Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-07-11
Notes From Nearby.

The Lutheran congregation at Will
Transport decided to build parsonage
to cost $1,000.
Clyde Foster, the l5-year-old son
Of E. H. Foster, of Rileyville, Va, died
from being salivated by pills bought
of a medicine fakir.
1t is said that the extension Of the
Hagerstown trolley car line will posi-
lively be built to Boonsboro in the
near future, and that it will soon be ex-
tended to Sharpsburg.
Geo. H. Hageley purchased tract
No. l, OF the Becker farm, consisting
ofl56! acres, at special commissioners
sale last Tuesday. The price paid
was 1920 per acre.-Spira.
During a thunder storm last Thurs
day the Westinghouse Of NJ. L.
Startzman, near Willlamsport, was
struck by lightning and completely
destroyed by the fire that ensued.
Geo. W. Albert, farmer living
near Boonsboro, was fixing his binder
in the harvest field when the horses
started unexpectedly. His legs were
badly cut by the knives before he was
rescued.
Two changes were made in the
teaching force of the Charles Town
graded school. W. Gilmore Neill
succeeds John Porterfeld, and Miss
Mamie Young gets the place of Miss
Bette Clapham.
The family of J. H. Mathew, near
Bedington, Berkeley county, has been
seriously stricken with diphtheria in
malignant form. One child died from
the disease and two others have been
very i'll the past week.
During rain and hail storm near
Relief, Frederick county, Va, light
ming struck Herbert Massie and killed
him. The binder on which Massie
was sitting was wrecked and the horses
attached to it were stunned.
Orderly Myers, a Berkeley county
colored man, got drunk last Saturday
and started to walk to his home at In
wood. He became tired and lay
down on the track to take nap. A
train came along and killed him.
"Hibernian Rest, the suburban home
of Mr.. A. c. Moore, at this place, it is
stated, is to undergo many improve
ments in the near future-the main
residence to be painted and otherwise
frightened up, out-buildings to be
erected, new fences built and a general
remodeling of the entire surrounding.
-CAarleS T0,cn Spirit.
At Cumberland on the 4th of July
Andrew kirkpatrick was standing
talking with some friends while he
held a big cannon cracker under his
arm. Some wouldbe joker lit the
fuse, and when it exploded it tore a
big hole in his side, breaking several
ribs and decorating his lungs and heart.
He died from the injuries in few
hours.
Three youthful burglars were ar
rested in Martinsburg Monday for
breaking into and robbing the store of
Mrs. Clara w. Rouark. The youths
who fell into the clutches Of the law
are Henry Schoppert, Charles Riden-
our and George Dean, all about six
years of age. On account Of their
tender age Justice Martin turned
them over to their parents.
Tuesday morning the log dwelling
house on the farm of James NJ. Van
meter, tenanted by John Brown, near
Martinsburg, was destroyed by fire
with all its contents. Mr. and Mrs.
Brown were away from home at the
time, and knew nothing Of the fire
until their home was in ashes. The
loss on the building was 5000 and on
the contents $3.50. Reinsurance.
Miss Bessie Frye, one of the bellies
of Hampshire county, this State, and
a member of one of its oldest families,
was married yesterday morning 10
Mr.. J. T. Ramsburg, charlottesville,
Berkeley county, now in business at
Capon Bridge. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. G. f. Simmons
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson Frye, Capon
Bridge.
At Winchester Monday night Mamie
johnson, colored, swallowed paris
green with the intention Of committing
suicide because she had four lovers
and could not decide which one she
would accept. After taking the poison
she walked into an adjoining room
where the quartet Of lovers were
waiting and told them she was dying.
They fled in terror, leaving the woman
on the floor. Finally physician saved
her life by using stomach pump
Charles Allen, a young merchant
who lived near Hedgesville, Berkeley
county, was shot and fatally wounded
on the 4th of July. 1t is said that
party of men were making merry over
a keg of beer, and David French was
half drunk and fooling with re-
volver. The weapon was discharged
in some way and the bullet struck
Allen in the breast. He was sent to
a hospital in Baltimore for treatment,
but died the next day.
A family of colored people named
Pendleton, residing on DR.. Myers
,,1aoa sor+baoet IF tha cifv are afflict-