The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-01
HsRRISONBURG NOTES.
Death of Mrs. TayIor-After Horse
Thief--Thinks Father Is Hermit.

SPECIAL t. The Richmond \irginian
HARRlsoNEURG, VA, June L.
According to an old family custom,
Mrs. Ada Taylor. 2 years old. who
died yesterday ia Eridgewater. Rock
ingham county, WAS buried in ifar-
rtsonhurg this afternoon at Wood
biue cemetery without a funeral SER
vice. Brief service was held at the
grave by Rev. Or. Wilson.
Mrs Taylor was daughter OF the
late Dr, William Herring, of Har-
risonhurg. and leaves her husband,
Silas Taylor. three Children--Gree-
Try, Of r517frr IA - n
Taylor and Mrs Il. w. Spitzer, Of
Charlottesville. Ind.---a sister, Mrs,
Bertha Huffman, OF kaney. Kan. and
a brother. ] e Herring. Of Carriers
willie, Ga She aas a Presbyterian.
The Rockingham Rural Carriers
Association in session here, elected
q. II Miller. of Bridgewater. dele
gate to the State convention. which
meets in Roanoke September g.
Sheriff Caldwell. OF Craig. and F.
4. Reynolds, Of the same county, ar
rived in Harrisonburg yesterday in
search OF John Smith. the horse 'aief
who has been creating terror through
out the Valley. The men left to-day
for Franklin. w Va, where smith
was taken Monday on a horse steal
ing charge
Reynolds claims that Smith stole his
horse in Craig and claims to have a
good case. IL turns out that smith
took the Reynolds animal at Mount
Solou. Augusta county, To make a
swap with II, /. Caraeofe. Smith,
however, stole the Caracnfe horse
M
ing the Reynolds animal In exchange.
1t was the Caracofe animal that
Smith left at Sugar Grove last week
when he stole John SINNERS ami
NAL, afterwards making his escape
by covering the pursuing officers with
his gun and backing away.
In the democratic primaries heia
In Pendleton county, w Va, Hon
John %. Keister, of Brandywine, was
nominated for the State legislature
and Flick Warner fer county super
intendent OF schools. Mr.. Keister is
the present representative
Mrs. w. H. Maxwell. OF Stokesville'
Augusta county. for nearly a half u
century has been under the impress
sion that her father was killed In the
Civil War. Recently, however. she
heard that ne was living the life of a
hermit IN n EttnutG 10Nttbh ia IVA
nessee. The daughter has gone In
search OF her father.
While removing rock from the oil
Hedrick farm, near Island Ford
Rockingham county, several days ag'
workmen came across the stone foun
dalton of a large barn which wa
burned down during Sheridans raid
w. A. Didawick, 40 years old. diet
several days ago at Strasburg. IL
leaves his wife, a son and brother
&c. r. Didawick. mail clerk on tn
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad betweel
Harrisonburg and Lexington.
Mrs. Fannie Gibbons, who make
her home with her daughter. Mrs
r. L. Yancey. on South Main street
has returned from Roanoke. wher
she spent the winter with her son, w
A. Gibbons.
Captain ID. r. Brinkfey. of Roanoke
has been spending several days II
Harrisonburg.
DIR. Lunsford III. Lewis, who recent
ly graduated at the Virginia Medfca
College. Richmond. returned yester
day from visit to his father. ID. s
Lewis, editor of the Bristol Evening
News, and left this morning for King
County Hospital, n. Y. where he ha
received an appointment.