Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-30
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

/ Dr. u. M. Mlller mas 5Oiu Ills Iooi'
dence in Charles Town to Miss Bette
Warwick for $500.
In the Circuit Court at Martinsburg
Mrs. Ida Belle Keplinger pleaded
guilty to bigamy and was sentenced
to the penitentiary for one year, the
lightest penalty that could be i'm
posed.
The Berkeley county Democratic
primaries to select delegates to the
several conventions will be held.in
the various districts Saturday Of this
week, e1celt in Martinsburg district,
where they will be held Friday night.
The barn on the farm Of Richard
Smith, in Clarke county. was struck
by lightning last Friday and destroy
ed with ita contents, including Mr..
Smiths wheat crop. The loss ia
$500 partly covered by insurance.
Rev. NJ. L. Beard preached his
farewell sermon to the Lutheran con.
gregation at Middletown, Md. last
Sunday under very affecting circum.
stances. He had been pastor there
for Is years. He goes to Thurmont,
Md.
Miss Martha Shanholtz, of Freder-
lex county, Va, had q narrow escape
from death the other day. She was
driving the COWS to the barn when a
bolt of lightning killed two of the cove
and tore one of the shoes from her
feet. Although she was stunned, che
was not seriously hurt.
The suit of the B. & o. Railroad in
the Circuit Court of Berkeley county,
to secure reduction in its asses sment,
was net heard at the present term.
1t was continued, with consent of at
torneys for both sides. 1t may new.
or be tried, as other cases to be heard
FIRST elsewhere may settle the ques-
ton.
During severe thunderstorm in
Shenandoah county. Va, while the
body of Mrs. Mary j. Mayer was on
its way to the graveyard, a large tree
was blown across the hsarse. demol.
ishing that vehicle. The coffin had
to be removed from the hearse and
loaded into road wagon, and the
journey was continued to the burial
ground.
Miss Katherine Butler, daughter Of
DR.. and Mrs. M. s. Butler, of He'd
gesville, and Charles F. Koppisch, of
Pa, a civil engineer, were married at
the home of the bride last Thursday
evening by Rev. John Leps. The
maid of honor was Miss Edna Butler,
sister of the bride. Raymond q.
Williams, of Baltimore, was best man.
A reception followed the ceremony,
after which Mr.. and Mrs. Koppisch
left for trip to points in the east.
George Carter, Charles Town ne
gro who was beating his way on a
freight train, gave the officers some
trouble at Kearneysville one day last
week. He alighted from the train
there and Railroad Detective Martin
and Constable George Thompson at
tempted to arrest him, but he 6ercely
resisted and attempted to draw pis-
tol on the officers. he was finally
overpowered and had hearing be-
fore Magistrate V. G. Moore, who
fined him $25 and sentenced him to
six months in Jail.
In fight Monday night in shanty
at the Brick Mill, between James
Veney and Archie Tolman, two ne.
groes from Harriston, near Basic City,
Va, Veney received blow in the
left temple, that resulted in his death
twenty-four hours afterwards. The
two men had been tussling. Tolman
gave Veney Q savage punch with
pair of scissors. This enraged Veney
who called Tolman some hard names,
whereupon Tolman got pair Of brass
knuckles, put them on and dealt Ven
ey blow in the temple. Veney ap-
peared to suffer little from the blow
at first, but later on began to suffer
intensely with pain in his head. 1t
grew worse until unconsciousness en-.
sued, and he died the following night.
Tolman, his assailant, remained about
the shanty doing what he could to
make Vensy comfortable. Shortly
after Veney died he disappeared, and
has not been apprshended. Both
men had been employed by the con.
tractors engaged on the new power
plant of the Winchester and Wash
ington Electric Company at that
place. The body of Veney, who was
about twenty years old, was shipped
to his former home at Harriston on
Thursday neutrality-suspicious..