Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-07-20
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

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Jacob Albert, for over fifty years
well-known butcher in Hagerstown,
died last Monday, aged SO years.
The new Lutheran church at Bruins
wick, Md, was dedicated last Sunday.
1t is handsome brick structure and
is free from debt.
A handsome Y. NJ. G. A. building
is to be erected at Brunswick, Nd.
1t will cost $4,000, and the B. & O..
Railroad will give 81 800 of this
amount.
Lee Harper and Charles Green had
fight in Hagerstown last Saturday
night, when Green cut of the end Of
Harper's nose with razor, besides
inhicting other bad wounds.
At WilHamsport the 4-year.old
daughter of Kiefer Baker was at
tackled by swarm of bees and stung
nearly to death. The child, covered
with bees, ran to the house, and her
mother had difficulty in driving them
away. Her head was swollen to
twice its natural size.
Two double-header freight trains
ran into each other early last Sunday
morning Oh the Norfolk e. Western
Railway near Midvale, south of Shen-
andoah. Fireman Walter Hite and
Brakeman V. L. Dene were killed
and Engineer James Buck and Fire
man Henry Mason were badly scald-
ed. A dozen cars were badly wreck
ed. The accident was caused by the
north bound crew disregardiug orders.
The city council of Martinsburg
has decided to turn the four acres
surrounding the old waterworks into
a public park. The Tuscarora creek
Will be turned into boating lake by
using the old dam, formerly use. for
water power. The council will make
provision in the next levy to make a
park out Of Kilmer Springs, which
was purchased for the new water sys-
TEN. These grounds lie about mile
outside the corporate limits.
James Wiley, well known on the
east side of the Shenandoah river,
was taken to the Weston Insane Hos
pital by ole of the hospital attendants
on Tuesday. About two months ago
Mr.. Wiley was the victim Of a light
ming shock. The lightning struck a
tree and ran down a wire fence near
where he was working. The result
ing shock rendered him unconscious
for short time. He apparently i'm
proved afterward and little thought
of serious results until his mind
showed evidence OF disorder. Re
Gently he became violent at times and
for safety it was thought best to have
him sent to the asylum-Adcocate.
The Charles Town Free Press of
last Thursday gave the details Of
shooting ARRAY Wednesday night at
the carnival grounds in that place,
in which Arch Thomas, a son of
James Thomas, the colored caterer,
was seriously shot. According to the
story told by witnesses, one Of the
carnival men, said to be named Tur-
ner, brother of one Of the proprietors
Of the concernSwas walking up the
road towards the harness factory
with two colored girls who take part
part in the cold Plantation b" show,
when Thomas came up and told them
to SCATTER at the same time opening
fire on them. Turner returned the
fire and two shots took effect in
Thomass bodY-one in the liver and
the other in the spleen. The man
doing the firing made his escape but
the two colored girls were locked up
in Jail as witnesses. Thomas was
taken to the home of VIII Laury and
DR.. Albln gave him attention. The
coIored girls had been more or less
notorious during the stay Of the car
nival.
Thomas G. Pownall, general super
intendent OF the United States Leath-
er Company, was before Justice Con
der in Cumberland Monday charged
with having caused the pollution OF
Wills creek by the discharge of dele
FERROUS matter to such an extent as
to destroy fish life. A number of
witnesses, who testified for the prose-
cution, stated that the matter issued
from the tannery, and no sooner had
the reddish fluid reached the south
side Of the creek than a number of
fish were observed to be dying, Over
100 were rescued and placed in the
river water; a few revived. Mr.. Pow
nall also testified. States Attorney
Wilson asked for verdict for the
State, saying that in his testimony
Mr.. Pownall had admitted the dis
charge of fluids at the time in ques-
ton when it was shown a number of
fish were killed aud that no other
cause or source Of pollution resultant
in the death of fish was possible I'M
der the testimony adduced. The
case was held sub curia.
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