Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-08-10
Notes From Nearby.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Company will endeavor to lease the
recently abandoned shop buildings at
Martinsburg for general carpenter and
repair shops instead of tearing them
down.
John T. Martin, general yard mas
ter of the B. & 0. yard at Brunswick
ever since it was opened, has been
promoted to the position Of train mas
ter on the second division. The va
cancy thus caused has been filled by
the appointment of Charles Cole, OF
Sandy Hook.
At the municipal election IN Bruns-
wick Monday for councilmen T. B.
Athey was elected over ]. W. Peyton
in the first ward, E. W. Flynn over
J. T. Marten in the second ward, and
DR.. Fisk Elgin over J, H. Grlmme in
the third ward. The candidates elect
ed are all in favor of high license.
The first section of the Maryland
State monument to be erected on An
tietam battlefield arrived a few days
ago at Sharpsburg and was received
by NJ. E. Snavely, who has the con-
tract to haul the monument from the
station n the battlefield. The granite
was shipped from Barre, Vt, and the
copper portion of the monument, which
comes from Chicago, is expected at
any time. F. Z. Gardner, of New
ark, \. J., will oversee the erection of
the monument. The foundation Is
completed.
A frame bank barn owned by Post
master George H. Bowman, at Mills,
near Leitersburg, Washington county,
was destroyed by fire last Saturday
afternoon, along with lot of hay and
straw. The wheat had just been
hauled away. The fire was caused
by Mrs. Bowman saturating hens
nest with coal oil and setting fire to it
to destroy vermin. No one but Mrs.
Bowman was at home. The dwelling
house, not far away, caught fire, but
about this time a storm came up, the
wind changed, and few buckets of
water saved the house. Mr.. Bowman S
insurance on the barn expired few
days ago.
Clyde Grove, aged 90 years, Of
Spickler, Washington county, was ar
rested by Constable Jonas Rowland on
a warrant sworn out by D. S. Rine-
hart, of Huyett, on the charge of
cruelty to animals. 1t is alleged that
Grove hitched up four horses to a
wagon heavily loaded with wheat.
The horses baked and refused to pull
the wagon out ofthe barnyard. Grove,
having heard that a cure for balky
horses was to build a fire under them,
proceeded to put piles Of straw under
each of the four horses, setting fire to
it. Two of the horses were badly
burned from the tail to the head. On
one the hair was nearly all burned
off and the flesh cracked open. He
was held for court.
Mr.. Samuel r. Atwell, of Winches-
ter, has found what he believes to be
the original order of Gen. Philip II.
Sheridan, directing the burning Of the
Valley during the campaign of 1864.
The order is in Gen. Sheridan's own
handwriting and was found among a
lot Of old papers belonging to his ia
Their, the late Samuel R. Atwell. The
order gives directions for the burning
of all wheat and hay and the Selling
of all horses and cattle south of Win
chester but expressly says that no
houses shall be burned. Mr.. Atwell
has turned over the order to his attor-
ney and will institute suit to recover
$4,000 from the Government for crops
and tobacco which belonged to his ia
Their, who was a loyal Union citizen,
and which were burned in compliance
with this order.