Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-11-21
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ago, her clothing becoming ignited
from an open fireplace. DIR. VIM.
Neill gave her necessary attention,
and she is since recovering.-Spua.
The Hagerstown Globe says that
Mr.. T. j. G. Williams, of the daily
Mail, will probably accept the bust
ness management of the Washing
ton Critic, and that Mr.. Charles A.
Little will become editor of the Mail.
Union thanksgiving services, to be
participated in by the ministers of
the town, will be held next Thursday
in the Reformed Church. The ser
mon will be preached by Rev. ]. r.
Van Horne, of the M. Z. Church
South.
a strong argument for the temper
ance people was the extraordinarily
decent way in which Tuesdays cele-
bration was conducted. 1t would
not have been so quiet and orderly if
the saloons had been running full
blast.
Professor Holden, of the Lick OBJ
! servatory, is said to have discovered
on the moon parallel walls two hun
dred feet thick on top and about one
thousand two hundred feet apart.
What they could have been for is
not surmised.
The holland Touring mill, in Bruce
town, Frederick county, Va, was de-
stroyed by fire of supposed incen-
diary origin Wednesday night of last
week. The mill had recently been
fitted up with complete roller process
machinery, and the loss is very
heavy.
Mr. Thoms b. Young, for several
years town sergeant of Charlestown,
died last Wednesday after three
days illness of pneumonia. He was
a gallant soldier i'll Company a, sec
ond regiment of the Stonewall Bri
gade He leaves wife and several
children.
Messrs. VIM. b. and John J. Corn
we'll are now the owners and editors
of the Hampshire Recie,o, having pur-
chased it from Mr.. G.. Il. Poland. Mr..
John j. Cornwell will be remembered
as student of Shepherd College a
couple of years ago. We wish the
new firm great success.
The Free Press says that Mr.. John
L. Colston has sold 200 acres of his
farm at the edge of Charlestown to
the Mining, Manufacturing and I'm
provement Company for the sum Of
$50, 900. Mr. Colston then bought
the farm of Col. John T. Gibson, con-
tanning 312 acres, for S24, 300.
1t is reported from Hagerstown
that the 1914 bondholders will in a
few days file their bond and take
charge OF the Chesapeake Il Ohio
Canal 1t has been suggested that
the power that goes TO waste through
the fumes at the locks be utilized to
provide electricity for running the
canal boats.
The Supreme Court assembled at
Charleston Wednesday of last week.
and Judge Lucas, of this county, was
elected president of the court. Judge
Holt, successor to Judge Snyder, was
sworn in. We notice in the proceed
ings of the court the following: Bay
lor, trustee, VS.. Balch, from Jefferson
county, reargument ordered.
The Loudoun Telephone says that
while Rev. w. G.. Eggleston and
daughter were at church last Sunday,
some one entered the house and GO
ing to bureau drawer unlocked 1T,
took out S22 which had been placed
therein, then relocked the drawer and
got away without being detected.
The money, the Telephone says, was
missionary money. The heather got
it,
The other day deep-dyed Repub-
lican drove up to tinware establish
ment in Shepherdstown and asked
for "a fifty-cent lard can. 1t was
necessary to inform him that the
advance in tin had caused an advance
in the price of the cans, and he was
obliged to pay sixty cents for the
same can that was sold last year for
fifty cents. He paid up and drove off
without a word.
The Democrats of Boonsboro had
great time last Saturday. In the af-
ternoon there was barbecue, at
which two beeves, lot of chickens,
I 600 loaves of bread and 100 gallons
of coffee were consumed. At night
there was torchlight procession.
The speakers were General Mckaig,
Col. II. Kyd Douglas, Col. b. Schley
and c.. A. Little. Mr. Albert Spen-
GERS cannon was brought over from
Harpers Ferry, and was kept boom
ing during the entire afternoon.
4 big land deal was consummated
i'm Martinsburg on Monday last. John
b. Wilson, cashier of the Peoples Ma
tional Bank, and George NJ. Bowers,
representing a syndicate composed of
home and outside capitalists, among
whom are number of Baltimore gen
tlemen, bought what is known as the
Faulkner land, a tract comprising
about six hundred acres, lying con
tiguous to the town, for 500, 900. The
property will be surveyed and laid oil
in lots and streets. The same gentle
men have slso secured an option on
the Rousch land and if it is closed all