Evening star., 1908-12-20

self and received the title which has since
ClunS to his name.
Orlan Clyde Cullen, the eccentric globe
trotter preacher. lawyer, hotel mana ger
and inventor. who committed suicide in
Baltimore recently. was we'll known
throughout the Shenandoah valley. IIc
spent some time in the Winchester Jail
several years ago. pending d trial in the
federal court at Harrisonburg for using
the mails Illegally. When Cullen induced
Gen. Miles and a party of army officers
TO visit his place at Waterlick Warren
county, some years ago and inspect the
model of his ball-bearing rife he is said
to have become frightened when the
old we'll nearby. He made an impas-
stoned speech in front of the city hall
here while in charge Of deputy sheriff,
denouncing the federal and all other gov
ernments.
Steps are being taken at Middletown.
this county, to extend the corporation
limits and take in a large number OF peo-
pie living in the suburbs. Since the state
board of education decided to erect one
of its agricultural and training schools at
vance in the price of real estate and the
place is enjoying a healthy boom.
Just as he had made the last cut and
was in the act of running away to a
place of safety. Marshall Trussell OF
Leetown, jefferson county. w Va. was
caught under falling tree Wednesday
and crushed to death. He was the son
or Moses f. Trusse1l. prominent farmer,
twenty-five years old and unmarried
hn1ghts Templar from various sec
here few nights ago and witnessed the
conferrlng of degrees by Winchester
Commandery, No. II. which was recently
ordered to eXemplify the work at the
meeting of the Grand Commandery of
Virginia in Richmond. 1t is said to have
surpassed anything of the kind ever held
by the Knights Templar of Virginia.
Rich and costly paraphernalia was used.
A banquet followed the ceremonies at the
Masonic Temple.
Mrs. Virginia Bell, wife of John F.. Bell,
widely known Clarke county landowner,
died at her home near Berryville this
week after brief illness, aged siXtyfive
years. She leaves her husband, three
sons and five daughters.
Sails to Claim Fortune.
Thomas Drake and Edward Smaltz of
Berkeley county. w. Va. have sailed for
England, where they will spend two
months visiting relatives Of the former,
who is a native of London. Mr.. Drake is
heir to large fortune, said to have been
left by the celebrated Admiral Drake,
who saiie,. the Spanish main with Ra-
leigh, and he will claim his share while
in England.
MIS-. virginia CdTOllne OOpp dled re-
Gently at her home in Wheeling, w. Va,
after an illness lasting eighteen months.
aged seventy-three years. She was the
widow of George II. Copp, VINO was d
leading wholesale grocery merchant OF
Wheeling, and was a native of Rocking
ham county, Va. She leaves many reia-
tives il the Valley of Virginia.
The finishing touches now being
put on the new steel bridge of the Nor
folk and Western railway across the
Potomac river at Shepherdstown, w. Va.
and it is expected the bridge will be ready
for use in the immediate future.
Mrs. Margaret Hensell, living near
kearneysville. w. Va. who, while driving
in a buggy from Martinsburg to her home,
was struck and hurled distance OF sew
enty feet by the engine OF passenger train
No. D on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
near Vanclevesville. last week, died at
the Martinsburg Hospital. Mrs. Hensell
was only nineteen years old. She leaves
her husband, her parents Mr. and Mrs
n. H. Locke of Berkeley county; three
brothers and four sisters.
A solid train load of turkeys, compris-
ing about 10000 birds, passed through
Berryville this week They were being
shipped to northern markets
News from Philadelphia states that an
attack of heart trouble caused the death
Tuesday, at the Masonic Home in that
city. of Rev. Israel r. Deacon of the
delpha in 1919. but spent the greater
portion of his ministerial career in the
Valley of Virginia. His widow and chill
dren live in Virginia.
A movement is on foot al Shenandoah. h.
Va, to harness the Shenandoah river at
that point by the erection of a large con-
crete dam and the installation of d water
power electric light plant. At present the
town is lighted by electricity furnished
by steam power.