Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-06-05
NOTES FROM NEARBY

The salary of the postmaster at
Hsrpers Ferry 10 increased from
81 900 to sl,lO0.
John keplinger, an aged resident
OF Shepherdstovn, died last week.
Frye grown children survive him.
Mr.. Mary A. Gardner has bought
DR.. d. NJ kipp's mountain farm in
Warren county, containing 400 sores.
Consideration, SlI, 900.
The Sentinel saws there IL mad
dog scare at Cedsrville, Warren coun-
~, aud all dogs have been ordered
muzzled for thirty days.
The John Henry Cochran fsrm,
near Albin, Frederick county, con-
tanning IS acres, was bough t recently
BY DR.. j. L Janney for 3, 500.
Mr.. Ephrsim Cover, 3 brother of
Mr. Thomas Cover, of the leather
manufacturing firm of Winchester.
died IN Carroll county, Nd, last week.
}. A Burgess and r Z. Yowell, of
Charlottesville, have leased aud will
have charge IN future of Hotel Evans,
Winchester. Mr.. Curzelius, the
former manager, has retired.
The new bank building of the
Shenandoah Valley National Bank,
At Winchester, work on which has
been commenced, will be constructed
of Georgia marble.
Henry O'BSnnon, Of Chsrlestovn,
was killed by B. X 0. train recently
at night His body was found on
the railroad track with one leg cut
OF snd the other badly mashed. a
wife and three children survive him.
Miss Nancy Janney YanDevAuter,
daughter of Mr.. 7. II. VanDeventer,
Of LoudOun county, will wed Mr..
Robt- T. Funston, June 18th, in 81.
James Church, Leesburg.
DR.. ". ". Evans. Of Washington.
d. G, has purchased Of p. H. Hough
the Orrison farm, near Hamilton.
LoudOun county. The farm con
aims 15S acres, aud brought over $40
per acre
Although the consolidation Of the
Valley Female College Of Winchester
aud the Southern Seminary Of Bow
ling Green has been effected, the
united college will not be located in
Winchester, but at Buena Vista
Peter Dillon, of Springfield. Ohio,
died near Nillville, Jefferson county.
last week, of paralysis. The deceased
was q native Of Jefferson, and was Wis
iting there when overcome by death.
he was 8 member of the G.. A. X.
A thief in Frederick county sev-
eral nights ago stole q whole barb
wire fence which was intended to
inclose q field belonging to Mrs. Mil
burn, 8 widow of Vaucluse. The
barbwire was rolled in spools aud
laid in the field awaiting erection.
The two-year-old son of II. c..
Marshall, near Kesrneysyille, died
last week under distressing circum-
stances. While playing in the yard,
he fell into tub Of hot water, and
was so badly scslded that after ten
hours suffering death relieved him.
Thomas Spellman, accused of set
ting FIRE to the Old Dominion Paper
Mills, Winchester, Was acquitted last
week IN the preliminary trial. Spell
mans friends had so much faith ia
his innocence of the crime that they
carried him from the court room on
their shoulders when the decision ex-
onerating the accused was handed
down.
Several attempts have been made
! during the past month to wreck trains
on the Cumberland Valley railroad,
between Martinsburg and Winchester,
and another attempt was made on
Tuesday morning last The train
leaving Martinsburg at l1:3O a. M,
ran into several large stones that had
been rolled upon the track near Tab
ler's Station, about four miles south
of Martinsburg.
a charter has been granted by the
secretary Oh State 70 the Fidelity
Building and Loan Association, of
Charles Town. The capital stock is
$4,000. The incorporators are B.
ID. Gibson, Thos. X. Moore, Jno.
ThOs. Gibson, w. q. Carroll, Charles
Rissler, @. n. Coleman, George
Palmbaum and VIM. Kahn. The
Association will start in g short
time.
James L. Copeland, q veteran
of two wars, died at his home near
Round Hill on Tuesday night, of
last week, aged about 80 years.
Early in the Mexican war Mr.. Cope.
land enlisted in the Second Virginia
Regiment under Captain Rowan of
Jefferson county and served through
out the war. When the civil war
broke out he was one of the first to
enlist, and served for four years AS
q rnaookar &c