Cos. D and A, 12th Va. Cavalry, will hold a basket reunion in the grove adjoining the public schoolhouse at Shenandoah Junction, on Saturday, May 20. All old Confederate soldiers are cordially invited to join with […]
Jefferson County Items.Charlestown, W. Va., May 12– Mr. Thomas Welsh, an employee of the Standard Lime and Stone Company, at Bakerton, was seriously injured by the explosion of a blast at their quarry yesterday. One arm […]
Serious Accident at Bakerton. Thomas B. Welsh was the victim of a very serious accident at Bakerton, this county, yesterday morning. It appears that the day previous a blast had been set off in the stone […]
Boating on the canal is reported by the Sharpsburg Record as very discouraging. Some have only made one trip and hardly realized enough to pay their expenses.
Five new drifts 500 feet deep have been driven in the West Virginia iron-ore bank at Harper’s Ferry, now owned by Edward W. Mealey, of Hagerstown. The lowest drift is 80 feet below the surface. A […]
During the past winter four new lime-kilns were put up as an addition to the extensive works of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton, this county. One day last week the kilns collapsed just as […]
Painter’s Secret.The living worth of good work is always recognized, even in small things. Sign-painters do not usually achieve wealth or fame, yet the Chicago News declares that fortune awaits the man who painted a station […]
Mr. George W. Caton, a well-known resident of this vicinity, died on Christmas day at his home near the cement mill, a mile or two below town. Mr. Caton had been in bad health for a […]
Lines No. 7 Name in Full Caton, Geo. Wm. Color White Sex Male Date of Death Dec. 25 [1898] Place of Death Shepherdstown Name of Disease or Cause Droopery Age 73yrs. 6ms. 19ds. Name of Parents […]
