It is reported that Mr. Ahl, owner of the Virginia ore bank, and the Messrs. Knott, who owns the limestone quarries, have completed arrangement for the construction of a branch railroad from the B. & O. at the Old Furnace to the quarries named Messrs. Knott and Ahl will do the grading and the B. & O. will lay the track and operate the road.
Evidence Category: The Shepherdstown Register
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Guy Lewis returns home.
Guy Lewis, who spent nearly a year with the 112th Engineering Corps in France, and saw much service, has been discharged and is now at home near Dargan with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Lewis. He says the Hun airboomers is what bothered them the most.
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Jerome Lewis, Arrested.
Harry Lapole and Jerome Lewis were held under $500 bond each for the action of the Federal grand jury by U. S. Commissioner Alexander Hagner in Hagerstown last Monday, on the charge act. Both men gave bond. Lewis and Lapole were arrested several weeks ago by prohibition agents who made of violating sections of the Volstead a flying trip to Washington county. At Lewis’ farm, at Keedysville, the agents found two gallons of moonshine and 30 gallons of mash. The agents said at the time that they believed Lewis was notified of their coming. At Lapole’s farm, near Boonsboro, the agents confiscated a 250-gallon still, which they alleged was concealed in a dugout in the mountains near Boonsboro. Besides the still, much mash, etc., and illicit paraphernalia was taken. Lapole is alleged to have had things fixed up in find order for the manufacture of whiskey. A three-inch pipe, it is said, conveyed water by gravity from a mountain stream for condensing purposes, etc.
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Mary Flanagan Death Notice
The Heavy Hand of Death.
Mrs. Mary Flanagan, the beloved wife of Mr. James Flanagan, died last Thursday morning at her home near Bakerton, this county, after an illness of less than two days. Tuesday night Mrs. Flanagan was stricken with apoplexy. The attack was very sudden. Her husband and her daughter, Miss Martha, were with her. To her daughter she said, ” Take care of little Oscar,” and then, looking into her husband’s face, she said to him, “All is well,” kissed him and lost consciousness. She never spoke afterward, and Thursday morning, with her loved ones around her bedside, the spirit took its flight to the God who gave it. Mrs. Flanagan, whose maiden name was Caton, was 48 years of age. She was one of the best of women, and her neighbors and all who knew her testify to her genuine Christian character. She was generous, warm-hearted, sympathetic and lovable, and in all the relations of life she exemplified the religion she professed. A devoted, helpful wife, a tender, loving mother, a neighbor whose charity and good deeds endeared her to all, her death has caused a loss to the community that will long be remembered and a vacancy in the family life that may never be filled. Her family is sorely stricken, and in their bereavement they have the sincere sympathy of all the people. Mrs. Flanagan is survived by her husband and the following children: Mrs. Raleigh Moler, Mrs. Thomas Welsh, Martha, Essie, William, Walter, John, Allen, and Oscar. The funeral was held Saturday in the Bethesda Sonthern Methodist church, of which the deceased had long been a consistent and active member. The service was conducted by Rev. J. L. Kibler, the pastor, and was attended by a very large assemblage of sorrowing relatives and friends. The body was laid to rest in Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown.
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Working the Flim-Flam Game.
Two sharpers visited Shepherdstown last Monday evening and made industrious efforts to swindle the store-keepers by what is known as the “flim-flam” game. They would go into a store, buy some cheap article, and offer a ten-dollar bill in payment. Then they would take the change, ask that another bill be broken, change their minds and say they would prefer it differently, and by intricate manipulations of the money try to puzzle the store-keeper and finally keep a part of it. They visited Billmyer’s, Baker’s, and Hodges’ store and Rockenbaugh’s saloon, and tried the same game on Bridge-keeper Morgan. They got very little money here, if any. The fellows came to this place from Sharpsburg, where they swindled several merchants out of small sums of money. They traveled by horse and buggy, and are doubtless making a tour of the valley.
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Walter Caton Family return to Molers.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Caton, who have been residing in Keedysville, Md., have returned to this county, and will live near Moler’s Cross Roads.
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Attempt at Suicide. (Haines)
Mr. Thomas Haines, a well-known citizen of Charlestown, attempted suicide there Friday, by placing a pistol to his forehead and firing. Failing at the first attempt he undertook the same means a second time. The first shot failed to take effect on account of being too much elevated and only entering the skin, and was cut out by Dr. Wm. Neill. The second ball entered two inches and lodged too high to touch the brain. The patient is doing as well as expected, and will undoubtedly recover. The cause of the shooting was temporary derangement.
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Cora Caton visits sister.
Miss Cora Caton, of this vicinity, spent a couple of weeks with her sister, Mrs. T. J. Hoffman, at Eakle’s Mills, Md.
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C&O Canal Construction Costs
The distance by the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from the guard lock at Cumberland to tide-water at Georgetown is 184.4 miles. The canal was opened for navigation over the whole route from tidewater to Cumberland October 10, 1850. The aggregate cost of constructing the canal, as per clerk’s statement published in the report of 18[5?]1 made to stockholders, was $11,071,176.21. This amount exceeded the estimates by $2,087,816.22, and it does not include the millions spent for repairs, &c.