Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

many wears prominent fashionable
tailor of Winchester. who died TINS
week at her home in Baltimore. were
inferred a day or two ago in the fam
lily lot in Mount Hebron cemetery here,
Rev. DR.. George $. Bowers OF Grace
Lutheran Church officiating at the
grave service. Seven sons and one
daughter survive. Mrs. Oehm was
daughter of the late Bernhard Bona,
raine. several members OF which be-
longed to Napoleons old guard.
Relatives and friends from this and
other sections of the state were pres
dent to the ordination Of Rev Herbert
Nash Tucker of Boydton. Va. as a min,
lister of the Protestant Episcopal
church. which took place in St Pauls
Church at Norfolk Rev: Mr.. Tucker
is son of Bishop Coadjutor Beverly
cambridge Tucker Of Lynchbnrg OF
is graduate of William and Mary
College. the University of virginia
and the Virginia Theological seminary
near Alexandria.
A chapter OF the Daughters of the
American Revolution. with An active
membership of about thirty-fv Was
birthday in Shepherdstown. w. Va The
meeting was held at the residence OF
Mrs. James S. Phillips. through whose
efforts the chapter was organized
Continued progress was made this
week by the Pittsburgh capitalists
who recently began prospecting for
dolomite on the farm of r. +. Holer
at Millville. Jefferson county. w. Va
Nine holes have been drilled. the deep
est being about 3l1 feet. and reports
from the analyses of the stone indi-
cate rich deposits of dolomite. A dia-
mond drill is being used. II cuts on
the circumference of circle four
inches in diameter. and the circular
column of stone and earth inclosed is
taken out as the drilling progresses.
The drill is kept in a bank vault at
night and Is carefully guarded
Mrs Mary Mckeever. eighty-two
years old, member of an old and promi-
nent Frederick county family. died sew
eral days since while visiting at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Carson
Shade. at Glengary, w. Va. death be
ing due to paralysis. Two sons and
two daughters survive.
Miss F. c. Weimer. for more than
thirty years connected with the Mary
Baldwin Seminary at stanton and
principal of the institution since the
death of Miss Baldwin. will retire AT
the close of the present session. AT
| her urgent request her resigna. ion
has been accepted by the board of
trustees. Miss Weimer is one of the
best known woman educators IN Nir-
ginia-
A large force of workmen is tearing
down the old bridge of the Cumber-
land Valley railroad across the Sus
quehanna river this side of Harrisburg.
| Pa. and rapid progress is being made.
A new bridge of reinforced concrete is
| now being erected, one-half of the
structure having been completed re-
Gently. 1t will be necessary to use
part of the old bridge for the time
| being. after which all of il will be
moved. The new structure is about
one mile long and has two tracks.
Later reports from the various peach
belts concerning the damage done by
! the recent below-zero weather indi-
HI,rt ttn,11 las hax-
been injured. particularly in orchards
| on low ground. and experts estimate
there will be no more than so per cent
\ of a crop this summer The damage in
| the famous smithsburg peach belt is
said to have been unusually heavy,
but reports received from the noun
tain slopes of Hampshire county. w.
Va. from which an enormous crop was
shipped last year. indicate better pros
poets. Many growers do not feel
alarmed over the partial loss of their
peaches. claiming that the fruit left
| on the trees always grows larger and
attains a state of perfection which is
certain to assure high prices and no
Cutting of the markets.
Traffic was held up few nights ago
| on the Chesapeake and Ohio railway
between Clifton Forge and Staunton
| by the wrecking of fast through
| express-freight train, made up of forty
| cars. most of which were loaded with
| meats, merchandise and wire. bound
| for Newport News. Some of the cars
| left the rails at switch and the tracks
were torn up for considerable dis
| lance. Reports that a number of train
| men had been seriously injured were
denied by the dispatcherS.
The recent outbreak of mallpoX in
the vicinity of Bunker Hill. Berkeley
county, W. Va, has been successfully
checked. the disease having been con-
! fined to several families in one par
| ticular locality. DR.. NJ. Il. Hoffman Of
Bunker Hill was in charge of the mat
ter. and il was largely due to his work
that the disease was kept from spread
| ing. a report that smallpox had been
found over the line in Frederick coun-
ty. Va. has been denied by the local
health authorities of that county
| Henry c. Barrett. well known
school teacher of Frederick county, has
| bought a farm of 253 acres, known as
| the Purcell home place near Round Hill.
Loudoun county, from W. II. Kelly and
will convert it into fruit and dairy
farm. Some apple trees now on the
place measure over three feet in diam
eter, having been planted many, years
ago. Mr.. Barrett, who is now teaching
school in Loudoun county. will manage
the estate personally at the close of
the present term.
The first work to be done in connec-
ton with the building of the John
Handley Industrial schools in Winches-
ter made possible by the late Judge
John Handley of Scranton. Pa, who
let The bulk of his large estate to this
city for the purpose indicated. was be-
gun this week. when surveyors began
| making plat of a tract of about
twenty-five acres of land in the south
western suburbs of Winchester. upon
which the schools will be erected A
landscape architect of Boston has been
commissioned to lay off the grounds
SO that there will be ample room for
all kinds of athletic games and play
grounds. President r. Gray Williams
of the board of trustees of the Handley
fund is now inspecting the schools at
Gary. Ind. and other places and he
Will make a report to the board. It IS
expected that building operations W i'll
be authorized by the board in the nezr
future. Under the will of Judge Hand
ley the city of Winchester will event
6ually get between s1,50O,OO0 and
S2.0U0.O00 for educational purposes
The fund will also be used in maintain
ing the Handley library. which was
completed several years ago at a cost
of about S250,0oo. and for continuing
the library's free lecture course.
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