Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-06-03
Notes From Nearby.
The estate of the late T. B. Cushwa,
Hagerstown, amounts to $75, 600.

NC CcU1tO Vi lilO iestS - - ~ 49, w
Hagerstown, amounts to $75, 600.
A. G. and E. A. Pry expect $4,000
bushels of peaches from their orchards
in Washington county.
At Charlestown last Thursday E. B
Lunceford, J. H. yesterday, Henry
Dunn and T. G. Green were elected
councilmen.
1t is said that the Crawford bicycle
works, Hagerstown, are running with
very small force and may soon shut
down entirely.
The new steam roller mill of the
Jefferson Milling Company at Charles
town has been completed and is now
ready for business.
The Beaver Creek Lumber Com
pany, of Philadelphia, issued an at.
tachment on the property and holding
of the Potomac Pulp Company, oper.
ating short distance above Williams.
port, to a claim Of $l8,23O
John O'Conner, resident of Mar
tinsburg, was working on the B. & O.
Railroad near Cumberland last week
when a fve-ton rock fell upon him
and crushed him so badly that he died
short time after he was taken home
Mr.. John H. Blake, for the past
three years the popular and efficient
clerk at the Baldwin House, Hagers-
town, retired from the same on Tues.
day to engage in other pursuits. He
is succeeded by Mr.. Theo. B. Shank
Of Bpena Vista, Va.
A Martinsburg woman whose hus.
band is in the habit of coming home
tipsy decided to brighten him as cure
The other night she arrayed herself in
frightful apparel and when the booty
husband entered the door, she said in g
frightful and sepulchral tone II am
the devil !'"Zat 500" said the husband
"Shake I'm your brother-in-law-
married your sister"
Benjamin Wilmington was arrested
last week on complaint Of Mr.. John
Burns, for numerically and cruelty
beating one of Mr., Burns horses. The
hearing was before Squire Martin, who
held the accused to bail for the grand
jury. The law is very severe on those
who act with needless cruelty TOWARD
dumb animals, and it is right that il
should be enforced. MartinsburS
Statesman.
Silas F. Shafer, of Quicksburg, Shen'
andoah county, Va, was struck by the
Chicago and Pittsburg express on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad near Mar
tinsburg Tuesday and killed. He and
several others had gone to Martins.
burg on freight train and stopped
off. He was standing on the track
watching an opportunity to catch an
other freight train when the accident
occurred. He leaves a wife and five
children.
Isaac Simon, Russian merchant
applied to Mayor Keedy of Hagers.
town, for protection from the alleged
witchcraft Of a fellow countrymar
named Solomon Stalzman. Simon
accuses Stalzman of being possessed Of
witch. He says every morning
early he finds salt on his door and
pavement and is afraid that some
morning he will not be able to open
his store on account Of the charm
He is also afraid that his wife, who is
very good looking, will be spirited
away.
A serious wreck occurred Tuesday
on the switch which connects the Bal
timore g. Ohio Railroad with the stone
quarries near Martinsburg. The tran
crew, with an engine, tender and two
cars were bringing down the last o
forty carloads of stone, and while on &
steep grade the brake chain on one o
the cars broke. After putting dowr
the brake on the other cars the con
ductor and brakeman jumped from the
train and were unhurt. The engineer
Joseph Linthicum, reversed the engine
put before he and his fireman, ]. W
Brooks, had an opportunity to Jump
the train, which was then going at {
great speed, struck a curve and The
engine left the track and turned over
burying them underneath. Linthicuu
got out alone, but was badly scalded
Brooks was less fortunate, and had tt
be taken from the wreck. He was 81
badly scalded that his recovery il
doubtful.