Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12

river in q boat, and the little craft is
thought to have been overturned by
heavy cakes of ice dashing against It.
Mr.. Heizers companions were saved
The drowned man was an expert swim
mer and IL is believed that he lost his
life mainly by being injured when the
boat upset. The river is still very high.
and his body has not been recovered.
In asking the court to give her a d.
vorce from Clayton r. Ramsburg. who
is said to be the owner Of several val
liable farms, Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Rams
burg AYERS in her bill that during the
three years of their married life he has
given her only one dress suit of clothing
and SIS in cash. She asks for alimony.
and the court Is petitioned to prevent
Ramsburg from disposing OF any Of his
personal property pending settlement
of the suit.
After a fight of several years between
the liquor and anti-license people OF JET
ferson county, w. Va, the new county
court, which met for the first time this
week at Charles Town, decided by vote
in Charles Town and Harpers Ferry. four
in the first-named place and three at the
latter. The applicants who were granted
licenses lost no time In taking advantage
of their privileges, and all the saloons
threw open their doors yesterday for the
first time The licenses are good until
July /, 1914. on which date the entire
state goes dry" unless the result OF the
recent statewide election is declared H.
legal by the courts. Commissioner Burns.
who had been i'll in a Baltimore hospital.
was not expected to be present when the
court met. but he surprised the anti-sa-
loon forces and voted for the granting
Of licenses.
Without any religious ceremony what
ever, the body of Reuben NJ Grubb. a
wealthy and eccentric farmer of Rock
ingham county, who ended his life this
week, was placed in a plain walnut cof-
fin by a local undertaken. and, according
to the wishes Of Grubb. who was an ag
nostic, was buried in a grave near that
of his fathers tomb. in the Bethel ceme-
terry. Grubb left some Instructions, one
of which was that the public should not
know the place of interment, but the
undertaken found it impossible to carry
out the wishes Of the man In that re-
spect. Wherever the undertaken went
after the death of Grub he was fol-
lowed by crowd of morbidly curious
people, until he finally decided to keep
the body in his establishment for several
days. Even at an early hour of the
morning, when he took the body to the
little graveyard, he encountered group
Of people standing near the grave, which
had been dug at night. The funeral di-
rector. seeing that the people persisted IN
following him. placed the body In the
ground as quickly as possible, filled the
grave and then drove away. Grubb left
small sums of money to various relatives.
and the bulk of his large estate goes to
the Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
Arrested at Lima, Ohio.
A message received by Sheriff Carick-
hoff of Rockingham county yesterday
from the chief of police of Lima. Ohio.
states that Job Freed. who was re-
Gently indicted at Harrisonburg on sew
eral charges of check forgery. had been
arrested. and is being held for the Vir-
ginia authorities. Requisition papers
have been applied for. and Freed will be
brought back for trial.
When Clifford GLADDEN. of Jefferson
county attempted to climb into wagon
with a shotgun in his hand the gun
went off, and the load entered his wrist,
decorating the flesh and splintertng the
bones. He was rushed to Shepherds
town. and he is expected to recover, un-
less blood poison develops.
Rev. DIR. w. +. Gruver of Martins
burg, who has been laboring in the Vir-
ginia conference Of the United Brethren
Church for more than twenty-six years
without vacation, has been compelled
as a result to quit his ministerial work
temporarily and take the rest cure.
Although their marriage took place
some time ago, announcement was made
only few days ago that Miss Laura
Whitacre. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
was welded to d. Eugene Dunlap of
Winchester. in Hagerstown, Md, the
ceremony being performed by the pastor
of the United Brethren Church.
After spending several months travel
ing all over Virginia in search of land
upon which to engage in diversified
farming, John II. Snyder of York
county. Pa. has bought one-hundred-
and-fifty-acre fam and apple and peach
orchard several miles west Of Win
chester. declaring it to be the best land
he has examined in the state.
Rev. John NJ. Kline, young minister
of the Baltimore conference. Methodist
Episcopal Church South, who was until
last spring stationed at White Post,
Clarke county, had to be taken to the
Western State Hospital at Staunton, this
week for treatment, his mind being I'M
balanced by reason of close application
to his work. He has been stationed at
Marshall. Va. since last March, and his
wife and children are still there. His