Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-07-28
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Mrs. Craighill, wife. OF Col. VIM. E.
Craighill, was operated upon for appen-
dic;tis in Charles Town few days ago.
Alex Clohan has bought the j. Waiper
Snyder mill on the Opequon creek
southeast OF Martinsburg, and will man
ufacture apple boxes on an extensive
scale
William Wilson, resident OF Berkeley
county, died last Sunday from typhoid
fever at his home three miles southeast OF
Martinsburg, aged IS years. He leaves
a wife and eight young children.
The Charles Town military company
has "busted" already. When it came to
a showdown, only nine members were
willing to enlist, so the officers decided to
disband and the project was given up.
Ms. Anna Morgan, respected resi-
dent of Halltown, died at that place Tues
day of last week, aged "a years. She
had been an invalid for about sixteen
wears. Two sons and a daughter SUR
yiye her.
The marriage OF j. 7. Pyne and Miss
Salle Miller, both OF Falling Waters,
Berkeley county, has just been made
public. They eioped TO Wiliamsport on
Iune 81, where they were married by
Rev. c. n. HutSler.
Vim. Bester, the Hagerstown florist,
has propagated a new carnation. 1t is
a seeding named Constant" on account
of its prolific bloom. The flower is a
pleasing pink OF the Lawson type and
promises to be popular flower.
Arthur Warthen, Of Front Royal, who
bought the famous "RoSemont' estate IN
Clarke county from Chas. E. Clapp about
a year ago, has sold 100 acres OF the farm
10 Harry Warden and John B. Neil, OF
Berryville, the consideration being 3d.
600.
The other night thief broke into the
home of Captain c. w. Grove in Hagers-
town, and had packed up bundle OF Jew
elry and other valuableS when Mrs.
Grove frightened him off. He dropped
the loot as he ran. Captain Grove tor-
merly lived in Shepherdstown.
The thirty-third annual assembly at
Purcellvile, Loudoun county, will begin
August I'd and continue until August 18th.
Notable lectures on temperance, educa-
ton, patriotism will be delivered by some
of the most famous public men in the
country, and the musical talent includes
some splendid artists.
During the thunderstorm yesterday al
ternoon the barn on the farm OF Mrs. Ma
ry McKown, near GerardStown, was
struck by lightning and destroyed, and
eight horses in the barn, belonging to
William Hess, were killed. The tele-
phone wires were put out OF commission
and particulars could not be obtained.
The N. & w. Railway has made
compromise with Mrs. Lettie Foster,
paying 81 900 damages for the killing OF
her husband Sherman B. Foster, last
November. Foster, who was brakeman,
was killed by his train near Ingham. The
railroad also gave her a pass as long as
she continues widow and pays all her
husbands burial expenses.
The Hopewell Westinghouse belong
ing to the Society of Friends near Win
chester is said to be the Oldest building
OF the kind in northern Virginia, if not in
the State. 1t was built nearly 200 years
ago, and has been in use ever since. The
walls are built OF native limestone, and
they are still in fair condition, but time in
its ruthless advance has made il neceS-
sary for the welfare OF the congregation
that a new edfice be built, and the work
will be pushed as rapidly as possible
during the present summer.
The Democratic senatorial convention
for this district was held in MartinSburg
last Wednesday, with q. K. Hump, OF
Romney, as chairman, and James w.
Strider, OF Jefferson county, secretary.
c. M. Wetzel, OF Jefferson county, placed
in nomination Gray Silver and there being
no other nominations, he was made the
nominee by reclamation. The senatorial
executive committee is constituted as fol-
lows: Berkeley, c. E. Martin, Frank
Farnsworth and J. H. Hollida; Hamp-
shire, Robert White, W. L. Tharp and
E. p. Bean; Jefferson, E. q. Wilson, S.
T. Knott and w. E. Dttmyer; Morgan,
r. Hunter, J. A. Phillips, p. T. holland.
The committee organized by the election
of c. E. Martin chairman and DR.. S. I.
Knott, of ShepherdStown, secretary.
The Baptist congregation at Leetown
has decided to build new church. The
old one, half mile east OF the town, will
be torn down, and as much OF the ma
terial from it as can be made available
will be used in the new structure, which
is TO be OF brick. No site for the new
church has been definitely determined
upon, though it is likely that it will be
erected on a part OF the lot on which the
Baptist parsonage is located, adjoining
the Leetown run. The main part OF the
new church will be 30 by 40 feet, with
an annex, the size Of which has not as
yet been decided upon. The passing
years have told heavily upon the old
church, which is very much out Of repair,
and inc onveniently located. II was built
many years before the Civil War by
congregation OF the M. E. Church. Dis
sessions among its members just before
the war weakened the congregation,
ronnelliro q sale Of the building some