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

| "' g ". tNelS udo OTOupnt suit
at Bristol against the Norfolk aud
Western Railway Company for $IO,-
600 damages for the death of his
wife, who wss run down aud decnpi-
tated 10y train at Bristol several
weeks ago.
Robert Ridgeway, an ex.Coufrder.
ate veteran with one leg aud one eve.
and David Weaver, farmer, fought
duel with knives on Back Creek
near Roanoke, Saturday. Weaver is
so badly cut that there is no hope for
his recovery, and Ridgewav. who
received serious wounds. il in the
county Jail at Salem.
Ii boy or girl is under Z wears of
age. and has already been enroll d
as public school pupil. the new
constitution, making the minimum
age Z years, will not operate to KEEP
him out of the school next session.
But If he has never attended the
public school he will not be admitted
as "a pupil until he is Z wears of age.
lt's reported that he Norfolk
and Western Railroad has made an
appropriation of S52,OO0 for a
change IN thr road track near Front
Royal M ns Ia move it above high
water mark at that place Hereto
fore the roid for some distance the
other side Of Front Royal has hc>n
Hooded IN time of nigh water. thus
DELAYING trains sometimes for "a dav
or more.
After living exactly 100 wears
Mrs. Mahala Smith. widow of Joseph
Smith, died last Monday, AZ Pleas
untdale, Frederick county. She
was Miss Bloxal, of I.oudoun
county. ani was famed for her bean
ty. Mrs. Smith haR always rnjoyed
good health. Her eyeSight and
mental facilities were excellent. and
she WAS famed locally for her wit
and sprightliness.
Ellen Deveugrr, of Harrisburg.
Pa, was arrested near Winchester
last week charged with bigamy, and
lodged in Jail TO await the arrival of
Harrisburg officers. The officers
went To- the woman's house for her
and her husband, and William Il.
Lewis, who is also charged with
bigamy. Lewis SAW the officers and
ran. \ fusilade of shots was fired
one of which struck Lewis, bur he
escaped in dense belt of woods and
has not been captured. 1t is alleged
that the couple remarked in Harris
burg in 1900 while each had mate
living.
Commissioner of Pensions Ware, at
Washington, is receiving numerous
applications from Nirginit for pen
sions, from ex COnfederatrs. who
subsequently, became Union soldiers.
The application wns made hv virtue
of law which passed the last day
of the recent session. and which WAS
Immediately signed 10y President
Roosevelt, giving those soldiers II
pensionablr status. Senator Pritch
ard, of North Carolina, was the
originator Of the statute. he claiming
it was for the benefit of many
soldiers who had been whigs in the
ante bellum period, and who had
little heart in the Confederate cause
going over to the Union side at tn,
first opportunity. When Hokt
Smith was Secretary of the Interior
he refused TO allow pensions to thin
class of veterans, holding that, in f.,
way. they were deserters from tn,
I Confederate armies.
A remarkable phenomenon wa,
reported from Winchester the othel
day on the highest authority. Dur
ing the terrific storm of SUNDAY
July, ~ hail in enormous quantitie,
fell on farm completely destroying
all vegetation, while on the sur
rounding farms no damage was done
. After the storm, persons passing
through ravine on the farm felt
peculiar crunching under their feet
9 and upon investigation found tha
d hail had fallen along the entir,
a depth of the rsvine to the depth o
J, one and one half feet. and had beer
covered over by the dirt that hat
been washed from the sides of tn
ravine. The hail stones thus pro
tected from the air had frozen into
"a solid block of ice. Farmers flocke,
to the scene and gathered the ice fo
= making ice cream and other pur