Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-26
News Briefs.

Tice Keesecker. aged seventy years. a
we'll known retired farmer, died suddenly
at the home of his cousin. =. Napoleon
Brumbaugh, in Greencastle, Md, the lat
ter having recently sold his farm near
Middleburg. Washington county, and
moved to Greencastle.
In a fire at Davis. w. Va. house oc-
cupied by an Italian family was de-
stroyed. A child six years old was burned
to death and three men badly burned.
Volney F.. Howard of Lynchburg, Va,
former law partner Of John l.. Lee. will
shortly retire from active practice on ac-
count of i'll health.
The Piedmont mills of Lynchburg. Va.
will begin the erection of grain ele-
vator with a capacity of 1000 bushels.
The contract will be awarded in few
days.
The new Southern railway bridge over
the Otter river. twenty miles below
Lynchburg: Va. has been opened for
service. This forms the connecting link
i'm more than thirty miles of new double
track, which begins in South Lynchburg.
Local option at Lynchburg. Va, cost
the state $2.41639 and the city s.. 1Of.59.
these being the amounts that must be
refunded to former liquor dealers by
reason of the saloons being closed fifty
five days before the licenses expired.
John Whay Of Litwallon. in Lancaster
county, Va, was burned to- death while
burning brush. In some mysterious man.
ner his clothes became ignited and later
he was found dead.
After a brief illness of typhoid fever.
Robert Hill Bowers. twenty-seven years
Chesapeake and Ohio railway, died at the
home of his father-in-law, NJ. A. Walsh.
Gov. Crothers has appointed and COM
missioned Lawrence Wilson notary
public for Caroline county, Md.
Mrs. Ann Nelson Of Washington Hol-
low. near Eckhart, Allegany county. Md.
celebrated her 1O1st birthday yesterday.
She was born in Scotland March "a.
1903 She has living today 125 descend
ants, nearly all of whom are residents
Of Allegany county.
Rev. j. p. Harner. pastor of the Re-
formed Church at Cavetown, preached
his farewell sermon and left for his new
charge near Roanoke, Va.
Thieves a. Moscow (Russia) suburban
station a day or two ago robbed the
trunk of Princess Shakoffskoy of 225,OO0
rubles in cash and valuable papers. In
American money the sum stolen is about
$4,000.
the eleven months of the present fiscal
year up to the end Of February was $780,
444, as compared with 247O56 for the
same period in 1907 -OS, decrease of Al
per cent.
Mabel FentOn, the actress, is seriously
Ill IN Sdnltarlum In New 1Ork city.
She was stricken In Chicago two weeks
ago while playing with her husband.
Charles Ross. in a vaudeville sketch.
A portrait was unveiled in the circui.
court at Stanton. Va. Of the late Alex
ander H. II. Stuart. Secretary of the In
terror under, President Polk, a distin-
guished member of the bar, who held va
rious posts of honor in the state.
The dea,h of Rev. c. T. Dodson. a
widely known Baptist minister, at the
home Of his daughter. Mrs. J. H. Cos
ney of Raleigh. N. c., is announced He
was in his seventy-seventh year, and
had large acquaintance in Danville
section.
Mrs. Sarah Somehow, wife of Joseph
Somehow, died at Cumberland, Md,
from paralysis, aged seventy-seven
years. Mrs. Somehow was a native of
Germany. Since 1858 she was resi-
dent Of Cumberland. She was married
in 1861.
Mrs. Anna Muse, wife Of Peter Muse,
veteran employee of Cumberland, died
from burns sustained a month ago by
the explosion Of a liniment she was
making, setting her clothing on fire. She
was sixty-four years old
After an illness of several months,
Mrs. Mary Lee Dibrell, ninety years old,
widow OF Richard H. Dibrell. who for u
number Of years was one OF the most
prominent citizens of Richmond, died in
that city.