Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-07-12
Notes From Nearby

union will be held at Pen-Mar July
Goth.
The Hagerstown Brewery has be-
gun operations and the Hagerstown-
ers are happy.
Pensions of Sc a month have re-
Gently been granted to Thomas Kerns
and Joseph E. Hill, of Martinsburg.
Rev. J. S. Sibley, of Atlanta, Ca,
has accepted the call to become pastor
of the Presbyterian church at Win
chester.
B. c. Washington and his son
James, of Charlestown, have gone into
the business of raising Belgian hares
for market.
Ex-senator Faulkner will erect a
barn at "Boydville," his home at Mar
tinsburg, to be one of the largest and
most costly in West Virginia.
Mr.. Morris L. Wolpe, of Charles
town, was married on Sunday even
ing, in Washington, D. c., to Miss
Annie Kabanskey, of that city.
Miss Elizabeth May Houser and
Mr.. Harry McComas Boyer, both Of
Sharpsburg, were married at that
place on July by Rev. ], R. Gear
niger.
The monument erected to the men,
DRY of the Confederate dead Of Clarke
county will be unveiled at Berryville
July 2lst. Several prominent speak
ers will be present.
Mr.. Charles J. Fisher, of Harper's
Ferry, and Miss Lille Mckinney, of
Winchester, were married at the Luth-
eran parsonage in Martinsburg last
week by Rev. c. S. Trump
James H. Mandavill, proprietor Of
the Baldwin Hotel in Hagerstown for
the past seven years, died yesterday
from brain fever The deceased was
native of Wisconsin and was SO
years Of age.
The small tunnel on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad near Point Of Rocks
is being removed by large force Of
men to enable the company TO straight
en- the tracks for its new roadbed.
ComnIaint is made of scarcity of la
Dor.
A land terrapin was found near
Manning's School-house, June 80, by
Mr.. J. D. Penwell, with the name Of
his father, Thomas Penwell, cut there
on, dated 1865. This is the third
time this terrapin has been found, so
far as known.-Spvlt.
Samuel Thomas and his son, James
Thomas, of Six-Mile Run, near Han
cock, were sufocated by gas while
cleaning out a well at their home.
The bodies were recovered by George
Davis at the risk of his own life. He
was unconscious after making the Sec
ond trip down in the well. He first
brought up the body Of the father by
means Of rope. While bringing up
the body of the son he was himself
overcome, but was resuscitated by
physician.
Several compliments who reside in
the neighborhood of the smallpox hos
pital erected by the corporation Of
Charlestown for patients, and which
was established month ago, made ap-
plication to Judge Faulkner to restrain
the corporation authorities from main
tanning the hospital in its present To-
cation, the bill for injunction alleging
that its proximity to their residences
made it injurious and dangerous to the
health of the compliments. The evil
dence showed that the hospital is over
200 yards from the residences, and
Judge Faulkner refused the injunction.
David H. Seal, young man of
Page county, Va, had the bones Of
both feet broken Sunday evening in
wild leap from the Norfolk and West
ern trestle over the Hawksbill, to
avoid a freight train. He is seriously
injured. With two companions, Seal
was walking across the trestle. A
freight train approached when they
were about midway, and the three
men raced for their lives to gain the
bank of the stream ahead Of the train.
Seals companions were successful, but
he was overtaken by the engine and
jumped for his life. The fall may
leave him cripple for life.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Gillmyer,
of Hagerstown, had stubborn fight
one night recently with bulldog
which they took with them into their
bedroom when they retired. The
dog had been frightened by the inces-
SAINT explosion of fireworks, and Mr..
Gillmyer thought he would keep quiet
in the room. The animal lay down
in one corner. During the night,
which was intensely warm, Mr.. Gill
myer arose and lay on the floor,
thinking it would be cooler. In doing
so his foot came in contact with the
brute, which in an instant, Infatuated,
was upon him, fixing his teeth in his
arm. A battle in the dark ensued.
Mr.. Gillmyer tried to throw off the
dog, but failed, Mrs. Gillmyer jumped
out of bed and ran to her husbands
rescue. The bulldog released his
grasn unon Mr.. GillmYer's arm and