Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-04-18
Notes From Nearby.

The Grand C0mmandery vi hniSu'o
Templar of West Virginia meets ID
Martinsburg May 8.
Amad dog ran amuck through WIN
chester on Tuesday and bit William
Taylor very severely.
At Cumberland the other day Shorty
McGarey made bet that ne could
drink two schooners full Of whiskey.
He won the wager but he died few
hours afterward.
George M. Alexander, well-known
contractor and brick-layer, died OF
consumption in Hagerstown last Thurs
day aged so years. He did the brick
work on the REGISTER building.
Charles W. Miller, principal of the
Gerardstown graded school, has been lei
elected to the principalship of the fifth
ward school, in Martinsburg, to sue
coed ]. A. Downs, who died last week.
The suits at Martinsburg of Gray
Silver and G. F. Wall against the
Cumberland Valley Railroad were
settled by compromise, the railroad
paying about IS per cent of the claims
of the plaintiffs. The suits were for
damages from loss on livestock ship
ments.
The ten.year-old daughter OF Will
liam Coleman, with several other little
girls, was assailed by a crowd of loiter-
ing boys on the outskirts of Martins:
burg last Saturday evening and pelted
with stones and sticks. A stone struck
the Coleman child in the eye, putting
it entirely out.
A disastrous fire swept the great pic
mic grounds at Williams Grove, Pa,
last Thursday, destroying the large no.
tel, the big central pavilion, the largest
barn in the park, with its contents, and
seven cottages. The loss will be $l2,-
900, and George Williams, who owns
the entire picnic grounds, is the heavi-
est loser. The property was partly
insured.
An unusual criminal procedure was
witnessed at Berkeley Springs, when
Harry w. Bayer, the prosecuting at
torney for Morgan county, was re-
quired by Justice ]. H. .Buzzerd to
give 800 bond to keep the peace for
one year. He hesitated but finally
gave bond to keep from going to jail.
Bayer was accused Of entering n. H.
Holidays shoe shop, using bad words
in complaining about noises and threat
ening to throw Holiday out.
Our former townsman, Thomas H.
Mason, son of Hon. j. M. Mason, is in
Europe, representing large lumber in
terests. Recently, whilst on one of
those fast-moving German railroad
trains, he attempted to close or open
ventilator. Heinadvertently pulled
the wrong cord, and instead of opera
ting the ventilator, signaled the loco
motive engineer to stop the train.
For this little pulling of the wrong
string the German authorities pulled
Mr.. Mason's leg-compelled him to
pay one hundred marks. 1t will only
take moderate sized walnut log to
make up for this misadventure and
his company has wilderness Of them
in West Virginia andKentucky.-Free
Press
The Board of Public Works of Mary
land met in Baltimore Monday and
decided to instruct Attorney-General
Rayner to appear in the Washington
county court in Hagerstown on Sat
urday to oppose the extension of the
contract under which John K. Cowen,
Hugh L. Bond, Jr., and Joseph Bryan
operate the Chesapeake and Ohio canal.
Acknowledgement Rayner was sent for
by the board and was present at the
meeting. In speaking of the matter
Mr.. Raynor said that in accordance
with the joint resolution of the Gen
eral Assembly he had been requested
to oppose any further postponement
of the sale of the canal and that he
would insist upon the execution Of the
decree. The State officials expressed
the hope that they would obtain de-
cision in favor of the State. The case
is one, however, that will go to the
Court of Appeals no matter what the
decision may be in the lower court.