Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-18
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS.
Man Desperately Wounded - Railway
Extension Completed-Notes.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ELKINS, w. Va, June 17.-Herbert
Davis, brother of MILFORD Davis. the man
who was hanged for the murder of Chief
of Police Marstiller of Elkins. Is In Jail at
Beverly, charged with cutting A E. LEVER.
at MorribeI. this county with the intent to
kill. LEVER is at the Davis Memorial Hos
pital In Elkins, cut and slashed in almost
every direction, 100 stitches being required
to sew up the wounds. LEVER was driving
a team, at which he was yelling. Davis,
who had been drinking. ordered him to stop
yelling. When LEVER told him he was yell
ing al the team and not at him, Davis
slashed him with knife. Davis is the son
of preacher
Work has been completed on the extern
sion of the Greenbrier division of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, from Dur
bin, the terminus of the West Virginia Cen
trail to Arbogast, in Pocaho county.
This branch of six miles will reach large
numbering region. 1t is said, moreover, that
the line still has a more important future,
for a further extension of about twenty
five miles it will connect with the Dry Fork
railroad extending from Hendricks. on the
West Virginia Central. back toward Arbo-
CAST distance of thirty miles
S. ]. Holsberry, prominent citizen or
Barbour county, w. Va, while horseback
riding near Philippi, was thrown against a
tree by the animal, which had become
frightened breaking five of his ribs and
severing three from the backbone. He re-
manned unconscious for hours and doubts
are entertained of his recovery.
The dedicatory service of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Elkins. at the corner
stone laying of which ex-senator Henry Il.
Davis made an address when he was a
vice-presidential candidate, will begin Sun
day, June %, and continue over two sun
DAYS to July 2. Bishop Luther B. Wilson
of Chattanooga, Tenn, will preach sun
day June Is, also Rev DR.. Charles Blodg-
EFT of ST. Paurs Church, Cincinnati. Sun
day. July 2, Bishop Earl Cranston of WASH
liz gton, D. c., and Rev. George w. Wild
ing of Paterson, N. j.. will preach. The
new pipe organ for this church, costing
$1,000, of which 81 ,0o0 was donated by An
drew Carnegie, is being placed II was
made at Hagerstown. Md.
Charles W See is dead at Grafton, WA,
at an advanced age after lingering illness.
For many years he was in charge of water
having been located at Oakland Hotel and
at Deer Park, among other points. he was
an uncle of Mrs. Dayton, wife of Federal
Judge Aston c. Dayton.
Walter Castley, colored, of Frederick,
Nd. was killed in a fall from a train near
Grafton, w. Va, and his remains have been
taken to his home, at Frederick, Md. for
interment. He was riding on top of box
car.
from Sandstone. w. Va. few days ago
dug up a tin box containing $1,000 in gold
and silver. The money had been buried
near an old barn built about fifty years
ago by David Dick. his father. The money
had been placed in small tin box and hid
den under a stone. It was Of dates prior
to 1855.
The death OF Thomas Ingram Foreman,
brother of West Virginia's first governor,
takes away the last one remaining of the
elder Boremans residing In the state. They
were among the second generation Of pio-
neer settlers.
James s. Larkin, defeated for Congress
at the special election in the second West
virginia district, has been named by Gov
ernor Dawson as member OF the board
of directors of the West Virginia Asylum
at Huntington.