Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

The home of P. W. Atkinson near
Berkeley Springs was entirely de-
stroyed by FIRE few days ago.
The Winchester district conference
of the M. E. Church South will be
b ED at Summit Point next Monday.
During fracas among negroes in
Clarke county fhe other day George
Morris and William Porter were shot
and seriously wounded.
1t lie said that another effort will
be made to develop that alleged vein
of anthracite coal in Back creek val
ley, Berkeley county.
The Democrats of the fourth con-
gressional district have nominated fol-
Congress Geo. W. Hardman, a prom
inent farmer of Calhoun county.
Mrs. William T. Siler, an estima-
BILE Berkeley county lady, died last
week at her home in Back creek val
ley, after long and painful illness,
aged so years.
Rev. S. G. Dornblaser, pastor of
st. Marks Lutheran Church, Ha-
gerstown, has resigned that charge to
accept a call from st. Paul's Luther
am Church of Bucyrus, Ohio.
The managers Of the Hagerstown
fair have arranged to have an airship
as one of the attractions of their fair
in October. They will have the same
airship that recently created such a
sensation in Washington.
Clarence Cosens, locomotive en-
gineer on the N. & W. Railway, ran
his engine into draft Of cars in the
yards at Shenandoah last Thursday,
causing the instant death of William
Helmet, who was inspecting the cars.
Miss Fife L. Price, of Martins
burg, and Mr.. ]. B. Cook, farmer
of Berkeley county, were married in
Martinsburg last week by Rev. l. W.
Canter. The groom is 60 years old
and the bride %.
Charles Banner, a brakeman on the
B. & o. Railroad, fell from train at
Weverton last Saturday, and several
cars passed over him. cutting off both
legs above the knee. He died a few
hours later. He was 26 years old
and leaves a wife and one child.
The union bridge workers en-
ployed by the Virginia Bridge and
Iron Company, of Roanoke, who are
building bridge for the Norfolk and
Western Railway at Riverton, struck
the other day, the men waiting the
bridge company to recognize the
union. An injunction was granted
by Judge Harrison to prevent the
union men from interfering with the
non-union men.
Mahalia Chapel, the l5-year.old
daughter of George Chapel, farmer
living along the Shenandoah river, in
Clarke county, was burned to death
last week. The girl was using kero-
sene oil to light fire when the blaze
caused the can to explode, and blaz-
ing oil was scattered over her cloth
ing. She was instantly enveloped in
a sheet of fame. Her mother, who
was in the room at the time, seized
blanket and endeavored to put out
the blaze. She was badly burned.
The girl died within half hour, after
suffering intense agony.
A. P. Richardson, of Roanoke, Va,
brother of Jacob Richardson, of Ha-
gerstown, who dropped dead on his
train at Elkton, Va, some time ago,
fell from N. & W. freight train at
Ferrum, south of Roanoke, Monday
and was ground to pieces. Nineteen
cars passed over his body and both
arms and both legs were cut off. Rich
ardson was not missed until the train
had gone several miles from the acct
dent. The engine was run back and
pieces of flesh were found scatt cred
along the tracks. His lantern was
still burning when found. He was
% years old and single.
The contractors for the construction
of the new freight yards Of the Bal.
timore and Ohio Railroad in the west
end of Brunswick have had trouble
with their working force on the beer
question. Brunswick is "dry" town,
and Knoxville, the nearest point at
which drinks can be gotten, is some
distance from the camp. To satisfy
their thirst the workers arranged to
have beer delivered in the camp. The
contractors issued an order against
this and invoked the aid of the law
to enforce it; but the workers, who
are mostly foreigners, rebelled. The
Italians and Huns counseled together
and sent this ultimatum to the bosses
"No beer, no work." They are now
GETTING the heer