The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-16

event. When the nfSt tair was hcAo
in Winchester just forty-thres years
ago, Nicholson established what was
then a good trotting record with
Maggie Mitchell" lie has attended
nearly every fair held here since the
society was organized.
A boa constructor snake seventeen
feet long. which escaped from cage
during band reunion held few
days ago on the Civil War battlefield at
Fishers Hill. created panic for sew
! eral hours. and 1t was due to the
screams OF a woman that the snake
was iinaliy located. Tae woman. be-
coming tired and fatigued on account
OF the sultry weather. went into a
distant part Of the grove and sat on a
rock. AS she did SO. she saw the huge
snake coiled around the rock. The
snake belonged to an Indian show.
The chief Indian finally coaxed the
snake into its cage and gave the wo-
! man 81 for finding II. The snake IS
the mother OF ten smaller snakes,
which are played with as toys by the
little Indians.
While visiting Rev. c. D. Taylor at
the parsonage Of Market Street Metho-
dist Episcopal Church last week. Rev.
Edgar Showacre, pastor Of the church
Of that denomination at Rawlings.
Nd. was seized with sudden attack
Of chronic appendicitis. with which he
has been troubled for several years,
and for some time his condition was
alarming. He improved. however. in
a day or two. and has gone to Romney.
W. Va, and Cumberland. Md.
While presiding over a session OF
the West Virginia Court Of Appeals at
Charlestown. Jefferson County. few
days since. Judge Henry Brannon. OF
Weston. received q message calling
him home on account OF the death OF
his only grandson. Henry Brannon
Warder. son Of DR.. and Mrs. John
warder. Of Weston. after an illness Of
pneumonia OF less than q week. Mr..
warder. who was about twenty-six
years old. had been married only re-
Gently. He was court stenographer at
Charleston.
Fort Loudoun Seminary. which
stands upon the site OF old Fort
Loudoun. which was built by George
Washington when he was . colonel in
the army for the purpose of protect
ing the citizens of Winchester from
the ravages Of the Indians. opened its
fall and winter session late last week
with more boarding pupils than at any
other time in Its history. and the local
enrolment is also greatly increased.
The seminary was last year incor-
porated by Miss Katherine r. Glass,
who Is president Of the institution.
Part OF the old fort built by Washing
ton occupies a conspicuous position On
the seminary's campus.
During the past week the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad has had a recruit
ing agency in several towns on the
Valley Division. seeking to enlist
young and mddle-aged men In various
branches Of the railroad service. for
which 1000 are needed. Several car
loads Of new employers have passed
through Winchester during the past
few days. the greater portion of whom
We're enlisted in the vicinity OF Stras-
burg Junction.
William H. Cox. who was born in
Baltimore sixty-eight years ago. and
who was for many years postmaster
at wildwood, Clarke County. died quite
suddenly at his home there last week
from heart disease. He leaves a widow.
who was formerly Miss Margaret Maggie.
Of Baltimore: four daughters and two
brothers. His remains were inferred in
the historic old chapel graveyard Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church near
wildwood.
While chasing chickens out OF a
clump Of bushes in her back yard at
Riverton, Warren County, several days
ago. Mrs. Porter. wife Of Richard Por-I
ter came in contact with live electric
light wire that had burned through q
tree. and was killed instantly. The
tragedy was witnessed by her four
year-old daughter. who was standing
nearby. Mrs. Porter leaves her hus-
band and four small children.