Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-12-12

The Y. NJ. q. A building in Lursy
wss cold last week 1t court sale to
Chss- H. Grove for $3.50. The per
sonal property brought $50. The
original cost Of the property wa g..
600.
Mr. Kinney Smith died at Mont.
gomery, Pa, from typhoid fever on
Monday. Mr.. Smith vas . leading
fruit grower of Frederick county. aud
was pioneer in the development of
peach and berry culture in that seo-
ton.
The Asrtinsburg Independent, the
oldest paper in Berkeley county. has
suspended publication. The Iude-
pendent Vas . strong repu blican or
gan, its editor, j. n. Wisner. w.s de-
fested by the late Wm. l. Wilson for
Congress.
Harry Lord, . young business man
of Martinsburg, shot and probably
fatally wounded Joseph 5. He's, .
farmer Of Berkeley county, five miles
west of Asrtinsburg last Sunday ev-
eniug. The shooting was the out
come of criminal relations Hess bad
with Lords wife.
DIR. H. = Smoot, q prominent at
tOrney and former State Senator from
Page aud Shenandoah, died Tuesday
night in his I'D year st the home of
DE-. W. l. Hudson in Luray. He was
one Of the most popular aud highly
respected citizens of Lnrsv.
The milk trust, which was formed
IN Msrtinsburg about ten DAYS ago,
by the dsrymen of that city, has gone
TO pieces and milk is selling at it's old
prlce-5 cts. per quart. The com bine
was formed with the understanding
that each time a dSlrymRn broke the
s'gnec agreement by selling Al less
than . cents per quart be should pay
= forfeit OF $3.50. One dsiryman be
gan srlilug ~ : Gems and wouldn't
paw the forfeit, Sud Ill of them fol-
lowed his example, much 70 the IL,
light of the citizens.
IL i iearn~j that there are Sven
cases u smallpox in tie south-ru
cad of Page county, about four miles
northwest OF Grove Han. "a In Mass
snu;;cn mO'nra:r. Al Of ~ per
sous known 20 o. affected are negroes
though II i reported that A Young
white iuzu uiu.i Thomas Puts.
hO lives IN the same section. and
whO worked rrt~nIiy Ou he Lursy
water works, h-s also 5fosen cat
vith disease. \ representative of
tbs State MedI,.Ai tosrl reports tin
cares 49, we'll defined casrs of small
pOI. There Is nos much fear Of the
f"rth-r spread If the disease.
Friday night a. the Southern rail
way train from Washington, due at
Leesburg at q o'c.ock, had just pass
ed over Goose creek bridge, three miles
from Leesburg. some miscreant threw
large stone through one of the win
dows of . car occupied principally by
ladies. The stone, happily, struck
no one. but the splintered glass few
into the face Of Mrs. b. V. White. Of
Leesburg, the stone barely missing
her head. As it was dark no attempt
UAs made TO get the thrower Of the
missile.
Another postoffice robbery occurr-
ed in Loudoun on Sunday night. The
office At Dsysville is in the store of
Mr.. Henry Rinker, who is deputy
post master aud sleeps over the office.
The robber entered and departed 90
quietly that Mr.. Rinker was not
aroused. On coming down in the
morning .he found that about $50
worth of stamps and IS in money be-
longing TO the government had been
taken, while his own stock was de-
pleted to the extent of $50 in goods
and cash. There is no clue TO the
robber.
The republican members of the
ways and means committee of the
House Of Representatives have pre-
pared bill reducing the war tax
revenue $40.0OO.346. The tax on
beer and cigars is made materially
lighter and stamp taxes on kilograms
bank checks and the like are entire
ly removed. The minority report
calls for reductions of over $50, 900
600.