Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-05-12
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Alexander X. Hagner OF HagersloWn
announces that he will be candidate foI
| the Republican nomination for Con gress
from the sixth Maryland district.
Near Stanton, Va, last Sunday, Arch
Brown shot up neighbours house, kill
ing a man and boy and seriously wound
ing two other men, because they had sto-
len some whiskey he had laid by for pri-
vate use. {.
Hugh McDevitt, dwarf, living in Ha-
gerstown, got drunk the other day, and
locking his aged, blind mother in room,
beat her so brutality that il was feared Tor
a time she was fatally hurt. The whiskey
saloons of Hagerstown are bringing
forth dreadful harvest.
The firm OF Wiest.& Wilt, engaged IN
general merchandising at Ripon, has been
dissolved by mutual agreement OF the
members. Mr.. West has bought out his
partner, who will 60 into the grain and
farm machinery business in partnership
with his father, William Wilt, at Ripon.
Advocate.
Mrs. Richard Manuel, living east OF
Charles Town, had to undergo serious
operation in Washington recently, tor
the relief of rare affliction. The blood
vessels of one of her eyes became rup-
tured, rendering the member entirely
sightless, and specialist whom she con-
suited found il necessary to remove the
eye entirely.
Miss Ida Bishop, who taught school a
Bunker Hill, Berkeley county, went to
Baltimore to undergo an operation for the
removal of part of the dead vertebrae in
the dorsal region. Miss Bishop has under
gone several delicate surgical operations
and spent much time in hospitals as the
result OF an injury to her spine ina coast
ing accident over two years ago. q.
Samuel RoSenstock, of Frederick, a
chicken fancier, through Col. Charles A.
Little. attorney. has instituted suit for 500
against the HagerStown Fair Association
for the loss OF valuable rooster which
he had on exhibition last October at the
Hagerstown fair. The rooster in some
manner disappeared. Rosenstock, it is
said, claims the association sold the bird.
Miss Mary Tolbert, 20 years old, grew
ing over love troubles, deliberately mixed
a dose of arsenic, drank it and lay down
to die at the home OF M Walters, near
WayneSboro. Pa, last Saturday night. 81
can't stand if. | will kill myself" she
declared to members of the Walters fami-
ly upon her return from WayneSboro,
where she had seen her lover in company
with other girls. Sunday morning she
was discovered, cold in death.
George A. frost, of Cumberland, a B.
& o. flagman, has received a Carnegie
medal and 81 500 for his heroic act in res
cuing man from death on the rails some
time since. The rescued man was una
ware OF his danger and resisted Trosts at
tempts. The Carnegie fund commission
also awarded hero'S medal and fund
OF $50 per month for life to Mrs. Ira
Houser, of Chambersburg, Pa. II will be
recalled that Mrs. Houser'S husband,
Cumberland Valley Railroad engineer,
gave up his life in the attempt to save a
child from burning house. She gets
five dollars additional for each Of her two
children.
AT a recent meeting OF the council OF
Charles Town an ordinance was passed
requiring the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company to put gates at three crossings
between the town and the property OPEN
ed several years ago by the Charles Town
Improvement Company The public
school is located on the property, and
upon request of several citizens who ap-
peared before council at its last meeting
the action was taken, claiming the lives
of the school children were endangered.
1t is now said the railroad company has
had engineers there with view of NOV
ing out of the corporate limits and build
ing a new station in the section where the
belt line connects the Norfolk and West
ern and Baltimore and~Ohio railroads,
claiming the cost of maintaining the gates
will be so costly it will be cheaper to get
out of the corporate limits.
A distressing fatality occurred last Sat-
urday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Walker, near Bunker Hill, Berkeley coun-
ty, when their little son, John Raymond
Walker, was burned to death. The little
fellow had gotten up and was still in his
bed room. He secured some matches
from the bureau and began lighting them,
throwing the blazing particles to the floor,
and in some manner his clothing caught
fire. He ran and jumped on his bed,
screaming from fright. His little sister
heard the cries and went to his assistance.
She succeeded in eXtinguiShing the flames
but not until the body had been frightfully
burned She was also severely burned.
Medical aid was summoned, but little Jack
was so badly burned that death ensued
about II O'Clock at night. The accident
occurred at half-paSt eight O'Clock in the
morning. The child, who was four years
old, was the idol OF his parents, and they
are almost crazed with grief.
The municipal election held in Martins
burg on Monday was the most exciting
that has come off in that city for years. II
was a three corned fight, and the Demo-
Gratis won handsomely, electing their
candidate for mayor, w. Rufus CaSkey,
by 1913 plurality, his total vote being Sl4.
Rutledge, nominee OF the Independent
citi1enc nOiied the LARGE vote OF 6l6.