Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
Gets Divorce After Twenty Years.

After waiting twenty years for his wife
to return to him, and declaring that he
had gwen her up altogether, levi Fishel
of Frederick county came into Judge Har-
rison's court with his lawyers and asked
for a divorce. which was granted after
the court had examined the dispositions Of
witnesses.
Thomas Anderson and Miss Esther
Bayliss. members of prosperous Fred
erick county families, were married in
winchester day or two ago, but not
until after they had gone through an ex-
cltlng experience with q runaway horse
several miles west Of town. The animal,
becoming frightened at a steam roller,
dashed through barbed wire fence
hurting the bride among pile of quar-
ried rocks and cutting deep cash in the
bridge of her nose while the groom fell
uninjured in a heap of soft earth at the
bottom of an embankment. Mrs. Fred
erick Boxwell of Washington and other
friends who were in the wedding party,
rendered first aid to the injured, and the
bride pluckily continued the journey to
the matrimonial altar, despite the fact
that blood had stained her wedding
clothes and new hat.
Mrs. Margaret Liskey, eighty-nine years
old. who was i'll just fifteen minutes. died
near HarriSOnburg a few days ago and
is survived by six children, twenty-one
grandchildren and fourteen great-grand-
pallbearers and eight others as flower
bearers.
While it is generally admitted that the
Virginia republican convention will in
Taft in the Chicago convention next sum-
mer. there is just now number of fights
on banda to who will have the honor
of delivering the delegates to the Presi-
dent, and some politicians profess to see
ahead more factional strife amng the
republicans of the state. Each leader
wishes to do all the work in the matter
of delivering Taft delegates, and it is
generally believed that everything will
not be cut and dried when the district
Delegates meet in the state convention
Randolph L. Heneberger Dead.
Randolph l.. Heneberger, member of a
prominent Harrisonburg family, who was
born in Washington thirty years ago. died
on his recently purchased farm in Han
over county last week of pneumonia and
his body was inferred at Harrsonburg a
few days ago. He leaves a wife and
two children and also his father, DR..
Lucien G. Heneberger, who was surgeon
on the battleship Maine when 1t was blown
up in Havana harDor, and who is now
medical director Of the United States
Navy.
Members of many of the orchard COM |
panies operating in the Virginia valley |
and the near by sections of West Virginia |
are complaining about the rule issued by |
Royal Cabell, the internal revenue COM |
missioner. requiring such companies to |
pay federal tax. The stockholders and |
directors claim that they are already |
burdened by county and state taxes, and |
that the order of the commissioner will |
likely work a hardship On some of the
nothing has been done to make a de-
Tense.
According to information which comes
from Roanoke. Rev. William H. H.
the former pastor Of Trinity
be his own lawyer when his trial begins
before Bishop Collins Denny in that city, |
January %. Rev. H. P. Hamill, formerly
Of Winchester. but now of Elacksburg.
Va. will conduct the prosecution The
personnel of the jury has not been an
Many friends of the minister.
who is well known all over the Baltimore
are entertaining hopes that
he will be able to clear himself of the
charges which have been preferred
against him.
Duke" Hettenhouser, who was locked
up at Martinsburg during the holiday cele-
oratiOnS for disorderly conduct will have
to face more serious charges He is &C
,used of forging checks and also break
ng open letter box and stealing mail
natter: Several stamped letters intended
Tor other people. and which had been
nailed by residents of Martinsburg, were
'ound In his possession.
Mrs. Powers, wife of Jack s. Powers,
prominent resident of Berryville, was
,eld up and robbed the man street Of
hat town one night this week by a ne
gro youth, said to be one Calvin Hill,
Who, after chase by officers through |
several dark streets and vacant lots, was
and landed in Jail. He had
grabbed Mrs. Powers handbag, contain
ng sum Of money and other valuables |
tut had secreted it somewhere before the
police captured him. =,
Apple Company Organized.
A number of men of the Bitter Root
ALLEY OF Montana, who have made for
unes growing apples in the northwest. +
ut who are satisfied that fruit grown
n the Virginia valley possesses a flavor
uperior to that of the western country,
ave taken out letters Of Incorporation
or the Virginia Apple Company, VIII Oh s
) capitalized at $4,000. 1t has been or '
anized in Augusta county. hundreds of I;
ores on the western slope Of the Blue
lidge near Waynesboro having been O
ought by the western men. Much Of the b
md has already been set out in apples. | Il
,uring the past few days another pur- q
base of 1000 acres has been made by the ).
ompany and the land will be planted in | Z
pples of fancy variety which command e
Ugh prices in the English markets
Nelson B. Cooper and Miss Julia e | b
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