Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-02-02
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Vim. H. MohIer, of Point OF Rocks,
Nd, formerly of this county. killed a line
porkerlast week. ltweighed US pounds
George w. Johnson. former resident
of Jefferson county, is suggested as a
candidate for mayor of Pafkersburg, W.
Va.
Martinsburg will hold a local option
election on March 9th. The temper
ance people will make a strong campaign
against the saloons.
Mr.. Harry E. Trenary and Miss Myrtle
M. Stewart, two well-known young resi-
dents OF Martinsburg. eloped to Baltimore
on Monday and were married.
John Mccormick sued Miss Fannie
Lupton, teacher in the Gerardstown
public school, for whipping his l2-year-
old son, but the case was dismissed in
short order.
Norman Cooper, of Winchester, has
teen appointed teacher in the public
school at Charles Town, succeeding Prof.
Eubanks, who has to give up teaching
because of i'll health.
AT Westempor, Md, on Tuesday,
lanes Brady stole a ham from restaur-
ant and crossed over to Piedmont. He
was arrested, but broke away and plung-
ed into the river to escape his captors.
The river was at flood stage, and he was
swept away and drowned. His body
was carried on an island by the water,
where il lay for hours.
Leetown Chapter OF the U. D. c. elect
ed Mrs. c. c. Lucas president, Miss Julia
Engle secretary and Mrs. |. h. Strlder
treasurer for the ensuing year. The
chapter decided to present Mrs Hoyle.
of Winche ster, formerly Miss Sadie L.
Trussell, with Daughters pin in re-
cognition of her faithful duties as secre-
tary prior to her recent marriage.
William Martin, a colored man, aged
3S years, and employed by John {. Burns
at his Altoona farm west OF town, was
kicked in the stomach by his own horse
in the barn Monday night. AS a result
of the kick the man died the next even
in. In going into the stable after supper
Monday evening to curry the horses,
William struck the horse without first
speakingtoit. The lick startled the horse SO
that il kicked with both feet, striking the
man in the stomach. Martin leaves a
wife and two children.-Adpocate.
Here's sort OF ~ airy story that we
take from the Hagerstown Globe OF Mon
day last: Major L. N. Downs and Hugh
L. Kirby are promoting an enterprise for
the establishment OF several tracklesS
trolleys in Washington county and ad-
Joining counties. II is said they purpose
establishing line from Williamsport to
Harper's Ferry, via Sharpsburg. Pay
as-you-enter cars are to be used. There
will be no tracks, and the cars, which will
be equipped with solid rubber tires, will
be run from current supplied by an over
head wire. II is proposed running over
certain country roads if permission can
be secured from the county commission
ers. The electric station, il is said, is to
be established on the Potomac below
Harper's Ferry. The name of the COM
pany is the Trackless Trolley Company
of MARYLAND and West Virginia. After
the line from WilliamSport to Harper's
Ferry is established it is said the company
purposes establishing several additional
lines in this county. Trackless trolleys
are in operation in Europe, but none have
yet been established in the United States.
Barricaded in the kitchen OF his home
at Mt. Jackson, near Woodstock, Va,
and armed with four shot, guns and halt a
dozen corn-stalk cutters, James M. Daw-
son, whose wife is dying from wounds
he inflicted upon her, bids defiance to
the sheriff. Dawson declares he will
never be taken alive and that he will kill
every man who attempts to enter his
home. The sheriff is equally determined
to take him. Dawson is prosperous
farmer, but has never flouriShed as " mar
ried man. Saturday night he and his
wife engaged in an argument over his late
return home, and after raining blows on
her head, back and neck with the sharp
edge OF Ratchet, he fled, leaving her
motioness upon the floor. The woman
regained consciousness Sunday and
crawled mile over the rough road. 1t
was not until she was revived at the
neighbor's house that the story OF the
murderous assault was known. The
would-be wife slayer probably watched
his house after fleeing, because he re-
turned in few hours after his wife had
left il and barricaded himself in the kitch-
en-, after telling friend what he had done
and what preparations he had made TO
prevent being taken prisoner. Daw-
son will be guarded until he is starved out
or surrenders.