Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-30
BoYD,s AND VICINITY.
Funeral Of Mrs. Benson-Nathan Tai
bolts Will--Briefs.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

| special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
| BOYD'S, Md, October 90 1902.
The remains Of Mrs. Katharine Benson.
| wife of John Thomas Benson, who died
| suddenly at her home at 4 o'clock Sunday
| afternoon, while sitting in chair talking
with her husband, were inferred in the
| Neelsville Presbyterian cemetery at IL
| O'Clock today, very large crowd of friends
following the remains to the grave. Mrs.
| Benson was widely known and respected
in that community. Her husband is one of
| the Oldest residents of that vicinity, now
aged eighty-four years. Revs. T. Davis
| Richards of Germantown and c. H. Waters
| of Gaithersburg ofIiciated at the funeral
services. The pallbearers were w. F. Bo-
| land, Joseph E. Henderson, George L.
| Crawford, A. o. Appleby, William H. Ben
| son, jr., and Dr. 1. N. Shippers.
| Mrs. Afcinda Sibley, wife of Joshua Sib.
| ley, who was taken to the Garfield Hospital
| IN washington about three weeks ago for
| treatment for a broken limb, will be able
| to return home in a week or so, able to
| walk.
Mr.. Theodore A. McAtee, prominent in
| railroad construction, is home here visit
| ing his parents before he leaves for Ken
lucky. Mr.. McAtee has the last summer
been grading for double track on the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at White
Sulphur Springs, w. Va.
l..
Barnesville about three weeks ago. named
Henry Maurice Talbot of Rockville as the
executor of his estate. The will has been
admitted to probate and record. The Will
bequeaths the house and lot in which he
lived and all his personal property, valued
at 81, 800, to Harry Weaver, whom he had
adopted years ago and who looked out for
his general welfare in his older days. The
lot on which his hotel, valued at about
$4,000, burned about eight years ago. ana
small piece of land of about fifteen acres
he leaves to his sister, Miss Henrietta Tai
bolt, with the balance of his estate. Mr..
Talbot had in late years lost about $4,000
by fires, which burned down the hotel at
GAINESVILLE and store property and dwell
ing we'll.
A strange dog made It's appearance in the
vicinity of Clarksburg Sunday and bit sew
eral dogs. The dog which did the biting
which showed every sign of rabies, was
chased and killed. One of the dogs bitten
showed signs of rabies and was quickly dis
patched.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany has just finished the erection of a
switch tower at Reels Mills, east of Wash
ington Junction, where twenty-six switch
levers have been put in to control the
tracks at the new improvements there me
new and modern fifty-siX-leVer switch
tower at Washington Junction for the con-
troll of all the switches there is under way
and will be completed next month. Elec-
trical devices will be used on some or the
switches from this tower.
The condition of Mr.. Earl B. Wood, prin-
cipal of the Boyd's school, who Is Ill., is
somewhat improved this morning. His
place in the school is filled by Miss Grace
Holland Of Damas sous, a substitute teacher
Mr. John F. Daymude, who is connected
with the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad
In the telegraph department, has returned
to Rovd's to visit his family. He will re-
turn to his work near Pittsburg MondaS
next.