The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-04-19
THE OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From An Over the
State.

"iSSy ana suddenly. lie was in the
local yard of the Norfolk and Western
Kaliroad stringing an electric-light wire.
with this In hand he stepped upon
steel rail on the track and fell dead
as suddenly as If struck by lightning.
SOroner Right, who examined his body,
iound scorched spot upon the hand that
heiu the wire and another one upon the
sole of the foot. Further examination
revealed the fact that Jones had an iron
brad IN the sole of his shoe The outer
end of this touched the steel rail. the
inner one his flesh. That formed the
connection over which the high voltage
passed through him which shocked him
20 death.
George L, Weatherington, charged
with numbering his wife Mamie. was
tFied at Portsmouth and acquitted by the
testimony of his I4-year-old son. The
boy, who was the only witness, besides
his father, of his mothers death swore
that his father came home drunk and his
mother offered him a lighted lamp to
guide him up stairs in the darkness; that
the father slapped the lamp from her
hand and j! falling exploded; that the
mother went into an adjoining room Sc
cured coat and returned TO quench
the fire. and in doing so received the
burns which caused her death The
acquittal was based on the fact that Mrs.
Weatherington. having been out of the
danger caused by her husbands act. re-
turned and received the burns which
killed her.
Vessels of the Virginia and MARYLAND
oyster police are active in the Potomac
River and Tangier Sound. Since the
dTpflOfnpr cfA -, D.
River dredging boats have become buy
ers of seed oysers. and violations of the
law regarding the size of oysters taken
or bought are numerous.
Authorities of Frederick County have
warned farmers against party of alleged
lightningrod swindlers claiming TO be
from Petersburg. one of whom con-
traoted with J, s. Kline, a prominent
resident Of Nauclaus. that county. to rod
his residence for So Thursday the
strangers endeavored TO induce Mr.. Kline
10 sign contract. which upon examina-
ton proved TO be I note for 5000 The
men have fled. They are said to have
also operated in Warren and other valley
counties.
Mr.. Hugh F. Conrad. of Staunton.
who was accidentally struck on the head
by a steam shovel in the West End
ward. died at the hospital, aged 25 years.
He had charge of a steam shovel Of D.
w. Flickwir. and was struck by beam
and his skull crushed He was a son
Of Charles +. Conrad, of .Staunton. AMI
nephew of Holmes Conrad OF Win
cheSted. He was unmarried. The re
mains were taken to Winchester for in
terment
A jury in the Hastings Court at Ports
mouth awarded c. O. Foreman. on the
third trial OF the case, verdict of 5000
against the Norfolk, Portsmouth and
Newport News Company, one of the
Williams Middendorf trolley proper
ties Foreman was run over by one
ot the lines cars and lost a leg. He
sued Tor $1,000. On the first trial the
jury gave him 5000. That verdict was
set aside. On the second trial he was
awarded $3.50. That verdict also was
set aside. The case is expected to go
to the Court of Appeals
The Presbytcry of Norfolk. in ses-
sion at Hampton. has adopted resolu-
ton inviting the General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian Church to meet
in the First Presbyterian Church, Nor
iolk, during the jamestown Exposition
in 1907.
SilaS Robinson, an IS-year-old negro
boy, was given 20 years in the pcniten-
tiary in the York County Circuit Cour,
for criminally aSSaulting Faithie Wallace.
an aged negreSS.
Mr.. d. Nj. Kyle and Mr.. William
Ryan. both employed by the J. H. Wood
son Transfer Company, of StauntOn, had
a misunderstanding, and Mr. Kyle struck
Mr.. Ryan on the head with a pitchfork
When he fell his head struck fence
Mr.. Ryan was taken to the hospital.
where it was found his skull was frac-
tured on both sides, and he is at the
point Of death. Mr.. Kyle was arrested
Announcements was made at WincheS-
ter of a charter being granted in New
Jersey 10 the Shenandoah Ore and Iron
Company in Virginia. with a capital
stock of S25o.oOo 1t is understood the
company will develop rich mineral de
posts in the Blue Ridge Mountains on
the east side of the Shenandoah River,
in Jefferson County, West Virginia, and
Clarke County, Virginia. Engineers of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have
already surveyed an extension from
Millville, Jekerson County where the big
power plant of the Winchester and
Washington City Electric Railway Com
pany is nearing completion
Miss Mary Curtis Lee has sold 600
acres of her timber land in Fairfax
County, near Accoling Run, for 5000
to Messrs. ]. A. Marshall and George
JcvenS, of Alexandria.
Mr. Robert +. Sisson. of Fairfax
County, was instantly killed by being
caught in the machinery OF his sawmill
at Legato. about 10 miles from Alexan-
dria.
Market Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, Winchester. has just been
awarded $I,74o for Civil War damages
hy the Court of Claims.
J. NJ. Caples, chief engineer and mana
ger of the South and Western Railway,
in denying a report that he was to be
made general manager of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway, added that he was
reliably informed that thece would be