Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-06-12
Notes From Nearby.

The tax rate of Williamsport, Md.
has been fixed at IS cents on the
800.
Mr.. Edward Ashley Staff and Mis-
Lavinia Idela Alther were married IL
Martinsburg on Monday.
Daniel Socks has sold his 104 acre
farm, near Hagerstown, to David
Shaw, of Virginia, for $4,000.
A. M. Smith has resigned as princi'
pal of the Episcopal Female Institute
at Winchester, after fifteen years SER
vice.
George Houck, Berkeley county
farmer living near Marlowe. died
Monday from consumption, aged about
45 years.
G. VIM. Rhul, of Charles Town
has been appointed Deputy State
Commander of the Order Of Macca.
bees of West Virginia. He will en-.
deavor to institute new lodges in this
section.
A party Of capitalists who recently
leasd tract of land from A. A. Car
roll on the east side of Shenandoah
river, near Charles Town, claim they
have struck gold in large quantities
We do not anticipate '49 rush, how
ever.
The county court of Berkeley coun-
ty has determined to increase the tax
levy to so cents on the hundred
dollars. The increase was made be-
cause of the proposed construction of
one or more bridges across the
Opequon.
The engagement is announced Of
Mr.. Newton D. Baker, of Cleveland,
Ohio, formerly of Martinsburg. to
Miss Elizabeth Leopold, of Chambers
burg, Pa, young lady well-known
in that section as fine vocalist and
musician.
Mr.. E. w. Vanmeter, a well-known
Berkeley county man, has just re-
turned from Cuba, where he has been
in the U. S. postal service for two and
a-half years. The Cuban government
has filled the offices with its own men,
now that the United States has with
drawn. Mr.. Vanmeter expects to go
to the Philippines to fill place in
the postal service.
At meeting of the board of edu-
cation of Martinsburg Monday night
it was decided to list music as one of
the established branches of study in
the curriculum of the public schools Of
Martinsburg. Prof. Fred Luscomb
was elected teacher of music. Super
tendent of City Schools G. II. Cole
was reelected to that position for
term Of two years, and all the other
teachers were reelected except Frank
w. Cushwa, who resigned to continue
his studies at the University.
Robert Bogert, of Loudouu coun-
ty, Va, lay down on the bridge which
spans the Shenandoah river at Har-
per's Ferry, and went to sleep. Dur
Ing the night he rolled off into the
river, falling so feet on a rock with
about two inches Of water running
over it. When found next morning
he was half way in the water in
reclining position on the rock, yelling
for a boat. His right arm, leg, ribs
and jaw bones were broken, about all
his teeth were knocked out, and be.
sides he had several severe bruiaes.
Robert Evans went after him in
boat and sent him home.
A profound sensation was caused
in Winchester Saturday by personal
encounter on the street between Chief
of Police S. A. Seabright and R. E.
Byrd, prosecuting attorney for the
county, and one of the most prominent
lawyers in the State. As result Of
the encounter Mr.. Byrd is lying at
his home with his left arm fractured
in two places, several scalp wounds
and other injuries, besides conclusion
of the brain. The fight was the out
come of scene in the city hall Friday
between the two men. At that time
two visitors were arrested on trivial
charge and were locked up. They
retained Mr.. Byrd as their counsel,
and when he went to the city hall to
ask where the police Judge was, with
a view to securing his clients release,
he claims Chief Seabright grossly in
suited him and threatened to eject him
from the building. Saturday while
the chief was off duty Byrd called at
his house to obtain some explanation
ofthe policeman alleged rude conduct.
The chief shut the door in his fee, and
when the lawyer opened it from the
outside Chief Seabright sprang upon
him. The lawyer was beaten almost
into insensibility, his eyeglasses shat
tered and his clothing and the side
walk literally drenched with his
blood. Saturday afternoon Mr.. Byrd
swore out a warrant for Chief Sea-
bright's arrest on a charge of assault
with intent to kill.
Read II In His Newspaper
George Schaub, well-known German