Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-09-30
Notes From Nearby.

The Vim. Wade farm of 1T acres,
Sharpsburg district, was sold to Eli
Wade for $24.50 per acre.
The following are applicants for the
Williamsport postmastership: John b.
Beard, Charles E. Kimble, Franklin
L. King and Miss Agnes Thompson,
the present incumbent.
Mrs. N. B. Conklyn, of Jefferson
county, who is lightweight years OF
age, has recently renewed her subscrip-
ton to the Virginia Free Press for the
SEVENTEEN year.
James Bragunier sighted three bears
last Sunday in the Indian Springs
district of Washington county. His
son-in-law, Michael Lawrence, and his
hired man tracked the bears and shot
a young one, which weighed over
eighty pounds.
Fred Carter, who had been night
clerk at the Hotel Evans, in Winches-
ter, has been arrested for stealing from
the hotel. He stole the proprietor s
wedding suit and sold it to a colored
man. 1t is also believed that he stole
$83 and diamond stud from a guest
of the hotel.
Last Thursday the grand jury Of the
corporation court of Winchester re-
fused to find an indictment sent in by
the Commonwealth against Mr.. r. B..
Byrd for malicious and felonious as
sault upon Mr.. James P. Whitacre,
and found an indictment for simple as
sault and battery.
While excavating in an Indian
mound near the Antietam Iron Works
on Saturday Mr.. John Widgeon, cura-
tor of the Maryland Academy Of Nat
ural science, unearthed a skeleton Of
an Indian warrior over 7 feet in length.
A battle was fought at that point be-.
tween the Catawba and Delaware
tribes, according to local tradition.
An accident occurred on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad almost in sight
of the depot at Martinsburg early yes
terday morning. The st. Louis ex-
press, eastbound, due at 4.32 a. m,
struck a broken rail. The locomotive,
express and mail cars broke loose from
the rest of the train and left the track.
The locomotive, which was not dam
aged, remained in position and was
easily replaced. Both the mail and
express cars turned half way around
and stood parallel to each other. The
latter slid down the embankment and
struck the bridge over Tuscarora
creek, wrecking the timbers. No one
was seriously injured, but the mail
clerks and express messengers had
narrow escapes. Express Messenger
MUSTER crawled out from under a
pile of coops of poultry, with which
his car was loaded, escaping with only
a slight scratch on the wrist. The
rail which caused the wreck was bro
ken into pieces the size Of stove wood.
A marriage with a tinge Of romance
occurred at Hagerstown Monday,when
Mr.. Austin Garrison and Miss Emma
Baden, both of Albemarle county, Va,
were made one. 1t was the old story
Of parental objection on account Of the
age of the daughter. The bride wa,
10 years old, but apparently is of ma
ture age and thought regarding mat
rimony and other matters, Sunday
night she left her home down in Abe
marie by appointment to meet her
lover. After travelling all night she
met him early Monday morning and
they journeyed together twenty miles
further to the nearest station on the
n. & w. Railway, and boarded train
for Hagerstown. The couple arrived
there at II o'clock and Mr.. Garrison
Immediately procured license and
the services Of Rev. Gross to consum-
mate the venture. The whole affair
was fabricated with the sweetness Of
love and passed off without the least
friction. Mr.. and Mrs. Garrison re-
turned home Tuesday to be forgiven.