Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-03-09
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month. Measles.
b. A. Garlinger g. Son, of Hagers-
town, last week received an order for
one hundred and sixty horses from the
Herdic Pheton Company, Of Wash
ington. Mr.. Garlinger bought num-
Der of the horses in this vicinity.
A Democratic Club was organized
at Ripon last Tuesday night. 1t is
STYLED the wv. l.. Wilson Democratic
Club" with Robt. H. Lewis, President;
and William Wilt, DIR. w. w. Brown
and Peter Stickles Vice Presidents.
DR.. V. p. Smith, veterinary surgeon,
of Hagerstown, recently sold an I'M
ported registered Clydesdale stallion,
weighing nineteen hundred and fifty
pounds, to E. G. Jordan, Jr., of Jor-
dams Sulphur Springs, West Virginia,
for S1,S12.50.
Josiah r. Locke and his son Will
liam b. Locke who were tried at-the
recent term of the Circuit Court OF
Clarke County for the killing of VIM.
r Jenkins have been admitted TO
bail-the father in the sum of $4,000,
and the son $1,000.
Messrs. Eyster & Son contemplate
! important improvements TO the Hall
town Paper Mills in the near future
the substitution of rotary iron boil
ers for cooking straw, in place OF the
present wooden tubs, and the intro
duction of the electric light.
All the money necessary for the new
rolling mill at Roanoke, Va, has been
raised. with more at command. The
company has organized, and the site
for the works will be located III few
DAYS, the committee having already
been appointed for that purpose.
Miss Grilf Moler, of this place, on
last Tuesday fell from an attic open
inc to the second floor two storleS)
below, and was very severely hurt-lt
being almost miracle that she did
not lose her life. DIR. q. T. Mason
gave her necessary attention. Charles
torn Spirit.
The February term of our Circuit
Court was concluded last Saturday.
| The Getzendanner case was continued
until next term. ID. G. Westenhaver,
ESQ. of Martinsburg, sat as special
Judge on Saturday, i'll hearing a case
of J. NJ. Mason VS. The Harper 5
Ferry Bridge Company.
About one o'clock last Sunday morn
| ing the fire bells of Martinsburg rang
| and the whole town turned out. The
shedding about the kilns belonging to
Baker Bros. was in flames. In an
hour all the woodwork about the
kilns was destroyed. Messrs. Baker
loss on building is about 81 900.
Last Saturday morning the two
horses attached TO the bus of Mr.. ).
w. Osbourn created quite sensation
by running off. They started at the
depot and ran down the river hill,
crashing into the gate at the end of
the bridge. Strange to say, no dam
age was done to horses or vehicle. The
bridge-gate was pretty badly broken.
The barn of Mr.. John W. Wenner,
in Loudoun county, Va, was burned
last Sunday night a week, together
with thirteen head of horses and colts,
one wagon. drills, harness, and farm
ing implements generally with about
thirty bushels of wheat and a lot of
provender The fire is supposed to
| have been the work of an incendiary.
If County Clerk c. w. Doll, of Mar
| tiusburg, could have seen the broad
grin that Illuminated the features Of
the editor on Monday, he would have
| been dead sure that his little game
worked all right Mr.. Doll was the
first man to try that game called ed
tors delight which we told about
last week Anybody else want to see
| how it works?
\ public meeting of the citizens OF
Shepherdstown and vicinity was held
on Saturday last, for the purpose of
protesting against the recent order of
the County Court Withdrawing yearly
rates of toll on the turnpikes. \ com
mittee was appointed to draw up a
petition requesting the Court TO re
woke the order, which will be circula-
ted for signatures.
The Secretary of State has issued a
certificate of incorporation TO the
jefferson Building Association No. 8.
The principal Office is to be at Charles
town, Jefferson county, and the char
ter is to expire on the LIST day of Jan
uary, 1910 The capital is divided into
shares of one hundred and thirty dol
lars each, which are held as follows:
David Howell, Forrest w. Brown,
John T. Colston, H. II. Cooke and
Gustav Brown, all of Charlestown,
one share each.
Fifty-fve years back from yester-
day, March end, the mail carrier be-
tween Shepherdstown and Martins
burg froze to death on the seat of the
mail coach. How many of our old cit
liens rememberthis sad event of March
end. 1898? We are told his name was
Mark Stoner, and he drove the coach
for Abe Hooper. There was a terri
BILE snow and the driver was found
dead on the seat in u snow-drift near
where Green Hill Cemetery is now To-
Gated. NatinSbug Independent.
On last Monday night a-week the
meat store of Mr. Dick Shaffer was en-
tered and large amount of meat sto-
len. Detective Sloan went TO work on
tho casa md his SusniciOns were di-