Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
NEWS OF TWO STATES
ALLEGANY BAR TO HONOR J. j.
McHENRY'S MEMORY.
Result of West Virginia Local Option
Elections-General
Notes.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

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The January term OF the circuit court for
morning at 10 o'clock. After the calling
| of the docket, the drawing of the grand and
petit juries, the bar and bench will meet
and hear addresses in honor of the men,
ory of j. j. McHenry, esq. Action will
be taken on the resolutions of respect.
which will be presented by the committee
named some days ago.
The coming term of court may last we'll
into February The following are either
held in the county Jail have furnished
bond to answer to this term to the charges
set following their names: Alva B. Shaw,
| perjury; Robert Conley, malicious destruc-
| ton of property; Cloe Baringer, larceny;
Harry MCGEE, larceny; John Lashbaugh.
larceny; Arch Brown, larceny; William H.
Dorsey assault with intent to murder;
Robert Reyner, assault; William Dorff OBJ
tanning money by false pretenses; William
Hugh, assault with intent to murder; Wes-
| ley Osburn larceny; Lou Hamilton, lar
ceny; John Shoemaker, assault with intent
| to murder; Richard Darr, HOUSEKEEPING;
William Woods, assault with intent to muir
der; Delasandra, an Italian, murder, and
A X. Morgan, attempted criminal assault.
Local Option Elections.
The election at Parsons, w. Va, resulted
| in favor of no license for saloons w. H.
Dasher who had originally been nominated
for council, was a candidate for mayor on
| three of the four tickets in the field, and
won easily. Other officials elected were:
Recorder, F. G. Baker; councilmen, T. A.
Wamsley. E. A. Hays, J. J. Currance, M.
e. Robisson and w. ] Digman
AT Hambleton every man on the dry
ticket was elected. the lowest majority
being eleven. The following Citizens 4"
ticket was elected: Mayor, W. H. Heffel-
| finger; recorder, ]. Wade Galley; council
men, w. T. Hahn, w. H. Polling, D. l..
Beckner, William Ware and L. ]. Griffith.
wet" ticket.
me contest between the VETS and
drys' at Cameron was most exciting The
law and order ticket composed Of repub-
republican ticket by a majority Of forty
four. All the churches held hourly PRAYER
meetings w. c. Grimes was chosen mayor
over DR.. Fitzgerald
headed by T. ]. Mahan for mayor defeated
the republican ticket. on which Herman
Mahan was the mayoralty candidate - The
Mahans are brothers
Eugene Hodel aged five wears. son of for
mer Deputy Sheriff William E. Hodel, died
last night from scalds sustained December
"a by upsetting vessel of hot water
j. II. Cramer, ST., aged about ninety wears
is dead at his home in Piedmont. W. Va
He was native Of Germany, but settled in
this section about fifty years ago j. H
Gramer. Jr., a well-known merchant of
Piedmont Is among the surviving children
Ex-senator John J. CornweH, editor and
owner of the Hampshire Review. Romney
w. va, the democratic organ of Hampshire
county, has engaged L. X Dinkle of Charles
Town, w. Va, for several years past edi-
| tor and manager of the Free Press the old
| est paper of the state, to take charge of
the Hampshire Review as local editor and
manager
| Deputy United States Marshal Brown of
| West Union, w. Va, has succeeded in max
| ing more arrests of alleged moonshiners in
| the upper counties of West Virginia along
the South branch. Isaac Wilkins of Hardy
| county and Abram Owens of Pendleton
! county were recently arrested. Owens Is
| constable in Pendleton county.
| Mr.. John A. Hickerson, Western Union
telegraph operator at Davis, W. Va, and
| Miss Vienna 8. Erhard of Davis were mar
| ried Thursday at the home of the brides
| father, Joseph Erhard, by Rev. James Lo-
| gan Fish, rector of st. Barnabas' Episcopal
| Church. Mr.. and Mrs. Hickerson are spend
| ing their honeymoon at the former home
| of the groom at Strasburg, Va.
| Hattie Curtis of Montrose, Randolph coun-
| ty, w. Va, was struck by a Western Mary
| land passenger train at Read Station yes
terday. Her injuries are believed to be
| fatal. She was removed to a hospital at
| Elkins w. Va.
| On January 1 Westernport, this county
was 105 years old. January I, 1902, Post
master General Gideon Granger Of Connect
| icut established a post office there and
named William H. Burns postmaster.
Pioneer Citizen Dead
jeremiah Ryland, one of the pioneer set
| tiers of Garrett county, is dead at Selbys-
| port at an advanced age. He was well
known in every section of the county and
in his early days was noted hunter.
DR.. ]. F. Detweler, a prominent physician
of Uniontown, was sent to Jail yesterday
for three months and to pay fine of 500
on charges of selling cocaine. Elmer Adj
kins, colored was sentenced to thirty days
and to pay 800 fine, and Harry Wares six
ty days and 500 fine on similar charges.
Miss Loretta Walsh daughter of Mrs. E.
Walsh, Church street. Homecoming, has gone
to Philadelphia, where she will enter Chest
nut Hill Convent to become a sister. Miss
Walsh has been for several years a teacher
in the public schools of Allegany county.
Mr.. Max Johnson, in charge of the tele-
graph office at Pennington. w. Va, and
Miss Sallie Shields, daughter of Mr.. w. c.
Shields of Pennington, were married yes
terday at Oakland, Md.
Mrs. Isabel Marietta, aged fifty-three
years, wife Of ]. Marcus Marietta, a well
known contractor. committed suicide at
Connellsville by drinking carbolic acid. De-
spondency over ill health is believed to
have been the cause. She left a note say
ing: Il can't stand this any longer. Care
for the children. Goodbye to ALL" She
leaves a husband and three children. Her
physician says that her condition was such
that she could have lived but a few days
longer.
Charged With Robbery.
Forrest Welsh of Cumberland who with
Bert Lowery, is wanted on the charge of
| robbing the clothing store of J. Gross &
Co.. this city, last Saturday night was ar
rested yesterday evening in the post office
at Youngstown, Ohio, as he was calling for
his mail. He wore a new raincoat and a
new suit of clothes which, it is alleged were
stolen. Jewelry identified as having come
from the Gross store was also found on
him. He made no resistance and said he
would return without a requistion. Welsh
said that Lowery was also in Youngstown.
A clew to the young men was obtained by
their liberal distribution Of jewelry among
friends here after the robbery. After reach
| ing Youngstown he sent them souvenir pos
tai cards.
Mrs. Margaret H. Johnson, Arch street,
this city, left yesterday for Baltimore.
where this afternoon she will wed Mr.. F.
R. Harris, a prominent farmer from the
eastern shore. Mr.. Harris is aged sixty
seven and Mrs. Johnson sity-five. They
first met in Baltimore two years ago. Their
honeymoon will be spent in New York. Both
had been married before. Mrs. Johnson is
the mother of six children and Mr.. Harris
father of three daughters and two sons.