Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-09-23
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Robert E. Lee VanDevanter, promi-
nent resident of Hagerstown, died last
Tuesday from consumption, aged 40 years.
Jones & Jolliffe, merchants OF Charles
| Town, have bought from Trustee 5. {.
Young the ]. VIM. Miller stock of furni-
ture.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kerns, of Capon Bridge,
Va, celebrated her l06th birthday last
week. One of her sons, boy OF 50, was
present.
Horace E. McKinston, trading as Miller
& McKinston, inthe furniture and livery
business at Winchester, made an assign
ment on Tuesday.
Lester White. "a years old, OF Lovetts-
vile, Va, employed by the b. & 0. Rail
road, was thrown under train at Knox
vile Tuesday and his head was cut OF.
Thomas Blackburn, half paralyzed
old negro of Beryvllle, had quarrel on
| Monday with the woman with whom ne
lived, and inflicted fatal injuries by hitting
her in the head with an axe.
Patrick E. Long, for number OF years
a well-known hotel proprietor in Freder-
lex, Md, died suddenly from hemorrhage
Tuesday night, aged 80 years. He was
the owner of the Braddock Heights Hotel.
They have some slick thieves in Ha-
gerstown. The other day while an ex-
cursion train was slowly passing through
that city on the Western Maryland Rail-
road man jumped on one OF the cars,
snatched fine hat from the head OF one
of the passengers and safely made his es-
cape.
In the circuit court at Martinsburg yes
terday the jury in the damage suit OF Mrs.
Annie c. Miller against the Berkeley Lime
stone Company, rendered verdict in ia
vor of the plaintiff for 5000. She sued
for $4,000 for the killing OF her husband,
VIM. H. Miller, while he was at work in
the Berkeley quarries two years ago, ne
being crushed by fall of rock. The de-
PENDANT demurred to the evidence, and
Judge Faulkner will decide that point at
the present session of court.
In the circuit court at Martinsburg on
Monday Judge Faulkner imposed the fol-
lowing sentences: Jacob Thomas and J..
II. Shipe, each a fine of $50 and six
months Imprisonment for carrying revolt
vers; Leslie Lee, $25 fine and six months
in Jail for selling liquor illegally; Harry
Beaner, colored, four years in the peni-
Tertiary for robbing Henry Hopewell's
barber shop; Isaac Murphy, five years in
the penitentiary for helping to tar and
feather woman named Jane Weber, near
Hedgesville, last fall.
Capt. Milton RousS has purchased o.
Mrs. David Lee, daughter of the late
Charles Broadway Rouss, her farm known
as Shannon Park, located on the Shenan-
doah river, in this county, for $4,000.
The estate is considered one of the most
valuable in Jefferson county, and is inn
proved by large dwelling, which was
built by the late Charles Broadway RouSs
for his son, c. H. B. Rouss, who died
some years ago. Captain RousS will i'm
prove the property and make his home
there next spring. The place contains
about 100 acres.
Up until Thursday fifty-nine licenses
had been issued by the county clerk for
hunting game in this county. OF these,
| fifty-seven were issued to white men and
two to colored applicants. The two COL
ored men entitled TO hunt thus far are
Vincent Burke, of Shenandoah Junction
and James Weaver, of Middleway dis
| trict. A license contains a short deScrip-
ton of the holder, so that persons inter
ested in prosecutions for violations OF the
game laws can satisfy themselves of his
identity. An applicant for license mus
give the clerk his age, weight and COM
plexion, together with the color OF his
hair and eyes. All these details o.
description are entered on the IL
cense, which costs resident hunter one
dollar and is valid for one year from the
| fine II is issued. -AdpOcQfe.