Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-07-21
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Application has 0een nldue loI Hdli-
chise to construct trolley line between
Romney and Winchester.
Mrs. c. Horace Gallaher, an estimabe
Charles Town lady, was stricken with
paralysis last week and has since been
very i'll.
DR.. Samuel Gray, of MartinSburg, a
we'll known colored physician, will es-
tablish sanatarium at North Mountain,
Berkely county, for colored persons.
Hon. Geo. M. Bowers, of MartiDsburg,
head OF the United States Fish Commits
sion, sailed last Saturday from New York
for Europe, where he will devote some
time to the study OF the fisheries question.
Lewis Brown, four-years-old son OF
lanes Brown, Shenandoah, Va, was
seized with a spasm in store, fell against
show case, breaking through it and
sustained deep cuts from the glass, cauS-
ing his death.
The body OF the man found drowned
in the Opequon creek near MartlnSourg
a week or two ago was exhumed after 1t
had been buried several days, and was
found to be Tice T. Roberts, formerly a
baker in MartinSburg.
Lazarus" Fisher, young colored
man, got drunk last Saturday evenlngand
lay down on the B. & o. Railroad track
near Eakle's Mills, Washington county.
A train came along and killed him, cut
ting his body all TO pieces.
The funeral procession of Sheriff c. H.
Purcell, who was0 buried at Winchester
last week, was two miles long. In his
will the testator expresses the hope that
his widow will marry again if it would
contribute to her happiness.
Charles Towns new military company
is in process of formation, some twenty :
odd young men having joined. The Of
ficers named so far are John Strother,
captain; David c. Fulton, firstlieutenant
c. N. Campbell, second lieutenant.
The city council OF HagerStown has or
dered that curfew shall not blow again al
night. Nine O'Clock was the hour set tor
curfew, when all children were supposed
to get off the streets. The law was never
obeved, so the whistle will no longer
blow.
Harry F. Byrd, OF Winchester, has sold
his farm of 37l acres near Berryville to
Roy Robinson and Allen Bond, prominent
fruit growers OF Frederick county, Va,
who Will plant a considerable part OF it in
apples. The price paid for the farm was
$25, $40, or $40 an acre.
The baseball fever is not as keen as il
was a year or two ago. There are nc
teams at Winchester, Frederick, Hage rs
tow or MartinSburg this season. Efforts
were made at the two firSt-named places
to have good teams, but financial assist
ance was not forthcoming.
Joseph H. Savage, of KernStown, Va,
who has had good deal OF trouble with
the authorities because OF the operation
of his distllery, will erect a distillery al
Sandy Hook, Md, near Harper'S Ferry
The diStilery at Kernstown will be closed,
much to the relief OF the good people Of
that community.
A baby weighing % ounces was born
TO Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Stahlman, OF Du-
bois, Pa, few days ago. The child
could be placed in pint measure with
out crowding or could be rested in the
palm of the hand without difficulty. He
is perfectly formed and gives evidence
of being strong. The father stands SIX
feet high and weighs over $50 pounds
and the mother weighs 100.
Nellie, the two-year-old daughter OIL
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Mumma, residing
near Willamspot, met with a sad tate
about four O'Clock Monday afternoon, by
falling,in the spillway of the lock OF the
canal at WillamSport and drowning. The
home of the child is along the lock, and
the canal formed playground front FOL
the little girl. II seems that no one was
near at the time of the accident, but the
body OF the child was discovered by her
foot extending above the water below the
lock, some distance from where the acct
dent occurred. The body OF the child
was recovered about fifteen minutes after
the drowning, but life was extinct.
Geneal Horatio c. King, director, and
Charles A. Shaw, treasurer OF the Society
of the Army of the Potomac, visited An
tietam Battlefield last Saturday, in theil
itinerary, endeavoring to locate the mos
desirable point TO hold the reunion OF the
society. Having summed up their infor-
nation, they have decided that the meet
ing will be held at Antietam, September
18th, when there will be an attendance o
veterans, members OF the society OF iron
200 to 500. On the same date the 20tt
New York Veteran Association will be If
attendance. The veterans OF the AsSocia-
ton of Indiana are expected to be in at
tendance on the battlefield on the same
date, when they expect to dedicate th(
monument erected 10 the memory OF the
Indiana troops when the Governor of the
state will be there, through whose influ
ence President Tafts attendance is eX.
pected.
| Corn and bunion plasterS OF all kind:
at Owens & Miller'S.