The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-07-03
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
Thursday, June 25.

while bathing in the schuylklll river
at Norristown. Pa. got beyond his
depth and was drowned
During a severe electrical storm
lightning struck a 35.0OO-barrel oil tank
near Olean ~ y and about $4,000
barrels of oil were consumed
On account of trouble with the rail
road companies relative to rates or
fare nearly all the lodges Of Elks In
the western part OF Pennsylvania and
IN Ohio have cancelled their trip to
Dallas. Tex. where the Elks' reunion
will be held beginning July r.
Friday, June 26.
Two men blew the safe al Philip
Schmidts grocery at Springfield. O..
and secured $3.50 in money and checks
and notes valued At $1,000
Charles Rench. aged fortyeight, for
years a well known circus clown. com.
mittcd suicide by burning at Colum-
bus. O.. while dospondent from i'll
aoalth
Thomas Burns. Of Newark \. J.. was
sentenced to two years In the eastern
pcnltcntiary for robbing a house in
Philadelphia. where he secured only
thirty cents.
II is estimated that about 5000 men
have been returned 10 work in differ.
ent capacities by the railroads of the
western part Of Pennsylvania during
the past week.
Saturday, June 27.
Five persons were killed when a
Chicago q Northwestern passenger
train struck a washout near Chadron.
Neb
Charged with the embezzlement OF
county funds. former County Treas
urcr William H. Pcttis was arrested at
Sac City. la.
Henry Miller. aged one hundred and
four years. grew tired OF life AT Har
rodsburg Mercer county. Ky. and com.
mitted suicide by taking paris green
After being rescued from drowning
by two young men. William Kemp OF
17l5 Ferry avenue. Camden, n j.. |
went in TO swim again and was drown
ed before aid could reach him
Monday, June 29.
Bishop Thomas T. Gailor of Ten |
nesscc. has been elected chancellor Of /
the University of the South. at Sc
vance. Tenn
Because he was refused n loan OF
eighty cents. John Lauf of Egypt Pa.
tried 10 commit suicide by hanging and
nearly succeeded.
Falling from a rock used for diving
AT Derby. Conn. Herbert Moore. aged
eighteen years. and Clarence Smith
aged eight years were drowned
In stepping from one limb TO an
other while picking cherries Mrs Cal
win Rcddy. of North Jackson town
ship Lebanon county. Pa fell twenty
five feet and was paralyzed.
Tuesday. June 30.
Albert Brown. negro. twcnty-thrce
years old. was hanged at Washington
for killing his brother in a quarrel
over girl
If AfINANINN NA Nli| t1'MWNIAM All ]
Line Railroad company have placed an
order for $1,000 tons OF steel rails with
the Maryland Steel company for deliy
cry within the next six months.
Andrew Fair brother of the late
James q. Fair and uncle of Mrs w
X. Vanderbilt. Jr.. and Mrs Hermann
Oelrichs. was probably fatally injured
in street car accident at San Jose
Cal
While his companions on a fishing
trip were digging bait Frank Berger
of Auburn. Pa. threw himself into the
pond and when they came back his
body was floating face upward on the
water
Wednesday, July I.
Admiral and Mrs Dewey will spend
he summer al Buena Vista. Pa
Charles Cleveland a piano player OF
ability had both hands
llown off by a cannon frecracker in
Vew York
One negro was shot and seriously
Wounded as a result of a mutiny among
he negro conyicts at convict camp
wcnty miles from Atlanta Ga
David Bowman. the siXteon-year-old
olored boy who was shot at Eddy
tone. near Chester. Pa on Sunday
light by Deputy Sheriff Ford died
While working on the roof of a build
ng at Norristown. Pa. Henry Baldwin
carpenter was overcome by the heat
nd died before a physician could De