Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-03-24
Notes From Nearby.

The town of Wllllamsport has IN
creased the license to sell liquor to
800
VIM F. Brown, an employee Of the
B & o. Railroad at Martinsburg,
dropped dead while going to work
the other day.
E. E. Aikens, Of Martinsburg,
brakeman on the B. & 0. Railroad,
met a tragic death at Cherry Run the
other day. He was leaning out of
the cab of an engine when passenger
train came along and almost knocked
his head of, killing him instantly.
He was q years old.
Two barns on the handsome estate
of Clay Carr, near Boyce, Clarke coun-
ty, were destroyed by al incendiary
fire last Thursday night. Eighteen
horses and cattle were burned to
death, among them being some prize
winning horses and registered Dur
hams. 1t is believed that negroes,
with whom Mr. Carr had had some
difficulty, set the barns afre.
The fourth attempt to burn Reed
& Longs elevator in Charles Town
was made one morning last week,
and was only frustrated by the hard
work of the fire department. The
building was discovered to be on FIRE
about 2 80 a. m. The flames were
extinguished by the time about $50
damage had been done. Two weeks
previous a similar attempt was made.
Mrs. Constantine Goodell has OBJ
tanned divorce IN Philadelphia from
her husband, DR.. Constantine Goodell
She was formerly Miss Gay Keedy, of
Hagerstown, and is now All actress.
having gone on the stage against the
wishes Of her husband. Dr. Goodell
is talented physician and cultured
gentleman, and has a splendid prac-
tice among the fashionable folk in
Philadelphia.
The United States Court Of Claims
in Washington has recently awarded
considerable sums to churches in the
Valley of Virginia for damage done
by Union soldiers during the Civil
War. Among them we note the fol-
lowing Presbyterian church Of Wood
stock, $500; Lutheran church at
Strasburg, $l,6l9; Braddock Street
NJ Z. Church South, Winchester, 81
$50 Sacred Heart Catholic church,
Winchester, 500.
Arthur Davenport has awarded to
the King Lumber Company, of Char
Iottesville, Va, the contract for the
erection of the new Carter House in
Charles Town. The new building,
which will cost about $4,000, will
have three stories and basement, and
is to be of the early English style Of
architecture. 1t is to have 35 guest
rooms and i to be heated by steam
and lighted by electricity. 1t will
take about s months to complete it.
The Jury in the case of John J Het-
eel, of Martinsburg, against the Mary
land College and School OF Music for
Women II Iutberville brought in a
sealed verdict Friday morning for the
plaintiff for $l7O Mr. Hetzel had
entered his daughter, Miss Anna Het-
eel, as a pupil, and deposited with
the president $3.50 for tuition, board,
etc. After being at the school few
DAYS Miss Hetzel became sick and re-
turned home, and did not return to
the college. A request was made by
the father for the return of part OF
the money so deposited, but the pres
ident refused hence the suit.
A. R. Renner, Of SharPsburg, states
that he will shortly enter suit against
the State of Maryland for $4,000
damages. Renner was recently IN
dicted and put on trial for burning a
house owned by his daughter, Mrs.
Nesbitt Cox. In the midst of the
trial State Attorney Long abandoned
the case, as the States star witness,
Renuer's wife, answered Il don't re-
member" to nearly all the important
questions put to her. She brought
the charges against her husband.
After the State abandoned all effort
to secure a conviction, the court d.
rected the jury to bring a verdict Of
not guilty Reuner says VIM T.
Maulsby Frederick, and Judge Dan
lei B. Lucas, Charles Town, will be
his attorneys.