Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-29
NOTES FROM NEARBY.


of William Sterling, is the victim.
The child is extremely i'll, both arms
and both legs being paralyzed.
George w. Kidwell. OF Brunswick,
freight conductor on the B. & o.
Railroad, was caught between two cars
at Green Spring>wh he was Coupling
the air hose last Sunday, and was so
badly crushed that he died in few
hours. He was 50 years old.
The national turnpike is now open
the entire distance between Baltimore
and Wheeling, the last stretch of i'm
proved road in Fayette county, Pa,
having been completed and thrown
open for travel on Monday. There is
almost perfect road the entire distance
between the two cities named. with not
a mile of detour.
James E. Richie, of Harrisonburg,
Va, railway mail clerk between
Strasburg Junction, Va, and Bruins
wick, Md, on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, was given preliminary
hearing in Winchester charged with
opening mail matter in transit The
accused was released in $500 bond, TO
appear at the next term of court at
Harrisonburg, Va. 1t was brought out
at the hearing that the clerk was
charged with opening packages of
fruits and foodstuffS and taking small
quantities therefrom.
Jacob Roessner, who has been en-
gagged in the bakery and confectionery
business in Hagerstown for the past 55
years, has sold out his building, bust
ness and stock to the Hershey Cream
cry Company, which takes possession
August LIST. MIR. Rocssner, who is now
81 years old, is one of Hagerstown's
most upright and successful men, and
has long been popular and respected in
all this section for his business in
tegrity. The new owners of the brs'
ness, who are said to have paid $780,
OOO as the purchase price, will conduct
the business along the same lines.
Billy, three-year- son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer G. Miller. Keedysville,
Md, had a narrow escape from death,
when on Friday last while PLAYING
near his home he ate quantity of
deadly nightShade. A short time after
eating the poison weed, which was
given to him by several other chill
dren, he was taken violently i'll, and for
hours suffered intensely agony. DR..
Brown was called in and for thirty
six hours it was believed that his life
could not be saved. The child's evcy
were swollen shut and his face ami
BODY showed the effects of the poison.
The poison, however, was finally re-
moved from the boys system, and
he has now recovered.
John E. Wolf, of Williamsport
working with gang of men employed
by Contractor W. II. Miller, making
repairs to the buildings at St. lanes
College, found close to one of the
buildings small glass Jar, which bears
the following label written in ink:
specimens of fish without eyes
caught in Lake Lethe, Mammoth Cave,
Kentucky, July, 1855" The fish are
still in the jar, which undoubtedly had
also contained alcohol, but the spirits
nave evaporated as they naturally
would in these prohibition times. 1t
has been IS years since the fish and al
c0hol were put in the jar and it had
plenty OF time for evaporation. The
fish are still we'll preserved.
Copies of the will of the late I
James Myers, who died at his home in
81. Joseph, Missouri. six weeks ago,
and whose body was brought here for
burial, have been received by interest
ed benehciarles in this county. A
nephew, J. Albertus Myers, of Rich.
mond, va, is given a legacy of 5000;
BROOKS Myers, another nephew, resid-
ing IN Missouri, but who some wears
ago lived at Rippon, this county. re-
ceiVes thousand dollars. To a
niece, Mrs. Sarah Harris Tatman. of
Howard county, Mo, is also given one
thousand dollars. To other Missouri
relatives, Jesse S. Myers and lanes
Milton, are each given 5000. David
w. Myers, brother of the testator
living in Charles Town, will be the
recipient OF SIS a month for life. Paw
ment OF this sum the first of each
month is TO be made by the executor
George Edward Myers. a step-son of
the teStator, is named as executor with
OUT BOND. To him is also given all the
estate after the payment of the legacies
above named.
Turning against the man for whom
she confessed stealing nearly SiOOOO
Miss Bessie L. Pick, of Baltimore be,
fore Commissioner Supplee testified
that Frank d. Schultz paid part of the
expenses of an automobile trin n
Charles Town, w. Va. On her testi.
mony Schultz was held for the federal
Grand Jury under $500 bail on a white
slave charge. Miss Pick also testified
t9r the government against Mrs.
+ ma Stcarns, 637 North Calhoun
street, charged by the federal authori.
TIES with selling whiSkey. Following
ner statement that Schultz obtained
liquor from Mrs. Stearns whenever
ne Thnted it and in whatever ouan-
teS he wished Mrs. Stearns was h..
Tor court under her former bail Of ST.
W Inc trip deScEbed by Miss Pick
was was IN the nature of an outing over
July atm she said. Previous to the
START on July ), Schultz obtained four
OF hVc pInts Of LIQUOR from M