Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-07-24
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Gertrude Becker, both of Martinsburg,
were married in that city last week.
John Alfriend, of Charles Town, who
has been so seriously i'll with typhoid
fever, in now on the road TO recovery.
1t is said that pickpockets are unusually
busy at Pen-Mar, and it is believed that
an organized gang is working the resort.
The board of education OF Charles
Town district has fixed the salaries for
public school teachers at $45 month for
No: certificates, $37 80 for No. 2 and $50
for No. 3.
A number OF citizens have brought
charges against J. w. A. Courtney, county
engineer OF Morgan county, accusing him
OF incompetency, neglect OF official duty
and misfeasance in office. He is to have
hearing next Tuesday.
Wallace Sigler, 63 years old, hanged
himself in hickory tree near Gerards-
town, Berkeley county, on Monday. He
was old and poor and without friends or
relatives to care for him, and had said ne
had no more business on earth. He was
an Englishman by birth, but had worked
IN the Gerardstown neighborhood Tor the
past five or six years.
Last Saturday morning about s three
O'Clock a gang OF robbers travelling IN an
automobile blew open the safe in the
postoffice at Front Royal, Va, and escap-
ed with stamps and cash to the amount OF
about 81, 200. 1t is believed that the rob-
berry was committed by men familiar with
the surroundings. Persons living in the
vicinity were awakened by the explosion,
but when they went to investigate, the
burglars shot at them and drove them
back.
During the month ending July 5, more
than 500 employers OF labor in West Viz
ginia, with annual payrollS aggregatlng
more than $40,000,000, have notified the
Public Service Commission OF their in
tention to benefit by the workman's COM
pensation act. This indicates that the
insurance fund to be distributed among
West Virginia laborers in settlement for
accidental injuries received while in the
line OF their employment will be more
than half million dollars for the first
year beginning with October /.
AS a result OF an incident occurring at
the recent reunion at Gettysburg, Col.
VIM. d. Mann, CT New York, has re-
turned to Governor VIM. H. Mann, OF
Virginia, a battleflag OF the Fifty-fifth
Virginia Infantry. During the fight at
Falling Waters, Berkeley county, on July
IA, 1863, the color bearer OF the Virginia
regiment was shot down and the flag
was captured by Col. Mann'S regiment.
the Seventh Michigan Cavalry. Colonel
Mann kept the flag for fifty years, and
has now returned it to Virginia. 1t bears
the marks of many hard-fought battles.
Frank Angelo, an Italian residing at
Millville, was the plaintiff in an interest
ing action for damages against Ralph
Stevenson, OF Harger's Ferry, the case
being tried in Justice Galaher's court in
town on Tuesday. Angelo had bought a
horse and a set OF driving harness from
Stevenson, paying him 500 cash, leaving
a balance OF 500 to be paid later. After
the purchaser had taxed possession of the
horse, it was found that lump had FORM
ed on the animals jaw. A veterinarian
pronounced the lump an incurable tumor.
Justice GalIaher rendered judgment for
500 in favor OF Angelo for damages Sus-
tained.-AdvOcate.
Arrangements are being made for the
thirty second annual reunion of the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad employees, known
all throughout the system as the Jennie
Smith" picnic, which will be held at pic
turesque Island Park, Harper's Ferry, on
July 3lst. AS on former occasions, Miss
Jennie Smith, railroad evangelist, who
originated the reunion idea just thirty
two years ago, and who has Loyalty at
tended every one of them, will be the
central figure of the day. She will give
one of her interesting talks to her "boyS,"
who have named the picnic in honor Of
her. Miss Jennie, as she is affectionately
termed by the railroad men, has devoted
a lifetime to work amongst them.
While hauling wood in the MaSsanut-
ton mountain last Thursday w. B. Rick
ard came across nest OF rattleSnake eggs
hidden in log. The eggs averaged
about an inch and a-half in length, their
diameter being about three quarters OF an
inch. In color they have markings after
the color of the brown of the RATHER, the
dark spots on the eggs shining out in ug-
ly prominence, suggestive of chAs up
and down the spinal column and hat-rais-
ing experience. Some of the eggs have
been opened and contain infant rattlers
about two inches in length, their hideous
big heads and bullying eyes showing that
they are the species to which the man
who gives wide path is wise-LWay
Record.
Work on the low-grade two-track line
which the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
is building between Orleans Road and
Little Cacapon, w. Va, is under Way.
The improvement, known as the Magnolia
cutoff, will be eleven miles long. The
contracting firms have their men, ma
chinerY and materials on the ground.
There are about 5000 men engaged on
the track construction. The boring of
the tunnels has been started and the
grading work is progressing. Every
precaution has been taken to minimize
accidents. The employees are being in
structed by their foreman as TO handling