Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-10-28
Notes From Nearby.


the B. & O. yards at Brunswick, was
caught between the cars last Sunday
and crushed to death. He was %
years old and was from Roanoke.
Edward Keise, farmer living on
the Monocacy, in Frederick county,
Nd, attempted to commit suicide by
trying to starve himself to death in a
hay NOW, while temporarily insane
over financial losses.
In Washington county the David
Long farm of 1876 acres, near Clear
Spring, was sold to Catherine A Shupp
for S44. 10 an acre, and the David Long
farm of 81 acres, near the College of
st. James, to Henry F. Wingert for
Sal an acre.
Information as to the whereabouts
of Theodore Keefer, well-to-do Iesl-
dent of Funkstown, Washington coun-
ty, who disappeared three or four years
ago, has been received. Rev. VIM. S.
T. Metzger, of Dillsburg, Pa, writes
to Martin L. Miller, of Funkstown,
that Mr.. Keefer called on him a few
days ago and stated that he was on his
way back to his old home. He said
he had been travelling ever since he
went away. When he disappeared he
had large sum of money just drawn
from the bank. All his relatives
thought he had been robbed and
killed.
In the United States Court at Mar
tinsburg last Friday, the trial Of the
case of Augustus Boyd's executors
against Daniel B. Lucas ended with a
verdict for the defendant. The suit
was brought to recover an alleged
shortage in the fulfllment of con-
tract Of $2l, 900, but the plaintiff S
counsel asked judgment for $4,000.
Mr.. Lucas was the principal witness,
both sides relying on his testimony to
explain complication Of transactions
and mass of figures. A motion to
set aside the verdict was overruled.
The other similar cases against Mr..
Lucas were referred to commission
to report upon the amounts and mat
tiers involved
The lease between the trustees of
Berkeley Springs and John E. Herrill,
the Washington banker, has been
abandoned and new lease made be-
tween the trustees and DR.. c. W. Chan
cellor, of Baltimore, similar to the
Herrill lease, with some Objectionable
features which it was claimed were
detrimental to the enlistment of capt.
tai eliminated. The alterations refer
entirely to the time, manner and mode
of erecting the new hotel, Immediate
steps will be taken to improve the baths
for next summers business, it is said,
and, in the meantime, it is proposed
to organize a joint stock company
with sufficient capital to carry out the
provisions of the new lease.
The remains of an unknown man
were found last Friday in ravine
near the public road near Mt. Olive,
Shenandoah county, Va. DR.. J. NJ.
Brown said the man had been dead
about eight months. He wore dark
checked suit, and holes in his back
and left arm indicated that he was
shot with a load of buck-shot. A
pistol of SO caliber, lead pencil, gold
collar button, pair of gold eyeglasses
and some cartridges were found in the
clothes. A silk umbrella found few
feet distant was in good condition,
except piece was torn out, presume
bly, to obIiterate the name. By some
the remains are supposed to be those
of a revenue man, as about year ago
a number of illicit distilleries were
raided not far distant from the place
of discovery.
Monday night, 18th inst, Mr.
George Wright, huckster residing
four miles from here in Loudoun
county, Va, was summoned to Balti-
more to take possession of the dead
body of his wife Ida, and charge Of
his little four-year-old daughter Har-
riet. Itappears that Ida was not a
faithful wife and that year ago she
left his house to cohabit with anothe r
man by the name of George Rogers,
a grocer of Baltimore city, who,
through jealousy Of a previous lover,
shot and killed Mrs. Wright and then
himself. She had visited her hus-
band month ago and took away the
child Harriet upon the promise she
would return to live with him. They
have four children. She was buried
from the house of Mrs. Rogers, moth
er of the murderer and suicide, along
with him.-Haper's Ferry Sentinel.
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