Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-09
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

NOTES FROM NEARBY.
The tax rate of Martineburg has
been fixed at 35 cents on the hundred
dollars Last year it was go cents.
The town authorities of Boonsboro
have placed the enormous (O tax of
$25 year on the liquor saloons of
that place.
Edward Turner has bought from
John Benner fifteen acres of land ly-
ing near the national cemetery at
Sharpsburg
The directors Of the Hagerstown fair
have decided to hold horse show in
connection with the fair on Wedres-
day and Thursday.
Lester W. Riley, retired farmer
Of Clarke county, Va, died last week
at his home near White Post, aged
IS years. He was Confederate vet
eran.
A cloudburst in the neighborhood
of Cumberland last Thursday caused
damage in Alegany county to the
amount Of 100000. 1t will take
$4,000 to repair the roads.
At Waynesboro, Pa, the other day
Thomas Stops foolishly took hold of
loose wire dangling from pole,
and as he touched it he fell dead. 1t
was crossed with trolley wire and
gave him a fatal shock.
The Mountain City Mills, a very
large Touring plant in Frederick, Md,
was destroyed by fire last Friday
night, together with about $4,000
bushels of wheat. The loss is very
heavy, and only partly covered by in
surance.
John L. Hargett, farmer 81 years
old, was drowned last Thursday while
trying to ford stream in Frederick
county, Md. Usually the stream is a
little creek only foot deep, but the
heavy rain had converted it into
raging torrent.
The annual reunion of the Clarke
Cavalry will be held on Thursday, Au.
gust Is. at the home of Thos j. West,
near Ripon. The place thus selected
for the reunion is central, the sur.
vivors of the famous Clarke company
being residents of both Jefferson and
Clarke counties.
The 1S.year- old son of Robert Stan
ley, Norfolk and Western engine
man, was drowned in the Shenandoah
river at Shenandoah Thursday after.
noon. He was bathing with several
companions and was seized with
cramps. He called for aid, but sank
before friends could reach him. The
body was recovered.
Hollie Dehaven, aged l9 years, and
the chief support of his widowed moth
er, lost his life last Thursday midnight
by drowning in Back creek. Is miles
west of Winchester. Lee Clarke, who
was with Dehaven, was rescued with
rope by Tina Braithwaite, farmer
living near the crossing, who heard
the cries Of the young men. who were
clinging to foot log. Dehaven lost
his grip and was caught and carried
down stream in swift current. Their
horse and buggy were rescued half
mile below the crossing. Clarke had
gone to Harper's Ferry on Sarah Zane
Fire Company's picnic. A cloudburst
had converted all streams into tor
rents. The young men were warned
to remain in Winchester over night,
but young Dehaven's strong attach
ment to his mother, Mrs. Laura De-
haven, induced him to make an effort
to reach home. The body was recov-
cred the following day some distance
down the stream.
Rev. M. L. Beard, pastor of the
Lutheran Church of Middletown, Md,
who some time ago received a unani.
nous call from the congregation at
Thurmont, at the close of his sermon
last Sunday morning rendered his
resignation, to take effect August 81.
There was large assemblage present,
the audience chamber of the spacious
church being filled and the pastor
took the occasion to make some very
plain statements. He said he wanted
to deny the charges that his enemies
in the church were using against him.
He declared that the same temper
and spirit Of those who betrayed the
Saviour were also present in the be-
trayal. He declared that his blood
almost ran cold when he thought Of
the actions of some of his members in
the face of their previous friendship,
and for whom he would have given
every sacrifice. He referred to a
"czar and czarina" in the congregation,
and said that he had no apology
whatever to offer to certain ones,
but to any others whom he may have
displeased in any way during his Ii
years pastorate he offered the pro-
foundest apologies.
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