Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-11-20
LOCAL BRIEFS

ne r. rryvliie Fire Company met
10 csile'i meeting las, Friday nigh,
by almts' unanimous ,ote was decid
ed TO exi"nd S35 for lire hill. The
DELL Will weigh nearl, 600 les. and
tue question now arises whether the
tower In the engine house is strong
enough 20 hold one of that weio bt
III II Is not, the Company will prob
ably erect ~ steel frame to hold the
oeli, similar To the one in Shepherds.
town. Another important matter
passed upon was the lifting of sus.
pension of members fer the non. nav.
ment of monthly dues when such
mem oers desire again to become active
members of the company. Five ap
plicatlons for mem bership were acted
upon favorably. The Company has
nearly fifty active mem bers on it's roll.
MIR. G. w. wynkoop. Jr., showed
us last week basket of apples. the
finest and most perfectly formed We
have ever seen. The fruit we're Sc
lects from Clarke county orchards
which Mr.. Wynkoop bought this past
season. The varieties represented
were winesaps, paradise, Ben Davis.
and Smith cider, and the basket was
shipped to Commissioner of Agricul
ture KOlner at Richmond. These
fine specimens of apples came from
orchards of the east side of the Shen
andoah river. where Mr.. Wvnkoor
says he believes the apple will matur,
better. MIR. Wynkoop shipped a car
load of apples to Washington last
week. and expects TO realize good
prices for them since the advance in
price.
Real estate is still booming m the
nelghborhood of Bluemont. Tn,
NashlngtOniau saws that Mr.. \. j
Simpson has sold his dwelling hous,
and twenty acres of land with it. be
tween Round Hill and Bluemont
to Mr.. VIM. Hall for S2.25O. and ha,
also sold 10 Mr.. Albert GRAY thirt,
acres with house for $1,000. Mr.
1. =. Simpson has sold to the las
named gentleman fifteen acres m
same neighborhocd for 81 900.
y letter from Berry's Ferry say
than Mr.. IL. II. Trussel Is building
new residence of frame, which con
talns four rooms, aud that MIR. Tav
enneI Is also erecting IA new house on
the section of Joe Lindsay Ian,
which he recently bought. Drove
of cattle are daily passing from thei
summer pastures on the mountain
to the Valley farms for the winter.
Mr.. Frank Il. Dovall. who recent,
visited his sister, Mrs. !. Ed. Ogden
here, has accepted the position o.
Stewart IN the National Hotel
Washington, ID. C.. Mr.. Do,ell i
we'll quilted to ON the position witt
satisfaction. AS be- has acted In tn
same capacity at ROckbridge Alum
+ Springs for several seasons.
Invitations have been issued b,
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Albin, o
/ CharlestOwn, for the marriage @
their daughter. Miss Ida Mae, TO Mr.
Edgar Drew Conklyn, of this county
The wedding will take place Al 81.
O'Clock "Wednesday evening. Nov. -
/ IN the Baptist Church AT Charlestowu
The frame building in the rear o
the postoliice building and "A par
thereof has been torn down bv
force of hands under Mr.. j. W. Car
isle, who bought the lumber contain
ed therein. The removal of this oil
building improves the back appear
ance of the big brick structure.
The corner stone of the Winche.
ter Memorial Hospital. toward tn
erection of which Mrs. Lewis Hvd,
of New York. contributed $4,000
was laid last Monday with appropr
ate Masonic ceremonies. The re-
quired sum of Sl5,0 has been raj,
ed by the promoters of the hospital.
Every day for the past week wa
more or less cloudy and gave indie,
tons of rain or snow the night TO
lowing. The growing wheat stl
needs refreshing rains, aud is in ba
condition TO enter the winter. Tt
thermometer fell below freezing poir
several nights last week.
The handsome new school house
Ripon, completed about two month
ago, is still awaiting the arrival {
the furniture to be purchased by II
Board of Education of Jeffersc
county. Messrs. Thompson and O.
den were the contractors of the bui
ding.
Farmers are fast housing the
corn crop. The yield this season
large and the price, owing to the fai
ure of the crop elsewhere, is high
than it has been for years As his
$40 per barrel has been paid on Il
Berryville market for this grain, al
} before Spring indications are it W
| he worth S3.