Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-10-17
Notes From Nearby.

Walter Keplinger, B. & 0. brake
man, had one of his legs crushed off
while on duty at Martinsburg Tues
day morning.
Alexander Clohan, of Berkeley
county, was elected president Of the
State Horticultural Society at Point
Pleasant last week.
James Zeigler, canal boat captain,
died on his boat at Cumberland last
Thursday from typhoid fever. He
was buried at Hancock.
Mr.. John NJ. Woods, a well-known
young lawyer of Martinsburg, and
Miss Eleanor w. Tabb, daughter of
Mr.. Philip Tabb, were married in
Martinsburg yesterday in the Presby-
terian church.
A number of Baltimore school teach
ers visited Harper's Ferry last Satur-
day under the guidance of Prof. Geo.
B. Mattuck, Of Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. They were studying the geolog-
ical formations of this section.
1t is reported that Tony Wilt, a
brakeman on the Norfolk & Western
Railway, was killed by the cars at
Front Royal yesterday. He lived in
Hagerstown. He leaves wife to
whom he had been married but three
months.
At Winchester last Sunday the ff-
tieth anniversary of the installation of
Rev. DR.. James R. Graham as Pres
byterian minister was celebrated. All
the other churches in the city closed
in his honor, and the services were
very impressive. Dr. Graham is II
years old, but still active and vigor-
Gus.
A remarkable output Of ducks has
lust closed the season at the duck
farm of S. H. Hansbrough, located at
Va. 1t is the largest and
one of the few similar industries in
the country, and Mr.. Hansbrough has
sold this season about 40 tons, or over
$4,000 pounds of ducks, for which he
received 80 cents pound.
The Hagerstown fair drew large
crowds Yesterday and today from this
section. The fair is up to its usual
high standard, and all the depart
ments are filled to an extent probably
never before equaled. The cattle are
noteworthy. There is a
noticeable and commendable absence
of gamblers.
At Winchester last week D. Bloch
er & Son, of Gettysburg, Pa, pleaded
guilty of shipping unstamped fertilizer
into the county, and besides heavy
fine imposed executed a bond for
81 900 in order to have their contra
band fertilizer released. The law re-
quires tax of Is cents on each ton of
fertilizer shipped into the State. The
Blochers claimed ignorance of the ex-
listing law.
An alteration took place on last
Monday afternoon, on the road from
Charles Town to Summit Point, near
the gate leading to "Claymont," be-
tween Harvey Moore, of this town,
and Warren LaRue, Of Summit Point.
From what information we have, La
Rue was quite badly injured, and
warrant was issued by Magistrate
Nelson Coyle, of Summit Point, for the
arrest of Moore-Free Press.
The stable on the lot of Mrs. Geo.
W. MARROW and her daughters, for
merly the property of the late Barney
Lloyd, was burned on Thursday night.
The origin Of the fire is unknown.
The stable was rented to John 0,
Johnson, who lost a mare and a val
liable colt, which were burned in the
FIRE. The loss is about $500, with
some insurance on the contents Of the
stable.-CharleS ToaCn AduOcate.
Meyer Spiro and his son E. l. Spiro,
clothing merchants, were arrested and
sent to jail at Chambersburg, Pa, a
few days ago on the charge of defrsud-
ing creditors 1t is alleged that they
bought goods to the amount Of &c.
900 to $4,000, had them shipped to
Brunswick, Md, whence they were
spirited away to other places and sold.
The Spires had a store in Martins
burg.
The danger of using a railroad
bridge as highway was demonstrated
at Martinsburg last Wednesday night
for the second time within few weeks.
Three ladies, Mrs. John Runkle, her
daughter, Miss Minnie, and her sister,
MISS Lease, were walking over the
long trestle work of the Cumber-
land Valley Railroad spanning the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, when
freight train came upon them. Mrs.
Runkle jumped distance of nearly
80 feet, and though by falling upon a
telegraph wire, which broke loose, her
fall was eased, she sustained internal
injuries which may prove fatal. The
daughter jumped from the other side,
landed upon solid ground and broke
both legs. Miss Lease ran back
short distance and swung out, holding
on to the structural iron over the Bal
timore & Ohio until the train passed.