Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-11-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
W. n. Baldwin and n. Zinn have
bought the farm OF the Baldwin heirs,
near MIddleburg, Loudoun county. Va.
The farm has l25 acres in if. Sixty acres
OF il will be planted in commercial apple
trees this fall.
Between 800 and 1000 men al Camp
Lee, from Virginia, West Virginia and
Pennsylvania, were sent TO Camp Gordon,
al Atlanta, Ga. last Fidly. They will
be used 10 fill up the ranks of the regi-
ments OF former national guards, and will
perhaps soon be on their way TO France.
The appraised value OF the estate OF
the Right Rev. George w. Peterkin, late
Protestant Episcopal Bishop OF West
Virginia, is Sl76,OO495, according TO
report filed at the office OF the county
clerk at Psrkersburg. The realty is
valued at about Sl2 600, the balance being
personally.
Charles Brooks, colored, accidentally
shot and killed Howard Doleman, also
colored, last Sunday afternoon on DR..
L. NJ. Aliens farm near Gaylord, Clarke
county. The two men had been fooling
with the gun. when Brooks stumbled and
fell, causing the discharge OF the gun and
killing Doleman instantly.
At least 100000 men are bearing
arms in the war-27, 10000 on the side
OF the world Allies, and l0,60O, 600 on the
side OF the Central Powers, according to
latest war department compilations from
published reports OF various countries.
These figures do not include naval per-
sonne strength, which would raise the
total strength several millions.
Edmund Joseph Kain, 10 years old,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. William Kain, Of
Clarke county, died in the Winchester
Memorial Hospital last week from injuries
sustained in football game while he was
playing on the Beryville High School
team several weeks age An operation
was performed on him al the hospital,
and he appeared TO be improving when
pneumonia developed. causing his death.
He is survived by his parents, six brothers
and four sisters.
Tha ,ooster caea ,1yhirh had attracted
some attention in this section, was de-
cided last week by the Supreme Court OF
Appeals. H. H. Mccormick, OF Charles
Town, was plaintiff and the Southern
Express Company the defendant. The
plaintiff sought TO recover $3.50 from the
express company for a rooster shipped
from Warrenton, Va, 10 Gainesville, Md,
and which Wa s'led in transit. The
Jury in the lower court gave verdict Tor
$500, and The express company appealed
to the Supreme Court, which has now al
firmed the lower court.
The B. & o. Railroad concluded its
experiment with boys from ten 10 fifteen
years Of age as track hands and on Mon
day they were discharged. The boys
began work on July /. pulling weeds on
the tracks and cleaning bitches. The
number of boys employed varied from
six TO twelve during the season. Some
would become "tired" and would quit,
while others would be taken on. Henry
Smallwood had his hands entirely full in
his Job OF bossing and policing them.
The RAILROAD company is said to have
been immensely pleased with the boys
work .-AdvOcate.
Mrs. Thomas Fortune Ryan, whose
husband is one OF the wealthy men OF
New York and Virginia, died last week
al her country home at Sutfern, n. Y.
She was an ardent Catholic, and il is
estimated that she had given 1000, 600
10 various objects connected with the
Catholic Church. Among the churches
which she built entirely or gave large
contributions 10 are ST. Peters Church
at Harper's Ferry and Church Of the
Sacred Heart at Charles Town. The
deceased, who was formerly Miss Ida
Barry, OF Baltimore, is survived by her
husband and four sons.
Five sheep owned by F F. Moler, on
the CasiIis farm, near Charles Town, and
fifteen owned by c. F. Wall, on the
Altoona farm, were killed by dog a few
nights ago. A bulldog was caught chas-
ing sheep on the farm OF A. D. Davis a
few nights later and was killed II is
believd that the dog killed on the Davis
farm was the one that slaughtered the
sheep on the other two places. Mr..
MoIer heard his sheep running about the
pasture on the night his were killed, but
heard no dogs. A bulldog never barks
when chasing sheep, and it was this trick
on the part OF The dog or dogs on the
Casilis farm that led Mr.. MoIer 10 suspect
the one shot by Mr. Davis. Another
curious fact about the dead sheep tends
TO confirm The suspicion. The ears OF
all or nearly all Of them had been torn off.
Mr.. Moler's sheep showed that large
chunks OF flesh had been torn from their
bodies, and mol one had been injured about
its throat-ihe point where most sheep
killing dogs deliver their attacks Ado
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