Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-05-05
Notes From Nearby.

Hagerstown bakers have combined
to reduce the weight Of fve-cent
loaf of bread from 20 to l9 ounces.
The Blue Ridge Rod and Gun Club,
of Washington City, will lay out golf
links on their grounds near Harper s
Ferry.
The Auburn wagon works at Mar
tinsburg has an order from the gov
eminent to make two hundred four
horse wagons at once.
A new flag staff will be erected in
the National Cemetery at Antietam.
The old one is decayed in the iron
socket, and is nearly ready to fall
down.
The Page farm in Berkeley county,
owned by the late a. J. Thomas, con-
tanning 154! acres, was sold at public
auction to L. Walker Tabb, at $50
an acre.
Mr.. Philip B. Davis, a painter, Of
Charlestown, was thrown from his
bicycle last Sunday evening while rid
ing rapidly near Halltown, and his
right collar bone was broken, and he
was otherwise severely bruised.
DR.. w. T. Henshaw, the present
mayor of Martinsburg, announced him
self as an independent candidate for
reelection, and the Republicans have
endorsed him. He used to be Dem
ocrat, but deserted the party. The
Democrats have nominated Mr.. Charles
O. Lambert as their candidate. He
has been mayor twice before, and We
think he will make it a third term.
The Pitman suit against the Norfolk
and Western Railway Company for
the killing of Miss Julia Pitman by
the cars at Rileyville, Va, was again
tried in the circuit court at Luray this
week, and the Jury rendered a verdict
for $1,000. The former verdict was
for $1,000, and this was set aside by
the court as being against the law and
evidence. Yesterday the court again
set aside the verdict and ordered d
new trial. Query: Isn't it about time
to set aside the court?
A dispatch from Martinsburg on
Monday says: Rural free mail deliv-
cry was inaugurated in this county to-
day for the fist time. Golden E.
Hess, the carrier, started out this morn
ing on the route, which was mostly
through Arden district. Seventy-hve
farmers, the grange and horticultural
organizations Of that section peutioned
for the convenience. Two more routes
will be established in the near future,
and eventually the greater portion Of
the county will be covered.
Robert Newcomer committed sui
eide at Williamsport, Nd, last night,
after shooting his wife. He went to
his home about II o'clock under the
influence of liquor and found his wife
lying on a sofa. He took pistol from
his pocket, and, without making any
remark, fired at heI. The bullet took
effect in her left side near the shoulder,
inhicting a painful but not dangerous
wound. Mrs. Newcomer ran from the
house, followed by her husband, who
fired second shot, shooting her in the
arm. She ran to the Prosser Hotel, a
short distance from her home, and her
husband returned to the house Five
minutes later pistol shot was heard
in the house, and when neighbors who
had been attracted by the shooting en-
tered the house they found Newcomer
lying dead on the floor, with a pistol
ball through his brain. Two children
of the couple were asleep on an upper
floor of the house at the time, but they
were not aroused by the shooting.
Newcomer had been convicted of beat
ing his wife and was under sentence
to be whipped. He had taken an ap-
peal from the sentence Of the justice
and was under bail for the circuit court.