Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-14
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

p. M. Hollis has been appointed chief
of police for Marinsburg.
There are sc cases OF typhoid fever IN
Winchester, and every case except two
was traced directly to one milk route.
The teachers institute for Berkeley
county will begin al MartinSburg next
Monday. The Instructors are Prof, L. L.
Friend and Miss Anna S. Cummings.
II is said that Winchester is pretty sick
of the camp OF United States soldiers
near that place. There is much drunk
enpess and dsorderly conduct among the
soldiers and the people Of the neighoor-
hood have been greatly annoyed
Near Myersville, Md, on Monday
Richard Dagenhart returned from hunt
ing trip, and as he took the gun from his
shoulder when he entered his home fhe
weapon was discharged. The load pierre
ed the body of his sister Annie. seven
wears old, killing her almost instantly.
A six-week old pig OF Annie E. John =
son, colored, was found in the well on
The property occupied by VIM. Johnson,
on the Bloomery pike in the suburbs OF
Charles Town, a few days ago. The pig
had been missing for II days, and al
though quite weak has about recovered.
Spirit
Cornelius Driscol, a member OF the Fit
teenth U. S. Cavalry, now stationed al
Winchester, went to Hagerstown last
Saturday with several Of his companions.
Early Sunday morning he fell from a
third-story window and was hurt so bad
ly he died in an hour or two. A crate OF
beer and two quarts Of whSkey were 81
lent witnesses as to the tragedy.
Two women living near Waynesboro,
Pa, Mrs. Nancy Reachard and her daugh-
fer, Susanna Reachard, were taken TO
the Franklin county almShouse a few
days ago, being at the point ofstarvatlon.
A search Of the house in which they lived
Welded $500 in money that had been hid
den away in hooks and crannieS. The
women had been living on charity Tor
thirty years.
lanes Dayhoff, who has a three-acre
orchard near SmithSburg, Md, in the
Pen-Mar neighborhood will realize S., 600
from his crop this year. His output so
far has been principally of the Carmen
variety, but he will have good crop OF
later fruit. II is claimed that Mr.. Dayhoft
has the finest crop of peaches in the
Cumberland Valley. This is the sixth
consecutive season that his orchard has
produced, the trees being nine years old.
Heavy and proper fertilizing and attention
is what brought him success with his
orchard. Mr.. Dayhoff has been getting
So Is for six-basket carriers in Baltimore.
There was run on the Bank OF Mar
tinsburg last Thursday, some thoughtless
persons having started rumor that it
was short of funds. There was no truth
in the report, as the banks condition
was all right, but il was beSieged all day
by a crowd OF depostorS who demanded
their money. Other banks OF the city
offered their aid and every depositor was
satisfied. The excitement died down on
Friday and the trouble was over. John
!. Hetzel, who founded the bank and who
has been its president for ten years, re-
signed his position on Friday, and c. A.
Weaver, the largest stakeholder of the
bank, was elected president in his place.
Lawrence s. Costello. OF New York,
formerly OF Sharpsburg, and Mrs. Caro-
line Ross Rogers, of Frederick, eloped to
Washington last Saturday and were mar
ried. Costello, who is 81 years old, is a
son of the late Rev. Mr.. Costello, a min
lister OF the Episcopal Church, who was
located at Sharpsburg some years ago.
He is a divorced man, his first wife hav-
ing been Miss Mamie Brooks, from near
Baltimore. He is at present connected
with the New York American. Mrs.
Rogers was also divorce, having got
ten separation from her husband, Geo.
r. Rogers, OF Plainfield, N. :, month
ago.
Moritz Hack, aged p years, OF Martins
burg. met with a fearful death on the
turnpike between that city and Winches-
ter last Sunday. He was returning from
Winchester on motorcycle, riding at a
rapid rate OF speed, and in the heavy dust
that overhung the roadway he failed to
see the approach of a horse and buggy,
driven by Harry Abel, OF Bunker Hill.
Hack ran into the buggy with great force,
one Of the buggy shafts striking him in
the left eye and penetrating the brain.
He was taken to the City Hospital in
Martinsburg, where he died without re-
gaining consciousness. He was tele-
graph operator for the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, and was a son of Philip
Hack, proprietor OF the Colonial Hotel.
Decoying nine-year-old Virginia and
her little brother, Bates, children OF Mr..
and Mrs. J. B. Minghnl, Martinsburg, to
the field near the old town spring, at the
eastern end OF Stephen street, last Thurs
day morning, under the pretence that he
owned a store in the hollow and was
giving all OF the children candies and
fruit, brute in human form assaulted the
little girl and might have killed her had
it not been that she screamed so pierre
fled. The children ran back TO their
ingly that the rascal was frightened and
fathers garage and told of the terrible
occurrence, and in short time details of
officers were hunting in every direction
for the scoundrel. Word came from
Shenandoah Junction that man answer