Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-07
NOTES FROM NEARBY.


A mad dog ran amuck in the Boons-
boro neighborhood few days ago, ana
bit four children that were alongthe road
side. II also bit a number OF dogs.
The heirs of the late Jos. T. Grantham
have oldtheir farm west of Charles Town,
on the Middleway turnpike, containing
about 235 acres, to Geo. T. Shirley. The
price is said to be abont $4,000.
Frankford, the home of Mrs. Thomas
Mccormick, near Berryvllle, was de-
stroyed by fire on Tuesday, the blaze
having started from sparks on the roof.
Much valuable antique mahogany furni-
ture was destroyed The loss is 5000,
with but little insurance.
James Edwards, aged 81 years, son OF
Charles Edwards, Of Leetown, this coun-
ty, met with terrible accident in Mar
tinsburg last Thursday. Edwards. Who
was employed at the Hannis Distillery,
was walking along the railroad tracks,
when an engine struck him and crushed
one OF his legs off. He may recover.
lanes Callahan, a popular B. & o.
freight conductor, formerly OF Martins
burg, was struck by fast passenger train
at Magnolia last Thursday, and his body
was cut in two. His home was in Bruins
wick, where a wife and two children sur-
vive him. He was SIS years old. He
was a cousin of Miss Bina Callahan, OF
this place.
The heirs of the late c. w. Henderson
have stopped by Injunction the improve
ments now being made by the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad at Hancock Station.
They want $4,000 for the right OF way
through their property, and the railroad
officials regard this price as exorbitant.
Perhaps this trouble is the cause OF the
B. & o. disseminating Hancock asa first
class station.
The Hagerstown street railway COM
pany, owned by Harrisburg capitalists,
has been sold to Hagerstown and Fred
erick men who own the trolley line OPP
Grating between Hagerstown and Fred
erick and which will build new line
from Jefferson, Md, to Brunswick. 1t is
said that power for the operation OF these
lines, or part of them, will be secured
from the electric generating plant at Mill
vile, this county. A survey for this line
is now oeing made from Millville to
Brunswick.
Albert Huddle, a Norfolk & Western
employee, residing at Shenandoah, Va,
encountered a wildcat while hunting near
Stokesville, in Rockingham county. He
and his two dogs got the animal into close
quarters, but then the battle wavered.
The dogs, worsted by the ferociouS cat,
fell back, and the maddened beast Sprang
at Huddle, who had no chance to escape.
Unable to beat off the animal, Huddle
grabbed the cat by ahind leg and slammed
it against a jagged rock. Whirling the
screaming brute around his head he again
banged it against the rock. this time
knocking out its brains and breaking its
neck.
Last Wednesday night officers made a
raid on the place in Martinsburg formerly
occupied by Kinsey B. Creque as whis-
key saloon, now ostenSibly used as a
soft drink establishment, and arrested
Wilbur Thurston and Fred Rankins on
the charge of selling liquor without Ii
cense. The place, which is just across
the street from the courthouse, was filled
with a crowd OF white and colored loaferS.
1t is said that pistols were drawn, but the
officers were not frightened and firmly
performed their duty. Fifteen half-pint
bottles of whiskey were found, but Gre
que claimed these as his private property.
Creque holds a government license to sell
liquor. The men were held for the action
of the grand jury.