Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
Wigsinton, at Charlottesville, where

Wigginton, at Charlottesville, where a
well had been bored, and was about to
shatter the bottom when several sticks
exploded. His left arm was torn off, his
right arm and hips cut and bruised and
his face also cut, bruised and burned.
He was brought to Memorial Hospital
here.
George Crigler of Culpeper. Va. and
from a runaway team few days ago
while on the road to Boyce and both
sustained serious injuries by falling on
their heads among Pie of broken stone
years old. had his skull fractured and
is now in a dying condition at DR..
fuckers hospital at Berryville.
Dealers in near beer" and other al
legged soft drinks in Winchester, which
is now dry place, received another
jolt this week. when the city council
passed an ordinance requiring them to
remove all screens and frosted windows
from their doors and windows. SO that
clear view of the interior can be had
from the outside. Heavy penalties were
attached to the ordinance for violation Of
the new law.
Weds Former Indian Prizefighter.
Miss Elizabeth Lowery of this city was
married In Baltimore this week to Frank
w. Wongo, the former celebrated Indian
prizefighter. The ceremony took place at
the residence Of the brides aunt, Mrs
w. D. kreamer. and was performed by
Rev. E. H. FELTON,. Lutheran minister
Wongo was born in Boston in 1870, and
Is full-blooded Iroquois Indian
Mrs. Elizabeth Williams. wife of James
w. Williams, died this week at her home
on the Valley pike. aged seventy EIGHT
years. She leaves her husband and one
daughter Miss Lula Williams of WASH
ington.
Since the tragic death of Cadet c.
Cook Ferebee of Norfolk at the Virginia
Military Institute, Lexington, the au-
thorities of the school have ordered foot
ball discontinued, for this season at least
Young Ferebee was killed last Saturday
afternoon during game. He was
tackled and injured his head, death re-
sultlng in short time from conclusion
OF the brain. He was one of the most
popular cadets of the institute
Rev. d. H. ScanlOn, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church at Berryville for the past
ten years, has been extended a cali to
the passionate of the Presbyterian Church
at Montreal, N. c., but has not an
nounced his decision as yet.
A number of witnesses from this Sec
ton nave been summoned to appear soon
in the federal court at Minneapolis.
Mimi. to testify for the government
against James Mulhall, who was recently
arrested by deputy marshals In a Cali
fornia town on the charge of using the
mails to defraud. Mulhall is said to be
the same man who, with headquarters in
HagerstoWn, Nd, several years ago
swindled many farmers and poultry deal
ers OF the Shenandoah valley out of hun
dreds of dollars by Offering high prices
for turkeys and chickens about Thanks
giving time and then decamping. He
operated under the firm name of Craw-
ford & Co. while in Hagerstown.
Sunday Excursions Discontinued.
The last Sunday excursion of the sea-
son from Winchester to Washington and
Baltimore, over the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, was run last Sunday and
large crowd took advantage of the low
rates. Although the preachers have re-
peatedly condemned the popular Sum
day excursions, many people have con-
tinued to patroniZe them as long as they
were operated by the railroad company,
claiming that 1t gave an opportunity to
visit their friends occasionally, which
they could not do under different condi-
tons.
Notwithstanding the fact that tour tons
of lumber on wagon passed over his
abdomen, Bushrod Pifer. postmaster and
merchant at Mountain Falls, this county,
will. it Is expected, recover. He was at
tempting to get from one horse to another
when he fell off, two wheels passing over
his body. At first it was thought he was
dead, but he is now improving. Mr.. Pifer
is forty years old and widely known In
this section.
Miss Mary Page. member of the old
Virginia family of that name. died a few
days ago at Brexton, her country home
near Wildwood, Clarke county, az ed sew
enty-seven years. She was daughter
of the late Judge John Evelyn Page and
leaves two brothers, DR.. Robert p. Page
and Attorney John Y. Page, both of
Berryville.
Welby Sewers. member of a prominent
Frederick county family, who had been
living on a ranch in Montana for several
years, was recently frozen to death. His