Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-31

Pendleton of the editorial staff OF the
Richmond Times-D Dispatch and others
Eluding the watchful eyes of their par
ents. Arthur L. Moubry and Miss Caludie
Morse and Charles A. Atwood and MISS
Nora A. Sindlinger. all of Shenandoah.
Va. eloped to Hagerstown, Nd, on We'd
nesday and were married.
Mrs. Elizabeth Branson Bolts. widow of
Col. Lawson Bolts, who was on stone
WALL Jacksons staff and killed at the
second battle of Manassas. died this week
at the home of her son. Robert Bolts. in
Baltimore. aged eighty years Another
son, Thomas II. Bolts, and a brother.
Maj Ambrose R. H. Ransom. survive.
Her body was taken to her old home at
Charles Town, w. Va. for burial.
An old log and weatherboarded house
standing at the northeast corner of Cork
and Braddock streets. used as an once
by George Washington when he was sur
veyng in these parts for Lord Fairfax
before the revolution. and recently bought
by the common council, Is undergoing eX-
tensive repairs. and will be restored, as
far as possible. to correspond viii Inc
period when it was used by Washing
ton. Historic cannons from Fort Du-
quesne are ready to be mounted in the
park which will surround the old house:
William NJ. Smith. mail clerk of the
Southern railway between Washington
and Harrisonburg, Va, was injured a
few days ago, when his hand was
caught between a broken mail catcher
and the car door. The bones OF his hand
We're shattered. and he was in a serious
condition for some time.
Physicians have been busy for several
days picking No. 6 birdshot cut of
Mahlon Mcfarland. young man of
Charlottesville. this county, who was
caught in the act of entering the store
OF John Calvin Ramey at that place sew
eral nights age.
Ramey's store had been robbed on a
number of occasions. After closing up
the other night he stationed himself be-
hind tree and watched. Young McFar-
land and his brother George had almost
succeeded in effecting an entrance when
Ramey pulled the trigger and filled Nc
farland with shot. The other man
escaped.
Since the mayors Of the various towns
between Winchester and Lexington met
in Harrisonburg recently and organized
to file Il protest i'm legal form with the
Virginia corporation commission against
existing facilities on the Baltimore and
Ohio and the Southern railroads numer-
Gus conferences have been held by the
railroad officials. but as yet no improve
ment has been made
The protest will be filed as soon as
all the testimony of shippers in the valley
can be obtained. General Superintendent
F. J. Bachelor of the Baltimore and
Ohio has made a trip of inspection. \
meeting of officials and clerks of the
same road was held this week at
StauntOn.
Practically every town between Win
chester and Lexington was represented
at the Harrisonburg meeting. Richard
r. Byrd of Winchester. who is speaker
of the Virginia house Of delegates was
chairman. He offered his services free
as counsel
He will appear before the commission
and present the grievances of the ship
pers. business men and the travelling pub
lie in general.
August Ehmling. well known the
atrical manager, died this week at his
home in Hagerstown, Nd, frCm heart
trouble and dropsy. aged sixty years.
He and his sons conducted small theaters
in various towns of Virginia and Mary
land. His body was taken to his former
home at Westfield. \. J.. fer burial