Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-05-23
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While Hagerstown fruit dealer
was handling bunch of bananas
the other day, full grown tarantula
jumped on his hand. Fortunately he
shook it off before it could harm
him.
An interesting little boy-aged s
years-son Mr.. Charles, E. Seal, died
on Sunday night, after an illness Of
twenty-four hours, at the residence
of his uncle, Mr.. ]. c. Holmes, in
Charlestown.
The Grand Commandery of the
Knights Templar of West Virginia
held its sixteenth annual conclave in
Parkersburg last week. Hon. B. d.
Gibson, Of Charlesrown, was elected
Grand Junior Warden.
Mr.. G. H. b. Rouss has had stone
crusher taken to shannon Park, !"
and will use it extensively in Mead
amizing the driveways about the
| grounds of his attractive home in the
lower end of this county.
The receivers of the Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal made preliminary report
last week. 1t only showed list of
the real estate and personal property
owned by the canal company, and
| the rentals from the same.
The directors who have the manage
ment Of the Morgan's Grove Exhibi-
ton are beginning work in earnest and
intend to make the sixth exhibition,
which will be held September I'd to
5th, far in advance of all preceding
years.
Our clever friend John ]. Jobe says
he wants to buy all the wool in this
county-not to pull over anybody's
eyes, but to work up into the excel
lent goods for which his factory is
famous. He says don't sell your wool
till you hear from him.
Mr.. John Sullivan, an aged citizen
of this place, who for number of
years past has been an applicant for
a pension, was, few days ago, grant
ed the same by the Government,
with back pay amounting to nearly
81, OOo.-Harper's Ferry Sentinel.
The Charlestown Democrat, and all
the property connected with that pa
per, was sold at public sale last week.
Mr.. Thomas Fl. Mason, its former
business manager, bought it in at
$1,000, exclusive Of certain debts
which were paid by Mr.. James M.
Mason.
A certain devout lady of Shepherds
town had company last Sunday.
When church time came she picked
up what she thought was a prayer
book and handed it to her guest.
When he opened the book in church
he couldn't find the place. 1t was
Webster's dictionary.
The colored school of this place
closed its session last Friday. Alice
Robinson, John Branson, Gussie
Creamer and John Stevenson COM
pleted the course of study, and Prof.
Joseph McMurran presented each
with a certificate showing that they
had passed their examinations with
credit.
The Edward b. Haines land, on the
| Bullskin run, was sold on Friday last,
by Special Commissioners. Trapnell,
Brown, Mccormick and Howell
about rs acres on the north side OF
the public road to Mr.. John Burns, at
S2S per acre, and about 90 acres on
the south side to Mr.. Adam Young, at
$50 10 per acre.
| In cleaning up your premises, this
spring, we call your attention to the
fact that whitewash brushes are for
sale in every store in town, and as
there seems to be no lime trust, the
cost of Frightening up your surround
| ings will be but a tritie, compared
with the great improvement proper
use both will make.
The Board of Directors OF Morgan's
Grove Agricultural Association at
meeting last Saturday appointed the
following gentlemen committee to
| solicit stock: n. s. j. Strider, Frank
Engle, DIR. A. NJ. Evans, George
Sperow, Towner Schley, Geo. l..
Hoffman, Eugene Baker, ID. F. Bill
myer, d. G. Moler, A. ID. Grove.
Lee & cambridge, the popular agri-
cultural implement dealers, have
new advertisement this week. This
relible firm handles the most popular
farming machinery, including the
| Cyclone Fan, and those who deal
with them are always safe in relying
upon the statements they make.
They sell the Osbourn binders and
mowers.
On last Monday morning two men
were found on the Baltimore 4 Ohio
Railroad near the gas-house who had
been run over during the night. One
was killed outright and the other had
his arm so badly crushed that the
surgeons were compelled to amputate
it. The men were unknown, but it is
said were about town on Saturday
and Sunday and that they were both
| ;ntox;cated The survivor is now
with Mr.. Samuel Freeze at the jail
Martinsb,ng Statesman.
Sheriff Walker, Deputy Sheriff An
thony and Constable Keller, of Cum
berland, have at last run down the
Martinsburg jail breakers. The
sheriff and his assistants chased the