Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-20
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

NOTES FROM NEARBY.
Charles Townwill have corporation
election next Thursday.
Application has been made to Winches-
err for natural gas franchise.
Vim. H. Smith, a leading business man
OF Winchester, died yesterday, aged 81
years.
Thos. w. Beall and Edward Chambers,
recently elected members of the HarPer's
Ferry council, declined to serve.
The board of education OF Martinsburg
has awarded to S. A. ,Westenhayer, OF
that place, the contract for the erection OF
handsome new school building. The
contract price is s23,9S7.
Fred Roach, who has charge OF a gang
OF men cutting timber along the river below
Harper's Ferry, was severely injured
Saturday by tree falling on him. He
was taken TO Harper's Ferry.
I'D. Cox has purchased of Jas. E Wat
son tract of 1O7 2 acres of the former
Eugene Baker land on the Opequon creek.
This tract adjoins "Hopewell, the former
Baker place, already owned by Mr.. Cox,
and is desirable acquisition by him.
Speaker Joseph E. Cannon and Con-
gressmen Dwight, Wiley, Loudenslager
and Roberts are making an automobile
trip through the Valley of Virginia this
week. They travelled by way of Harper's
Ferry, Charles Town, Winch ester and
Staunton, thence TO Natural Bridge.
Work is being pushed on the new short
line railroad along the eastern bank OF the
Opeuuon creek, near MartinSburg, con-
Meeting the stone quarries of the Jones &
Laughin Steel Company on the Nicklas-
Paulding tract with the B. & o. Railroad.
II is said that the quarries, which produce
fine quality of limestone, will at once
be developed.
1t did not require the presence OF min
ister at the marriage of Miss Laura A.
Robinson to Mr.. Joseph Lupton Joliffe,
near Clearbrook, Frederick county, Va,
Wednesday evening. The bride and
groom are members of the Society OF
Friends, and, according TO the rites and
ceremonies OF that denomination, they
married themselves. The ceremony,
though simple is beautiful and impressive,
and includes number OF kisses upon as
Stunning the vows of matrimony.
These deeds for the transfer of real eS-
tate in the county have been filed for rec
ord in the clerks office the past week ::
Joseph l.. Hamilton to Lille Patterson,
house and one acre of land, in Bolivar,
$3.50; Lille Gilbert to Meta Shirley, lol ii
Middleway, SIPS; John P. Kearfott, ex-
ecutor of George Mason, to George Car
ter, one-fourth acre, south of Kearneys-
vile, 500; Jefiersonville Manufacturing
and Improvement Company to Lucy and
Estelle Horn, lot at Shenandoah Junction,
$3.50.
Mrs. Harriet Wiley, the wife OF J. D..
Wiley, prominent business man OF Ber-
ryville and Strasburg, where he owns
stores, cut her throat from ear to ear at
the home of her father-in-law, Capt. John
w. Wiley, in Middletown, Va, Sunday,
while on visit to that place. Mrs. Will
ley is an extremely pretty young woman
and her domestic relations were happy.
The only cause assigned for her rash act
is continued i'll health and nervous condi-
ton. She will probably recover from
her self-inflicted wounds.
1t is said that the plans for piping nat
ural gas from the West Virginia fields to
Baltimore-by way of ShepherdStown-
have been fully worked out, and the COM
pany backing the enterprise is ready to
begin work just as soon as TIE desired
privileges can be secured from the city
of Baltimore and intermediate towns and
counties. The route has been all surveyed
and much Of the right-of-way purchased.
1t is announced that the line can be con1-
pleted to Baltimore by next winter, unless
legal delays shall be put in the way. The
cost of laying the pipe line, which will be
go miles long, is estimated at from $l2,-
900, 900 to $l5,0OO,0OO. This includes the
pumping atations in the gas fields and
the needed machinery to get the product
into the pipes.