Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-01-27
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Cdnuull W ~ -.
died last Sunday at his home near VIII
Iisuasport, aged IS years.
E. Walker Tabb, an aged resident OF
Martinsburg, fell down the steps on Mon
day and broke bis hip very badly
81. Rowe, OF Waynesboro, Pa, who
has Invented new type automobile en-
CINE, will probably establish a HiaHufae-
tory in Martinsburg for the building OF
automobiles
Deputy U. s. Marshal Brown, OF Mar
tinsburg, arrested eoiored man named
Ben Carter, near KearneysyiIe, for selling
LIQUOR Illegally. He was held for the next
term OF the U. S. Court in Wheeling. so
Newton Kidwiler, who has been at
Havre de Grace, Md, for some time past
with the Standard Lime and Stone Com
pany's plant, has returned to his home in
Martinsbng, and resumes work as super
intendeni of the company's quarrles at
Kearneysville-
The city council OF Charles Town has
contracted with the Charles Town Light,
Heat and Power Company to light the
streets for period OF three years az s, so
year-which is regarded as fairly steep.
The company will furnish 81 arc lights
and 90 incandescent lights.
The stockholders of the Sharpsburg
Savings Bank met Saturday afternoon
and elected the following directors: Sam
uel s. Stouffer, Peter Remsburg, 5. H..
Gardner, Philip Grove, Raleigh Sherman,
Hicks Rensburg and Chas. W. Adams.
The directors organized by eiecting the
following officers: President, S. H. Gard
ner; cashier, K. L. Hibarger; assistant
cashier, S. Walter Stouffer.
Hagerstown will soon rival Chicago or
-, If the events that happened Sunday
night are repeated very often. Lucy VIII
son, a l7-year -old girl, tried to commit
suicide by taking strychuine. Boys
broke into and stole S. from Sterling &
Sons fish store. Two youths held up
Mrs. Sarah E. Grimes on the street and
attempted to steal her spectacles, and
another youthful footpad held up Miss
Lille Hoyle and swiped $3.50 in cash, a
pair OF Sc gold eyeglasses, a s. purse and
silk necktie. Charles and George
Stinebaugh, aged IA and IS respectively,
admitted TO some Of the crimes.
T. A. Blake, a special policeman en-
ployed at the Martinsburg Opera House,
was arrested last week for attempting to
assault Miss Sue Hite, a young girl aged
II wears, from the country. He folio we'd
her from the theatre and enticed her into
lumber yard. Soon after entering the
place she began to scream and cry, and
attracted the attention OF persons living in
the vicinity, who notified tie police. An
investigation was made, and the girl &c
cuSed Blake of having attempted to as
Sault her He was arrested, and upon
being arfaigned he waived a hearing and
gave bond in the penalty OF 81 GOO to ap-
pear before the grand jury.
The saloon OF J. w. Fritts, on Liberty
street, in Charles Town, was robbed OF
IS quarts of whiskey and $40 in cash at
an early hour last Thursday morning, the
thieves having smashed glass door in
order to effect an entrance. The stolen
goods were carried to the home OF man
named Littleton, and when found there
he was arrested. Littleton succeeded in
proving, however, that ne was wholly ig-
norant OF what had transpired and had no
hand in the robbery whatever Two OF
the men, John Spinks and William Nc
Mann, who carried the liquor TO the Lit
Teton home, were arrested and are now
in the Charles Town jail, and the police
are now searching for the third member
Of the gang-Eah Morison-who made
his escape He is said TO have gone TO
Bunker Hill, Berkeley county, TO work in
the stone quarries.