Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-07-14
NOTES FpON NEARBY.

Daniel GlaSscock, the aged father OF
Governor Glasscock, is critically i'll at his
home in Morgantown.
The town OF Williamsport, Md, has
started a movement looking TO the estab-
lishment of a system Of waterworkS.
Harry L. Ronemous has bought from
the eirS of Joseph Brown the dwelling
house occupied by John M. Howell, in
Charles Town, for 81, $50.
In response to a petition presented by
the liquor people, an order has been en-
tered for local option election to be held
in Winchester the second Tuesday in
August. Winchester has been dry for the
past two years.
The body of an unknown man was
found last Sunday in fishpotin the Ope-
quon creek at the B. & o. Railroad bridge.
The unfortunate man had been in the wa
ter for probably couple OF weeks, and
there was no clue whatever to his identi-
ty.
When B. & O. detective Prince arrest
ed John Mcdaniel, colored, at Engle's,
this county, the other day for stealing
some clothing from camp, he found a
pistol on him. Justice Shugert, of Harper'S
Ferry, fined him $50 and sent him to the
Charles Town Jail for six months.
Geo. w. Shirley has purchased OF Mrs.
D. M. Matthews, of Baltimore, the latter'S
interest in Caledonia" farm, owned by
her father, the late Andrew Aldridge, on
the Middleway pike five miles west OF
Charles Town. Mrs. Matthews conveyed
an undivided one -halfintereSt for $4,000.
Advocate
Prof. A. c. Kimler, of Waynesboro, Va,
spent from the night Of the 4th until We'd
nesday afternoon at the home OF his
brother-in-law,M Mr. John E. Hopkins, near
town. Mr.. Richard Kimler, who is suffer-
ing from a nervous breakdown, will
probably spend the summer on his pa
rents farm, near that of Mr.. Hopkins
New Market Valley.
Allen Turner, son OF Paul Turner, preSl-
dent of the American Agency Company,
of Baltimore, in Jumping off an excursion
train at Harper'S Ferry last Sunday Slip
ped and one of his feet was caught under
the wheels OF a car and crushed. His
heel was severed from the loot and the
ankle bone broken. DR.. Ransom, Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad physician, was
summoned. He had the boy taken to his
office and dressed the wound. The boy
was afterward removed TO the Hospital
in Charles Town. After an examination
it was found that the foot could not be
saved and it was amputated. Young
Turner was on his way to join his family
at Bolivar Heights.
The people OF Mooleiield are making
great preparation for the Democratic con-
gressional convention TO be held in that
place on July 2lSt, and will provide am
pie accommodations and entertainment for
delegates and visitors. The railroads
will provide good service. A special
train will leave Romney July 10th at 9 p.
m, arriving at Moorefield at 1870. This
will make connections with trains No. 80
and IA on the B. & o. Railroad. Persons
travelling on No. So and No. 6 will con-
meet with the regular train leaving ROM
ney at Moorefield at 3 p. m. Persons
who reach Romney on the regular train
on the morning of July Dist at 10 O'Clock,
will be taken to Moorefeld al once on a
special train, arriving there at noon.
A few weeks ago an item went the
round of the newspapers, to the effect
that night riders had cut down 500 peach
trees in the orchard of Luther Rogers, in
Hampshire county, and that year pre-
viouS he had lost 100 trees in the same
way. The item, we are informed by re-
SponSible persons, was entirely incor-
rect. Luther Rogers never had any trees
cut down. About year ago his brother,
d. F. Rogers, killed a dog that was run
ming his sheep, and soon afterWard some
one cut about 100 peach trees for him.
The recent cutting was tree post TO a
gate on a line fence between the proper
ty OF r. n. Fout, farmer, and the High
Knob Orchard Company, OF which d. F.
Rogers is general manager. The blood
hounds from MoundSvlle were sent for,
and they took the trail three times TO the
home of Fout and his son Virgil, both Of
whom were thereupon arrested and held
under bond to await the action OF the
grand jury. The affair caused more or
less excitement in the neighborhood, as
both the FoutS are well-to-do farmers.
A terrible accident occurred last Mon
day at Brunswick, Nd, when Arlington
Halter, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Halter,
met with an awful death The boy, who
was twelve years old, was fishing along
the canal near the mill of d. p. Champion
& Co. In some way his fishing line be-
came entangled in the shaft leading from
the mill TO the elevator. The pulling of
the line caused the fishing hook to catch
in young Haller'S sleeve, and before he
could release it he was pulled against the
shaft. This shaft revolveS with great
speed, and in moment the youth was
being whirled rapidly around. His left
arm was torn off below the elbow and
was broken in two places above. His
leftleg was broken and torn from his body
below the knee and he was badly bruised
about the chest and face. The body was
stripped OF clothing and thrown into the
canal. The terrible accident was wit
messed by some boys who gave the alarm.
The remains were secured from the bot