Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-05-02
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

The Potomac Valley Round Table, in
session last week at Keyser, will hold its
next meeting in October, in Charles
Town.
H. Walker Shepherd, a highly-esteemed
resident of Clarke county, Va, died last
Wednesday at his home near Berryville.
aged Sc years.
Capt. H. c. Getzendanner has purchas-
ed for $1,000 from the Lewis p. Starry
estate the old Hawks coach factory prop
erty in Charles Town.
William Pittinger. 45years old, foreman
at the Security cement plantnear Hagers-
town, got caught in the machinery last
Saturday and was instantly killed. The
lower part of his body was ground to
pulp.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt is billed to
speak in Hagerstown on Saturday OF this
week. He will be in the city an hour and
a-half, from 2.3O to a p. m, and will
speak either in the public square or on
the fair grounds.
Prof. George Shepard, of Winchester,
has found a new bug in the apple Or
chards. 1t is called the wheel bug and
is real good bug 1t doesn't harm the
trees or fruit, but devours bugs and par
asites that are injurious.
The contract for the erection OF the new
Western Maryland passenger station at
Hagerstown has been awarded to Geo.
B. Nice. Wolf, of that place, and work
will be commenced in a short time. The
station will cost about $4,000.
Senator Swanson introduced bill in
Congress the other day providing for the
purchase OF the Natural Bridge in Virginia
and 400 acres ofland surroundingit. This
is a splendid scheme. Moreover, it is
sacreligious to allow this work OF the AL
mighty to be in the hands OF persons who
charge dollar for look at it.
In the court at Hagerstown on Monday
the protest against issuing a license to
AlberhIs Spencer to conduct liquor sa-
loon on the canal bank opposite Harper's
Ferry was withdrawn. The attorneys
for the protestants assigned no reason for
the withdrawal. Under the law re-
monstrance can be filed at any time.
A stranger walked into the jewelry
store OF r. Bruce Carson in Hagerstown
the other day and asked to look at some
diamond rings. He fumbled over a tray
of valuable rings, trying some OF them on
his finger, and when he finally left he
carried with him a $500 ring, leaving in
its place one worth about $40. He made
clean getaway.
A terrible tragedy occurred in Hagers-
town last night. In fit of jealous rage
Mrs. Mary jenkins, shot and killed her
husband, Luther H. Jenkins and then put
an end to her own life by sending a bull
let through her heart. WhiSkey is re-
sponsible for this tragedy also, as the
parties had been drinking duringt the even
iEg. Jenkins, who was from Stanley, Va,
was Is years old, and his wife was 20.
1t is said that there will be no sale OF
the large water and steam power electri-
cal plants of the Winchester and WASH
ington City Railway Company along the
Shenandoah river at Millville, this coun-
ty. Options on majority of the capital
stock were obtained recently by Harry
Warden, of Beryville, and they expired
last Friday by limitation. Directors stated
that all negotiations with Washington and
New York interests were off. Contem-
plated Improvements to cost thousands
of dollars will now 60 forward.
In the circuit court at Martinsburg on
Tuesday, Judge Daley on the bench, the
suit OF B. B. Newcomer against the city
of Martinsburg, in which he claimed
damages to the amount of $ll ,535 for
alleged pollution OF the Tuscarora creek,
which flows through his land, was tried.
He claimed large sums for loss OF pasture,
damage to live stock, offensive odorS,
ETC., but the only account that finally got
to the jury was $40 worth of ducks. The
jury wouldn't allow this, however, and
rendered verdict in favor of the city.
These deeds for the conveyance of
Neal estate were filed for record in the
county clerks office this week: Geo.
H. Bowers to Robert M. Eyerhart, l57
acres near Sulphur Spring bridge, S.
Sl705; H. P. Light to Daniel T. Whit
tington, house and lot of one acre on the
Winchester road near Summit Point,
$7l0; Louise w. Bracket, executrix Of
N. c. Bracket, TO Minnie B. Kelleson,
lot on Ridge street, Harper's Ferry, SIS;
| J. Allnutt Engle, executor OF the will of
Mrs. Rebecca Engle, to Anna Virginia
Moler, SO acres near Uvilla, at $50 per
acre.-Adp0cate.
| ID Gamble will sell at l. l. McChan'S