Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-07-02
Hail Storm nj Keys Ferry.
KEYS FERRY. JEFF. Co.

June 70, 1901 J
Mr.. Editor-Dear Strive have just
passed through Il terrific ordeal III the
shane of n tremendous hail storm, when
visited our section yesterday afternoon
about 5o'clock. The stones commenced
falling about the size Of hickory nuts and
Increased in size until the ground looked
"a if covered with white marbles and
GUINEA EGGS, the latter size falling for
fully five minutes, cutting off The wheat,
corn and garden vegetables ON the farms
If Mr.. Frank Moler, Mr.. \. c. Morgan
and Mr.. George NARROW, rs clean As If
they had been Graded and swept from the
fields and gardens. One field OF wheat
nut in bv Mr.. Frank Gardner Oh n. I.
Morgap's place has hardly head to be
seen. the hail having buried both head and
straw deep into the graund.
One niece o. woodland back of Mr.. Mar
lows has the appearance OF winter, the
leaves are so thoroughly stripped from the
trees, and everything having perfectly
desolaie appearance.
The windows on the west side Of both
Mr.. Morgan's and Mr.. Moler's houses
were shattered TO smithereenS, the nail
passing clean through heavy glass ana
window curtains as easily as mimic balls.
have not h card of farther damage, rs
I left before the news got i'll, but have rea-
son 10 think that the storm was cOnllneu
to some four or five farms in our neigh
borhOod, its direction being circular.
Taken altogether this was the worst storm
of the kind | ever witnessed, and the
whole face of the country looks rs II IL
had been subjected to fire OF grape anu
canister.
Several young ladies who were leaving
Mr.. Morgan's house in carriage win
Mr.. Frank Butler were caught Ill the
storm, and We're terribly bruised by the
immense hail stones, many ofthcm passing
through the top of the carriage.
Hoping to keep you Informed rs to the
doings i'm our end OF the county, | remain
Truly Yours, l.. ~. Is.
~ PHILADELPHIA COMPETING PoR TIE
SOUTHERN TRADE.-At a meeting OF the
Philadelphia Board of Trade on Monday
evening, letter was read from mer-
chant calling the attention of the mer-
chants to the opportunity for opening up
All immense trade that has heretofore CEN
tered in Baltimore. The letter says: by
the completion of the lines OF railroad
through Harrisburg, Chambersburg, lla-
gerstown, Shepherdstown and the Shcn-
andoah valley to Salem, Va, where they
unite with the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad, extending southwesterly, an
immense tributary, covering the richest
part of Maryland, Virginia, North Caro-
lima and East Tennessee, and doing an
immense business, has been thrown IN Iii
rect communication, by which Philadel-
phia can be reached several hours quicker
than Baltimore. Moreover, the people are
eager to trade with us to get rid of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which has
created strong feeling against it by It's
heavy tolls aud cXactiOns."
rB- 1t is learned at Washington thro'
some of Gen. Grants friends that he not
only obtained valuable concessions for his
railroads in Mexico but that he made pur-
chascS for the company of large tracts OF
land ut the terminus of the proposed line.
The line of the projected route is from
point sixteen miles south of Vera Cruz to
the City of Mexico, thence in asouth-west-
erly direction TO the Pacific coast. At the
eastern terminus Gen. Grant purchased
lI2 square miles Of land and at the western
terminus 10 square miles. These lands
are thick with mahogany, rosewood and
valuable timber. The purpose of General
Grants present visit to New York is to re-
port 10 the Company of which he is Il di-
rector. Engineers are already at work