Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-08-22
Notes From Nearby.

Brown 81 Co., OF wayne county, In.
Y, will establish a fruit evaporating
plant at Charles Town.
. A committee of Charles Town bust
ness men are seeking to have knit
ting factory established in that place.
Charles L. Eirley, proprietor of the
Green Hotel, Hagerstown, died Of
heart disease Tuesday, aged 80 years.
The Charles Town Free Press says
that last Wednesday night dogs killed
thirty sheep on the stock farm of A,
G. Roper.
Mrs. Mary Frances Lee, of Charles
Town, widow of Edgar Lee, has been
granted pension by the government
at So a month.
Married, at the Presbyterian manse
in Charles Town, Saturday evening
August II by Rev. DR.. A. G. Hopkins
Mr.. Edward OFT and Miss Cora Griffith
The fourteen months old daughter
of Mayor W. T. Henshaw, of Martins,
burg, tell into bathtub the other day
and was pretty nearly drowned when
rescued.
Miss Iva Miller fell under train
at Shippensburg Pa, last Sunday, and
her leg was cut off between the knee
and the ankle. She never lost her
nerve, and called the passengers Cub
bernecks" for looking at her.
Judge Stake has recalled the grand
jury of the May term Of the Washing
ton county circuit court, and it will
meet in Hagerstown August 9th to
consider criminal cases. The case OF
]. w. Grant will be taken up.
The farm of the late Elias Emmert,
sos acres, about four miles from Ha
gerstown, was sold Tuesday at public
sale. 1t was bought by Isaac Emmert
(no relation) at $40 an acre, making
a total for the farm of $2l, $50.
The trestle-work on the n. g. W,
Railway near Grimes Station has been
taken out and an arch of $50 feet
built to span the road, the balance of
the hole being filled in with earth.
The workmen are now putting in a
similar Job at Mondell's.
Near Pen-Mar last Sunday Miss
Mary Finnafrock and Mrs. Wecker
were boating in the lake with Frank
Rinehart and John Berkheimer. The
young men got gay and began to rock
the boat, when it upset and threw the
party into the water. Miss Finnafrock
was drowned.
In making improvements to the
roadbed and arranging for third
track, B. g. o. Railroad workmen are
eliminating the little tunnel mile
west of Harper's Ferry. This tunnel
was cut through the solid rock, and it
is found to be cheaper to convert it
into a cut than to enlarge it as tun-
mel.
The Republicans of Washington
county held their convention in :Ha-
gerstown Tuesday and nominated the
following ticket: For House of Del
egates, Charles G. Biggs, lawyer, of
Sharpsburg; Joseph w. Wol6nger,
lawyer, Of Smithsburg; Harry K.
Startzman, coal dealer, of Hagerstown;
Benjamin F. Charles, miller, of Charl-
ton; Wolfgang Newcomer, farmer, of
Benevola. For county commissioners,
Samuel S. Stouffer, of Sharpsburg
Joseph M. Newcomer, of Ringgold.
For sheriff, Samuel P. Angle, farmer,
of Williamsport district. For sur
veyor, Elmer E. Piper.
Mrs. James Boyer, residing short
distance north of Middletown, Nd,
died last week from peculiar cause
Mrs. Boyer was portly woman and
some months ago began taking a
course of strong medicine to reduce
her avoirdupois. She doubled the
doses in the hopes of bringing quicker
relief from her surplus flesh, and this
seemed to poison her entire system.
She went into rapid decline and at the
time of her death was reduced to a
mere skeleton. For several weeks
previous to her demise she was unable
| to lie down, and spent her time sitting
in a chair. She was about 40 years
old, and leaves a husband and eight
little children, the eldest being but Is
years old.
Leroy L. Rhoderick, son of G. c..
Rhoderick ST., proprietor of the Valley
Register, committed suicide in Middle
town last Monday by shooting himself
in the head with rifle, while seated
on the back porch. He was % years
old and unmarried. The tragedy
caused great sorrowin the community,
where the young man had great
many friends. There seems to have
been no motive for the act except that
he had been drinking and it is sup
posed did not know what he was do
ing. When Mr.. Rhoderick found his
son lying in pool of blood he sum-
moned physicians, but when they ar
rived the young man was past all hu-
man aid and died in few minutes
He had been employed for several
years assisting his father on the Reg
lister.
The Atlanta Constitution CT We'd
nesday says: George W. Bowly, a
well-known travelling salesman of