Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
Woodstock's New City Hall to
Have Historic Site.
STORMS DAMAGE SERIOUS
Crops Suffer and Rivulets Become
Raging Torrents.
WILLIS MOORE TO FARMERS
Weather Bureau Bulletins Are Now
Delivered by Telephone-Girl
Kills Rattlesnake.
STORMS DAMAGE SERIOUS
WILLIS MOORE TO FARMERS

Delivered by Telephone-Girl
Kills Rattlesnake.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va. July /, 1911.
Before next fall sets in 1t Is expected
that the people of Woodstock. the capital
of the large and progressive county OF
Shenandoah. will be in a position to boast
of handsome city hall. not only wen
constructed. but on ground to which there
Is attached considerable history and leg
ends OF the olden time. one of the most
interesting of which concerns a woman
The site obtained for the new city hall
was once occupied by hotel. or tavern.
and after a number of people had failed
to make the house paying proposition
Mrs. Ann Turnbull went from Winches-
ter in 1920 to manage the tavern. She is
described by old newspapers as having
been a very handsome and vivacouS
widow. Shortly after locating in Wood
stock she was married = Peter Miller,
wealthy man of that place. who soon
found out that the creditors of Mrs. Turn
bull had made the match for the purpose
of holding Miller responsible for his
wife's debts. law being in effect at that
time by which a husband was obligated
TO pay any ante-nuptfal obligations.
a card in a Woodstock paper, warning
the public not 10 trust his wife.
Several tragedies are also said to have
been enacted on the premises. The ia
nous old house is now being torn down
preparatory to erecting the Woodstock
city hall.
Serious Storm Damage.
High winds accompanied a terrific rain
storm in Winchester several days ago.
and considerable damage was done to
growing crops. Much corn was mashed
flat TO the ground, and the lowlands were
swamped. while a number of usually
small streams in Frederick county be-
came raging torrents OF water within
short time. overlooking their banks and
preventing people from fording with their
teams.
In the vicinity OF Narrow Passage be-
tween Woodstock and Edinburg, Southern
railway trains were held up for an hour
in the afternoon waiting for the water
to run down over the tracks, and motor
lists on the valley pike found it impossi-
BILE to go through the water for several
hours.
Lightning struck many trees in Win
chester and vicinity. rendering the cleo
tric service useless until repairs were
made at night by large gangs of work
men.
Get Daily Weather Reports.
Through an arrangement perfected be-
tween the United States weather bureau
and the Bell Telephone Company. effec-
tive today, all the farmers are now re-
ceiving daily weather reports by tele-
phone a general call was sounded this
morning at the Winchester central, cali
ing every farmer to the telephone, and
the bulletin from the weather bureau was
read to all at the same time. The same
arrangement has been made eHecuVe IN
all sections of Virginia and the states OF
North and South Carolina, Georgia, FLOR
ida, Alabama and the southern naiI Oh
West Virginia.
The stanton police are satisfied that
Edward Miller. whose dead body was
found on the Chesapeake and ONO ran
way tracks near that city last sunday
morning, was not killed by d train. but
that he was murdered. and 1t Is ex-
pected that an arrest will be made at
any time. the authorities and rail-
road detectives have been gathering
evidence all week and claim to have
the murderer under surveillance. 1t
has become known that Miller had
serious quarrel with several men
short time before his body was found.
The Automobile Club of Martinsburg.
w Va has addressed a set OF resolu-
tions TO the members of the Berkeley
county court. requesting tHetH W dpOl-
ish tollgates on the pike between that
city and Winchester. claiming that 1t
is the only road in the county on which
tolls are charged. They also claim
that the turnpike company is declar-
ing dividends. which is in violation OF
the charter.
Mule Gives Sheriff Trouble.
Deputy Sheriff Wetzel of Jefferson
h-1 fiy7r ora
several days ago with mule, which
was part OF the outfit of Dan Rice's
show. which went into the hands Of
receiver at Harpers Ferry. He found
IL Impossible to either push or pull
the mule until several ponies were
brought out. whereupon the mule fol-
lowed willingly.
Efforts have been made by some of
the show people to effect a reorganiza
ton, but they have not been success
full Many were left at Harpers Ferry
without funds, while others had just
enough to take them to Washington.
Chester Funkhouser, twenty years
old. who was kicked on the head by
a stallion last week, fracturing HIS
skull. has lost the sight Of both eyes,
and IT is feared that meningitis will de-
great pain. he refused to take an anes-
thetic while surgeons removed what
was left of one eye.
A petition Is being circulated by the
Business Mems Association Of Win
chester and Frederick County with q
view of inducing the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad to make Winchester a
junction point with the line of the
Cumberland Valley railroad, which has
a spur running almost to the formers
right OF way in the northern section
of the town. The Cumberland Valley
road has indicated it's willingness to
make the connection, and the matter
will be put up to the Baltimore and
ohio officials In Baltimore next week
No Outside Orators Wanted.
The biennial local option campaign IL
Staunton this month is to be conducted
along lines altogether different from
those of the past in that city, and II
was stated today that there will be no
campaign orators brought from other
states 10 tell how local option works in
those sections Of the country. Local
statistics. II is said. will be relied upon
by both sides. The street parades OF
women will likely be eliminated.
The town council of Woodstock has
adopted resolutions appealing to the
people to use water as sparingly as
possible until the new reservoir OF
one gallon capacity Is com.
pleted.
Declaring that everything was going to
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