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

OOHioVOiy az o. =,
last week. 1t is seventy-fve feet high
and came from South Carolina.
A colored boy named Jones, aged
about seventeen years, employed on
David Longs farm, near the College
of st. James, while riding on reaper
fell from the seat among the knives.
One leg was so badly chopped and
crushed that it had to be amputated.
The buildings on Island Park near
Harper'sFerry have been freshly paint
ed, as also the depot properties. The
excursions to Island Park are to be un-
der the auspices of the B. & o. and it is
said that only the better element of
people will be solicited to patronize
them.
Pry Bros, who have about 600 acres
of peaches on Mt. Lookout, spur Of
South Mountain, expect ninety per
cent yield, the largest in the history
of their orchards. The peaches are
being slightly effected by the plum
curculio. State Entomologist JOHN
son, who visited the orchards, says
they are the finest in the State.
Blanche Brown, the little daughter
of Mr.. Bing Brown, who lives in the
vicinity of Summit Point, had her leg
broken between the ankle and knee
by kick from a horse last Sunday.
She was driving with her father and
the horse commenced kicking and
kicked through the dashboard of the
wagon with the above result.-AdgO-
cate.
The estate of the late George E.
Bushnell has been appraised at $73, 900
which is to be divided between Mr..
Benjamin Bushnell, brother of the de-
ceased, and Rev. Jno. E. Bushnell and
Mrs. Joseph E. Sperry, a nephew and
niece. The latter receive one-fourth
each of the estate, while the former
receives one-half. Rev. John E. Bush
nell is administrator Of the estate
Winchester Times.
Dr.. A. D. Hopkins, State entomolo-
gist, Of Morgantown, was in Berkeley
county looking after the San Jose
scale. On his visit some months ago
he found some orchards so badly in
tested that it seemed as though the
only remedy would be to destroy them.
DR.. Hopkins recommended the use Of
kerosene. The orchards are now al
most free of the pest. Reports of good
results from the use Of kerosene come
from other sections.
Young Frank Butler few days ago
captured a nest of thirteen partridge
eggs, which he placed under bantam
hen that wanted to set, and now he
has ten as pretty and lively little part
ridges as you ever saw, about two
weeks old and as fond as you please
of their chicken mother, who gives
them the best of care and attention.
The flock is now the property of Mr..
B. F. Christie, who will release them
when of proper size.-CharleStO~n
Spirit.
A dispatch from Martinsburg says
that brutal assault was made last
Thursday night upon Henrietta Rusk,
a child about thirteen years of age.
The child was playing near her home
when man caught her and took her
into a field south of the city and as
saulted her. The child upon arriving
home reported the matter, and DR.. H.
S. Castleman was summoned. He
found that she had been seriously in
jured. Complaint was made to Justice
John W. Martin, who issued warrant
for the arrest of a man named B. F.
Fellers, but Fellers could not be found
He is supposed to be the person de-
scribed by the child, He is fireman
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The child is an orphan of the late
W1n. r Russikl,7 who was killed about three
months ago in railroad accident.
Fellers was arrested in Baltimore Mon
day and taken back to Martinsburg
He had asshearing yesterday and was
committed to jail to await the action
of the grand jury.
We learn from the Martinsburg
World that Bernard T. Coleman was
fatally injured last Friday morning
in the quarry south of Martinsburg
He was working in the bottom Of the
quarry and stone weighing about 25
pounds, loosened by the pounding of
the steam drill, fell, striking him up
on the back part of the head He
was taken to the Kings Daughters
Hospital, and Doctors Snodgrass and
Myers called in. The doctors found
the skull crushed and driven in upon
the brain. They performed the oPe-
ration of trephining Of the skull, to
lift up the depressed bones from the
brain. The injuries were too severe
and the patient died Saturday morn
ing. Mr.. Coleman went to Martins
burg several years ago from Grottoes,
Va, and entered the employ of the
Standard Lime & Stone Co., and had
been in their employ ever since. He
was about IS years of age and is sur
vived by a mother, three sister and
four brothers.
The Sultan and our Missionaries.