Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-05-05
Notes From Nearby.

nominated DR.. W. E. Minghini for
mayor.
Capt. Sam H. Freeze, for the past
eight years chief of the Martinsburg
police department, has resigned to go
into other business.
Near Stanley last Friday freight
train on the Norfolk and Western
Railway broke in two and then ran
together, causingthree separate wrecks.
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the
Ambassador of Great Britain to the
United States, was a distinguished
visitor to Antietam Battlefield last
Friday.
Owing to friction that has existed
in school circles in Martinsburg for
the past couple of years, Prof. G. H.
Cole, superintendent of the public
schools of that place, has been notified
by the board that he will not be re-
appointed to his present position.
Robert Chew, who has been vice.
president of the Farmers and Mer-
chants Deposit Company Of Charles
Town, is now president of that insti-
tuition, the promotion being due to the
death of of President S. L. Williams.
Robt. L. Withers, of the Summit Point
vicinity, was elected vice-president to
succeed Mr.. Chew.
In the Circuit Court at Martinsburg,
after trial lasting two days, the jury
in the case of Parker Teter, indicted
for murder in the first degree for kill
ing David Quirk, returned a verdict
of involuntary manslaughter, which,
under the statutes of West Virginia,
is a misdemeanor and punishable by a
short term in the county Jail.
Robert Vanvactor, a lad from near
Harper's Ferry, recently caught a
large bald eagle on an island in the
Shenandoah river. A number Of
eagles had been observed to visit the
islands in that vicinity to feed upon
dead fish that are washed ashore there
Young Vanvactor set a steel trap for
them, and managed to capture one
without doing it much injury. The
captured bird is kept in coop and fed
chiefly upon fish.
Samuel Mcclure, a veteran stage
driver at Martinsburg for many years
and the pilot of the Hotel Martin bus
at that place, was fatally hurt last
Thursday. lie entered the stall of
horse in the hotel stables, when the
animal gave him several vicious kicks,
knocking him down and injuring him
very badly. His right arm was
broken in three places, and he was
badly hurt about the head also. He
suffered greatly until death ensued
yesterday at noon. Uncle Sammy"
as he was known, was 80 years old,
and all his life, since he was grown
up, was spent in stage and bus driv-
ing. Before the war he drove a stage
between Middleway and Boonsboro
by way of Shepherdstown. Two sons
and one daughter survive him.
Mrs. Olivia Thurman, wife of Gen
eral Charles Thurman, who has an ele-
CANT country place near Berryville,
has brought suit for $4,000 damages
against her husband, A. Moore, Jr.,
S. ]. c. Moore, attorneys, Cyrus Nc
CoImick and Robert P. Page, physi-
clans, all Of Berryville The claim
for damages is based upon an alleged
conspiracy among the defendants to
have her committed as an insane pa
tient in the Western Asylum at Staun-
ton. The defendants say there is
nothing in her CLAIM. Mrs. Thurman
already has a suit pending for di-
vorce from her husband. The Thur
mans are well-to.do folks from south
ern Virginia and their family troubles
have created warm time in Clarke
county.