A very serious accident occurred at Flanagan’s limestone quarry, below Shepherdstown, on Thursday morning of last week. Messrs. John J. Flanagan and Albert Grim were in a blacksmith shop completing a piece of work. There was also a keg and a half of blasting powder in the shop, and a spark flying into it caused it to explode with serious results on both men. Mr. Flanagan was badly burned about the hands and body, and his head and face were also scorched and blistered, though fortunately his eyes were not injured. His clothing was set on fire, but he staggered out of the shop and a man extinguished the fire. Mr. Flanagan’s hands were so badly burned that the flesh dropped from them. Though suffering greatly, he will recover. Mr. Grim received probably greater injury than Mr. Flanagan. His hands and face were shockingly burned, and the hair is burned off his head. We are informed that his brain is affected, and there are fears that he will not recover. He is a resident of Maryland. Dr. I. S. Tanner was called in and gave surgical aid to the unfortunate men.
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Washington Lime Lay Tramway
County Court.
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Permission was given the Washington Building Lime Company, of Bakerton, to lay a tramway across the Harper’s Ferry and Shepherdstown road at Flanagan’s quarry, the company agreeing to protect the county from any damages that might be inflicted on persons or property by the reason of the improvement desired. -
The Biggest Carp Yet.
The biggest carp we have ever heard of in this section was captured last Monday below Shepherdstown, near Flanagan’s quarries, by Mr. A. M. Hopper and his sons. The fish had gone into a shallow place, presumably to spawn, when Mr. Hopper saw it and with the assistance of his boys finally got it ashore. They weighed it, and it tipped the scales of 45 1/2 pounds, breaking the record for big carp in the Potomac, so far we have heard. The fish was killed, but its captors did not eat it. It contained about a-half bushel of roe, more or less.
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B&O Projected Route
[…] By the projected route through Jefferson and Berkeley counties referred to (the original B. & O. survey), the road would not only touch Shepherdstown, where it would be given a hearty welcome, as was given the old Shenandoah Valley years ago, but it would come in close contact with promising business points along the line, natural centres in their local sections; also with valuable iron ore and other mineral deposits, undeveloped partially for want of an outlet; also with the growing cement business just below town; the rapidly developing limestone industry at Bakerton, and the Knott and Flanagan quarries near by, as well as the large and valuable iron ore deposits at and adjacent to the old and well-known Virginia Ore Banks, on the Potomac, six miles from here. At several of these points a railroad would manifestly act like leaven in the meal, make them spread and grow, and not without mutual advantage, the carrier sharing in the benefits of the increased business and trade. […]
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Ore Bank Running Full Blast
The Virginia ore bank near Bakerton started up full blast last Thursday. The property is now owned by Mr. Edward Mealey, of Hagerstown, and it is said that operations will be pushed right along and considerable improvements made.
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Harrott, Strother Convicted.
James Colston was found guilty of a misdemeanor, and was fined $50. Curtis Harrott, the young negro found guilty last week of concealing a quantity of brass and copper stolen from the Washington Building Lime Company was sentenced to four months in jail to to pay the cost of the prosecution. Dan Johnson, Sarah Williams, David Spencer and Indiana Trent, indicted in pairs on misdemeanor charges, were dismissed, the prosecution not having sufficient evidence to secure conviction.
George Strother, convicted of highway robbery, in having aided and forcibly taking money from Aaron Vogeler, a German laborer, at the Virginia Ore Bank, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. On motion of the prisoner, the order was suspended, pending an application to the Supreme Court for a writ of error.
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The Ore Bank Giant
Mr. William Foreman, who has charge of the Virginia ore bank below Shepherdstown, unearthed the skeleton of a human being some days ago. Men were at work making an excavation in the hillside when they uncovered the bones, most of which were still well preserved. The body had been buried in a box, which had entirely decayed, leaving only the nails— old hand-made nails— which had held it together. The bones were those of a very large man, measurements showing that he was nearly seven feet in height. His teeth were enormous, and he must have been a giant in size. There is no knowledge as to who he could have been.
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Drunk Ore Bank Employee Arrested over dynamite.
A man from the Virginia ore bank came to Shepherdstown last Friday and got pretty comfortably drunk. He bought some dynamite cartridges for use in the mine there, but he handled them rather too recklessly for safety. He was in Mr. Hodges’s store and slammed the dynamite down on the counter in a way that made a body’s hair stand on end. He was quickly arrested, and when he found that he must go to jail he begged like a good fellow. But his entreaties availed not, and he had to spend the night in the little brown jug.
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This Old-Fashioned Winter.
This good old fashioned winter is still with us. It has stayed with us until most people are quite willing to see it depart. Last Friday afternoon a snow storm set in from the north-east and put about six inches of snow on the ground. Sunday night about nine o’clock the weather-vane whirled around, and out of the north came a gale that got up about as high as gales ever get in this neighborhood. It fairly shook the houses, banging shutters and rattling windows until timid folks were afraid to go to bed. Fortunately the damage in this neighborhood was slight. Part of the gable end of Dr. S. T. Knott’s brick house was blown in, the straw barracks on the Baker farm were tumbled down, while fences were flattened out in some places. In other sections much damage was done, for the storm was a general one. It rained and hailed and snowed all at the same time, but presently the atmosphere got so icy that falling weather was an impossibility. The wind seemed to be straight from the North Pole. Monday morning the thermometer was 8 degrees above zero at the REGISTER office. Tuesday night there was another big snow, and Wednesday a northwestern gale amused itself by blowing the snow hither and yon and piling it into fantastic drifts.
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Stave Machine at Lime Works
We understand that the company that owns the lime works at Bakerton will put in a stave machine at that place, and will make their own staves, as well as the barrels for lime. The quarry and kilns are now in full blast. The Virginia ore bank near Bakerton, is also being run at full blast. The stone crusher at Engle’s Switch has been removed to Martinsburg.