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ding nearly all its equipment and
furniture to satisfy court costs,
amounting to several hundred dol
lars, assessed against the hospital
by the Supreme Court Of Appeals.
The decision against 1t was in q
suit against the board Of trustees of
the Handley fund. Former City So
licitor Robert M. Ward was award
ed 1900 excess Of his salary. by
the Common Council for defending
suits brought in Philadelphia and
Scranton against the city of Win
| chester which was bequeathed the
bulk of the late Judge John Hand
ley's estate, and when Ward donat-
ed his fee to the hospital, the Hand
ley trustees refused to pay the claim.
The Supreme Court sustained the
latter's contention. Rather than suf-
fer its equipment to be sold at auc-
ton the hospital directors will, it is
expected, arrange to pay all costs of
the suit.
Manassas.-Five Hundred people
witnessed the dedication of the me-
mortal pavilion on the battlefield of
Bull Run at ,Groyeton This spa
cious and substantial structure was
erected by the Bull Run Chapter Of
the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy as a memorial to the heroes
of both the Blue and the Gray who
I fell at the first and second Manassas
| or Bull Run battles. The pavilion
| stands on beautiful and command
ing eminence overlooking the battle
field, and is near the Groveton Con-
federate Cemetery. To the right of
| the pavilion stands the beautiful
marble shaft erected eight years ago
by the Bull Runs Chapter, Daught-
ers of the Confederaey, to the mem
DRY of the Confederate soldiers bur
| led at Groveton, while in front of
the building Just dedicated is reared
the magnificent monument put up
several years ago by the survivors
of the Fourteenth Brooklyn Volun-
| teers In commemoration of the valor
and courage displayed by those of
that regiment who fell at the, sec
ond battle of Bull Run
/ Woodstock. IT h Woodstock
School Board has announced the fol
lowing as the faculty for the COM
ing term for the high and graded
school Prof. C. v. Shoemaker,
| principal; Miss Agnes M. West, Miss
Mary w. Blanchard, Miss Jen. D.
| Wheat, Miss Fannie r Nilsson. Miss
Madge 1Funkhouser and Miss Jennie
Robinson Professor Shoemaker
was last year the principal of the
+ Bedford City Schools. Misses West,
1 Wheat, Funkhouser and Robinson
have been members of the corps of
teachers in the Woodstock schools in
previous years. =
SuffolkAThe Atlantic Coast Tele-
phone Company, an independent sys-
tenn, was absorbed by the Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany The City Council, at special
meeting, recalled the charter of the
Atlantic Coast Company by request
of the president, William H. McAnge.
The repeal is conditioned; up various
/ provisions which must be met by the
Bell people within 80 days. Higher
maximum rates than previously
charged viii be permitted BY the
| Council.
Fredericksburg. = The Piedmont
Assembly win open its sessions near
/ Gordonsville, in Orange county, July
| 81 and continue to August s. Serv-
ices will be held each day and among
the addresses will be one on Satur-
day night, July 20, by Rev. P. A.
Cave, of Bowling, Green, and one on
August 3 on Some Spiritual Aspects
on Good Roads, by Rev. G. R. Cruik-
shank, of Bowling Green. Other
speakers will be Prof. C. G.. Maphis,
Prof. s. B. Hedges, DR.. Roy K. Elan
nagan and Rev. J. D. MeAlister.
Fredericksburg big barn of
of Capt. ]. F. Jacks Bell Grove farm,
in King George county, on the Rap
pahannock river, 20 miles below this
city, was destroyed by fire, together
with ESQ tons OF alfalfa hay, large
lot of machinery, a number of wag-
ons, sets of harness, etc. The origin
of the fire is unknown, but it is sup
posed to have been caused by spon-
famous combustion. The loss is
$4,000. There was no insurance.
Norfolk Among the 40 typhoid
fever patients TRANSPORTATION the
/ St. Helena Naval Reservation to the
+ Naval Hospital at Portsmouth there
has been but one death thus far. The
situation at. St. Helena is said to be
we'll in hand incubation has been
extensive among the men, and the
authorities assert that this has had
the desired effect in checking the
! fever.
Harrisonburg Thinking h I
her husband had stumbled and fallen
i to the ground. Mrs. Hiram Merica,
/ of Furnace No. 2, Rockingham coun-
/ ty, ran to his assistance. to find that
he had dropped dead from heart dis
case. He was Il years old and leaves
seven children.
Lynchburg The Lynchburg Au-
4 -tomobile Club has decided to under
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