Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-21
Notes From Nearby.

The Statesman says that ex-Sheriff
L. G. Gerling will be the Republican
candidate for the House Of Delegates
from Berkeley county.
The brick-yards at Williamsport
were damaged by fire to the amount
Of about $500 last Sunday.
Rev. DR.. H. NJ. Wharton announces
that he has secured the services Of Sam
Jones for two days at his camp meet
ing, which begins in Luray August %,
1898, and will close September 4.
The annual excursion to Island
Park, Harpers Ferry, under the au-
spices of the Baltimore and Ohio
Young Mems Christian Association,
will take place Thursday, July 20th.
The Berkeley county teachers in
stitute will convene at Martinsburg
August l and continue in session five
days, following which will be the
teachers examination. Prof. G. J.
Bennett, of San Jose, Cal, and J. ".
Neel, Of Romney, will be the institute
instructors.
The stockholders Of the Winchester
and Potomac Railroad have decided
to sell their road, which runs from
Winchester to Harper's Ferry. No
dividends have been declared for
long time. The Baltimore aud Ohio,
which now leases the road, will be
given the first opportunity to bid on
it.
A house on farm.of Judge E. Boyd
Faulkner, in the old furnace vicinity,
near Harpers Ferry, was partially de-
stroyed on Tuesday of last week.
Some of the walls being stone, remain.
The loss is $500 more or less. The
property was insured by the agency
of Washington & Alexandria.-Free
Press.
Paul Right, young man Of Wash
ington, while crossing the railroad
bridge at Harper's Ferry, was caught
by train and his toes were cut off
and his hip bone broken. He was
printer and had stopped over several
days, working in the Harper's Ferry
Sentinel Office, while on his way home
from California.
Calvin Tice, of Dam No. 5, sold
100 bushels of last years wheat one
day last week to the Undine Milling
Company, of this place, for 70 cents a
bushel. For this same wheat Mr..
Tice was offered $40 a bushel, when
the price was up, but he refused to
sell, wanting $3.50 a bushel.- WIZ
lan58PoH Leader.
In Hagerstown Monday night an
unknown colored man made three at
tempts to assault women. His first
attempt was in Joseph Coxen's house.
He next entered Charles Ockers
house, but two men drove him off.
His last attempt was upon Amanda
Vinson, whom he met on the street.
In the struggle he tore her dress part
ly from her. Her screams brought
help, and the negro ran away.
Last Friday sad case Of drowning
occurred in the Shenandoah river.
Two boys, one named Lawrence, a son
Of Mr.. W. Taylor Milton, and the other
named Rice, son Of Mr.. John Johnson,
went to the Shenandoah river to fish.
While on its bank they were carried
by person owning boat to an island
in the liver below Mr.. JOS. Price s
mill, where they were left by the owner
of the boat. The boys, becoming tired
of fishing and the boat not returning
for them, undertook to wade to the
shore, when they got into deep water.
Young Milton could swim, but his COM
panion, young Johnson, who was only
9 years old, knew little Of this art.
All the efforts young Milton was able
to give were exerted by him to save
his companion, but not being stout or
large, they were Of little avail since he
had to devote most of them for his
own safety. and Young Johnson finally