Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-04-17
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS.

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vention will be held at Clarksburg Apr
1925.
1t is said that 1000 pianos in Hunting
ton were ruined by the recent Hood
most OF them beyond repair.
The loss by fires in West Virginia dur
ing February was $l3, 770-about double
the average. This is fearful waste.
1t doesn't seem to be much OF crime
to kill bar-tenders in Clarksburg, this
State. Joe Devone, an Italian, was tounu
guilty a few days ago of stabbing two OF
them 10 death, and he got off with SEN
tence of tour years in the penitentlary.
s. Dale Ashford, student at Davis and
Elkins College at Elkins, W. Va, must
be very ungallant young man. He had
a Quarrel with his sweetheart, Miss Laura
Bent. and struck her on the nose. With
blood streaming she ran into her fathers
office, whereupon he. sailed out and
thraShed Ashford.
A fire on the premises OF Col. q. w.
Graham on Antietam Battlefield, near
Sharpsburg, last Thursday destroyed asia
BILE and its contents, and another fire atthe
same time did some little damage to his
dwelling house. There is mystery
about the fire and much comment has
been caused by the affair Col. Graham
was in Baltimore at the time.
The Legislature of West Virginia ap-
propriated $1,000 TO pay transportation Of
both Confederate and Union soldiers to
the great reunion at Gettysburg July Isl
to 4th, and the U. S. Government will
furnish tents and subsistence for them on
this occasion. Veterans who wish to
take advantage of the free transportation
are requested to send their names TO Col.
c. Frank Gallaher, Charles Town, who
will have them forwarded to the State
authorities.
Enough houses to make good sized
town were lodged on the Wilkinson
farm, at Graham Station, below Parkers-
burg, by the recent Hood. There are
more than 100 buildings OF all descrip-
tions piled together on the farm. Among
them are churches, school-houSes and
dwellings. The dwellings are full Of
furniture. The work OF tearing the
buildings apart will begin at once and il
is feared that bodies will be found in
some OF them.
For the purpose OF encouraging the
breeding OF horses for the military service
the Bureau of Animal Industry OF the De-
partment OF Agriculture announces that II
will send four OF its blooded stations into
West Virginia. The saddle stallion High
land Cloud and his standardized mate
McNunne, are to be dispatched to Nor
gantown. The saddler High Vine will
be sent to Point Pleasant and the stand
ard Glacier B. to Huntington. II
is hoped by the department under this
policy to bring about better strains IN
horse flesh and to revive the industry. o
horse breeding, which of late years has
suffered through the growing popularity
OF the automobile.
Congress VIM. g. Brown in one day
last week introduced III bills IN the
House of Representatives. OF this num-
Der 40 provide for payment OF war claims
10 to correct military records, Is are fol
the payment OF pensions and "a for in
creases in pensions. Among the wal
claims bills are the following: To pay
the estate of Jacob Custer, Jefferson coun-
ty, $2,4S7; Thos. ]. Lloyd, Mill Creek
$3.50; heirs ofArcheleS Stanley, Berkeley
county, $l,635; John Wilmington, JEFF
ferson county, 1922; County Court o.
Berkeley county, 1920; Charles Price
Martinsburg, $1,000; James L. Pyne
Berkeley county, $6,l55; executor o.
James w. Myers, Jefferson county, $3.50
contractors and employees OF US. Ar
mory at Harper's Ferry from January /
1861, to April 10, 1861, 81 sos; heirs o.
Lydia A. Hockensmith, Jefferson county
ST ,29O; Board OF Education, Harper's
Ferry, $2,l2l; Joseph R. Brown, Berke-
ley county, $500; heirs of Richard Tim
berlake, Jefferson county, 81 900; heirs
OF Charles A. Dinkle, Jefferson county,
$4051; heirs of VIM. A. Griffith, Berke-
ley county, $1,000 50; VIM. d. Graham
Shepherdstown; $500; heirs OF James
L. Geaslan. Jefferson county, & 300; eS-
tate of John Burns, Jefferson county
$S,762; heirs of Samuel Ridenour, Jefter-
son county, $l,Sl5; heirs of Thomas q
Flagg, Berkeley county, $4,455. Bills
were introduced neutrality-suspicious. fol
John B. Page and GeorgesSorrell, Charlie:
Town; Stockton Sponseller and Lydi;
A. Long, Harper's Ferry; and for increase
of pension 10 Geo. A. Porterfield. Charlie:
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