Evening star., 1909-09-05

The man is said to have seen the train
| coming. raised his head and lain down
again. His body was turned over to the
| county authorities.
Heirs of the late William Myers this
week sold to Boyd r. Richards the Myers
| home farm, containing 10 acres situated
two miles north of Winchester. for $4,000
cash. Nearly half of the farm will be
| set out in apple trees this fall
Big Shenandoah Fair.
| When the books of the Shenandoah Val
| ley Agricultural Society were closed this
| afternoon for the day the number of en-
| tries for the fortieth annual exhibition,
to be held next Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday was much larger than on the
same day last year and officials declare
| this will be the greatest fair in the his
tory of the society Friday a great sale
of stock will take place and Il number
| of large herds of cattle have already
been consigned
! Russell Lewis, colored. is in jail at
Front Royal awaiting indictment by the
grand jury on the charge of attempting
a murderous assault upon NJ. c.. Richard
son, son of Treasurer Richardson of War
rem county recently. When Mr.. Richard
son. who is engaged in the chicken bust
ness extensive scale. visited his
/ hennery late one night he was attacked
and beaten with stones and rendered un-
conscious His cries attracted attention
and he was carried into the house and
| has only partly recovered from his in
! iuries In few days Lewis disappeared
/ from town and Deputy Sheriff j. T..
| Baker caught him at Strasburg.
| The work of marketing the peach crop
| of Hampshire county, w. Va, was begun
| this week. and will probably continue
until the latter part of the month. Large
| forces of experienced pickers and packers
are at work all over the county, and sew
erai express trains hauling nothing but
/ peaches leave Romney and other points
| in the county every day. 1t is said that
the crop is as large as the large yield OF
| last year. and that the quality is much
| better. Record prices are being obtained.
| Arrangements are being made by the
congregation of Davis Memorial Presby-
terian Church at E3kins; W. Va. to Ell,
elders who will attend the one hundred
| and twenty second annual meeting of the
| synod of Virginia. which will convene in
| that church October IA for IL session last
| ing about one week
! Marquis Jones. last member of one of
| the oldest families of Frederick county.
died this week at his home aged eighty
| four years He was born and reared and
spent all his life in the vicinity of kerns-
| town. He was not married He was a
wealthy retired farmer and his estate
will be divided among ten nephews and
| nieces.
Water Power Lacking.
The officers of the Winchester and
| Washington City Railway COMPANY.
which furnishes electricity for Winchester
and other towns in tfis section of Vir
ginia and West Virginia from it's large
plant along the Shenandoah river at Mill
| Vile w. Va. almost at their wits
ends to supply the power for which they
have contracts. The Shenandoah river.
the source of the power. is said to be
lower than ever known before
Scarcely any rain has fallen for more
than a month and the situation is serious
A number of industries which installed
electric motors several months ago have
fired up their boilers again and are now
using steam power.
| The mechanical equipment and goodwill
of the Harrisonburg Daily Times, which
recently went into bankruptcy. has been
sold by the receiver. John Paul, to Il. NJ.
Bushong, publisher of the Strasburg
News. a weekly paper for $3.50. and
it is the intention of the new owner To
continue the publication. Heretofore the
Times has been a stanch republican pa
per but 1t is not known whether the new
publisher will continue that policy. Mr..
| Bushong was formerly connected with a
Richmond newspaper.
| Prof. J. Olin Faulkner of Winchester
has gone TO Raleigh to become member
of the faculty of the North Carolina Col
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.