Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-25
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Miss Vallie Virginia Henshsw,
formerly of MartInsburg. was mar
ried to Rev Francis G. Berry on May
18th in Dallas, Texas.
In the circuit court at Hagerstown
on Monday the State confessed plea
of not guilty in the case of Joseph
Gray and John Carter, indicted for
robbing John Wagner near Sharps-
burg.
Ex-senator Louis E. McComas lie
to be appointed Judge of the Court
of Appeals of the District OF Columbia,
succeeding Judge Morris, who intends
to resign. The position pays $1,000
year and is for life.
]. Thomas Hayes, of Lovettsville,
Va, went to dentist in Frederic K
yesterday to have number of teeth
extracted. A physician was called
in and administered chloroform.
When the sixteenth tooth was pulled
his pulse ceased and in a few mo-
ments he died.
Oscar W. Bromley, aged 81 years,
has been arrested by Baltimore &
Ohio detectives at Winchester, charged
with having made numerous at
tempts within the past year to
wreck trains on the Valley Branch.
Bromley has been pronounced Insane,
and will be sent to the Staunton asy-
lum.
Christian Dyer, merchant of Ha-
ger8town, has received the particulars
of the recent accidental drowning of
bis son, Mervin G. Dyer, in Mexico
Young Dyer was superintendent Of
construction of water tanks on a rail-
road. He and a friend went into a
river to bathe. Dyer dived in, but
he never came to the surface alive.
At Hagerstown yesterday William
D. Morgret, of Hancock, was found
guilty of abducting Miss Olive Teresa
Ingram, aged Is years, from her home
in Hancock, and he was sentenced to
the penitentiary for four years. The
evidence showed that Morgret, who
is a married man, enticed Miss In
gram to Baltimore and later to Pitt
burg.
On the farm Of S. Fred Burkhold.
er, a mile from Welsh Run, Pa, rat
killed the two.months-old baby Of Mr..
and Mrs. Noah Shank, the tenants
on the farm. The child had been
placed on bed made of two chairs
at the side of the dining-room while
the family ate supper in the summer
kitchen. Suddenly the parents were
aroused by the little ones screams
and appeared at the babes side to see
large rat slide from the chairs.
They were Mortified to find the babe
had been bitten on the cheek and
tongue and that the ends Of the fin
gers had been eaten off. Death re-
suited in a few hours.
For the third successive time in
municipal elections for councilmeD the
Democrats carried every ward in
Martinsburg Monday. X. Poole won
over John A. Bowers in first ward by
l24, C. G. Cushwa over A. Staubley
in the second ward by Ga, Lewis
Thompson over E. T. Holt in third
ward by l49, A. B. Stewart over
Theodore Anderson in the fourth by
IA, and George Schill over H. Nc
Dowell by 6 in the fifth. License won
by over 500. The victory over the
Republicans, which it is believed will
have some effect on the coming Con-
gresslonal election, is attributed to
Republican dissensions.
An unpleasant adventure befell
Rev. J. A. Mcclure, Presbyterian
minister of Front Royal, Va, last
week, at Rio, Hampshire county, W.
Va, when he was placed in the pre-
dicament Of being arrested and lock-
ed up in the constables store on sus-
picion of being horse thief. Rev.
Mr.. Mcclure left his home early
Thursday morning for Rio to take the
place Of the regular preacher, who
was off on a vacation, and be drove a
team that looked like one that was
stolen in Winchester from Liveryman
Robert NJ. Henry. He was arrested,
and despite his protests was kept a
prisoner. The liveryman went in
pursuit of the alleged thief and ar
rived at Rio Saturday. When he
failed to identity the team the preach
er was released. Rev. Mr.. Mcclure
was to have oficiated at a funeral,
and it was delayef FIVE hours.