Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-12-11
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The bazar in the new town hall dur
ing the holidays will be one of the
most pleasant fairs that has ever been
held in Shepherdstown. Special en-
| tertainments are to he held each even
ing.
The coke workers of Pennsylvania
have formed new organization
known as the Federated Brotherhood
| of Coke Workers of America, and
have chosen as their leader Mr.
Robert ID. Kerfoot, formerly of Shep-
| herdstown.
The ladies Of the town hall associa-
ton will place on sale lot of fancy
articles suitable for Christmas pres
ents on Saturday of this week ic the
Entler building next to the barber
shop, and will be pleased to wait on
all purchasers.
Mr. John c. Lambert has determined
TO remodel his stone building on main
street, and will improve it by divid-
ingit into two nice store rooms, put
ting in double glass front. 1t will
he decided improvement to that old
landmark of the town.
Mr. Tobias Hendricks has discovered
u natural well in his barnyard, near
town. 1t is hole &c feet deep, with
about four feet of water in it. II is
between two lodges of rocks. and a
! thin layer of earth is all that has
kept the stock from falling iuto it.
\ pad dog in Middletown, Md,
which bit number of other dogs
and child before the animal was
! killed, has caused great anxiety and
occasioned the issue Of an order for
muzzling or confinement of all dogs
and death for those at large in VIC
lation of the same.
Mr.. G. o. Lambert's children poured
coal-oil in stove last Wednesday in
which they supposed the fire was out.
An explosion followed, the top OF the
stove was blown off and the children
| badly burned. Another warning to
those who use coal-oil for lighting
fires. -Nartinsburg Statesman.
Mr. George X. Lewis, the Shepherds
town jeweler, last week received S25
as prize awarded by the New York
! Standard Watch Company for an es
say on the merits of its new model
watch movement. There were thou
sands Of competitors, and Mr.. Lewis
is 70 be congratulated on his success.
David jackson, colored man about
80 years of age, we'll known in tie
kearney-ville neighborhood, where
he lived. was accidentally killed by
} the cars on the Baltimore 4 Ohio
Railroad one day last week. 1t is not
known Just how the accident oc-
Cured Jackson was dead when he
was found by some railroad men.
Messrs. Will and Tommy Turner
had their butcherinS on Tuesday,
when they killed eight hogs that
averaged 2G7 pounds each. The fact
that the boys are putting up all this
meat, and mediate building a new
house next spring, leads the neigh
bors to believe that there will be q
double wedding before the year is
out
The wholesale boot and shoe firm
of Bangs, Bard & Co., of Baltimore,
so well-bnown through the Valley of
Virginia, will go out of business the
first of January Mr. J. w. McCleary
will be the general manager of a
branch store in Baltimore Of the Bay
State Shoe Company, big concern
composed of Boston and New York
capitalists.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel l. Piper, of
Sharpsburg, celebrated their golden
wedding on Thursday evening of last
week Mrs. Piper's maiden name
was Mary S. Baker. The marriage
ceremony was performed December l,
lS41, by Rev George Diehl, who died
a short time ago. Mr. aud Mrs Piper
have number of relatives and friends
in this community.
The McLean-Prescott troupe will
appear in the Academy of Music at
Hagerstown next Monday evening.
The Merchant of Venice" will be
PLAYED, with Mr.. r. ID. Mclean as
Shylock and Miss Marie Prescott as
Portia. Mr.. Mclean and portion
of his company will spend Sunday
and Monday at Wild Goose Farm,
near Shepherdstown.
Last Tuesday morning. about s
O'Clock, without any preliminary
warning, Supervisor Fitzgerald, of
the Norfolk & Western Railroad, re-
ceived telegram from headquarters
instructing him to have work at the
company's stone-crusher here stopped
Immediately. The instructions were
carried out and the wOrkmen dis
charged 1t is hoped the stoppage is
only temporary one.
In the circuit court at Hagerstown
on Monday W. Paris Chambers, leader
OF the Great Southern Band of Balti'
more, was convicted OF gambling at
Byrne's Island on a Sunday last Au
gust and fined 800 and costs. On the
Sunday in question the band ran an
excursion from Baltimore, and it IL
alleged that some of the excursionists
gambled at that place. Mr.. Chambers,
the leader of the band, was held re
sponsible for their acts and fined as