Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-05-07
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

The voters of Keedysville, Nd. last
Saturday voted against proposition
to construct waterworks for the town.
Among the candidates for the Re-
publican nomination for sheriff OF
Berkeley county are Isaac D.VanMetrs
and 81. E. Outcalt.
Judge Keedy has refused to grant
a liquor license to A. K. Renner, OF
Sharpsburg. There was a protest
against Renner's saloon.
Mr.. Henry NJ. Cole and Miss Rosa
Duke. both of Berkeley county, were
married in Martinsburg last Wednes-
day by Rev. W. F. Gruver.
The Lutheran congregation Of Viii.
Transport mas started movement
looking to the erection Of a new
church upon the site of the present
building.
Mr.. Jesse Viands, of Mechanicstown,
ard Miss Hattie Vanvacter, of Bloom
cry, this county, were married last
Wednesday in Charles Town by Rev.
]. q. Wolff.
George William Slower, respected
resident Of Hsgerstown, died at his
home in that place last Monday, aged
80 years. He lived in Harpers Fer
~ many years ago.
During thunder storm that passed
over Washington county last Thursday
lightning struck flock Of sheep be.
longing to D. q. Anthony near Viii.
Transport and killed FIVE Of them.
is. Cole, Of Falling Waters, for q
number of years teacher in Berkeley
county, has been appointed United
States deputy collector of internal
revenue for the seventh division Of
West Virginia. His headquarters
will be in Martinsburg.
s. 81. Marlborough, president Of
the Winchester and Washington Rail.
way Company, which operate, big
power plant on the Shenandoah river,
at Millville, this county, and supplies
Winchester, Berryville and Charles
Town with light and power, states that
the capacity of the plant will be dou-
bled at once and that contracts for
$4,000 worth of additional machinery
have been let to the Westinghouse and
Dayton Globe Iron Works people.
Gov. Dawson made the following
appointments last week: T. o. Koran,
of Whesling, and J. Slidell Brown, of
Kingwood, regents of the School for
Deaf and Blind at Romney. The last
two are rsappointees, Ralph Mccoy,
Of Ohio county, was appointed Iii.
rector of the West Virginia Reform
School at Pruntytown. Harry L.
Snyder, of Shepherdstown, was ap.
pointed director Of the Second Hos
pital for the Insane at Spencer. T. P.
Landon was reappointed member of
the West Virginia Board Of Pharmacy.
One of the balloons used at the Uni
ted States Weather Bureau at Mount
Weather, on the Blue Ridge noun
tain, near Osstlsman's Ferry, atraysd
from its anchor on Friday and started
on a journey in the direction of Har.
per's Ferry. The delicate steel rib
bon that had held it in control of the
officials at the bureau broke under the
strain Of brisk wind and the balloon
went sailing away to the eastward.
In its course down the mountain the
dangling ribbon caught in the tops of
trees and held the wandering balloon
stationary at several points, afording
the people on the west side Of the riv-
er an opportunity to take a good look
at it end exciting much intsrert among
them. The balloon fell into the river
at Shannondale and was recovered by
81. s. Koonce, who lives at the hotel
there. In it he found number Of
mysterious little instruments used by
the experts in testing conditions in
the upper air currents. Mr.. Kooncs
will get the ten dollars always offered
by the weather experts for the bal
looms return whenever it gets away.
The steel ribbon attached to the BAL
loon was of sufficient length to reach
three miles in the air-Advocate.