Evening star., 1916-10-15

Cumberland, Md.-George l. Richard
| son of Luthervlle, who died last week,
| had written over $4,000, 600 life insurance,
81 900. 600 of it after he was seventy years
| old.
/ Charleston. W. Na.-The Cheat River
/ Lumber Company, capital $25o.06o. has
| been Incorporated by W. II. Chambers OF
! F'airmont. W. Va; f. Hamstron and
Thomas kearns of Pittsburgh. Pa, and
others
| Staunton. Na.--IIaVing secured a re-
volver from one Of the attendants at the
! Western State Hospital. patient named
| Wine. at the point Of the gun, made the
attendant open the doors that were closed
between him ana freedom and made his
escape from the asylum. According to in
lorna ton. the attendant. who was in his
room writing . letter. had the pistol lying
nearby engrossed with his pen. Wine
stealthiIy entered the attendants room
/ :. nd took charge of the gun and also the
attendant. Holding his man at the point
| of the ugly looking weapon. Wine com
raanded the guard TO open the doors
/ leading from the ward in which he was
confined. The attendant obeyed the re-
quest of his once subordinate charge
| and opened up
! uorgantown. ". Nm,-Mrs. Andrew
/ Role aged twenty a Hungarian. WAS
| probably fat;til, burned and her child.
| aged eighteen months. is dead near here.
| the result of the mother pouring kero-
! sone on the fire The can exploded,
| throwing blazing oil about the room
/ AbiaZe, she grabbed the baby from the
j cradle nearby and rushed into the yard.
The baby died in an hour.
( Cumberland. Md-Shooting sparrows
near his home in Montrose, Randolph
county w Va Harry Dgnan accident
aIlv DISCHARGED his shotgun and was shot
in the left arm. lie died a few hours
later
stanton Na.-A white poodle dog,
not much larger than kitten, Is re-
sponsibe for the worst mad dog scare
experienced here in recent years. AS Il
result OF the dogs activities ten persons
are taking local pasteur treatment ana
the council will be asked to pass an
emergency ordinance making it COM
pulsory that all dogs on the street he
uuzzled for four months i'll order that the
dogs bitten by the poodle may be weeded
OUT as cases of rabies develop
The dog had been shut in an clubhouse
at the home OF Il physician. because II
had shown a desire to snap all Wlthln
reach. and Monday it escaped. y police
man shot the dog and the head was sent
TO Washington, where II was determined
that the animal had been suffering from
rabies.
Mlr!in~tugg. w. Vn.-Standeon Mo-
lice, miner. employed by the Rosenoht
Coal Company. near Grafton. was Killed
while assisting in placing on the rails
a loaded mine car that had jumped the
racks II had been gotten back on the
rails and when MoIice loosened the brake
bar the car jumped and caught nm
against the mine wall. He was crushed
ovel. the heart. dying in u few minutes.
NoundsyiIte. W. Ia.-BakerS of this
place have served notice upon the public
that hereafter buns, cookies and rolls that
future be sold for IL cents. SiX-for-a-
quarter loaves of bread also thing
of the past.
Richmond. Na.-After an absence Of !
forty-iive years from his native state. Col.
William Winston Fontaine. a member
during the war between the states of Cc1.
,Ieb Stuart's staff was visitor recently
at the governor once. Col. fontalus IS
now eiehty-two wears old At the out
break of the war between the states Col.
Fontai inc left for tie front as Il firSt lieu !
re 5lant in the Heurico artillery. Later he
was transferred TO the cavalry and served
for a time as a member Of StuGrtS staff. !
Col Fontaine was for many years pro- /
lessor of mathematics in the Texas State |
University He will go from Richmond to |
Prince William county to visit his fathers |
old home
MartinsburG, w. Na.-Crops of BELLA |
donna and other drug plants are being /
successfully grown near Martinsburg |
and at other places in the eastern pam !
handle. as a result Of which the fed
eral Department of Agriculture is keep ,
ing close watch upon the experiments |
and has sent A. +. Sievers, a chemical |
biologist, here for an investigation and |
a report.
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.Staunton, Va.-The auxiliary commit