The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-05-11

office, at Millboro Springs was
'he safe being blown open. The
drS carried off $3.50 in stamps and
shey and diamonds and other precious
Stones, valued at $1,000, the property OF
Miss Palma Hawkins, daughter of q
citizen who had placed them there fol-
safe-keeping.
Details reached Winchester of a bold
attemp' to poison the family of Joseph
tawcett, rural mail carrier of that
county Enough strychnine was put in
the spring from which the family OBJ
tanned drinking water to kill 100 people
but they escaped with only a deathly
sickness. Poultry and cattle about the
place were poisoned.
Judge Haynes, of the Bristol Chan
Gerry Court, has granted Robert Pile an
absolute divorce from his( wife, Mary
Piie' on the ground of .desertion. Mrs.
Pile, who with her children resides al
charlottesville, Va, retains possession OF
the estate without contest This estate
includes Bristol property valued at $780,
600.
There was /mistriai of Edw P.
Brougbtpn, in the Federal Court. Nor
He was accused of rifling the
Is while letter-carricr of the Ports
youth Postoffice. The young man was
held under bail for a new trial.
ERE completely destroyed the planning
mill, lumber yard, storage warehouse
and coal and wood yards of Catogni
Bros, IN Roanoke. The property COW
ered two acres or more of ground, and
within few minutes after the alarm
was turned in the entire area was a mass
of flames
Fire at Johnson City, Tenn, starting
shortly after midnight DESTROYED proper
ty valued at 100000 Insurance will
cover half the loss. Among the build
ings destroyed are the Christian Church.
the City National Bank, Cargalrs Gal
lery and the stores of Webb Bros. and
William Silver.
In the Southern oratorical contest held
at Charlottesville the University of Vir-
gina representative, John A. Shishman-
ian, won, with Chas. T. Talley, of Van
derbit University, a close second. Shish-
manian's subject was The New Diplo-
macy" Tracy'S, The Square Deal"
Rev. II. M. Bristol, of Washington; Hon.
II. St George Tucker, of Washington.
and Hon. B. p. Kennedy, of Richmond,
Va, acted as judges.
The sale of the Farmvillc and Pow
hatan Railroad has been postponed until
June 7. The line extends from Farm
vile to Bermuda Hundred. and is So
miles long. 1t is in a receivers hands.
Monroe Kelly, a constable OF Stafford
county, was accidentally drowned on the
Rappahannock river, near Hopeyard.
the body has not been recovered. Mr..
Kelly was % years old and is survived
by his mother and six sisters.
Mr.. Richard Wallach. of Warrenton
Chewing, of Fredericksburg, the latter's
hne estate, Fenton, containing 500 acres,
located near Warrenton. The price paid
was $4,000
Another case of a fatal "unloaded"
gun occurred at Drewryville. Thomas
Young, young son of L. p. WYNN. was
accidentally killed with rifle in the
hands of a colored playmate. The bows
were playing with the weapon when the
negro, thinking the piece unloaded, point
ed 1t at the Wynn youth and pulled the
trigger. Death was almost instantaneous.
Loudoun Lodge, No. 70, independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of I,eesburg.
claims to have as one of its members
the Oldest Odd Fellow in Virginia. Mr..
William H. Thomas, of Leesburg, has
been member for 81 years, having re-
ceived his final degree in the work April
II, 1854. The local lodge is the oldest
in Virginia.
The Old Dominion Chapter, Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy, at its annual
meeting in Lynchburg, decided to take
up tins year as a special mission the
marking of all the places OF Civil War
interest near Lynchburg. Miss Ruth II.
Early, niece of Gen. Jubaf Early, was
elected president.
DIR. A. J. DicEey was reelected Mayor
of Bristol without opposition. Only three
members of the Council were chosen.
The 900 marines gathered by the re-
ceiving ships Franklin and Richmond are
ready for the Far East They will leave
Norfolk this week, under Commander
Henry B. Wilson, by way Of San Fran
CISCO There they will be joined by 500
seamen, and go to the Asiatic station,
to be divided between the battleship
oregon and the cruiser Cincinnati. They
VIII embark a. San Francisco on the,
transport Lawre and the hospital ship
The program foNSAbe unveiling Of the
monument on the VStuefeld at Big
Bethel on June 10 hM&ees Completed
Addresses will be delive4k 81 Governor
Montague and Major EAale and
Gov. r. B. Glenn, of North Carolina.
and by Rev. Dr.'E PendIetop Jones, OF
Hampton, son of Rev. Dr. D. William
Jones, Stonewall Jackson's ola &apYain.
The monument will be unveiled bNMiss
Maggie Tabb, of York county, ADre-
senting the Confederate organizatioi 80
this section, assisted by Miss f
Kyle, OF Fiayetteyia& N. c., represd