Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-11-03
Notes From Nearby.

Mrs. Sarah Sakeman, widow Of John
Sakeman, formerly of Vanclevesville,
died last week at her home in Mar
tinsburg, aged rs years.
Mrs. John Roberts, of Rileyville,
near Luray, Va, a young woman, died
at her home Saturday night from eat
ing too many chestnuts. Her death
was a very painful one.
A big iron truss that was being
raised to its position in the power
house of the Hagerstown street rail
way fell with great crash last Fri
day, and six men were hurt. This Is
the third accident to the building.
Mr.. Morgan NJ. Brannon, broth
er of Judge Henry Braunon of the
West Virginia Supreme Court of
Appeals, was found dead in the road,
near Stephenson's Depot, Va, Thurs
day, having come to his death, 1t Is
supposed, from apoplexy.
The D. R. Bovey farm, of ll3i
acres, one mile west Of Keedysvllle,
was sold to Alfred Hufer for $40 per
acre. The Henry Rowland farm, OF
225 acres, near Clear Spring, was sold
to Mrs. Charles E. Roach and Mrs.
Mary Beard for $57 per acre.
Thieves cut large glass in the show
window of the clothing store Of Max
Theodore at Charlestown last Satur-
day night and obtained about $50
worth Of clothing and shoes. An at
tempt was made to cut the glass in the
store-room of the Hub Clothing Com
pany..
Mr.. Edwin J. Mckee, a we'll
known young society man Of Hagers-
town, and Miss Ethel Swope, laugh
ter of DR.. John A. Swope, were mar
ried in Washington City Wednesday
of last week. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. DR.. Hamlin IN the
Church Of the Covenant.
In his sermon last Sunday Rev. DR..
S. w. Owen, pastor Of St. Johns Lu-
theran Church, Hagerstown, spoke OF
the late fair. He said the exhibition
should be boycotted by Christians so
long as any semblance of gaming and
like evils are allowed on the grounds.
In the evening DR.. Owen preached on
the sinfulness Of bicycling on Sunday.
The friends of Judge Edward Stake,
who control majority Of the stock of
the Hagerstown Herald, the county
Republican paper, have voted Judge
McComas and all his friends out of the
directorate. One of these is Mr..
Charles w. Adams, at present the
manager Of the paper, The reason
assigned is the alleged opposition Of
Judge McComas and his friends to the
candidacy Of Judge Stake for Con-
gress.
Mrs. Margaret 7. II. Lee, wife Of
Mr.. Charles S. Lee, of Clarke county,
died at her home, near Berryville, last
Saturday. Mrs. Lee had not been in
good health for some time, suffering
from a complication Of diseases, but
her death was entirely unexpected and
came as a shock to the community
Mrs. Lee was sixty-seven years of age
She was a daughter of the late Mann
R. and Mary BealI Page. Mrs. Lee
leaves eight children-Mrs c. c. Gar
rett, Phillips and Page Lee, Of Balti'
more Charles R. Lee, of Fairfax
county DR.. Ed. Lee, of Norfolk Mrs
Nancy Coble, of Winchester, and
Misses Nellie and Holmes Lee, O.
Clarke county.
Theodore Silcott, aged nineteen
years, killed his brother Cornelius
aged thirteen years, near Lincoln
Loundoun county, Va, last Sunday
A dispute arose between them at the
breakfast table, and the elder threw {
slim-bladed bread knife at the young
er. The sharp point of the blade
struck him in the rear of the left side
Just between two ribs and penetrated
four or five inches, touching the heart
The boy who committed the deed am
the little brother were Mortified anC
called their parents, the oldest boy a
once going for a doctor. The lac
died that night and his brother wa
committed for action of the Crane
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