The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-05-08
FARMVILLE, VA FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1908.
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday. Aprii 30.

Stacy Prickett at Mediord, n. j.
where she was employed.
Miss Elinor II. Wilson. daughter Of
General James p. Wilson. Of Whining
.on Del. and Edward Cary Williams.
of Boston. were married at Whining
,on
Rev Alfred NJ Abel. house father
and chaplain Of the Episcopal church
Home for Children. at Jamestown. Leb
anon county. Pa. died at that institu'
ton after an illness Of several months
Jacob Dumas. a Russian. of Coates
Vile. who has been on trial at West
Chester. Pa. for the murder Of a fel.
low-countryman. Gregory Smulka, was
convicted Of murder Of the second de.
gree
Friday, May I.
Douglass Grant well-known resi-.
dent of Mount Holly. ~ j.. was burned
,o death in a fire which destroyed his
residence
By unanimous consent the United
States senate will vote on May on
,he bin for the regulation Of child
aboi I'm the District Of Columbia
Mrs Sarah Bean. wife Of former AS
eistant District Attorney Theodore l..
Bean Of Norrlstown. Pa. died Of In
uries received by fall down a flight
Of stairs
A man. supposed 10 be Francis j.
Black. poisoned himself in Central
park I'm New York. and a note in his
pocket said he was tired Of life and
requested that his body should be de
livered 10 a medical college and the
money found on him. about $50, be
given to some poor worthy people"
Saturday, May 2.
7 Farmer chairman Of the Trunk
Line association. and prominent rail
road man. died suddenly at his home
7 New York
The breaker OF the Mountain Lake
Coal company. near Scranton, Pa. and
three nearby dwellings were destroyed
Us fire. entailing a loss of $4,000.
The Farmers Telephone company
which operates lines in Burlington
Mercer. Ocean and Monmouth coun
ties y j.. was sold TO the Bell Tele
phone company.
William Stener brakeman. was
killed. and Conductor Thume sustained
a broken leg and was otherwise badly
injured. IN a wreck Of a coal train on
the baltimore & Ohio railway at Brad
shaw Nd
Monday May 4.
Edward Hancock, Of Shamokin, Pa.
found his wife dead in bed OF heart
failure
Truman W. Dodson. Of Bethlehem
Pa. the pioneer coal operator. left his
estate valued at sl.OOOOOO, to his
widow
No more milk will be sold from
cans in small stores in Chicago. only
sanitary bottled products being per
mitted by the health board.
Calvin Smith. Of Nazareth. Pa. has
resigned as United States consul at
Zanzibar. South Africa. and will again
engage In the practice Of law.
Tuesday, May 5.
Thomas J. Sullivan. director OF the
bureau Of engraving and printing. died
N Washington.
Discouraged by his failure to secure
employment. Charles Neusser. a la
borer. shot and killed himself at Read
ing. Pa
Because his parents opposed his
marrying the girl of his choice, Arnold
Frsnzel. of Camden. n. j.. committed
suicide by shooting himself in the head
al his home
Struck down by a ten-ton rock at the
coliery Of the St Clair Coal company
at Pottsvlle. Pa John Andrek. o
miner. and Michael Tarhis. his laborer
were killed.
Wednesday, May 6.
In the local option election held al
Fredericksburg. Va, out of vote oi
zoo the drys won by a majority OF 81.
Frank Paese was hanged in the Dau
phin county jail yard at Harrisburg
Pa. for the murder OF Charles Leh
man. trolley conductor. in August
1906
John Mccarthy, one Of the best
known newspaper men in Pennsylva
MIA. died suddenly from paralysis OF
the heart at his home at Weatherly
near lIazleton, Pa.
The ninety-sixth annual commence
ment exercises Of the Princeton Theo
logical seminary were held Monday
and seven students were awarded fol
lowships Of $500 each.