Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-01-06
THE NEWS IN BERKELEY.
Items of Interest from Our kelghbortnl
County.

Item. of Interest from Our NeIghboring
County.
We take the following items OF To-
cal news from our Martinsburg ex-
changes
From the Statesman
The Etchison farm at Swan Pond,
containing As acres, was sold by ID. y.
Westenhaver and ]. n. Wisner for
$54 an acre to Mrs. Virginia Williams
The Eagle farm Of 1913 acres was
sold by Westenhaver and Walker,
special commissi oners, to Hiram
Eagle for $3.50 an acre. The house
and lot to same for S135.
The Stilwelllland was sold by D. q.
Westenhaver, special commissioner
1923 acres at $40 an acre to A. Il.
Stilwell, and the rest of the tract,
327 acres, at 80 cents an acre.
Mr.. Asa Marstella, father OF Mr..
John NJ. Marstella, master machinist
at the b. & o. shops, died at his son S
residence last week. He had at
tanned the age OF "a years, and was
noted for his pisty. The interinent
was at Charlestown.
Mr.. Joseph b. Vanmetre had a
| fine flock of sheep at William VOL
| ,nilas NUnsf nf this
CITY, and one night last week the
dogs killed twenty of the thirty-one,
and so injured the other eleven that
the most of them have since died.
Mr.. MILFORD tracked the dogs, in the
snow, from the field to town, but lost
the trail after they came to the
streets.
On last Saturday night Wesley
Lewis, colored, known about town by
the sobriquet of "hog- 3" entered
| the house OF Hezekiah Nash, also
colored, and without provocation
shot Nash. The ball struck rib, in
ficting very ugly wound, and was
taken out of the back by DIR. Morrl-
son. The city police were put on
the trail OF Lewis and after visiting
several houses finally caught the OIL
fender on a freight train just as II
was pulling out the yard going east.
Heiis now lodging with Jailor Sim
mons.
From the Independent
By the running OF hydrant over
the store-room OF Thompson ana
Tabler on Thursday night, large
norton of the valuable goods in the
store was almost and some OF 1t EN-
tirely ruined. This makes the second
time these gentlemen have met with
q loss in the same manner, and 1t
falls quite heavily on them.
An examination Of the records at
the office Of Mr. G. w. Doll, Clerk OF
the County Court Of Berkeley county,
shows that during the year lSs2 the
clerk has issued 1870 marriage licenses
and has received from the physicians
as required by law certificates OF the
number OF deaths and births. Inc
deaths in the past year reach the
number OF 262, while the number Of
births are 372. Within the same
time the number OF deeds admitted
to record reaches 76O.
A pretty home wedding was cele-
brated at the home Of Mr.. }. f. Roo-
erts, in this city, on Tuesday evening"
December 27th, in which Miss Carrie
C. Roberts, his daughter, was married
to Charles W.. HOLIDAY. Rev. DIR. j..
A. Hoffheins performed the ceremony.
Miss May Fetzer, of Winchester, Va
was bridesmaid, and Mr.. }. W..
Dodd best man. After the ceremony
about so guests were served with re-
freshments, and during the evening
Prof. HI. Harry Thompson's orchestra
entertained the company with line
music.
The coming term Of Circuit Court
for Berkeley promises to be an un-
usually lively one. The term may
not last long, but several cases VIII
be tried that will likely consume
several days. The trial OF Z. u.
Veney, who stands indicted for the
shooting Of James Daily, the show
man; that Of the State VS.. f. Vernon
Aler, for criminal libel; that OF f.
Vernon Aler VS.. Geo. =. Evans, for
malicious prosecution, and other
cases OF Importance will all come be-
fore the court. Judge Faulkner
promises to conduct the future terms
of court in such a manner as TO make
less delay than has been customary
heretofore.