The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14

Presoyterian Church in Winchester. a
brothcr-in-law of Row James p. Smith.
w. L, D. .,,o OF Richmond: The operation
main In the hospital a week longer
His pulpit was occupied to-day by
Kew. Alfred L. Graham. of Lexington.
&ho rs visiting his father. Rev. James
A bold but unsuccessful attempt is
believed to have been made to blow
up tho Southern Methodist Church
camp-meeting at Ridgeway several
nights ago. when n number of sticks
or dynamite were exploded in tho forks
OF an old cherry tree along the tracks
OF the Cumberland Valley Railroad
near the camp meeting grounds. When
the explosion occurred the ground
qulVered and the meeting was thrown
INTO great confusion. The villagers
were greatly excited. and people ran
peil-mell to and fro, asking what had
happened. Windows were shattered and
many apple trees in nearby orchards
were almost stripped of their fruit
b by the force Of the explosion: 1t is
pelleVed the desperate was afraid to
place the dynamite closer to the big
tent, fearing apprehension. An inves-
legation Of the affair is being made
by the authorities OF the railroad com
pany and also of Berkeley county, In
which the crime was perpetrated.
harry Shoplanu. Oh scranton, Pa, and
o.
berlln. or Clarke county, wsre mar
RED In the Berryvllie baptist Church
on thursday evening by the pastor
rev julius Broaadus. ID. ID. They lett
on an EXTENDED trip, after which they
WIN lve at Scranton. wnere Mr. Snop-
iand is engaged in business
Section men from a large number
OF stations on the Valley DIVISION OF
tne Baltimore ana Ohio Railroad nave
n
me work or laying new eignty-nye-
pound steel rails ana crossties be-
.ween Harper's Ferry and Strasburn
junction before another possible IN
Yestigation is MADE OF the roadbed
ny state or Federal authorities sew,
eial accidents have occurred between
,,.aa and darper's Ferry in less
tiian Il year. and in eacn instance the
Toadped mas been blamed.
a. L. Solenberger, well-known
merchant. VINO mad been suspecting
placksnakes OF eating nearly all the
or the reptiles several days ago in
the nen house and killed II. Upon ex-
aiming the interior OF the snake /.
was round that II had not only swal-
but that tive china nest eggs were in
its stomach.
a., Herman A. Patel. of Baltimore, and
Miss Pearl Lowery We're married here
few evenings ago at the home OF
the latter's mother, Mrs. Annie Low.
cry WEIGHT, by Rev w. Z. Walters.
pastor OF the Christian Church. They
! .' the following day for Baltimore,
where they Will live.
James "A. Anderson q native of
hampshire county. w. Va, who has
peen making his home in Richmond
since becoming salesman for a gun
M
from Z runaway team near Canon
springs several days Lgo and dragged
some distance by the horses after the
buggy had been overturned. The horses
tainside. and when Anderson crawled
out he was suffering greatly from
cuts and bruises He is well known
throughout Virginia and other States
as professional rifieman
Just as Oscar Wild. member of
well-known Berkeley county family
stepped off train at Martinsburg sew
eral DAYS ago, after a long absence,
ne was arrested on charges preferred
resisted arrest and kicked Chief OF
Police Rind in the face, but he finally
was overpowered and taken to Jail
He waived a hearing and has been held
Tor the grand jury.
william Young. a native OF Winches-
ter. seventy-three years old, who serv-
ed In the Fifth Virginia Infantry Com
during the Civil War. was stricken
with paralysis at his home in Berry
vile last week and died without re-
gaining consciousness. He leaves his
wife. two sons, one daughter and two
sister.
Rev. Joseph H. Cooley. a former
Winchester groceryman, who has been
in charge of the Southern Methodist
mission at Woodstock for several
years. has decided to quit the min
istry and engage in fruit-growing and
farming near Winchester. He recently
paid about $4,000 for farm, and also
has bought a new brick residence in
this city.
Eight acres OF unimproved land sit
uated near the Valley Pike. two miles
south of Winchester, were sold last
week by James r. Aflecle to Miss Har-
ret E. Burke. of Pittsburg. Pa. for
$500 an acre. Miss Burke will build
Scott Grant, q well-known Frederick
county farmer and stockman, paid Si6,-
900 for forty-three acres OF land be-
longing to W. r. Doll, situated near
New Market. Shenandoah county. The
Ayears old. and about 1900 bearing
pear trees, as we'll as house and
barn.
H. f. Byrd. president of the Evening
Star Publishing Company. OF Winches-
ter, and son OF Speaker Il. T.. Byrd, of
the Virginia House of Delegates. has
been elected a member of the National
Geographic Society. Of Washington.