Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-03
Railroad Affairs.

A peculiar and at the same time
distressing incident occurred on the
Cincinnati express train, on the b. q
O Railroad, last Monday. A lady,
travelling in one of the Pullman sleep
ers from Minnesota to Washington,
was placed in the predicament OF
being locked in the ladies' toilet-room.
Do what she would, she could not re-
open the door; the lock would not
Weld. The spring had snapped OIL,
and lodged in such way as to pre-
vent the bolt in the lock from NOV
ing. The lady, being OF a nervous
Temperament, soon became hysterlcal
and screamed at the top of her voice.
The conductor of the Pullman, new
hand. exerted all his ingenuity to open
the door without resorting to violent
means: but failed The passengers
tried to pick the lock; but it was
proof against their efforts. Finally,
after the lady had been imprisoned
about three quarters of an hour, Mr..
Samuel Spencer, ex-president of the
b. & O., who was on his way East
from Chicago, was attracted TO the
car by the unwonted excitement. APP
Drjsed Of the situation, and hearing
the cries of the now thoroughly eX-
cited woman, the ex-president solved
the difficulty quickly. He whipped
the axe out of its case on the side of
the car, and with two or three heavy
blows smashed the lock, splintered
the door, and shattered its plate-g!ass
adornments. The lady was taken out
of her prison completely Frustrated,
and put to bed Restoratives were
used; but the lady was quite i'll all
day, and had to be assisted from the
car at Washington. After completing
his work OF demolition, Mr.. Spencer
quietly retired to his own car.
The sale of the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad attracted a large crowd of
legal and railroad men to Roanoke
on Tuesday. The first bid, by Col.
Louis Fitzgerald. chairman of the
purchasing committee of the first and
second mortgage bondholders, was
81, l00.0 900. n. j. Tubbs, of Roanoke,
offered $4,000 more, and Immediately
all was excitement. n hurried con
sultation was held, resulting in a de-
mand upon Tubbs to show that he
could make the cash payment of &c.
600. He pleaded for time, but very
little was granted. Special Com
missioner Moore again offered the
road. and Col. Fitzgerald renewed his
first and only bid and was declared
the purchaser. Tubbs claimed to rep
resent parties who desired the road,
but it is generally believed he did
not. AS soon as the sale is confirmed
the Norfolk and Western Company,
for whom the road was purchased,
will award the contract for the con
struction of the line from near Lu-
ray to Washington city. By an ar
rangement recently made the Nor
folk and Western trains will run into
the Washington depot of the Pennsyl-
vania Road.
a Shenandoah Valley Railroad train
passed through Shepherdstown last
Sunday covered with blood and bits
of flesh. 1t had struck a horse near
Berryville, and the whole train ran
over him.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad will
run special excursion train to Hagers-
town on Wednesday and Thursday Of
fair week. The train will pass Shep-
herdstown at 953 a. H., and return
ing leave Hagerstown at $50 p. III.
Fare for round trip, including ad-
mission to the fair, 50 cents.
Mr.. b. A. Wade, late of the Win
chester Neucs, will take the place of
agent of the b. & o. Railroad at
Charlestown, resigned by Mr. A. ID.
Barr.
Passenger train No. 2 was delayed
about eight hours last Friday by a
slight wreck on the south end of the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad.
The b. & O. Railroad has its freight
warehouse at Brunswick in course of
erection. 1t will be a very large
structure when completed. The yard
is being graded as fast as the work
can be pushed ahead, and large
force of repair hands are busily en-
gagged in laying tracks at the west end
of the yards. A lot Of brick culverts
and drains are being built, which has
somewhat retarded the grading and
laying of the tracks.
Engineman Hopkins, who was
struck by mail-catcher on the b. &
o. Railroad at Rockville week before
last, died at his home in Martins