Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-08-03
Notes From Nearby.

The Statesman says that Uncle Coon
HILBERT, an aged resident Of Berke-
ley county, died last week.
Charles A. Yoh, train dispatcher for
the Cumberland Valley Railroad, died
suddenly in Chambersburg last Sunday
He was AZ years of age, and is surviv-
ed by a widow and eight children. Mr..
Yoh was a native of Martinsburg and
lived there many years.
The city council of Martinsburg
agreed to pay Charles Stewart, colored,
$3.50 to withdraw his suit against the
corporation. Stewart sued for S., 900
damages, sustained by breaking his
leg by stepping into cistern IN the
street. The jury awarded him Sl2o
and he appealed.
NJ. Reed, near Funkstown, Wash
ington county, while making hay de-
stroyed the nest of a turkey hen sitting
in the field. The hen, robbed Of her
nest, found partridge nest containing
II eggs. She sat upon them and
Matched them all out. She still has
her brood, II cartridges, trooping after
her.
Wilbur, son of Matthias Ahalt, re-
siding near Middletown, killed black
snake which measured ST feet in
length. He cut the reptile open and
found it to contain "A young snakes
and another snake two feet long, which
it had swallowed. Mr.. Ahalt then
cut open the snake that had been swal-
lowed and found Is young reptiles in
side Of it. This made a total OF 80
snakes.
West Virginia comes to the front
with the marriage Of probably the old
est couple on record. In the county
of Barbour, few days ago, marriage
license was issued to ]. R. Shoemaker,
aged lO2, and Mrs. Irene Polling, aged
95 years. The ceremony was per-
formed at the home of the bride.
The bridegroom leaned on cane dur,
ing the ceremony, and the bride laid
her pipe down on the window while
the words were said. The couple
were sweethsarts seventy-fve years
ago.
Charles Broadway Rouss, the mill
ionaire merchant, has presented VIM
chester, Va, with $4,000 for a pub
lie hall, on certain conditions. One
of the conditions is that the city shall
contribute at least $4,000 to the
fund. 1t is further stipulated that
the city shall erect sheds and main
tain a hitching yard for the exclusive
use of country people on the lot pur-
chased by Mr.. Rouss last week, which
is situated near the center Of the city.
A building is also to be erected on
the lot for the exclusive use Of ladies
from the country for sitting-rooms
and the like. Mr.. Rouss stipulates
that the county shall relinquish It's
right in the square, and that the pub
lie building shall be erected on a por-
ton Of the square. The building will
contain the municipal Offices and a
large public hall.
George NJ. Ward, a well-known
young man of Winchester, son Of the
late Judge George Ward, and a mem
Der of one of Virginia s oldest families,
was murdered few days ago in Yo-
bahama, Japan, by an American
sailor. They quarreled over two Jap
anese women, and the sailor, through
jealousy, killed Ward and the two
women. Young Ward, who was only
% years of age, obtained notorlety
last summer in New York by forging
the names of John Wanamaker, John
S. Wise, of Virginia Charles Broad
way Rouss and other prominent per-
sons to checks for various amounts.
He was arrested, but later was re-
leased, and shipped on merchant
vessel as common sailor. After his
arrival at Yokohama it is alleged that
he deserted his ship and found en-
ployment in training the japanese in
boQehaU The last his mother heard
of him was through missionary, who
stated that he was in prison on the
charge Of deserving his ship. Follow
ing this came the news Of his tragic
death