Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-12-21
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

NOlEO TNOM NEhNDls
Mrs. Ida NJ. Davis, wife of VIM. G.
Davis, died in Martinsburg last Sat
urday after brief illness, aged SO
years.
Mr.. William Harlan end Miss Lii
liam Agnes Kennedy, two well-known
young persons of the Bedington neigh
borhood. were married last week at the
home of the bride.
A great revival has just closed in
the Southern Methodist Church of
Winchester. There were about 200
conversions. Evangelist John E.
Brown conducted the services.
Jane Lewis, a young white girl of
Berryville, employed az domestic,
shot herself in the breast with re.
volver the other day, inficting IA
tai wound. She did it to hide her
shame.
By collision between two trolley
cars at Cumberland last Sunday Rev.
A. J. Gill, pastor of the. First NJ. E.
Church of Martinsburg, was pretty
badly hurt. Several other persons
were injured.
At Stephens City, Va, last Sunday
morning, j 10. B Strobe, well-known
young business man, dropped dead
while talking to a young lady. He
was "a years old and was son of the
late Park Strobe.
Miss Leila E. Luptor. of Gerards-
town, Berkeley county, and Rev.
William E. Eye, pastor of the Meth
odist churches on the Brucetown cir
cult, were married yesterday evening
at the home OF the bride.
The Maltby farm Oh the east side
of the Shenandoah river opposite
Bloomery has been sold by w. A.
Higgs to Judge D. B. Lucas. Mr..
Higgs bought the farm few years
ago from the Maltby heirs.
Miss Hattie Dutterer, daughter of
William Dutrerer, and Mr.. Herbert
Clevenger, of Ripon, Jefferson coun-
ty, were married at noon yesterday
at the brides home near Wades vile,
Clarke county, Va, by Rev Thos. K.
Cromer.
Since the Matching season began in
October over Is 900 ducks have been
Matched at the Morgan duck ranch at
Riverton, Warren county, Va, most
of which were shipped to Baltimore,
New York and other large markets.
This is said to be the biggest duck
farm in the world.
A young unmarried woman of
Funkstown. Washington county, has
offered for sale her two little chill
dren for $25 apiece. One of the
children is a boy, 4 years old, and
the other is girl, 3 months old. The
woman is employed as a domestic,
and as she cannot have her children
with her, she is reported to have Of
fered to sell them. 1t is alleged the
parents of the young mother will not
allow her to come home and will not
take charge of her chi dren. Driven
to these traits, the desperate woman
decided to part with her babies.
A double frame house in Martins
burg was destroyed by fire Monday
night, and as result Dial Nicodemus
and his two sisters, Sarah and Bette,
were arrested and lodged in jail on
the charge Of arson. One part of the
house was occupied by the Nicode-
muses. and the other by the family of
Thomas Kolb Monday night Kolb
went to police headquarters and asked
for an officer, saying that the Nlcode-
muses. were making preparations to
burn the house. Before he and the
officer reached the place the house
was in flames, and two OF Kolb's chill
dren narrowly escaped being burned
to death. Kolo declared that he saw
Nicodemus making preparations to
burn the house, and the man and his
two sisters were thereupon arrested.
Lester Haines, son of Wesley
Haines, died about 8 o'clock Monday
morning at his home, near the Noun
tain Lock, below Sharpsburg, of heart
disease, aged II years. The young
man was found in the barn about 10
o'clock Sunday night by HE father.
The young man had just returned
from sleigh ride, having called on
young lady in the vicinity, and had
put the horse in the stable. When
Mr.. Haines opened the door of the
feeding room, his son, who was stand
ing against the door inside, fell over.
At first it was thought the young man
was dead, but he was only uncon-
scious. 1t ls thought he was benumb-
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