Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-03-21

Among the officers recommended

Of conspicuous vslor in BATTLE" in
the report Col. Charles q. Hood,
commanding tho Sixteenth Infantry
in the Philippines, was First Lieut..
Philip Meade Walker, of Winchester.
He is the son of the late gallant Gen.
John G. Walker, of Confederate fame.
Lieutenant Walker is only 22 years
of age. He was in the Sixteenth In.
fantry in the Spsnish-Ame War
in Cuba and 10 now with me Third
Infantry. In December last he, with
eight scouts under him, surprised and
defeated the garrison of San Raphael,
capturing the town.
On Friday Judge t. W. Harrison
in the Frederick County Circuit Court
rendered n decision distributing ST..
500 insurance money among a mum
Der of farmers in Frederick county.
The farmers had their wheat stored
in the elevator of j. w. Barrick at
Clesrbrook, that county, which was
destroyed by fire last spring. Bar
Kicks creditors. who were his wife
and brother. sought TO collect the
money, but the court decided that
the farmers who had wheat stored
there were entitled pit, because Bar
rick had agreed to insure it.
FoR RENT-Lsrge Stone Dwelling,
IL rooms, necessary out bu ildings; 2
miles from town; large spring near
house; good garden aud shady yard
attached. Apply at this Office.
At the annual corporation election
in Shepherdstown last week the fol-
lowing officials were elected: Mayor,
Robert G. Miller; Recorder, James 5.
RightStine; Councilmen. G. T..
Hodges, j. r. Keyes. f. Hess Rein
hart, l.. W. Poffin berger and William
VI. Sheet. There were two tickets
in the field aud part of each were
elected, the majority for Mr.. Miller
being 10. The question of license or
no license to sell liquor was submitted
to the voters and was won by the Ii
cense men by u majority of IA. The
town has been wet for the past year.
A wreck, the first in Winchester
for many years, occurred in the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad yards Sat
urday. A dOub le- header southbound
freight Was pulling into the Yards,
when the rear driving wheel of the
engine broke in two, causing both en-
gines and tenders and three cars TO
leave the track. The engineers and
6remen on both engines, after revers
ing their engines, jnmped through
the cab windows and escaped unhurt.
A wrecking crew Was sent from
Brunswick, Md, and the wreck was
cleared up at dark Saturday night.
Nc one WAS injured, but the financial
loss is considerable.
Several sales of land have taken
place in Loudoun county the past
week. A tract of eighty one acres
belonging to the estate of Miss Susan
Gregg, near Purcellville, was sold to
w. G. Birdsall, for $5575 per acre.
A tract of l2t acres belonging to the
same estate was bought by j. F. Love
for SIS per acre, while - lot of three
fOurths of an acre was sold to Will
lam Davis for 500. On Monday a
tract of thirty acres, near Sterling,
Was sold to j. S. Ankers for $l2 per
acre.
Mr.. David Gaines Timberlake. of
New York, son of Major and Mrs.
Timberlske, of Msrtinsburg, was
msrried last Saturday to Miss Kath
leen Breton Hsrte, in New York
City. The groom is . nephew of
Mr.. Charles Broadway Rouss, and is
employed in Mr.. Rouss' big store.
The bride is 8 daughter of Lord and
Lady Frederick Walter Hsrte, of
Dublin, Ireland. The welded cou
pie left for Ireland to visit the brides
relatives.
Representative James Hay has
introduced bill in Congress for the
relief of Isaac Hollingsworth, de-
ceased eff Frederick county, author
izing the Secretary of Treasury to
pay his heirs $2,23I for supplies
furnished the Federal troops during
the Civil war. He also introdu ced n
bill to pay the Opequon Presbyterian
Church the sum of $500 for the use
of and damage to it's property BY
Federal troops during the war.
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