Evening star., 1909-08-29

causing suffocatiOn. 1t is the intention
to prosecute people caught polluting the
waters of the Potomac.
Baltimore and Ohio railroaders say that
since Englneman Thomas McHugh used
| a barrel of granulated sugar to hold a
| long freight train in control while COM
| ing down the seventeen-mise grade west
| of Cumberland a few days ago when his
sand gave out, there are thousands OF
honey bees swarming along the. tracks
during the day. and that the trainmen
| have been so badly stung that some are
unable to work. The bees swarmed in
caboose the other day, and it was nec-
essary to back the car off and get an
other.
| During the past week Col John S.
Mosby the Confederate commander, who
| is now connected with the Department
of Justice at Washington and daughter.
| Mrs. Stuart Coleman. have been visiting
friends in Clarke and Loudoun counties.
One of their trips took them to Millwood,
Clarke county. where Col. Mosby met a
| flag of truce from Gen. Hancock in April,
1865. announcing that Gen. Lee had sur
rendered. Col Mosby played his last act
of the civil war drama in the vicinity OF
| Millwcod. The annual reunion of the
survivors of Col. Mosby's command was
attended by many of the old veterans. A
banquet was rendered the soldiers OF
| Mosby by the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy of Front Royal.
/ BEFORE dying at " OOuSIOck a 1eW Gays
ago Joseph Fravel, proprietor of a large
| woodworking establishment, expressed
| himself as being unwilling to be buried in
| a factory-made casket and issued instruc-
| tions to have substantial coffin made in
his own establishment. He was sixty
| seven years old and is survived by -four
sons and four daughters.
| John T. Sloat of the Shenandoah Valley
| National Bank has been appointed dis
bursing agent of the post office funds here
l &,<iy l6C nf bo
| Treasury Department upon the recon-
! mendation of C. NJ. Gibbens, a leading re-
publican. The contractors, George Leigh
| & Bro. of Louisa, Va. expect TO begin
work on the new federal building next
| week.
Old Home Burned.
| The home of Jacob Thaller at kerns-
| town, which was built of oak logs many
| years ago, and which Is one of the most
| historic houses in this section, was badly
damaged by fire few nights ago. Mem
bers of the family barely escaped with
their lives.
Judge +. r. w. Duke. jr., past grand
| master of Masons III Virginia, and one of
tile most noted orators of the state, has
been i'll at his home i'm Charlottesville for
the past week. but is now said to be
slightly improved. He contracted severe
cold while In Boston recently.
The WinSton-Salem railway, which runs
ninety miles between Winston-Salem and
Wadesboro, n. c.. has awarded contract
to M. w. Mercereau and John S. Pancake
of Staunton to furnish 100000 large cross
ties.
David R. Miller, who was born at Mid
dietown. this county, fifty years ago. died
recently at Buena Vista, Va, where he
had been living for the past twenty years.
He leaves his wife. who was Miss Leila
Maslin. and three young daughters His
funeral took place at Lexington
Mrs. Amanda kremer. wife of Luther
Kreiner, we'll known Winchester busi-
ness man, died this week after long ILL
ness aged forty-siX years. She leaves her
husband, eight children and two sisters.
She was a daughter of the late Eugene
BIockley.
Moses Thatcher, member of an old Shen-
andoah valley family, who left the Pres
byterian ministry some years ago and en-
braced Mormonism, died this week at
Lagan, Utah. Ten years ago he was de-
feated for the United States Senate by j.
L. Rawlings, and few years ago he was
prominent witness in the Smoot trial in
Washington. He is said to have become
wealthy In the west.
The survivors of the Sth Virginia Regi-
ment of Infantry, of which Col Edmund
Berkeley is commander held their annual
reunion today at the home of their COM
rade. Ludwell Hutchinson. at Little River
Church, Loudoun county. The Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy served dinner
and speeches were made by number of
the old soldiers.
Auto Causes Accident.
An automobile bound for Washington