Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.

WINCHESTER. Va, February 2l-The
supreme court Of appeals Of Virginia will
be called upon to settle the now celebrated
fiddle case that has been before the cir
cult court here for some time, the cause
involving the ownership of a violin, said
to be a genuine Jacobus Steiner, made in
1870, and valued at something like 90 900
me case was that u George B. Hoon.
We Weai.n ~, farmer OF Jefferson county. w.
chester Kitchen bought the violin for $40
county, who testified he bought it from
residents of Baltimore. HoofY. hOweyer
claimed he had loaned 1t to Jones many
years ago Judge Whiting yesterday de-
elded the violin was the property of
instrument as the lawful purchaser from
Jones: Hoohs attorneys noted an appeal
The famous fiddle is, however, still In 4
Winchester bank vault.
John I. Harper, formerly of the 4th
Maryland Regiment. who came here
shortly after his command had been mus
tered out and married an attractive young
plsint Of his stspson ' Frsa Mhi Se e ~o
charged that he had stolen a gold watch
2 revolver. cartridges. belt. holster, an
electric HASH lamp a razor. 1925 in
tered plea Of guilty and was fined $50
and sentenced to three months hard labor
on the state roads
John r Jones. Confederate veteran Of
winchester, and at present staying in
Charlottesville, Va, was awarded YER
dict Of $500 and all costs yesterday in
the corporation court at that city for in
juries sustained when a support Of q
wooden bridge he was crossing gave way,
causing him to fall of the structure and
fracture his leg.
the liquor business in HarFisenbury until
the state went dry last November, this
week bought a farm of 1877 acres from
Noah W. Berry Of Rockingham county
An appeal has been taken by Fred A.
Shryock apple dealer Of Winchester from
judgment in the United States district
court, which awarded 5000 to G. p.
which sued shryocf for libel. shryoek, il
is alleged, caused to be published in a
trade paper an article which tho plain
II. N. Shade Of winchester has been
unable to collect money due for a
bill Of lumber he sold to Charles H. Har-
ris of West Virginia because Of new
construction of state law. Harris was
giving a check for $3.50 when he had no
funds in bank. The court at Martins
burg. w. Va, held that under q recent
Virginia man may give a check for
services or goods after receiving such.
even though he may have no funds in
bank with which to meet the check.
The compulsory educational law which
Virginia counties can adopt by a referen-
dunn was enforced recently at Strasburg
for the first time in Shenandoah county,
when Albert Day and Edward Putnam
were arrested. charged with failure to
send their children to school. Both were
convicted, but sentence was suspended on
condition that the children at once enter
and attend school.
The body of Mrs. Ida Bovard Heeh.
thirty-one years old. wife Of Albert Hoeh
of Everson, Pa, and daughter of Mrs:
Nellie Bovard of Winchester, who died
last Friday in the Cresson lPa-) Sana-
brought here and inferred this week in
the Catholic cemetery Rev. John Nc
Very officiating. She leaves her husband.
one son and her mother.
The Shenandoah valley section Of the
state Jared we'll at the recent meeting in
Richmond of the Virginia state road COM