Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-10-16
LOCAL BRIEFS

Q m oeiiSl 10 tue COnfeder
ate Reunion. which meets in Peters
ourg Oct 1890 MissK ennerly's con.
oecuons make her appointment An
appropriate oGe. Her father al.
though only fifteen wears old. eniar.
"a the Confederate service and
fought gallant, beside Col. John :
MOST, IN ms famous tand of gner.
HAS during the last three wears Of
war. iiri great uncle. the beloved
Capt Joseph MacKav Kennerlv
was Captain of the Clarke Calvary
ana served the Bars and Stars noblv
Tier maternal uncles all saw service
IN me Southern Messrs VIM
Lewis L. aud John G. Llttlepage h..
ing with the land forces. and Can,
IL. i. Ll'tlepage WAS on the Merr,.
mac Miss kennerly is very popular
among large circle of friends. and
with Miss Helen MacGill Page AS
sponsor from this district. CLARKE
VIII send two most charming repre.
sentatives to the reunion.
The home of Mr.. III. w. Baker
narrowly escaped serious damage
ana perhaps destruction, from fire
last Wednesday night. AS it was
Mr.. Baker lost quantity of clothing
aud large hole was burned in the
floor of his kitchen. The evening
before the wash was hung on a
clothes line in the kitchen TO
thoroughly dry during the night. and
1t rs supposed that when Mrs.
Baker was in the kitchen that night
the clothes on the line were in some
manner ignited from the lamp. which
smothered for some time then burst
IN flame, DESTROYING all the cloth
ing and falling to the floor the fire
was communicated to same.
where It charred until it went out.
The cook early next morning discov
cred the work Of the fire upon enter
ing the kitchen. The loss is not
heavy.
In speaking of the death of Chas.
liough, who was killed bv b. 4
=. passenger train near Picdmout. ~.
VA. as briefly stated in the Courier
last week the Charlestowu Ad,o
cate SAYS: lie was walking ON a bird ,,
which WAS about 50 feet high and
meeting one train, stepped on auoth
or track aud was struck by another
train which killed him instantly.
His remains We're brought here Sat
urday morning and were taken to
Mt Carmel Church, IN Clarke coun
" for lnterment. Mr. IIouph was
about 20 years of age aud unmarried.
Ten years ago he was carpenie r ap.
prentice with Mr. Beachley, who op
Grated n planning mill here at that
time.
We Inadvertently stated last week
that the headquarters of the propos
ed local golf club would be at the
Episcopal Chapel. This is an error.
The promoters of the club have not
decided where they will have the
headquarters, and they have taken
no definite steps in the matter other
than asking some of the people of
the community interested in this pas
time to become members of the club.
Mr.. L. V. Stole showed us last
week an English walnut tree grow
ing in his yard, which has upon it
about half bushel of nuts. Mr..
Stole says the nuts of this tree have
as fine flavor as the nuts shipped
here from the North, and that the
tree bore three pecks last year. He
intends to plant number of these
trees on his farm on the Charles
Town pike.
Mrs J. NJ. Jolliffe, sister of Post
master Alex. Mccormick of this
place, has growing in her yard at her
home in Boyce young orange tree,
which is bearing fruit. Oranges of
medium size are now ripening upon
this tree, aud it is an unusual sight
in tins section of the country to see
tree laden with this beautiful vel
low fruit. The tree has borne fruit
before.
|. n. Morrison q Co., commission
merchants of Boston, Mass, whose
agents through this section have
bought up the best part of the apple
crop, will and have shipped from
this county and jefferson nearly
1000 barrels of apples, for which they
paid from $l.50 to $500 per barrel
Wine Saps, Ben Davis, York Imperi-
al Cor Johnson's fine Winter) are the
principal kind of apple they have
bought.
Mr.. John Kromling captured
fine coon in hunt one night last
week. 1t weighed nearly IL pounds.
Coons are beginning to run now, and
when the moonlight nights come
number of local sports will find some
real fun in hunt for this game little
animal.
The u. 5. Fish commission is
stocking the small tributaries to the