Evening star., 1909-09-04
News Briefs.

| Edgar c. Stuck. sixty-eight years old.
| is dead at his home in Kingwood, w.
Va. He served in the Union army in
Company c. Sd Regiment. Virginia In
| fantry. and later in the 9th Virginia
| Cavalry. He was member of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
William A. Hartford, ffty-one years
Old. business man, died at Winchester.
Va. Mr.. Hartford was a native OF Berry
| vile, an old-time printer and worked on
the Clarke Courier and Charlestown Free
| Press.
William Hardy. an old resident OF Or
| leans Roads, W. Va, who for many
| years was a brakeman in the service of
] the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. is dead.
Mrs. Rachel A. Wright. eighty years
| old. member of prominent Frederick
county Va) family. died at her home
at Middletown. Va.
| III. S. Corbly, fifty-two years old died
at Huntington, w. Va. after an illness
| from diphtheria of few hours. He
was one of the leading financial men
for number of years had been cashier
| Of the American Banking and Trust
Company.
At the Hotel Carroll, Lynchburg. Va.
Miss Mary Bailey of Charlotte county
| and Randolph A. Bailey of Corbin, KY.
tor of the College Hill Baptist Church.
The groom is merchant at Corbin. Ky,
where Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey will reside.
| Mrs. John Toms. sr., died near Walk
ersville. Nd, of general debility, seventy
| two years old. Besides her husband she
leaves one son.
Rev. William NJ. Tinker. pastor of the
First Baptist Church. Cumberland, Md.
| has been advised of the death of his
| father, Rev. Charles S. Tinker. sixty
| six years old. at the home of his sister
| Mrs. G. G. Usher. Cory. Pa.
| dead at his home near Massey. Md He
| leaves a widow, who was formerly Miss
Jennie Justis.
Jacob NJ. Bonebrake of Waynesboro.
| Pa, a retired farmer, died Of tubercu-
| losis yesterday at his home. Mr.. Bone
brake, who was fifty-four years old, was
engaged in farming at Roadside for
| many years.
Mrs Allie Hull. wife of George Hull
of Timber Bridge. near Hancock. Md,
died of consumption. She leaves a hus-
band and four children.
Mrs. Clara Rudisill, wife of Shadrack
Rudsill. died at her home in Funkstown
Md. Mrs. Rudsil, who was Miss
Myers before marriage, was twenty-four
years old. Her husband and parents
| survive.
William j. Erwood of Eckhart. Ind.
has been appointed pastor of First Spirit
ual Church. North avenue and Hope
street, Baltimore.
The drouth which has been prevailing
around Lynchburg, Va, since August IL
is becoming a matter of serious con-
Germ to farmers having late crops The
tobacco crop will be seriously injured
before maturing ii there is not some
moisture in a few days
Fire of incendiary origin destroyed the
residence of Mrs. Bessie Woodward, one
half mile west of Winchester, Va. The
family was absent at the time. When
discovered the building was in flames
and nothing could be saved. The loss is
81 900, with no Insurance.
Dredging in the Rappal1annock river
under the government contract has been
completed and the large dredge which
was used here. belonging 10 the Furst-
, Clark Dredging Company, has been taken
to Newport News. Va, for repairs be-
fore entering on other work.
The ladies OF the Spottsylvania Me-
mortal Association have begun a fund
to erect monument on the square at
Spottsylvania Court House, Va. in mem
ory of the Confederate soldiers of Spott-
sylvania county who fell in battle dur
ing the civil war.
Col. Thomas Lewis. seventy seven
years old. died at Roanoke. Va, OF
Bright's disease. He was born and lived
all his life in Roanoke county