Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-02-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Starry property on Lawrence street,
Charles Town, was sold al public sale TO
Tohn Porterfeld tor ST $50.
Five prisoners escaped from the Mar
tinsburg jail last Thursday night by Dig
ging hole through brick wall None
of them has been recaptured.
A ten-months odd son OF Rev. M. &.
Stevenson, of Columbus, Ohio, cut seven
teeth in one day. The child'S brain be-
came affected and he died soon afterward.
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
has started meat boycott in the western
part of this State, and thousands OF men
have signed pledge to buy no meat Tor
thirty days.
In New York the other day an office boy
lost $4,000 bill which had been entrust-
ed to him for deposit in bank. We will
profit by this warning and not trust such
large bills to another.
The Hagerstown postoffice was moved
last Sunday into the new building just lin
ished by the government for its use. 1t is
said that the new structure is just about
half big enough for the needs OF the post
office, and is in an undesirable location
besides.
A. F. Schafhirt, freight agent OF the
Cumberland Valley Railroad at Hagers-
town, committed suicide on Tuesday by
shooting himself in the head. III health
and worry over the duties OF his position
are said TO be the cause. He leaves a
wife and three children.
Mrs. Alice c. Hoover and Mrs. Jacob
H. Ziegler, both of HagerStown, have been
advised that they were each left 5000
by the will of their uncle, D. c. Stouffer,
who died recently in South Dakota, leav-
ing an estate valued at nearly $l,000,0OO.
Both ladies expectto go to South Dakota
in the near future.
The will of the late John w. Stone
braker was probated in Hagerstown last
Saturday. The property is divided
among his three children, J. Ellsworth
Stonebraker, Mrs. Ida Keller and Mrs.
Clara Howell, and several of his grand
children get 5000 legacieS. The estate
is valued at about 100000.
John Kane, contractor, OF Norristown,
Pa, who has been engaged in conStruc-
ton work at the Security Cement and
Limestone Works, near Martinsburg, died
last Friday night at Berkeley Station, as
result of fall from high derrick earlier
in the day. Kane was engaged in rigging
work at the time of the fatal accident and
fell a distance of so feet. He never re-
gained consciousness.
Three negroes attacked John g. Mel
bert, engineer at Boyer & Heard's grain
elevator in Hagerstown, early last Mon
day morning, and after robbing him, thrust
him into the furnace of the boiler, where
they held him until he was painfully
burned. Then they threw him on the fly
wheel and started the engine, but he roll
ed off before he could be hurt. Several
suspects have been arrested.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Compa-
ny. acting in accordance with the plans of
its new president, Daniel Willard, will at
once begin the expenditure OF SIG, 900
in the betterment of its lines and the pur-
chase of new rolling stock. Among the
Improvements contemplated is the con-
structlon of third track over the NOUN
tains in West Virginia. Wonder if the
proposed ShepherdStown cutoff is in
Guided in the new project2
Jacob H. Buckleman, B. & o. engi-
neer, met horrible death at his home in
Martinsburg early Tuesday morning. He
was carrying lighted lamp, when he
was stricken with apoplexy and fell for
ward, at the same time dropping the lamp.
The burning oil set his clothing afre, and
his body was terribly burned by the time
the other inmates of the house found him
lying dead upon the floor. The deceased
was 63 years of age, and had been in the
B. & o. service 80 years.
]. D. Cox, who recently sold an unim-
proved portion of the Hopewell farm to
VIM. q. Baker, has closed negotiations
for the sale of the remainder of it, includ-
ing the Improvements, to W. H. Bradley,
of Page county, Va. The tract sold to
Mr.. Bradley contains l0S acres. Mr.. Cox
retains right Of way over a portion
the land sold to accommodate the Roberts
farm owned by him. Mr.. Bradley, who is
a brother of Postmaster, H. N. Bradley,
of Charles Town, will get possession
April l.-Adpocate.
The house of Mrs. w. B. Willis, Of
Orange, Va, sister of Rev. A. ]. Willis,
of Middleway, this county, was totally
destroyed by fire on February I'd. The
loss was very heavy, and the insurance
$500. The loss was not confined to Mrs.
Willis alone, but her sister, Mrs. Morris,
who has made her home with her for the
past two years, lost her furniture, books,
and many personal belongings, which
were much priced by her. Mrs. Morris
is spending the winter with DR.. and Mrs.
c. c. Lucas, at Kearneysvile.
President Helps Orphans.