Evening star., 1916-01-02
MARYLAND AND THE VIRCINIAS.

Linvflle Depot. near here, accidentally
shot himself. death being instantane-
| GUS He had finished cleaning a rife
and placed cartridge in the chamber
ne struck the rifle against table
causing its discharge. His wife and
three small children survive.
HAGERSTOwN, Md-Mrs Susan Dix.
on, nearly eighty years old, was found
dead in her log cabin near Trego. Her
throat had been cut from ear to ear
ofhcers have not been able to discover
| whether the case was suicide or mur.
der. Mrs. Dixon was the widow OF
George Dixon and lived alone. Hel
, BODY was found crumpled up back OF
the stove in the kitchen. A bloody
throat and the woman had evidently
been dead for many hours.
HAGERSTOWN, Md-Business Of the
local post Office for Christmas just past
was more than double the volume OF
business year ago.
FREDERICK, Md.-Lewis Stull. thir-
teen years old, son of Mrs. Fleet J.
Stull of Poplar Heights, is in the hos
pital here because his brother George
didn't know a shotgun was loaded. The
entire charge of birdshot from the
gun took effect in Lewis right thigh
and amputation may be necessary.
NORFOLK. va.-The body of vir-
ginia Howard. daughter of Capt. Rich
ard Howard of the steamer Tivoli
November 26. was washed ashore
at Middle Hoopers Island, Chesapeake
bay. The young girl was among those
reported missing after the fire. She was
passenger on the boat with her father
mother and a sister and brother. The
boy was also lost
TAzEwELL, Va.-Fire at Grundy
of P,,~h do
stroyed seven buildings and caused a loss
of more than 100000. partly covered by
insurance. The fire started in the
building of the Grundy Mercantile Com
pany. which was totally DESTROYED to-
gether with the buildings of J. H. Stin-
son & Co. E. H. Witten Company. Of
fee of the Sandy Valley News, and the
homes of Mrs. Glen Watkins, DR.. John
Waldron and E. H. Combs.
RICHMOND, va-Good Roads day is to
be observed in every public school in
Virginia January %, in accordance
Stuart. The state highway commission
and the Cooperative Educational Asso-
citation are cooperating in the move
ment.
UPPE MARLBORO, Md.-Charles s.
Rowe Of this place was run down and
killed by train at Hopewell, Va, accord
ing to word received here. He was son
uation from the University of Wiscon-
sin last June he took a position at
Hopewell in the chemical department
Of the du Pont powder plant. He was
twenty-five years old.
BERRYvILLE. va.-Frank Galloway,
former star catcher on the Berryville
base ball team, Is In Buenos Aires, Ar
gentina. where he is in charge of con-
struction work on a big cold storage
plant He Is also catching for a base
ball team composed of Americans and a
few Argentinans, and newspaper clip
pings received here last week contain
ing reports of contests in which his team
has figured indicate that he Is playing
great game.
HAGERsTowN, Md-John Brown. a
negro living near Rohrersvile, this coun-
ty. has been charged by a coroner's s
jury with the murder of Mrs. Susan
Nixon. seventy-six years old. who was
found dead in her log cabin Christmas
day with her face almost shot away.
Brown. who is said to be mixture of
negro, Indian and white, is in Jail here.
His trial is to be held during the Feb
ruary term of court.