Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-07-07
Notes From Nearby.

The Cumberland Hydraulic Cement
Works have closed down, throwing
100 men out of employment.
Col. John S. Mosby has promised to
attend the reunion of his old command
at Berryville on August 18th.
Cephus johnson had part of his
right hand blown off by giant fire.
cracker in Hagerstown on Monday.
Miss Margaret F. Blue and Mr..
William L. Gaff, both of Martinsburg,
were married Wednesday Of last week
at the home OF the bride.
Joseph and Herbert Hausman, aged
respectively IA and II years, were
drowned last Saturday at Cumberland
while bathing in the Potomac liver.
The barn of George B. Kendall,
four miles west Of Hagerstown, was
burned to the ground on Monday.
The fire was the result Of spontaneous
combustion, caused by a lot of i'm
properly cured hay that had been
placed in the barn.
Public school teachers salaries in
Washington county have been fixed as
follows: Principals of schools Of four
rooms or more, 500 a month three
rooms, $55; two rooms, $45; teachers
holding frst.grade frst-class certif-
Gates, $40; frst-grade second.class
certificates, $50 all second-grade
teachers, $500 for the school year Of
nine months.
The Charles Town Advocate says
thaton Monday oflast week three young
men hired vehicle from w. E. Myers
and drove to Harper's Ferry. One of
them brought the team back and the
next morning came to Mr.. Myers and
said he had lost pocketbook contain
1915. Mr.. Myers went to the vehi-
Gle which the party had used the night
before and the pocketbook Containing
the money was lying on the seat. The
buggy had stood on the street all
night.
Mr.. Raymond KILLER, son Of Mr..
Lee G. KILLER, of Page county, Va,
and Miss Nettie Hershberger, daugh-
ter of Mr.. John S. Hershberger, were
married at the home of the brides
father, in Luray, recently, the Rev.
w. H. Joyce officiating. By this mar
rage the brides sister becomes her
mother in-law, Mr.. Lee G. KILLER
having married Miss Ella Hershberger
several days ago. Likewise the groom S
stepmother becomes his sister.in-law
and the father and son become broth
ers-in-law.
A fierce fight occurred last Mon.
day at Flint Hill, Rappahannock Co.,
Va, between DR.. Theodore II. Boot
on and William Gordan, which ended
in the death of Gordan by a bullet.
When the men met on the street
Gordan knocked Booton down and
kicked him. The two were separated
by onlookers. After few minutes
Gordan, it is said, began second as
sault on Booton, who drew his pistol
and fired twice, the first shot passing
through Gordan's hat and the second
taking effect near his heart. This
did not check the Infatuated man and
he came at Booton again, knocking
him down and falling dead over his
body.
Dawson King, colored, working for
Samuel Stoufer, near Sharpsburg,
narrowly escaped being ground to
pieces by self-binding reaper Thurs
day. The reaper became clogged and
King crawled on top of it to make
repairs. While thus engaged, the
horses started and King fell down
among the coge. He managed to hold
to the machine until young son Of
Mr.. Stoufer had stopped the horses,
after going about 800 yards. King
was wedged between the cogs and
knives and both his legs were badly
cut, the one into the bone. Had not
young Stouffer succeeded in stopping
the horses as soon as he did King
would have haen ground 10 death