.
The wheat was stored in the barn,
and one of the small wheels on the
thresher became choked with straw.
and the friction heated the bands so
that the barn became filled with
smoke. Mr.. lIansucker was on the
lookout for misshaps of this kind,
however, and secured half bushel
measure full OF water from the
engine box. He managed to
reach the danger point before
there was any blaze. Had it not
been for the prompt action of Mr.
Hansucker both barn and contents
would have been destroyed.
Jacob Fisher, colored, better known
as Deaf and Dumb Jake, was run
over Thursday by a wagon driven
by Messrs. Howell white man, and
Jim Roper a colored man. Jake"
was in the employ of Dr. Howard
Osburn at Rippon, at the time and
there the mishap occurred. Before
and during the war "Jake" belonged
to DR.. Il. 5. Blackburn, of Weehaw,
and was a faithful servant during
that trying period. "Jake" conceiv-
ed deadly hatred for the yankees
on account of their destruction and
thefts. that always marked their visits
to the neighborhood and in some I'M
accountable way would discover their
presence before it was generally
J known; at such times he would warn
: the neighborhood by pointing to the
blue in the sky. The careless driv-
: ing that resulted in his death has
caused the arrest of both Howell and
) Roper.
Owing to the fact that, Mr.. Geo
Shepherd, proposes IN the near fut-
urc to visit his son in the far away