Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-11
News Briefs.

Miss Helen McVey Grove, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Grove. and
LWilliam H. Brown. son OF Mrs. Mary
Brown, Of Lombard, Md. were married
at the home of the bride.
Miss Ethel l. Lowell and Earl W.
Russman. both Of Garfield. Md. were
| married at Bethel United Brethren par
sonage at Chewsville.
| Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Fogle Of Durrnid.
| Va, announce the marriage Of their
daughter. Miss Georgia Francas. to
Phillip Charles Gay, former resident
of Southampton county.
A romance eliminated at Roanoke.
Va. when Miss Doris Wilcoxin arrived
married in the office of DR.. McCreary
| to DR.. E. B. Mitchell.
Tools and materials for the bridge
builders who are to erect the steel
bridge over Harris creek, on the new
line Of the Southern railway, have ar
will start shortly.
Representative w. A. Jones OF vir-
ginia will be one Of the speakers at
the Lake Mohawk conference in New
York state October 90. 81 and %.
1t has been found that the alleged
county. w. Va. will fall below the first
figure Of $4,000.
A movement has been started at
Parkersburg. w. Va. looking to the
holding OF a state convention OF coun-
ty road engineers in the fifty-five coun-
ties Of West Virginia
Nansemond county, Va. republicans
| nominated George Lloyd Barton. for
merly of the Eastern Shore of Mary
land, to oppose Col. j. e. West, demo-
cratic nominee for the general assem-
bly,.
Rev. Robert McInturfr. who for about
three years has filled the position OF
pastor OF Presbyterian congregations at
Big Stone Gap, Va, and at Gate City.
has accepted a call to Huntsville. Ala.
]. M. Willis and w. A. Head Of Big
Stone Gap. Va. and James e. Gilley OF
tain Lumber Company one-thousand-
acre tract Of lumber in the Crab Or.
chard. near Keokee. Lee county.
John Silvers, sixty-one years old.
died at Two Locks. Md. of paralysis.
Four children survive.
The grand jury has completed its de-
alterations and adjourned at Salisbury.
Md. Seventeen true bills were found.
covering various offenses.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel H. Jones have issued
invitations to the marriage Of their
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Coleman. and
Alvin H. Chewing. at Lynchburg, Va,
October 90
Miss Mary Naomi Willis. daughter OF
Mrs. Walter Willis was united IN mar
riage, at Cambridge. Md. to Granville
Lloyd Tubman OF Baltimore. son of Mr..
and Mrs Robert Tubman OF Cambridge.
Miss Georgia E. Wishard. daughter Of
DR.. Samuel J. Wishard, and William ].
Moran, son of Contractor Moran of Ha-
gerstown, were married in that city.
Forty-eight delegates have been Sc
lected by the oyster interests Of Acco-
mac to attend the convention at New
port News, Va, October 20. They are
from every section Of the county. and
include many Of the most prominent
citizens.
With the memorial address delivered
by Judge Atkinson Of the court OF
claims, the four days celebration Of the
135th anniversary Of the battle of Point
Pleasant closed at Point Pleasant yes
terday.
A dense fog late yesterday afternoon
and last night hung over the waters OF
the lower Chesapeake. around Norfolk.
Va. 1t caused regular line boats to
move cautiously and slowly, while sail
ing craft made no effort to navigate.
Col. e. D. Cole. who has been con-
fined to his home at Fredericksburg, Va,
by sickness for the last week. is i'm
proving.
Miss Bertha A. Rhone and Ira L.
Alleman were married at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rhone. the brides
parents, at Lurgan. Md.
Mrs. Katharine Wooters, fifty years
old, was found dead in bed at Denton.
Md Death is supposed to have been
due to acute indigestion.
Clifton NJ. Hughes. an oyster dealer.
died Of paralysis at Cambridge. Nd,
after q few hours illness. He leaves
q wife, who was Miss Rena Gray oe
Elliott Dorchsster-oountx1 II