Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-11-20
BRiEFS.

ihS 'ihe Pic'eh'cu IL lTCm coming up
as it should have done, and it starts
into the winter making a rather poor
showing.
MIR. Newton Vanmeter found out a
few days ago that he is not as young
as he used to be. In running after d
COW he jumped over a fence, and not
being as springy in the joints as he
was some years ago he slipped and
fell, dislocating his shoulder.
The steam dredge ofthe Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal is in active operation
at Dam No. cleaning the channel of
the mud and other Instructions which
washed in during the great flood of
two years ago. The bank of the
canal that was built this summer is
also being sodded on the river side.
DIR. L. G. Stotler and Mr.. H. NJ
Turner last Monday killed one of the
largest owls we have ever seen in this
section. 1t was a splendid specimen
Of the great horned owl, and it meas
ured 4 feet and % inches from tip to
tip of its outspread wings. His owl
ship will probably be stuffed and pre-
served.
The ladies of the Uvilla Hall AsSo-
citation will hold a meat and oyster
supper on Thanksgiving night, No
vember Goth, to which the public is
/ cordially invited. \ concert and ba-
Ear will also be held in the hall dur
ing the approaching holidays, further
notice of which will be given in this
paper.
James Kennedy, of Harrisburg, Va,
a brakeman on the Winchester branch
OF the b. u o., while coupling or I'M
/ coupling cars on the switch at the sta
ton, was in someway knocked under
the train and his body ground to an
unrecognizable mass. The deceased
was former resident of this county.
having lived at Aldridge few years
ago, at which time his father was
track walker on the b. & o. Railroad
-CharLestOrR 4drOc0te.
The ladies of the Baptist church
will hold an entertainment at Shen-
andoah Junction, beginning on
Thanksgiving day and continuing for
| three nights. On Thanksgiving day
Il dinner fit for a king can he had for
80 cents, including oysters, turkey,
&c. Thanksgiving night and the two
nights following a fine supper and
! every refreshment can be had. Come
and aid a good cause and have a good
time. Entertainment in Blackford's
Hall, and for the building of a Bap-
fist church at the Junction.
\ bad accident occurred ut Little
Orleans, seventeen miles above Han
cock, Nd. last Thursday, by which
/ Miss Annie Carson, of Hancock, lost
her life. Miss Carson lived in Han
| cock and travelled about over the
county on horseback selling books.
While attempting TO cross the river
at Little Orleans, from Maryland to
| West Virginia, her horse became uu-
manageable and backed down over a
wall into the river, where the water is
very deep. Before assistance could
reach her the unfortunate lady was
! drowned Her body was recovered
soon afterward and sent TO Hancock.
Miss Carson was about thirty-fve
years old.
The many friends in Berkeley coun-
! " of Mr.. +. j. Cunningham, of Eos
toria, Ohio, will be shocked to learn
that his favorite son, Ralph, commit
ted suicide on the evening of October
Goth, by jumping into the furnace of
his fathers large spoke and bending
works at that place. He was twenty
one years and five months of age. He
was discovered shortly after he had
committed the deed and was rescued.
! hut died in a few hours afterward,
The cause of the suicide is not known.
He was a nephew of Mr.. John b. Gun
ningham of Bunker Hill, and had u
number Of other relatives in this coun-
ty. and was an exemplary and intelli-
gent young man. -StdteSmGH