Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-01-04
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

An audit ofthe accounts OF former sherlfr
Billups, of Wayne county, shows short
age of nearly 5000.
An Italian carrying an armful OF dyna-
mite was struck and instantly killed a few
DAYS ago by a b. & o. locomotive at
Hancock Station. Strange to say, the
dynamite did not explode.
Mr.. ]. w. Cook, travelling salesman,
of Cumberland, Md, and Miss Myrtle
Burkhart, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. K. Z.
Burkhart, OF Martinsburg, were married
in Washington last Monday.
The old Turner Hail. building in
Martinsburg, long notorious as saloon
was partially destroyed by fire last We'd
nesday night. This was one OF the
speakeasies recently raided in Martins
burg.
Mr.. Hugh c. Spielman, of Hagerstown,
and Miss Hattie Poffenberger, daughter
of Mr.. Ohio Poffenberger, OF Sharpsourg
district, were married December 23d at
the Lutheran parsonage i'll Sharpsburg by
Rev. A. A. Kerlin.
During the past month a considerable
number of horses in the upper end OF the
Valley-especially in the neighborhood
of Harrsonburg-have died from a myS-
ferrous disease that is said to be caused
by eating mouldy corn.
Some strange disease has attacked the
herd of tame buffalo in Yellowstone Park.
and eight of them have died within the
past few days, according to telegram to
Secretary of the Interior Fisher from the
superintendent of the park. An expert
from the Bureau OF Animal Industry Of
the Department Of Agriculture has been
ordered from Great Falls, Mont, to in
vestigate the disease and try to save the
rest of the herd.
The Hampshire and Southern Railroad,
built couple OF years ago between ROM
ney and Mourefield and later extended to
Petersburg, w. Va, has been sold to the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, with which it
connects at Romney. 1t is said that the
road will soon be extended to Pendleton,
Franklin county, and perhaps to High
land county, Va. The acquisition OF this
branch line by the B. & o. affords an
other outlet for the passenger coaches
built in 1882.
Officer Prince arrested three we'll
dressed and apparently well-to-do young
men on train No. 49,, B. & o. Railroad,
last Friday evening for drinking. The
conductor preferred charges and the de-
tective happened to be on the train.
They were ia zen to MartinSburg and la
ter taken to Harper's Ferry for a hearing.
All confessed their error and were much
Inundated. They were professional
men and one was an official in his pres
emf place OF residence.
Clifton Manuel, ShepherdStown COL
ored man who has been living in HagerS-
town for some time past, is in jail in the
latter place, having been arrested for cut
ting Robert Williams, another negro, with
a penknife. The two got into a quarrel
and there was rough-house time, which
was ended when Manuel drew knife
and slashed Williams. The wound was
not serious, but Cliff was arrested and
jailed. AT a subsequent trial both were
found guilty and each fined and sentenced
to ten days in Jail.
Charles Marshall, aged 30 years, OF
Sharpsburg, was crushed by large rock
and almost instantly killed at the Virginia
ore bank near Bakerton last Wednesday.
Very little is known by his fellowwork
men as to how the accident occurred,
except that the unfortunate man was at
work down in the pit, when large rock,
weighing several hundred pounds, fell
from above and struck him on the head,
killing him instantly. The body was
placed on a boat and taken across the
river TO Antietam, and from thence con-
veyed to his home. Marshall was a
native of Sharpsburg, where he resided
all his life. He formerly worked at farm
ing and was also stone mason. His
wife, who was Miss Huyett, one child,
and brother, John, survive, together
with his parents.