The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-26

epiee inc protests OF some OF tho peo-
plo.
Miss Erma Shade. daughter OF Rob
ert shade. of Siler, Frederick county.
WAC was on visit to friends in Nor
san county. w. Va, last week, killed
an elSht-year-o1d rattlesnake without
assistance, and brought the reptile
nome as a present for her mother. Miss
shade had her attention attracted BY
the Missing and rafting sound char
aetcristlc OF rattlesnakes, and lust as
the snake was about to spring at her
sne seized fence rail- and dealt 1t q
GLOW which broke the snakes back
10 make ooubly sure that she had dis
aoleo the squirming reptile, sho
mashed Its head with stone.
:, while Robert Turner and Jacob VII
hams We're in an old house built over
q spring near the Shenandoah River.
az Harper's Ferry, whero they had
taken refuge during storm, lightninr
struck turner, killing him Instantly.
ana badly stunned Williams When
the latter recovered consciousness he
round that Turner had fallen on him
ana some time elapsed before he could
sum mon sufficient strength to remove
n rne CORPSE from his own body. Tur-
ner. who was fifty years old and IN
married, was native OF Warren coun-
y. he had been engaged in business
number OF years In Martinsburp
where his funeral will be held 10.
morrow. Turner and Williams had
oeen fishing In the river. and the
,A'n,1 was cleaning n FISH with pen
Ahiie "hen killed by the lightning
Jacob Rudolph, member OF . vail
known family OF Star Tannery. this
county, who has been engaged in fell
ing timber near Cumberland. Md. was
brought to Memorial Hospital yester-
DAY afternoon in serious condition
suffering with blood poison. HIS knee
was injured while at work, and blood
poison SGT In. i.
Mosquer Brown. OF Berkeley county
made fast race with death ~
days ago to the hospital, but lost his
niue son. Ralph Brown, having drunk
ABOUT two ounces of laudanu1n that
had been left within his reach. Tho
poison had gone into every part Of
the child's system before he was found
by his mother '.N
MISS Gertrude May Adams, member
% an o!o frederick county family, was
married this week to Hollie b. McCor-
mac. a well-known Winchester b,,st-
ness man. at the home Of her friends
MT and Mrs. w. T. Menear. in Fair.
mont w. Va. by Rev. H. G.. Stoetzer
pastor of the First Presbvterian
Church. They will be at homa In Win
chester after July 10, upon returning
rom Canada and the Great Lake re-
gion. 77f7f>,
Marshall Roper a we'll known resI-
dent of Jefferson county. was thrown
violently from a runaway tenn q few
uays ago, and before he could he ex
.ricatso from his perilous position he
had been dragged over the rough roads
ana me thumb on his right hand torn
or. He was very painfully cut and
bruised about the body. ,
Joseph Frances Herman, OF wash
inston, and Miss Grace Agnes Chan
line. daughter of Mrs Ida ChanIine
OF Shepherdstown, w. Va, were mar,
ried several days ago in Washinrton
cy Rev. Father Feely, at his parochiai
residence. The ceremony was Wit,
messed by the brides sister, Mrs. Helen
Wendell of Richmond. mn
James a. McFadden, D. NJ swinlz
ana 3. f. kohlhousen, of Winchester,
nave obtained charter in West vIr-
gina Tor the Shenandoah Valley Barrel
Company. and are now at work on n !
large plant between the belt line of
the Norfolk and Western and tile Bal
timore and Ohio Railroads near
Charlestown Their plant Will be on
Grated by electricity. The NJ i. Grove
line COMPANY. OF Stephens City IS
eIectinE large barrel factory on their
property at that place. The develop-
mcnt of the apple industry in the Vi
entity OF Wincheste- has caused quito
a numnes OF people to engage In har
re: making.
The water supply OF the town az
woodstock Is very low. owing 10 ira
increased demand. ard the water 4
CUT eff AL day. with the exception OF
an hour In the morning and an hour
In the evening 4 new reservoir In
course of construction viii, he raoa,,
Tor use within two weeks
It Is expected that Mrs Arayhew.
WIDOW OF George MAYHEM, OF win.
caester, who was killed last sunday
night by electricity In Hagerstown
VIII institute an action for damages
against that city. by which the electric
,ight flant Is operated and main
.a.hen' MIR. Mayhew was about 10
.",n on an electric light when no RS.
ceived a shock which killed him. An
invest cation showed that two wiras
outside Tho building were crossed.
NOW that the saloons of cnar!estoyn
VIII nave TO close on Friday night OF
TINS week. on account Of tho COUNT
court refusing to renew licenses an
appeal Is being made to the munlc,pai
antnErities to have the drinking water
OF ti<S town purified. Some time aro
the state chemist analysed the waicr
ana found germs In 1t. Little ntten-
, Iron was paid TO his report, however,
III regard to the saloon question be-.
came known, and now the people arc
ciamor'ns for better drinking water.
PROFESSOR J. D. Harris, principal OF
the high school at Amelia " y,