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have been known to stand on the bank
and try to grab fish with their claws.
this tabby wades boldly amid-stream
and awaits prey. The other day the cat
was fishing in the little creek that
runs through Hancock near the old
Eastern or Gilleece Hotel property
emptying into the Potomac through
culvert under the canal at that point
The cat stood motionless for several
minutes and then pounced on a hsh
with both claws. The FISH jumped sew
eral feet out of the water. its body
shimmerinR in the sunlight 1t was
then readily caught by the cat. which
waded to the shore with its dinner in
it's mouth This particular tabby has
obtained quite a reputation is fisher.
Martinsburg. ". Va.-John c. Hines.
plasterer. living near kearneysvliie.
pounds of dynamite in front OF ms
house Monday evening. When his VIE
and children discovered he was IN the
act of setting off the dynamite they
escap ped. The explosion wrecked the
house and painfully injured Hines, who
had been drinking. He was arrested.
Har-,sonburR. Va.-The democratic
congressional committee for the seventh
Virginia district has ordered primary
election to be held August for the
selection of a candidate for Congress
for the November election. Unless some
aspiring democrat In the dlstrict tnrows
his hat into the ring WITHIN the mex
fifteen days the candidacy WIN go oy
default to James Hay, for twenty
vears representative from the seventh
district.
Ronnoke Vn.-Canners from various
parts Of Virginia have organized a
company, capitalized at $4,000. to be
known as the Virginia Gamers Ex-
change, the sales manager OF which
will be located in Roanoke. Ihe eN
change is to be joint stock company.
chartered under state laws. and the
stock will be held exclusively by VIZ
rinia Gamers. The object of the or
ganizations is to sell Virginia canned
fruit 1t is estimated that between
100000 and $So0.o00 worth OF business
will be handled through Roanoke as a
result of the organization. The 1ol-
lowing officers of the company nave
been elected: J. W. Gillespie OF Bed
ford. president; w. G. Woods. Roanoke
No. 1. vice president: w. c. Smiley
Roanoke No. /. secretary and treas
urer. The directors are: ii. A. stan
ley. Bedford: B. c. Mosley, Bedford; u
william Good starkey; w; p: :. Saaiey: MrnJ:
Buchanan; J. w. Gillespie. w: g. WOODS
~.
has been named as sales manager OF
the company and will open off1ces In
Roanoke about June ]. The exchange
will open with 125 members. compris-
ing the leading Gamers OF virginia
kcyser, w. Va-Dennis Bowles. a
miner, shot and killed Thomas Good
man, assistant foreman OF the Snam-
rock mines at keyford: The slayer
then made his escape to the hills and Is
still at large. No cause for the shoot-
ing is known. Bowles worked in the
mine until noon Monday, when he lett,
washed up and then returned to the
mihe shaft. When Goodman came up
Bowles fred two bullets into his body
Deputy sheriffs, assisted by miners,
secured the hills for the fugitive
Frostburx. Md-When Mrs. George
Miller of Allegany, one mile east OF
here. went to her kitchen the other
morning to get breakfast she found a
two-day-old girl baby, alive and Well
Pinned to the blanket in which the
Mrs. Miller to adopt the child. as the
family of the mother was large and
she was unable to care for all.
Richmond. ya-The farmer who lets
himself be persuaded into selling his
COW because Of the good market for
meat is making a very poor bargain, IN
the judgment Of the state board OF
health. Milk. eggs and poultry are
part of the food products Of the great
est value in preventing pellagra and
when a family goes without these and
is unable to procure fresh meats. Its
members are in danger OF contracting
this dreadful malady. Keep COW and
have in large measure protected your
self against pellagra."
Cumberland. Md-When Harry Dugan
~ nyreyo r.
Pittsburgh reached here the other
morning on Baltimore and Ohio train
No. 10 he found that his pocket had
been picked of $236 in bills. He had
been asleep in the smoking car Of the
train and did not discover his loss until
after he alighted from the coach. In
stead of reporting the matter to the
Baltimore and Ohio detective depart
ment he walked about the streets until
daylight and then asked a member of
the Cumberland police force what he
should do. He was taken to police head
quarters, where he told the desk SER
geant that he had come to Cumberland
to meet member of the Ward-Steven-
son Company. He said he left Pitts
burgh last night at Il o'clock with
roundtrip ticket, four fifty dollar bills,
three tens and fiveIspot.
and final tack to secure the settlement
of the s12393,92e.50 judgment rendered
against West Virginia in favor of this
state last June by the United States
Supreme Court. Attorney General Pol
lard. by deputy, has served notice in
Charleston, W. Va, upon Attorney Cen
eral A. A: Lilly of that state that he
will on June apply to the Supreme
Court for writ of execution directing
the marshal of that court to levy upon
the property of the state of West Fir-
ginia for the satisfaction of the judg-
ment- A telegram received by the
attorney general from Samuel W.
Bigger, who was detailed to serve the
the papers have been served. and that
the attorney general of West Virginia
is now apprised of the drastic step that
has been determined upon.
Wytheville. Wa destructive drought
prevails throughout this section, doing
great damage to wheat. grass, oats
and trucking. good rain has not
fallen here for over month.
Petersburg, Va.-Edward NJ. Jones,
well known merchant of this city, is
dead here. He retired his usual good
to his family. He was fifty-eight years
of age. and is survived by six sons and
one daughter.
Frederick. Md.-The mayor and board
of aldermen have received a letter
from Emory L. Coblentz, president of
the Hagerstown and Frederick Rail-
way Company. offering to light the
streets of Frederick, College Park, the
portion of the city opera house now
lighted by the city. the town clock,
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