Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-04-17
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

| III IS SdlQ tiSiS o'> S~'~'e. $4,000 -
smallpox at Brunswick, Md.
The Circuit Court FIR Berkeley county
convened in Martinsburg on Tuesday.
AT the recent term Of the Circuit Court
for Morgan county there was not single
criminal case before the court. So much
for running out the saloons.
II pays to advertise. John Trout, the
old soldier II years OF age, OF Frederick
county, Md, who has been trying SO hard
to get a wife, ha; just gotten line Il
year-old bride by means of an advertise
ment.
Geo. M. Beltzhoover, Jr., bought at
public sale last week the property OF the
Wilmington heirs in Ransom. paying tor
it 81, sos. The property consists OF IL
acres of land along the belt line railroad,
improved with small house.
Isaac N. Rowland, OF the vicinity OF St.
James, Md. has brought suit for $o,OOO
agains. the Norfolk & Western Railway
for loss sustained by the destruction Of
his barn last December. He claims that
the fire was caused by spark from To-
comotive.
c. w. Boyer, ESQ.,, has resigned as
superintendent OF. the Presbyterian SUM-
day School of Martinsburg, after having
served for II years, and Judge J. M.
Woods has been elected as his successor.
Mr.. Boyer will move 10 his fruit farm
near Bunker Hill.
DR.. B. S. Warren, of Washington, a
United States health officer, was in Mar
tinsburg looking over the smallpox Sit
uation. While the disease is not OF a
virulent type in Berkeley county, 1t is
very persistent and it seems almost i'm
possible to eradicate it.
The Washington county commission
ers have authorized the construction Of
the State road from Weverton to Harper's
Ferry. The road will be a continuation
of the highway running from Frederick to
Weverton via Knoxville. Engineers are
now at Weverton making surveys.
Edward E. Allen, of this county, has
purchased through his attorney, John I.
Porterfield, the Frederick Poole farm,
located near GAINESVILLE. Montgomery
county, Md, embracing 1850 acres, for
approximately $4,000. Mr.. Porterfield
and Mr.. Allen were in Rockville last week
closing up the deal.-Spirit.
The lid was put on tight in Charles
Town last Sunday. A dealer was noti-
fled not to sell cigars and tobacco on that
day, whereupon he made a kick about
other violations of the law, with the re-
suit that everybody had to shut uD. The
sale of newspapers, soda water and other
articles not a necessity was forbidden.
Rev. P. B. Stouffer, former rector Of
St. Johns Episcopal Church at Harper's
Ferry and lately of Kensington, Md, has
accepted call to Shrews berry parish,
Kent county, Maryland. Rev. A. B.
Mitchell, formerly OF Parkersburg, who
recently accepted call to Nelson parish,
at Middleway, has taken charge OF his
| work.
A movement is on foot to preserve the
old historic Dunkard Church, on Antietam
battlefield, which, it is reported, will
likely be offered shortly tor sale. 1t is
said that the Washington County Histori-
cal Society will take part in the move
ment for the preservation OF the edifice,
which was used as hospital during the
battle of Antietam.
Miss Sallie Hammer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Hammer, of Morgan
county, died in the City Hospital in Mar
tinsburg last Thursday from peritonitis,
following an operation. The poor girl
went TO the hospital alone, as a charity
patient, and begged to be operated upon
This was done, but her life could not be
saved. She had been cast off by her
parents, and her body was buried in the
potter'S field.