Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-08-31
Notes From Nearby.

his interest IN the Berkeley OeH'0cI~o
10 Mr. Allen B. Noll. We don't Won
der that Mr.. Johnson is cutting loose
from that paper.
George D. Moore, son Of Mr.. Cleon
Moore, of Charlestown, had his jaw
broken on Saturday while playing
baseball. He was at the bat when ne
was struck by pitched ball.
Joseph D. steger, of Roanoke, and
Miss Laura Williams. OF Radford, Va,
eloped last Thursday and were mar
ried in Hagerstown at 1880 at night.
He was 10 and she was 20 years old.
w. Harrison Angle, a well-known
citizen of Washington county, and
agent for the Western Maryland Rail
road at Cleargpring, fell undera tram
at Hagerstown Tuesday and was al
most instantly killed.
A steer belonging to John T. ColstOn,
CharIestown, disappeared last year and
could not be found. a few days ago
the animals skeleton was found under
straw rick. 1t had gotten into the
hole and couldn't get out.
A six.weeks-oId baby of Geo. C.
Kilmer, Martinsburg, fell from its coach
and fractured its thigh. This Is an
unusual occurrence, as the bones OF
little babies are generally so soft that
they bend, instead Of breaking.
The John J. Ramsburg farm, stu
ated near Leetown, this county, con-
tanning about 60 acres, was sold on
Thursday last by Special Commission
ers Gibson and Beckwith to Mr.. JOS.
Wilmington for $37 per acre.-Aaro-
cate.
The unwilling of the monument on
Antietam battlefield to the Maryland
soldiers has been postponed until some
time in October. No date has yet
been selected. 1t has been decided
to abandon altogether an elaborate
unwilling ceremony.
David H. Dodd, the well-known
school teacher of Berkeley county,
loaded an old musket pretty heavily
the other day to shoot skunk. The
gun kicked fearfully, breaking of
nearly ali his front teeth and cutting
his face badly. He had to have ten
of his broken teeth extracted.
Now that the B. & O. Railroa d has
passed from the receivers hands, en-
ployees who are indebted to merchants
and others along the line are having
their wages attached. A. Kaplon, a
merchant of Harper's Ferry, has at
tached the wages of fifteen men en-
ployed on the railroad, and they have
employed a lawyer to resist the pro-
ceedings.
Tuesday night as Mr.. John Rissler
and Miss Mollie ShaulI, daughter Of
Mr.. Thomas Shaull, were returning
from a woods meeting near town, the
horse Mr.. Rissler was driving broke
the bit and ran of. Miss Shaull Jump
ed out and broke her ankle Mr.. Kiss
Ter succeeded in stopping the horse
after it had run for over mile by
jumping on its back.
During the storm on Monday even
ing last, Squire Daniel HeHcbower,
who resides near Ripon, was the I'M
fortunate loser OF eight head Of sheep.
The flock, some forty head, had taken
refuge under a tree, during which a
bolt Of lightning struck the same, kill
ing eight of the number. Among
those killed were five thoroughbred
Shropshires that were purchased re-
Gently at $1,000 apiece, and one in
particular, a young buck, that was
priced very highly and will be hard to
replace. The entire flock was hover
ed at the base Of the tree at the time
of the accident and it is a miracle
how any escaped.-Adcocate.
A Winchester dispatch to the Balti-
more Sun, dated August %, says:
Mrs. Holmes Berry, Of Winchester,
today received intelligence Of the tragic
death Of her nephew William Man
ming Willis, formerly Of Charlestown,
w. Va. Young Willis had been liv-
ing at Parsons, Kan, for some time.
He was employed in the bridge depart
ment of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railroad, and while repairing a
bridge a few days ago at Harrisburg,
No, he lost his footing and fell, receiy-
ing injuries from which he died sew
eraI hours later Mr.. Willis was 81
years of age, and is survived by
widow and four children.