Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-01-16

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we'll known colored man Of Berry
Vile, died lest Saturday night. after
q weeks illness. His death vas caused
by Bright's disease. complicated with
heart trouble. SSH" was one
Of most esteemed colored
men in the cnunty. aud bis quiet
and strict attention to bis own Affairs
sud bis honesty made him friends
With everybody. He entered into
the retail liquor business here 90
wears ago. aud by frugal living be
saved up . large competence.
While .Siz" denied himself Of many
ihlngs be could easily afford, it 10
s.id he gave literally to the needy Of
is race aud was frequent contrib
etor TO the support of the colored
niscopal Sunday School here. He
: s born slave % years ago nea-
lsrrryyille. and belonged to the late
.iohn B. Taylor estate. His property
il, this county consists Of Winston
Hall building, three store rooms on
Church street, house aud lot on
Buck Marsh street, in Berryville, aud
n small farm near Summit Point.
He also owns property in Charles
town and Philadelphia. Funeral
services were held over his remains
in Grace Episcopal Church Monday
morning, and were attended by q
large crowd, both white aud colored.
His body was inferred in Josephine
Cry graveyard. He leaves a mother
sad two sisters, who reside in Phila-
delphia.
For SALE OR RENT.-My House
aud Lot, on east side Of Railroad.
Possession given at once.
q. z. HOWELL.
Reliable seeds from a reliable seed
aouse you will surely get by ordering
from t. w. Wood & Sons, of Rich
mond, Va. They keep every thing
for the field. garden. and flower yard.
Our people should take special pleas
are in ordering from this house; it
is home institution; they sell the
very best goods at the lowest prices.
S.,d for their catalogue. Put into
practice your own proverb-"patro-
nize home industry" See now if
Won will practice what you preach,
or continue to send your money TO
northern seedsmen and let the home
enterprise suffer.
For SALE-Peerless Traction En-
CINE, Sawmill Complete, Threshing
Machine, etc., Cheap. Apply at CoU-
RIER Office.
William Cain, who was arrested in
this county last August for vagran
cy and who afterwards was identified
by property found on his person as
being implicated in the robbery of
the postoffice at Norman, Culpeper
county, has been found guilty of the
pototiice robbery before the United
States District Court at Alexandria
aud sentenced to two years imprison
ment in the Moundsville, w. Va,
penltentisry, where be was taken
last week.
The freezing and thawing damp
weather, which has been prevailing
Tor the past two weeks, has given
nearly everyone in the neighborhood
severe cold, which in most cases
has developed into the grip, with the
result that the doctors are on the 90
"'l the time. There is hardly fam
"y In the neighborhOOd, of which
one or more members are not abed
with this disease. The type of the
disease is mild,
last Wednesday evening Mr.. Har-
~ Hardesty met with severe acct
dent in his livery stables at this place.
lie entered a stall to feed q horse
placed there for the day, and as he
LETT The animal, without warn
'"g' kicked him upon the right arm,
breaking the bone just below the ell
bow and tearing tbs flesh from the
@'m. The injury is very painful
one BUT "Hnstler" is going about his
work all the same.
Mr.. John W. Brubaker, proprietor
u the Taylor House, Winchester,
lied there Monday evening. Mr.. Bru-
baker was GENIAL and accommodate
ing host, aud made the Taylor House