Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-06-30
Notes From Nearby.

The Auburn Wagon Company. of
Martinsburg, it is stated, is DESTROYS
of locating in Hagerstown.
During the past SIX months no less
than twenty-one suits for divorce have
been entered in the circuit court at
Hagerstown.
Weddings in Martinsburg Tuesday
Mr.. William F. Cody and Miss Dora
Nuckles; Mr.. John S. Towner and
Miss Nan Fitzgerald.
Paul Miller, son of Mr.. Joseph l..
Miller, near Smithsburg, Washington
county, fell from a haymow in his
fathers barn and was instantly killed.
Robert NJ. Steele, well-known
young man of Winchester, has gone
insane. He was placed in Jail and
his insanity was declared to be due to
excessive cigarette smoking.
Clarence K. Chrissinger. who enlist
ed in Hagerstown for the First Mary
land Regiment, disappeared from his
company on the way to Fortress Mon
roe. Tuesday he was arrested on the
charge of desertion, and will be court
martialed.
Mr.P. H. Ramer has resigned his
position as clerk at the Berkeley
Hotel. The vacancy has been filed
by Mr.. James Hamill. Mr.. Hamill is
an old hotel man and is well known to
the travelling public. Mr.. Ramer will
accept a position al the Continental
INartinsburg World.
The Hagerstown postofice was re-
moved Tuesday from the old Metho-
dist Church property, on North Jona-
than street, where it has been for a
dozen years, to the new Masonic Tenn
pie, on South Potomac street. The
lease for the new quarters covers a
period of FIVE years, the annual rental
being $3.50.
The first race meet of the Charles
town Cycle Club will take place on
Thursday, July 18th. A number Of
valuable prizes will be given. The
races will consist of half-mile novice,
one mile handicap, half-mlle club race,
one mile handicap and two mile hand
leap, and will be under the sanction of
the L. a. ".
Harry Bloom, of Hagerstown, while
assisting in hauling hay on his farm
near Big Pool, was buried beneath a
load of hay on top of which he was
riding and which upset. He was res
cued from his perilous and uncomior-
table position by four men who were
along with the team. He suffered
terribly from the heat and the pressure
of hay on top Of him, and came near
suffocating.
William Cook, the Antietam mail
carrier, informs US of an adventure
which Harry Tucker had with carp.
Tucker saw the carp lying along the
bank and Jumped on it. At times
the carp came to the top and then
was rolled under again, but after quite
struggle and good ride down the
Antietam the fish was landed, and
weighed about fifty pounds.-.Sharps-
burg Record.
Mr.. Joseph Kirby, the blacksmith
at Aldridge, is carrying his left arm
in sling, incident to fracture be-
tween the wrist and the elbow. The
injury is the result of being struck by
a stone thrown by Frank Welsh.
From Mr.. Kirby's statement Welsh
was whipping little boy, the son of
Mr.. Kirby, and upon his going to the
boys assistance Welsh picked up a
rock and threw it with the above re-
STANDARDIZATION Adrocate.
Gov. Lowndes of Maryland has par
doned Geo. ". Leopold, who was con-
victed of manslaughter at the Novem-
Der term Of the circuit court and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for three
years. Leopold was recommended to
the clemency Of the Governor by resi-
dents of Washington county. He en-
gagged in a fight with David J. Markey
on the canal at Mountain Lock and
Markey died from injuries received in
falling and striking his head on a
stone.
Prof. c. 0. Townsend, recently ap-
pointed State pathologist, accompanied
/ BY Mr.. ". G. johnson, State entOmol-
ogist, on Tuesday visited Sharpsburg
and KeedysYille, in Washington conn-
", where they made a preliminary
examination of the condition of the
( fruit trees in that section. Professor
/ johnson expressed himself as greatly
pleased at the improved conditions Of
| the orchards infected with San Jose
scale. With the exception Of one OF
/ two sections, an orchard near Sharps'
burg and one at Boonsboro, the scale
has been brought, by vigorous treat
ment, under control. He expects to
issue bulletin before September l Oh
/ the Hessian fly, which has done much
damage TO the wheat crop now har-
vesting. Farmers will be told Of the
best manner to get nd Of the pest.
Highwsynen on Wheels.