Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-05-28
NOTES FROM NEARBY.
Charles Town is having its corpor-
alton election today.

WdYnebUOIO, va, Will CiSSo 10"
church building at cost OF Sl5 .OOO.
Miss Katherine Alburtis. an estim-
able lady OF Martin,burg, died at hel
home in that place on Tuesday from
paralysis. aged &c years.
The valuable Belgian stallion re,
Gently bought by the Bunker Hill
Horse Company. of Berkeley county
died last week from congestion of the
stomach. The horse was valued at
81 800
The three year-old daughter Of
William Starliper, near Mercersburg
Pa, was stung by a honeybee the
other day, and Immediately her body
began to swell. An hour later she
died from the effects of the sting.
VIM E. Staubley, a well.knowu
young man of Martinsburg, about 80
years Of age. committed suicide last
Friday by drinking carbolic acid.
Whlskey was the cause of the shock.
ing deed, as Staubley has been drink
ing heavily.
Bishop w. L. Gravatt and Rev. j.
S. Alfriend, of Charles Town, and
Rev. J. S. Douglas, of Martinsburg,
sailed for England last Saturday on
the steamship iceland, Of the Red
Star line. They are delegates to i'm
portaut conventions of the Episcopal
Church to be held in London this sum
mer.
A delegation of 600 persons from
Williamsport visited Hagerstown on
Tuesday and made a strong plea to
the commissioners of Washington coun'
ty to take $25 900 worth of stock in
the proposed new bridge across the
Potomac at Williamsport. The com.
missioners would not commit them
selves on the subject.
N. 1. Gorsuch & Son, of Westmin-
ster Nd, have just purchased from a
Carroll county farmer six consecutive
crops of wheat, the grower having re-
fused to sell these crops as raised and
had carried them until the price met
his ideas. The amount sold was g.
900 bushels and the price was SO
cents at Westminster. He had held
out for $l25 but finally decided to
accept the present figure.
At the municipal election in Mar
tinsburg on Mond ~ John T. Pudding,
Republican, was elected mayor over
@. G Cushwa by a majority of one
vote. the Republicans elected three
members of the council, the Democrats
one, aud there was tie between the
two candidates in the fourth ward.
There will be a recount of the ballots,
owing to the closeness of the vote.
The Democrats will still retain control
of the council, as they have FIVE hold.
over members.
A forger who has defrauded persons
at Leesburg, Winchester, and West.
ernport. Nd, the past FIVE days, is
still at large. Posing as a preacher, be
enters bank and asks to open an &C.
count, rendering a draft drawn on
some distant point for credit. Later
he has a check cashed, bearing the
name of some prominent clergyman.
Presiding elders are favorites with the
forger, who styles himself Rev. Carey,
&C., and the names of Rev. E. V. Reg
ester, of the NJ. E. Church South,
and Rev. N. F. B. Rice, of the M. E..
Church, both presiding elders, have
been successfully used.
Officer James A. Smith went out to
Shenandoah Junction Monday night,
and brought to Jail negro who says
his name is "Rev." George johnson,
and who claims to be a missionary
with credentials nobody can question.
Carrie Ramsey, who owns the house
occupied by johnson, in Tiger Row
annex to the Junction, had him arrest.
ed for threatening to kill her. 1t
seems that Carrie did nothing more
than try to collect the rent due, and
her opportunities had begun to annoy
Johnson, and to get rid of her, told
her he would certainly kill her if she
troubled him about rent again. When
arraigned before Justice Gallaher
Tuesday afternoon Johnson admitted
that be threatened to take Carries life,
and said he meant every word of it.
Justice Gallaher required bond Of him
for good behavior in penalty of$100.
Being unable to give the bond, John.
son was sent to jail.-Advooate.
James T. Mulhall, whom number
ofpoultry raisers in this county remem-
Der to their sorrow, was arrested at
Venice, California coast resort, a few
days ago, and was taken to st. Paul,
Minnesota, for trial on a charge of u.s.
ing the mails for fraudulent purposes.
The arrest was made by Frank T.
Sharon, postofice inspector. When
the st. Paul authorities are through
with him, Mulhall will have to face
indictments in various parts Of the
country. Many farmers and others
engaged in raising chickens and tur-
keys in this section will recall they
were beaten by fake firm operatsd by
Mulhall at Hagerstown several years
ago about thanksgiving time, and ma
ny Valley commission merchants took
steps to prosecute Mulhall, but he
skipped and fed to distant part of
the country. 1t is intimated that
there are enough charges to keep the
man behind the penitentiary bars for