Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-08-29

-. A'Vui biuc hiuSe lnD,
Al MI Airy. says that Nr. Jules A.
Demonet. proprietor of hat now pop
ulsr sumner resort, hss determined
70 enlarge has hotel TO Iieet il S rapid-
iy increasing patronage. The new
plans call for wing extending 100
feet on the East side of the present
structure, which will be similar to
the main building, being OF three sto-
ries with basement, the latter of
stone and the superstructure of wood.
The new addition provides for the
main dining room on the the first
moor OF the extension, which will &C
commodste 200 diners. The upper
floor will contain sleeping apartment Is,
while the basement will contain ten
PIN alleys, and the old dining room
IN the basement will be turned into
billiard and card rooms and a buf
fet. The addition will make the no.
tel capacity about $50 TO 200 guests.
and the work of enlargement will be
finished before the next season opens.
The present structure was erected in
1892, and it's elevation is 1900 feet.
The extension of the Southern Rail
way has evidently doomed Smokers
vile and the vicinity.
Wall & Hardesty ship fat hogs
Saturday,
Troop A, of Maryland National
Guards, were treated to bit of true
old Virginia hospitality at the home
OF MIR. Owen Allen last week. while
enroute to CapOn Springs rom Bal
tmore. MIR. Allen called the soldier
boys into his lawn where they pitch
ed tent and rested. He then opened
his larder and spread before the
boys all the good things the inner
man could wish for, and it is need
lees to say that they enjoyed themsel-
yes. This troop is composed of some
OF the most prominent young men of
Baltimore. aud they will carry home
with them many kind words of the
hospitality of old Virginia. They
passed through Berrvville on their re-
turn journey home on Monday. and
dismounted and broke rank for din
ner. They received much attention
from our people.
All kinds of spices for picking at
low prices at Blencowe's drugstore.
a dispatch from Winchester saws
that while attempting to cross Buflick
run, near here, Friday night, which
was swollen from the rain storm of
that afternoon, Magistrate NJ. Il. Roy
ston and Mr.. John W. Copenbaver.
prominent residents of Wildwood.
came near being drowned. Their
buggy was upset, and Magistrate Row
ston was caught under IT, Mr.. Co.
penhaver was washed down the stream
but clutched log and saved himself.
The team, with Magistrate Royston
still submerged under the buggy, was
swept further down, but be was final
ly rescued, after having been under
the water for fully two minutes. The
buggy was wrecked, but the horse
was saved.
Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles.
etc, at Blencowe's drugstore.
Isaac coleman, colored man of
'his place, who went from here as a
workman with the branch of the Jol
life show in charge of our esteemed
tOwnsman, Mr.. Cornelius NanDeven-
ter, was drowned in a creek near
Thatcher, W. Va, about the 18th
inst. coleman was in bathing with
several companions, and in diving
beneath the water, 1t is supposed, his
head was caught between two rocks,
from which he was unable to extri-
cate himself and was drowned. His
body was afterward recovered, and
because it could not be embalmed was
buried at Thatcher. coleman was
about "a years old.
For RENT.-Farm of 200 acres
Enquire of j. F. Kennerly, White
Post, Va.
Bsss-fishing in the Shenandoah al
Castleman's Ferry is proving to be 4
great attraction to the summer board.
ers at Blue Ridge Inn, at Mt. Airy
This season of the year the bass are
hungry and bite at almost anything
Among the big catches reported ar,
q string of 20 by a Loudoun coun,
tian, averaging three pounds each
Mr.. Jules A. Demonet, proprietor OF
the Blue Ridge Inn, is an enthusiast
tic angler, and makes several fine
catches two are three times week
Mr.. John b. Neill, who has been a
1.-THE Rocks" his brother-in laws
home in Jefferson county, caught Il
fine black bass one day last week.
For wheat insurance, insure in tn,
old reliable, the Va. Fire a. Marine
S. NJ. Taylor, agt., next door to P. o
A dispatch from Blue Ridge I'M
says: The maj keting of peaches from
the mountain region on the Blu,
Ridge, near Smokers Gap, will begir
this week. The largest grower is Mr.
Frank G. Carpenter, who expects tx
I oct ok0ut OOO hOxao f-o,,, Sba ~