The Washington herald., 1909-11-21

are booming him for the Federal bench
GrOner is mentioned for the district at
torneyship 10 succeed Judge l.. l. Lewis,
In the event the latter is not reap
pointed.
FairmOnt w. Na.-JOseph +. Sands,
president Of the First National Bank OF
Fairmont, died Friday night OF paralysis
Mr.. Sands was one Of the organizers Of
the A1Onougah Coal Company and the
MononEahela River Railroad. He was a
native Of Maryland
Suffolk. Va-The peanut market has
taken a jump and good grades Of "goob-
ers' are bringing cents an advance OF
10 cents per bag Many thousand bags
OF peanuts were released by farmers
when the advance was made.
Charleston. w. Va.-The Lincoln County
courthouse at Hamlin with all records,
was burned 90 the ground yesterday. 1t
is believed the fire Is the work OF in
cendiarles. There are some who believe
the blaze is the outcome OF a feud be
tween settlers and land companies over
land titles.
Asheville. y. C.-The political situation
in the Tenth district is becoming inter-
estlng. although the next election Of
Representative fla Congress IS "a year of.
J. N. Gudger. ir.. has announced his can
didaCy for Congress, and 81 IS rumored
that William J. Cooke viii also get iu
the race. Democrats are hopeful OF
carrying the district over Representative
Grant
Piedmont W Va-The Davis Coal and
the Western Maryland Railroad. viii es-
tablish a town thirty miles south OF
Piedmont on stony River.
Lynchburg. va.-The call for a state
ment Of national banks shows the four
/ local banks 10 have an aggregate capt.
! talization Of Sl.725.0O0 The loans and dis
/ counts amount to $s.055. 1919; surplus. ST.
! $4,000. reserve. &4S3 $50. The deposits ag-
gregate 1873, 1896. These figures do not
include one State bank.
CIarksburg. W. Va.-Clarence V. Jol-
/ life, OF Anthem. Wetzel County. Ieuteu-
I ant colonel and ranking officer Of the First
/ Regiment. win be tie new commander OF
/ this organization. Col Jolline will sue
/ coed Col Harry Smith. Clarksburg. who
/ was practically forced 20 give mp the
/ command and go on the supernumcrary
/ list
Berkeley Springs. W. va.-Henry C.
! Harrison. a retired merchant. died at
his home here aged sixty-eight years.
! He returned home Thursday from a Cum
/ beriand hospital, where he underwent n
delicate operation. lie leaves a wife
and three children.
/ Port Deposit. Md.-John Abrahams. OF
. Port Deposit shot a large white swan
on the river while ducking. Il is the
first bird or this species killed on the
I river this year.
The bird weighed fourteen pounds and
measured about thirty-three inches from
head to tail.
Hagerstown. Md.-Each day deer are
being killed BY hunters on the South
Mountain. It is estimated that several
hundred hunters are camped in the noun
tains al this time. Ira Rock. Of the
Pond Club; Charles F.. Clark. J. c.
Brown. and other hunters have bagged
from one TO three deer. and from six To
ten deer have fallen before the guns OF
members Of the Rouzerville. Monterey
Caledonia, and other hunting clubs j.
&c Brown shot the largest deer Of the sea
son. a buck weighing more than 2Ol
pounds.
] Hagerstown. NId.-NIrs. Clay Zeigler, OF
Smithsburg. is critically IN with blood
poisoning. as the result OF jumping upon
a board from which nails protruded Both
nails penetrated her foot, and since the
accident her foot and leg have swollen
TO three times their natural size.
Hagerstown, Md monster rabbit
said 20 be the largest one ever seen In
| this section, was shot in Beaver Creek
district by Charles Albert The rabbit
weighed sixteen pounds and aroused
much curiosity by reason Of its great
size
Hagerstown, Md-By the rare courage
OF Mrs. F. W. Hess. the cattle and
horses in the barn Of her farm. nea,
J ElbrOok. which was destroyed by fire
were saved and all the implements were
gotten out. Mrs Hess excelIed the men II
daring by entering the blazing building
and liberating the live stock
Leesburg. Va-Rev. C. NJ Tolson. who
has been pastor Of St Timothy's Episco
pal Church, at Herndon. Fairfax Coun
ty, has rendered his resignation to tn,
vestry and accepted a call 70 the rector
ship OF the Episcopal church at Spray
n. G. He VIII begin his pastorate a
; Spray December l.
! Fined for Selling Patent Medicine
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