Evening star., 1909-03-07
News Briefs.

]. r. Woodward and G. w. VANS
ley were found guilty of Sunday selling
in the circuit court at ElkinS. W. Va,
and were sentenced to pay a fine and
serve a term in Jail.
Fred Hardin died at his home In Gill
more. Md. aged seventyseven years.
He was the first policeman of Frostburg.
He served in the Union army in Com
pany C, I'd Maryland Infantry. He is
survived by his wife and five sons and
five daughters.
On account OF the let-up in orders, due
to the open steel market. the Maryland
Rail Company, Cumberland Md. is only
running single turn and alternating its
three crews.
Russell Dayton, who has been employed
at the plant of the West Virgin Pulp
and Paper Company at Luke. near
Cumberland, Nd. was caught In the rolls
while at work on the calendars. lie was
wiping stack when his shirt sleeve
caught and his hand was drawn into the
rolls. While trying 10 assist himself, his
held In this position about twenty min
utes before he was relieved. as several
Of the rolls had to be removed.
George, w. Heck has been granted an
absolute divorce from Mary Gertrude
Heck. to whom he was MARI ed in Bruins
wick, Md. in 1851. He was lso given
the custody of Their two minor children.
The home of Elias Reed at Deer Park.
Nd, was consumed by fire with greater
portion of the household goods and the
clothing of the family. The fire is sup
posed to have come from the overturning
of lamp, which had been left burning
in the building during the temporary
absence of the family.
Joseph Zeppi, aged seventeen years.
an Italian laborer at the furnace at
Saxton. near Cumberland. Md. is in a
critical condition from an amputation of
nQrfnrmnA hyy Of
countrymen. In going home, Zeppi
boarded a freight train to ride short
distance. Several Of the cars were
wrecked and his left leg was c.ushed al
most to pulp. AS the services of a ply
sicfan were not available fellow country
men severed the crushed leg.
Harry Wagner, aged twenty-one years.
fell thirty feet from a furnace top at
Riddlesburg, Md. fracturing his skull.
Conclusion of the brain caused his death
contractors who are building three blast
furnaces at Riddlesburg.
The home Of Mrs. Joseph Henry Miller.
near PocahOntas a few miles above
F1nzel. Garrett county, Md. was de-
stroyed by fire, and Mrs. Miller. who has
been very Ill with vertigo, and a boy,
also lying sick in the house. barely
escaped with their lives.
The barn Of Adam Kisamore, near
Shafter, Pendleton county, w. Va. was
destroyed by fire of unknown
origin. Five of seven horses perished, and
of the two gotten out one it is thought.
will die from burns. Kennie kisamore
had a narrow escape when coming out
with the last horse. The flames almost
shut him in the building.
The Anti-Tuberculosis League of Fair
mont, w. Va, has been organized upon
the close of lecture given by Dr. w.
J. Mcdonald before the Woman's Club
in Fairmont.
Marshall Mccoy. a we'll known con-
tractor of Morgantown. w Va. was
caught under a fall of ten tons of sand,
dirt and stone. He was making ex-
cavations under the county road at
Dents Run when the collapse occurred
His bones were crushed and flesh torn. |
The temperance element Of Grafton, W.
Va. is waging a hard fight to defeat
license at Grafton. The election occurs
March 16. Two years ago Grafton voted
wet after having been dry two
years. The contest promises to be close |
The Ohio Valley Automobile Club at
discussed preliminary plans for the en-
of the members of the West
' lrginia Automobile Association, which |
meets in annual convention at Wheeling |
the first week of April.
negro answering the description of I
John Jackson. who. February Is, shot |
and killed Policeman Monroe in Sails |
bury y. c.. is locked up at Lynchburg,
Va. and will be held pending identifica- |
ion. The negro was at work I'm the |
Southern railway tunnel when arrested |
Rewards of $3.50 have been offered for
he arrest Of the man wanted.