Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
USE MONSTER BALLOT
CUMBERLAND, MD, HAS A REG
ULAR BLANKET SHEET.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, August 2i.-A copy
of the ballot to be voted at the republican
primaries September Z, according 10 the
Crawford county system, has been issued.
The ballot takes up nearly one whole side
of an ordinary newspaper 1t is II by Is
inches For the five nominations for house
Of delegates there are sixteen aspirants,
for county treasurer three, states attorney
three, clerk of the circuit court three, for
judges Of the orphans court Cthree to be
named) ten, for sheriff five, for county COM
missioners three to be named) thirteen, for
county road directors -four to be voted for
and the nomination going to the two high
esD thirteen for county surveyor one. There
is only one Office on the county ticket for
Nhfth there is but one candidate and that
is county surveyor, William Harvey, in
cumbent, desiring to succeed himself. 1t
is reported that efforts will be made to fix
up various states in the hope of carrying
them through, but under the present system
of voting no slate is regarded as any. way
near safe. Two years ago but two out of
the five on the legislative slate pulled
through. The next two weeks will be excit-
ing ones for the various candidates. 1t is
expected that fractional lines will be strongly
drawn. 1t is estimated that the candidates
have scattered over the county about 35O,UOO
campaign cards bearing their pictures.
Child's Body Found in Well
While drawing water from a we'll at her
home at Orchard street, Keyser. w. Va.
yesterday Mrs. John Foulk drew up in the
bucket the remains of male child. The
jury found that death was caused by
strangulation. A box was later found in
the we'll with stone tied to 1t. A towel
was twisted around the neck of the infant.
Fortunately the Foulk family had not ben
using the water for domestic purposes for
several months.
Albert Bobo. son of William Bobo Of Key
ser, w. Va, while driving a team near Cd
Fields, Hardy county, w. Va, was crushed
to death by load of lumber ups citing upon
him while going down steep hill near Old
Fields. The wagon upset on ledge OF
rock. His head was mashed and his body
bruised.
Oil has just been discovered in Barbour
county, w. Va, on the Robert NJ. Nestor
farm near Nestorville, and an entirely new
field is thereby opened. The Barbour Oil
Company, which has been drilling a test
well, reached the Big Injun sand at 500
feet and twenty -tive-barrel flow a day
is the result. Before the tools could tie got
ten out of the well it had filed ep nearly
to the top. There Is much excitement as
the result of the showing made by the we'll
and leases have jumped 200 per cent
Christopher c. Swocker, aged seventy
three years, who lived tract OF land
he purchased near Montervlle in 1859, and =
is well known and respected all over RAN
dolph county, w. Va, visited Elkins Nom
day. Before that time he had never seen
a railroad train. His only comment was
that it was pretty good riding" He made
the trip over the Western Maryland from
Huttonsville to Elkns.
Charged With Biting Off Ear.
Charles -Harr. one of the proprietors OF
the Hotel Gassaway, Elkins, w. Va. who
is charged with biting off the ear OF James
Burns of Cumberland, Md, who was stew
ard for some months at the Gassaway,
was arrested at Buckhannon. w. Va, and
Deputy Sheriff Marstiller of Elkins was
preparing to go after him when informed
that both Harr and the man who had ar
rested him had mysterously disappeared
j. w. Jenkins partner of Harr in the con-
duct Of the hotel, was arrested as an ac-
cessory and held for his appearance for
court on a $l,500 bond An effort is being
made al the Elkins City Hospital to restore
Burns ear by the grating process. The
offense is punishable by term in the peni-
Tertiary for from two to ten years. Burns
was called out of barber shop. and with
out warning was kicked in the stomach.
!T1r-, = L. SSH tIen Srs.r$el I'm arout
the neck ana hit OF his ear splitting IL out
on the side walk