Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-12-04
LOCAL BRIEFS

nent from this, the 9Th, Congress.
IONA, .,i District to the United States
Military Academy at West Point,
lie appointment was made by Con.
gresham Hay upon the failure of
other appointees to pass the required
examinations aud upon the knowl.
edge that MIR. Meade would have
oeen appointed Cadet ut Large bv
Mr.. Mckinley had he lived. ..Wili.
le lisa brother of the lamented y
hey Meade, Jr., who gave his life IN
the Stars aud Stripes ia the Ear off
Philippines. He is "a popular. mod
est and bright young man. aud is s.,
present teaching school in Eastern
Virginia. He is an alumnus of CLAW
hlIi Academy, this county. which
school gave the preparatory education
to two other Clarke bows who grndn-
ated among the first seven at W.st
Point and Annapolis-the late Kew
Meade and Ensign Tow nsend Bur.
we'll. Mr.. Meade SIS a son of Mr.. F.
Key Meade, of near wildwood
The lusty tongue of William Fair
lax Fields, the well known color.d
character of The town. is heard once
NOR on the streets. BILL" has
been sojourning at Hotel Lnpton"
where he has been for the past two
months upon the advice of doctor
or Justice Crow, who wished 10 al
leviate Bills fondness for other
peoples cabbage. Bills cabbage
trade iiOurished for while. He
took without asking this product in
Hon. Marshall McCormick's garden
sold them to party in town. and
when the first purchaser was not
looking took them in his possession
again and sold them TO another party.
and tried TO take them from the
second purchaser. Bill looks another
way when he sees head of cabbage
now. aud saws "Dr." Crows medicine
has cured him of his "Likin" for
that vegetable.
The old board walk, fronting the
lawn OF Mr.. II. b. Warde's residence
on South Church street, has been
torn up by order of the town council
aud "A cinder walk laid ia its place.
Some of the residents of that section
OF the town complain of this new
walk and still keep To the middle OF
the macadamized street in coming
down town They say that the sub
stltution of the ciuder walk for the
old board walk was Jumping from
the frying pan into the fire" as far
as the Improvement IL the walk Is
concerned. The old board walk WAS
rickety aud the cinder walk is mud
dv IN wet weather aud dusty in dry
season.
In Charles Town last Saturday the
Clay Hill Academy football team
met and routed the eleven from st.
James College, near Hagerstown, bv
a score of ii to o. Clay Hill has
one of the pluckiest little teams that
ever graced the gridiron, aud her
record this season is absolutely clean.
Besides st. James, she has vauQuish
ed the stSpng team IRON Reliance
Normal College Coach Boykiu and
Captain Todd are to be congratulate
ed upon for their seasons good work
and splendid record.
Judging from several articles in
the current number of the Peoples
Journal, the monthly paper publish
I'd here in the interest of the colored
race the colored people have organized
themselves in socities to help the
race In business pursuits. 4 COM
panv store has been opened at Mill
wood for the trade of the cOlored
people. stock in which is held by the
colored people. In Berryville a store
with like purposes has been started
under charge of Stephen Green.
Whether the race will patronize each
other remains to be seen.
The boom of the big cannon
crackers are frequently heard in
Berryville at night. BOYS put them
off, and the nuisance has become so
fragrant that Mayor Jones now offers
II reward for the apprehension and
conviction to parties guilty of the
otfense The explosion of these giant
crackers will cause serious accidents
To parties with nervous horses, if the
boys continne the practice and be so
uumindful as to where they throw
them.
Executor L. b. Hardesty, of Jas.
H. Rowland, decd, has sold the farm
owned by the Rowland estate to
Clark II. Purcell, of Frederick coun-
ty, for $27 per acre. The farm con-
tains over l6S acres and is situated
in Long Marsh district, this county.
The farm was advertised for sale at
pnbhc cutlery to the highest bidder
and the sale of it was withdrawn at
the bid of $26, which was offered by
Mr.. Purcell
Rev. DR.. Henry NJ. White. former
ly pastor of the Presbyterian Church
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