Evening star., 1909-04-18
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
Early Fruit Crop Ruined by
Frost Last Week.
APPLES ALONE ESCAPE
State Normal School Corner Stone
Laid at Harrisonburg.
BASE BALL ROW AT WOODSTOCK
Fans Nearly Mob Umpire-Miss
Marion A. Horner, Heiress, We'd
ded to G. L. Hirth.
Corresnondence ~ The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va, April II. 1909
Heavy frosts over the Shenandoah val
ley last week killed at least 40 per cent
of the peaches, pears. plums and cherries.
The trees were full OF healthy blossoms.
but two frosts ruined practically all the
early fruit.
A few years ago Frederick county alone
produced over 10000 bushels of peaches.
and became the banner peach county OF
Virginia. There will be an enormous crop
Of apples however.
| The corner stone Of the new state
normal school at Harrisonburg was laid
on Thursday with ceremonies under the
direction of Col. William Baylor Nc
Chesney of Staunton. representing the
grand master of Masons in Virginia. Ad-
dresses were made by prominent Vir-
ginians. ALI the military and civic
organizations of the town attended.
n. J. Lushbaugh Is Suicide.
Harman j. Lushbaugh, Oldest resident
of Staunton. and a contractor in the val
ley of Virginia, while temporarily out
CT his mind as the result of long illness,
committed suicide on Wednesday after
noon, shooting himself with a revolver.
He was in his eighty seventh year. He
left a wife and several children.
Fred Vance John Dolan and William
Mitchell. tried. convicted and sentenced
| to ten years in the penitentiary al
Moundsvile for robberies at Frenchs sta
| tion have also been tried in the federal
court for robbing several post offices
and sentence OF ten years was added to
the term Of each prisoner.
The congregation of the First Baptist
/ Church of Winchester has extended
call to Rev w. o. Rosser of Radford.
Va to succeed Rev. E. E. Northen. who
resigned some months ago to accept call
| to Hinton, w. Va.
Rev. Flournoy Shepperson of Magnolia.
Ark, has been called to the pastorate
of the Presbyterian Church at Berryville.
Clarke county, to succeed Rev D. h.
scanlon. now of Montreal. n. c. Rev.
Mr. Shepperson assisted Rev. Mr.. Scan
lon in his work at BeTyville last sum-
mer.
The spring meeting of the Winchester
presbytery is now being held In the Pres
| byterian Church at Woodstock. Shenan
doah county, Va, and will continue over
Sunday.
Rev. J. w H. 3eale made his farewell
| address to the congregation of Market
Street Methodist Episcopal Church Wed
| nesday evening, and. accompanied by
Mrs. Beale. left on Thursday for Hamp-
den. Baltimore county, Md. where he be-
| comes pastor of the Methodist Church.
l
A. e. Slagle. formerly of Mount Savage.
Md. who arrived with his wife and two
| daughters yesterday.
Killed by Railroad Train.
Joel Bolaske. a Slav employed in a stone
lQuarry near Martinsburg. w. Va. was
struck and instantly killed by passenger
! train No. on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad Thursday afternoon on the out
skirts of Martinsburg. The tragedy oc-
Cured near Bullseye bridge, back of
Green Hill cemetery.
| Charles v. Larrick. son Of Mr. and Mrs.
James /. Larrick of Middletown. this
county. and Miss Bertha Mclaughlin.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Nc
I.aughlin of Mason and Dixon. Pa, were
married Wednesday evening at the home
of the bride" parents. After a reception
the bride and groom left on trip TO
Washington. Philadelphia and New York.
Mason and Dixon. where the groom is
stationed as operator for the Cumberland
Valley railroad. He is also engaged in
business with his father-in-law.
| horse driven by Harry Benner. rural
mail carrier OF Stephenson. this county.
became frightened at a traction engine
Wednesday afternoon and ran OFF. throw
| ing the mail carrier out and against
top of him. Young Benner was badly
cut and bruised. The wagon was de-
molished.
Trouble With Umpire.
Trouble with the umpire characterized
the first game Of base ball of the season
at Woodstock this week. when the Balii-
more City College team defeated the
Massanutten Academy club, to 0. I'm
pire Foster called a man out at second
base when the baseman admitted that
the man was safe. The crowd almost
mobed the umpire.
Miss Marion a. Harmer. who has been
spending the winter in Syracuse and
New York city. was married 10 Charles
l.. Hirth of Homestead, Pa, in Brook
lyn. n. Y, few days ago by Rev. DR..
Nathan McCleilard pastor of Memorial
Presbyterian Church. The bride is the
daughter OF the late Capt John r.
Harmer of Winchester. and under ner
| fathers will she recently inherited for
tune. Mr.. Hirth is the travelling repre-
sentative OF large wholesale firm OF
Boston, Mass. They are now in Win
chester on their honeymoon.
| Levi Parker of this county, Baltimore
and Ohio railroad employe, was knocked
senseless with blackjack a few nights
ago and robbed OF SIS. The thieves
missed SO bill In his inside pocket
Young Parker had been working at Cum
| berland.
Lincoln Hall. large frame building oc-
cupied by colored students at Storer Col
|
down this week. causing a heavy loss
The building contained thirty-fve rooms
and was occupied by seventy male stu
dents and the superintende family.
Mrs. Lydia A. Minghini. wife of
Joseph l.. Minghini. died this week from
hemorrhages OF the lungs at her home in
Martinsburg, w. Va, aged seventy five
years. She was a member of the old
| Sencindiver family OF Berkeley county
| During the civil war her husband was a
scout on the staff of Gen. j. E. B. Stuart
of the Confederate army.
Charles s. McComas, mail clerk on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad between
| Winchester and Baltimore died at his
! home here this week from Bright's dis
| ease. aged forty-eight years. He Is sur
yived by his third wife, his parents, Mr.
! and Mrs Isaac T. McComas of Balti-
| more: two sons. one daughter and a
! brother and sister. He was a member of
| the Masonic fraternity His remains
| were buried In Baltimore Thursday.
Mrs. A. v. L. Bowles Dead.
Mrs. Annie Y. l.. Bowles, wife of W.
w. Rowles, a Clarke county farmer and
horsemaE. died few days ago at the
| family home at Mllwood aged sixty
years. She was daughter of the late
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