Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-19

Pulaski. va-Rev Thomas F. Opie OF
Saltsville has accepted a call to the rec
torship Of Christ Protestant Episcopal
Church here. He will enter upon the work
in October. Mr.. Opie is a native OF Staun-
ton. Va.
Charlottesville. WA piece of at
tractive land, containing sixty acres. lying
between the Ivy road and the G. & O..
railway just in front of Birdwood. has
been purchased by Mr.. Hollis Rinehart-
This property was formerly owned by Mr.
Woolfork of Orange county
Winchester. Na.-Spontaneous COM
bustion of new hay probably caused the
blaze which recently destroyed the large
livery barn of William T. Sullivan. near
the heart of the business section. together
with most of the contents The horses
Were saved. The loss is about $4,000
Richmond, va.-Councilman Morgan
r. Mills has introduced in the common
council an ordinance appropriating sloo.-
900 as an emergency fund. to be used 10
increase by 10 per cent the wages and
salaries of city employees during the war.
The ordinance was referred to the finance
committee.
Hagerstown. Md.-Some soldiers that
the 'resurrectionists," following the civil
| war, failed to get were unearthed at
Weverton few days ago. where workrnen
| were engaged in digging down hill IN
:
| state road which is being built from Knox
| Vile to Harpers Ferry. Two heads or
skulls. Were unearthed and also large
| number of other bones, probably more
than enough to make two skeletons.
CIarksburg. w. Na.-The coal indus
/ try is booming to such an extent in this
| county that tracts are bringing as high
| a price $1,000 an acre, exclusive of
| the surface and all oil and gas rights.
A deed entered for record in the office
Of the county clerk shows that Charles
I p. and Harry c. Hood of Shinnston have
sold about twenty-four acres of the
| Pittsburgh vein Of coal under a tract
of forty-eight acres on the waters of
| Dingamon creek in Clay district TO the
! Pine Bluff Coal Company for approx
mateiy $4,000, or at the exact rate of
$1,000 an acre.
| Harrisonburg. Va-Three barns were
struck by lightning recently near Port
Republic, Rockingham county. Arthur
Dierl lost IS 1000. when two of his barns
burned. together with three Percheron
horses. 500 bushels of wheat and fifteen
| tons of hay. He had insurance of
$4,000. His residence was saved by a
hard fight. A barn belonging to DR.
| A. s. kemper was also damaged. In
| the same storm the roof was blown
from the Linville Edom High School.
New Market. va.-Raymond Hulvey
|
infantile paralysis several days ago
The entire lower part of his body was
| paralyzed. Mr. Hulvey was a OF
Mr.. and Mrs. D. o. Hulvey of Broad
way, and only a few weeks ago mar
ried Miss Tenny Cline. a daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Cline of Harrison
burg.
| Fredericksburg, Va.-John s. Wood
| bridge, a brother of Samuel Wood
| bridge of this city, has been awarded
a cross of war for bravery in France
! for bringing in the wounded while
under heavy shell fire. Two of his
| companions were killed. He is a MEM
! Der Of an ambulance corps
Annapolis. Md.-Ground has beer
broken for the additions to Bancroft
Hall at the Naval Academy. and other
improvements to be made to the build
ing. for the purpose of providing
greater accommoda tions for the regi-
ment of midshipmen. and also for the
enlargement of the marine engineering
| and naval construction building.
| Charlottesville. Na.-The resignation
| of Rev. Henry Tucker Graham. D. d.
= as president of Hampden-Sidney Col
lege. was accepted by the board OF
| trustees at recent meeting in Rich
| mond. DIR. Graham has served as presi-