Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-06-24
Notes From Nearby.

gerstown man, died OF pneumonia last
week, aged "a years. He was in the
steam-heating business.
The eleventh annual convention of
the Virginia State Firemen's Associa-
ton will be held in Winchester on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
July 7, and 9. There will be races
and contests, with money prizes.
Mr.. Charles w. Humrickhouse, OF
Williamsport, who was under treat
ment at Baltimore hospital for sew
eral months, was compelled to have
one Of his eyes taken out. He is now
rapidly improving, and it is thought
his remaining eye can be saved.
We acknowledge the reception of
complimentary ticket to the annual
meet of the Maryland Division L. A.
W., at Frederick City, July 8 and 5;
$500 in premiums, reduced rates on
railroads, and special rates at hotels
For full particulars address Frederick
Bicycle Club, Frederick, Nd.
Misses Julia Van Swearingen Alex
ander, Halle Washington Alexander,
of this city, and Miss Hazeltine, of
Washington, are debutantes, and made
their formal entrance into society at
an entertainment given in their honor
by Judge and Mrs. Frank Beckwith
at their beautiful home on South
George street Friday evening. This
is an attractive addition to the already
large galaxy of pretty and charming
young ladies of this city.
Mrs. Sarah H. Thomas, an aged and
highly respected lady, met her death
yesterday by falling in well at her
residence in Boonsboro. She had
opened the trapdoor Of the well and
was drawing up the bucket, when it is
supposed she was seized with an attack
of vertigo and fell headlong a distance
of forty feet. Her body was brought
to the surface by means of rope fas-
tened around her. She struck her
head against the stone wall, fracturing
her skull and causing instant death.
Mrs. Thomas was seventy-nine years
of age.
A letter has been received by rela-
tive in Williamsport from Jack Lemen,
recently convicted Of cutting Miss Liz
zie Taylor's throat and sentenced to the
penitentialy for twenty years. He
states that he has become resigned to
his fate and bears up for his mothers
sake; that he was treated well by the
prison authorities, and that he had
been put to work in the shoe depart
ment. He inquired feelingly for Miss
Taylor, and asked if she was improving
He blames his rash act on the excessive
use of intoxicants, and stated that the
whole affair is blank to him, being,
as he was, crazed with whiskey. His
mother has been i'll since the affair,
and it is stated that her hair, which
was heretofore unusually dark, has be-
come white from worry over the doings
Of her hayward son.
Mr.. William F. Alexander, en-
ployed as stenographer and typewriter
in the office of Col. Forrest Brown, at
Charlestown, met with a serious acct
dent Thursday afternoon. He had
been repairing his bicycle, and had
mounted the same to see if it was prop
erly adjusted, when he lost his balance,
his left arm breaking and pushing
through the glass of a bookcase. His
wrist was terribly cut and the flesh
lacerated to the bone and torn loose
for at least three inches, exposing the
bone. The arteries and tendons were
severed and he bled profusely. He
ran from the office across the street to
Lights drug store, where his arm was
bound to stop the flow Of blood, and
Drs. VIM. Neil and c. T. Richardson
dressed the wound after administering
chloroform. He was removed to his
home on a cot. For a short time his
life was in danger from loss Of blood,
but he has since been slowly improving.