Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-08-15
Briefs.

Last Saturday night a bold and
mean robbery was committed within
our corporate limits almost in sight
OF the eye of the Law. Mr.. Msyo
Csoeil, brotherin-law of Hon. A.
Moore, Jr., drove to town from the
Iatter's home to meet the $50 train.
Inc train being over an hour late he
drove up street and hitched his team
under the county hitchins shed in
jail alley until train time. While
there some miscreant unhitched the
animal from the buggy and stole all
the harness except the bride. Mr..
Cabell, after discovering the theft.
notified Sergeant Ricamore and Nav
or Jones, all of whom made search
OF the shed, but failed to find the
missing property. Sergeant RIGA
more found a clue, which pointed to
James KEENAN,, (white) as the thief.
hennsn was arrested Monday aud
taken before Mayor Jones. The chief
witness was Jeff Martin, colored
bootblack, who testified that he WAS
In the shed at the time the harness
was stolen, saw KEENAN, unhitoh the
horse and take harness from its back.
and when KEENAN, discovered him be
promised him 80 cents for hush mon
ey. This he received later in the
night. KEENAN, and several other
witnesses were examined also. After
weighing the evidence Mayor Jones
sentenced KEENAN, to pay a fine of
500 aud costs and months impris
onment in Jail. The Mayors verdict
IS TO be commended and will do much
to break up the petty thieving done
In Jail alley. KEENAN, has served a term
In the penitentiary, aud after being
released therefrom it was thought he
would turn over new leaf and do
better. TIE harness has not been re.
covered.
am IN position to furnish our far
mers with any number of fine South
western Kentucky Ewes for raising
purposes. | also handle and furnish
tine Stock Cattle. John +. BELL.
Justice Thomas b. Hardesty dem
onstrated last week that he is y good
official. On thursday there were
brought before him two small colored
boys-Wiilie Jordan aud "Charmer''
Acknowledgment with attacking
snd stealing from the person of a
small white boy, named Levi, bum
ole of clothing and pair of shoes.
he evidence was conclusive. and
Justice Hardesty began to scratch his
head for a verdict, realizing the
course set by law, of giving them six
months IN Jail, would prove ineffec.
tual for the offenders, being only u
and Ii years old. He finally told the
mothers of the boys if they would
givethem a good cowhiding before the
court, be would discharge them. The
mothers consented and laid the brush
on the backs of the little rascals in a
manner that they won't forget soon,
and We venture the assertion that
thay won't very soon again transgress
the law. Justice Hardesty's decision
showed good, sound Judgment, and
demonstrated the fact that he is the
right man in the right place.
a carload of stock Southdown
Ewes for sale near cattle pens at n.
X W. depot. HARRY TMBERLAKE.
The hot wave, which has prevail
ed for over week and produced
much suffering in the cities, was
partially broken Sunday by a well
come storm, accompanied by wind
rain and hail. The thermometer
IN the past week lowered around the
century mark, and in many places
went beyond. The sufferings in
the cities Was intense, and the death
rate was larger than for some years.
In this community the spell of tor
ridity was felt, and the thermometer
repeatedly went up to 1929. Work
men in some of the fields and else
where were compelled to stop and
seek the shade. The storm here was
accompanied by wind and hail, and
the lightning was very vivid. One
bolt struck tree on MIR. L. j. Rus
sells farm, setting it on fire and
burning it to the ground.
When you have fat hogs, veal
calves, fat ewes, lambs and cattle.
drop us card as we ship every few
days the year round, all kinds of fat
stock. @. F. WALL & A. D. HAIR
DESTY.
Those of the mem bers of the Sons
of {. V. Camp here, who attended
the basket picnic last Tuesday at
Mountain Falls, near Shepherdstown,
given by the Henry Kyd Douglass
Camp, of Jefferson, are loud in the
praise of the treatment they received.
All the "boys" expressed themselves
delighted with the hospitality of
their comrades, and say the picnic
was great success in every way.
The Shepherdstown Register, in it's
account of the day, says: "Blsckb burn
Smith, Esq. of Berryville, made a
very spirited and eloquent address.