Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-05-03
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Cornelius Virts, who died last week
at Sandy Hook, left an estate valued
at 100000.
The Battletown Inn, Berryvill e's
handsome new hotel, was opened to
the public on Tuesday.
NJ. E. Suavely was the first man in
Sharpsburg district to get his corn
crop in. He finished planting ten
acres last Friday.
The Williamsport town council has
compromised by fixing liquor saloon
license at 1915 instead of $500. Last
year the license was 500.
W. A. Gard, for many years agent
of the Cumberland Valley Railroad at
Martinsburg, will not be transferred
to Hagerstown, as announced, the
company having granted his request
to be permitted to remain in Mar
tinsburg.
Edward Mason, formerly of Mar
tinsburg, boss engineer at the Ma
tional Tube Works at Wheeling, fell
from furnace chimney a distance
of 55 feet on Monday, and was SO
badly hurt he died in a few moments.
He is survived by his wife and baby
only few weeks old.
The second trial of Paul Clifford,
colored, of Martinsburg for shooting
and killing Jacob Turner, also colored,
resulted last week in a verdict of not
guilty and the prisoner was discharg-.
ed. At the first trial Clifford was
found guilty and was sentenced to a
term in the penitentiary.
Land Assessor James H. Smith,
when before the State Board Of Pub
lie Works here, stated that be had not
valued the orchards of The county,
but the land only, and in this con-
nection the State Tax Commissioner
has sent Assessor Payne written in
structions to count all the fruit trees
and to assess them at their true and
actual value. This matter, of course.
is not optional with Mr.. Payne, but
mandatory. -Martinsblwg Statesman.
Scott Kuhn, paymaster for E. A.
Sharetts. of Baltimore, who has force
of men cutting timber near Point Of
Rocks, was held up by three men near
that place about 8 o'clock last Satur-
day afternoon and robbed of 1926 and
a gold watch. Kuhn was on his way
from Point of Rocks to the scene of
the lumbermen's operations, to pay
off the men. He was walking along
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and
Just after he had passed through the
tunnel at Catoctin he was met by
strange man, who engaged him in
conversation. While he was talking
with the stranger two other men, he
GAYS, came up from behind, seized him
by his arms and each pointed pistol
at his head, while the first man went
through his pockets. After robbing
him the men went back through the
tunnel. Kuhn went to Point Of Rocks,
and from there telephoned to Sheriff
Mantz, of Frederick, who went out in
the next train, and with a posse hunt
ed for the robbers. Kuhn describes
the robbers as rodgh-looking, dirty
men, apparently tramps.
Jesse Haines, son of Daniel Haines,
OF Samples Manor, was drowned in
the G. & O. canal al Two Locks, near
Harper's Ferry, last Sunday evening
His body was not recovered until
Monday evening, some distance below.
Young Haines attempted to walk
across the lock on the footboard on
the lower gate after nightfall, and ow-
ing to the light being bad it is sup
posed that he either stumbled over the
paddle bar or lost his footing and fell
into the water. He swan around in
the water aimlessly in the darkness
and finally sank, When it was dis.
covered that Haines had been drowned
a number Of men began dragging the
canal fol- his body, and the search con.
tinued for some time before he was
found. The water was partly drawn
off the level to aid in the search and
revealed the body along the bank.
The father Of the young man did not
know that his son had been drowned
until Monday afternoon and few
hours before the body was recovered.
He was aged 81 years and is survived
by his parents and brother. Young
Haines had been working with his
father at the stone quarry at Melville,
this county.