Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-10-27
NOTES FROM NEARBY.
The annual apple show and carnival
begins in Martinsburg today and con-
tinues until Saturday.

tinues until Saturday.
Mr.. Harry S Elliott and Miss Freoa
Grove, both of MartinSburg. were mar
ried Tuesday evening at the home OF the
bride by Rev. c. S. Trump
Disregarding warnings, Thomas Glenn,
a l5-year-old Winchester boy, climbed
an electric light pole and touched the wire.
In that instant he fell dead.
John ]. Hetzel, prominent citizen OF
Martlnsburg, was operated upon in a
hospital in Baltimore last week for blad-
der trouble. He stood the operation well.
Mrs. Anna BowleS Kendall has pur-
chased the Malcolm Crichton property
at Berkeley Springs for $500 as res
Idence fer her son, Lyman Bowies
Kendall. New York business man, who
will make that place his summer home.
Glenton Berry, OF Brunswick, Md,
aged Is years, was struck and instantly
killed by fast freight train on the b. &
o. Railroad last Monday evening. He
was standing at Opequon bridge, mile
or two east OF MartinSburg, waiting to
Jump train to take him home, when he
was hit by the locomotive.
Last Sunday was observed as anti-Sa-
loon field day in HagerStown, and among
the speakers who addressed large audi
ences was Captain Richmond Pearson
Hobson. The temperance people are
working earnestly in HagerStown and
eventually must win, though the whiSkey
people are just now dominating the whole
town.
After a systematic search of several
DAYS the relatives of Mrs. Mary Brubaker,
who died in Page county, Va, few days
ago, have been rewarded by finding snug
y tucked away in bureau drawer SILL
500, representing the savings OF many
years. Many OF the coins bear dates
which show the old woman began hoard
ing her money in middle life. She was
90 years old at the time OF her death.
F. ]. Rogers, of Bunker Hill, Berkeley
county, got marriage license under a
fictitious name in HagerStoWn during the
fair and married Miss Anna Rutherford,
a fifteen-year- girl of the same neigh
borhood. Later he denied the marriage,
though he admitted that he was drunk
and might have done so without knowing
it. He has now disappeared and his
wife's father has had a warrant issued
for his arrest. The HagerStown authori-
ties also want him for perjury.
The barn, corncrib and other outbuild-
ings on the premises Of George W. Bux-
ton, at the northern edge OF MartinSburg,
were destroyed by fire last Saturday
evening, with practically all OF the con-
tents. The loss is estimated at about,
$1,000, partly insured. The light was
plainly seen in Shepherdstown. This is
the third or fourth fire that has occurred
in that same vicinity within the past Jew
weeks, and it is evident that firebug is
at work.
M. M. Spence, yardmaSter for the n.
& w. Railroad at Roanoke, Va, was
brutal!y murdered while on duty last We'd
neSday night. Anegro thietnamed Pomp
Scott, who had been stealing grasses from
the cars, was arrested and admitted the
crime. Mr.. Spence had been marie d
only couple of months, his wife being
Miss Alice Hines, of SharpSburg. The
body was taken to SharpSburg for burial,
and after service in the Lutheran Church
on Monday was inferred in Mountain
View Cemetery.
Former Commissioner Samuel S. Stout
fer and his son, S. Walter Stouffer, were
the victims of a bad runaway accident
few days ago. AS they were driving
toward Antietam Station their horse took
fright at a bicycle, and swerving suddenly,
upset the buggy and threw the occupants
out upon the pike Walter Stouffer re-
ceived several bad cuts upon the head
and a Sprained wrist. His father escaped
with few minor bruises. After upset
ting the buggy the horse tore loose from
the vehicle and ran some distance into
Sharpsburg before being caught.
A young woman claiming Martinsbure
as her home walked into the office of JUS
hee of the Peace Lloyd 7. MacGill a
Frederick last Monday and offered hin
$3.50, which, she said, would be the
; amount of her fine for thrashing her huS-
r band. AT the same time she exhibited
rawhide which she had rolled up in {
piece of paper and said she intended tc
lay it on heavy. Justice MacGill advls-
ed her not to attempt such chaStiSement
as the fine might be heavier. She said
however, that her fine the last time She
! thrashed her husband was only $3.50
She left, declaring she would whip hin
on sight.
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