Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01

| trip of inspection over the ROAD, eNaiuii-
! ing the new work being done by several
| large. forces of men 4 number of road
rollers have been employed tor some time
! past. the road widened in many places.
| steel culverts installed and several new
! bridges completed. The road from Win
chester TO Staunton will be i'm prime con-
dition for the Gldden touricts next
month
Cut Off His Hand.
Just as he was recovering from injuries
sustained recently by falling from his
/ barn, Dairyman r. NJ. Conner. living near
Staunton cut his left hand off this week
, in fodder cutter and almost bled to
death before he could he taken to a hos
pital. where the flow of blood was stop
ned Ii is now believed he will recover
| The sheriff of Rockingham county mas
! been ordered by the supervisors TO ne OH
| the job tomorrow at the courthouse
| square in HarrSonburg, and chase ava!
| ali those individuals who have become
| chronic Sunday loaferS on the lawns ana
| granite steps leading to the local Tempe
! of justice. For many years past IL mas
| been customary for large numbers OF
men of the town to congregate there on
| bright Sundays and eat peanuts, Irui's
and smoke and read newspapers from
morning till night, and the SUPERVISORS
! say it has gone too far
The late Mrs. Kate Burns OF Staun-
| ton left no will, and at the present
| term of court her nephew, Ihomas D.
| Shaughnessy, was appointed ADMINS
traitor, it being the impression tnat ne
and his wife, the only relatives OF the
deceased would get her estate, valued
at $4,000 but several days ago the
administrator accidentally 1ound $''ZoV
concealed in an old trunk that was
about to be sold at auction thereby
increasing the value of the estate to
$22,25O. This find has led to a fur-
Their search of Mrs. Burns personally,
but no more cash has been found
Mad Dog Scare.
new mad dog excitement has
broken out in the Elkton section or
Rockingham county. and number or
people. horses and cattle have been
bitten by CANNES supposed to be rabld
Some of the dogs have been shot or
dubbed to death, but others are still
at large, and residents of the nelghoor-
hood whose business requires them 10
be out of doors always go armed.
The regular fall session OF the WIN
chester Presbytery, which takes IN ali,
the Virginia counties west or the Blue
Ridge and north of Rockingham county
and several in West Virginia, has been
in progress this week at Petersburg
w Va, and was attended by a large
number of ministers and elders
Apple growers of Warren county
gasped this week when northern buy
ers came to Front Royal and offered
them 81 a barrel for apples on the
trees. The growers declare they Will
place their fruit in cold storage and
run risks rather than dispose or the
orchards at the figures offered.
Vernie Crown Meade, daughter of
Randolph Meade, fell down flight Of
steps at the home of her grandmother.
Mrs. John O. Crown, in Berryville, last
| week and when spinal meningitis de-
velOped several days ago she soon eX-
pired.
When Capt. Thomas Lennig of the
United States Army. retired, died re-
Gently in Harrisonburg, where he had
lived for a number of years. it was
found in his will that he had left half of
his estate. valued at $4,000 to the
Harrisonburg Catholic Church, and the
balance to relatives. 1t was ascertain
ed recently that he had an addit ional
sc, 600 on deposit in a Philadelphia
bank, and although relatives took the
matter to court. an order has been
entered requiring the executor to di-
vide the deposit equally between the
late soldiers kinsmen and the church.
Preacher Turns Farmer.
Rev j. Fl. Light, who recently re-
signed as pastor of the Southern Metho-
dist Church at Front Royal to become
superintendent Of the Virginia Anti
Saloon League, has also decided to be-
come a farmer and fruit grower, and
to that end he has bought large tract
Of land in Warren county, where he
will plant an orchard.
According to reports received here
today from the billy sections of Fred
erick and adjoining counties, large
numbers Of rabbits have already been
killed in violation of the law, and it
is said other game animals have been
trapped and Struggled out of the coun-
ty to the city markets. Game wardens
have been supplied with new copies of
the game laws. and it is expected that
vigorous campaign will be waged
upon those who are suspected of kill
ing game before the season opens.
Rev. DIR. Abner c. Hopkins who was
known as the fighting chaplain of the
Stonewall brigade" during the civil
war. will tomorrow celebrate his forty
| fifth anniversary pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Charles Town,
w. Va.
The third annual apple carnival was
held the latter part of this week at
Martinsburg under the auspices of the
Berkeley County Horticultural Society,
dOncluding with large banquet and
dance. \ score or more of orchard
experts made practical addresses, tell
ing the fruit growers how to eradicate
the various pests which infest the
orchards. Cash and silver plate prizes
of apples, peaches and other fruits.
Ho,nnla%;no tho Coun<v T;oko%c