Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-05-23
Notes From Nearby.
w. G. Carroll, of Charles Town, sent
a check for 500 to the Jacksonville
sufferers.

The people of Clarke county are
taking steps looking toward the or
ganization of colt and horse show. !:
Harvey Reiff, Washington county's
fat boy, has recently lost Sc pounds.
The poor fellow now weighs but 1874
pounds.
Charles Broadway Rouss contributed
$50 towards new stone fence to be
placed around the Harper's Ferry
cemetery.
Miss Nora Moore and Mr. George
w. Houser, both of Dargan, Md, were
married Sunday at Mt. Brier, by Rev.
S. ]. Montgomery.
Robbers broke into the dwellings of
G. T. Shugart and of Bishop Gravatt
in Charles Town last Sunday night.
They got little booty.
A big force of hands are working on
the railroad improvement at Mon
dell's. 1t is said that the contractor
is paying $l.25 day for laborers.
Major Josiah Pierce sued the Ha-
gerstown Mail for alleged libel during
the campaign last fall. He asked $1O,-
900 damages and the jury awarded
him one cent.
F. Vernon Aler, of Martinsburg,
was made very i'll Saturday by taking,
through mistake, a poisonous acid for
Epson salts. By prompt treatment
his life was saved.
Six gunners shooting German carp
at the big Pool" Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal captured over so carp,
aggregating $50 pounds. The largest
weighed % pounds.
Married, at the Presbyterian manse,
Charles Town, May 10, 1901, by Rev.
DR.. A. G. Hopkins, Mr.. W. H. Rit-
nour and Miss Georgianna Anderson,
all of Jefferson county.
The game of baseball at Charles
Town last Friday between the lawyers
and druggists was rare event, and
besides yielding a lot Of fun realized
about $50 for the Jacksonville sufferers.
Our esteemed friend, the editor Of
the Williamsport Leader, asserts very
positively that the proper and only
way to eat radishes is to eat them
with the root end up. Now if he had
said onions we'd endorse him.
A hen of Jacob Dellinger, Downs
vile, Washington county, was found
sitting in field with several eggs
and two young rabbits under her.
She has adopted the rabbits and pays
motherly attention to them.
The directors of the Catholic Sum-
mer School have decided to hold the
sessions of the school this year at Har-
pers Ferry. The opening Sunday
will be July IA when Cardinal Mar
tinelli is expected to be present. The
school was held at Emmittsburg last
y ear.
A pitched battle took place Monday
at Cherry Run between three burglars
and three B. g. O. detectives. Two Of
the desperadoes escaped, leaving blood
in their tracks, and one was captured.
He had a full set Of burglars tools in
his possession.
The new bank at Boonsboro opened
for business on Monday, and the pros
poets are bright for a prosperous career.
The president is Geo. w. Hoffman,
native of the vicinity of Shepherds
town, and prosperous druggist of
Boonsboro. The cashier is John v.
Alexander.
We want to say to the editor of the
Martinsburg Statesman that while we
are prepared to stand by our state
ment that the watch plowed up after
it had been lost two years was running,
we did not assert that it had the cor
rect time. We only print the truth,
and therefore do not contend that the
watch was exactly right-just a-run-
ming.
Several arrests have been made in
Washington county of men charged
with catching bass out of season and
fishing with seine in the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal. The accused claim
that the canal is not a tributary ofthe
Potomac river norris it the river itself.
There are individuals owning land on
the river who claim that they have
perfect right to fish at any time they
see fit.
A very destructive fire occurred last
Thursday night at the residence Of c.
M. Roush, on the western suburbs Of
Martinsburg. The fire started from a
lamp in chicken brooder in the poul-
try house, about 40 feet from the res
idence. The family was away from
home at the time, excepting Mr..
Roush, who did not notice the flames
until they were bursting through the
building on all sides. The fire was
communicated to the large barn and
other buildings, all of which were con-
surned by the flames, but by heroic
work the fine residence was saved,
through it was on fire number of
times. The fremen spliced their hose
and reached the fire with one stream
and did good work. The loss is esti-
mated at about $4,000, partly covered
by insurance.
1t Saved His Leg.