Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-03-06
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Congressman Wilson made an adj
dress at the commemoration of the
Tooth anniversary of the death OF
John Wesley, at Wesley Chapel,
Washington City, last Sunday.
The Charlestown Free Press says:
A tract of land containing forty acres,
u miles east of town, belonging, to
J. d. Butler, was sold by Cleon Moore,
Trustee, on Friday last, at S40.25 per
acre-F. G.. Butler, purchaser.
In Salem. Va. over a hundred
thousand dollars worth OF real estate
changed hands last week. This Is
another evidence that the boom, in
stead of being a bubble, is a perma-
nent and lively business movement.
The citizens Of Sharpsburg had a
big jollification last Friday over the
proposed revival Of the canal. They
had procession, a speech by Mr.. NJ.
l.. Keedy, thirteen kettles OF soup,
and many other attractive features.
Mr.. John H. Snyder made very
excellent sidewalk on Princess street
out of refuse stone and gravel hauled
from the cement mill below town.
There are other places where the
same material could be used to ad-
vantage.
Mrs Elizabeth Sullivan, aged about
so years, widow of the late DR.. Sulli-
van, of Frederick, Md, died Of heart
disease at her home in Washington
City last week. She was the grand
mother OF Miss Gertrude Spohn, Of
Shepherdstown.
A Philadelphia doctor has eonclu-
sively proved that a colored man may
be made white. This is done by skin
ming the colored man and transplant
ing white skin. But its pretty hard
to find enough white cuticle to change
black mans color.
The story, on the first page, OF
| Stonewall Jackson's movements in
the Valley in 1862 will be interesting
reading to the old Confederates OF
this neighborhood, many of whom
tramped up and down with Jackson
in the campaign referred to.
The Charlestown SPIRIT of Tuesday
says that l.. r. Custer, b. & 0. agent
at Summit Point, was arrested last
Thursday charged with misappro-
priation OF express funds. He waived
an examination and was committed
for the action of the next grand jury.
DIR. r. NJ. Marshall, who has for a
greater part of the past year been
with the Southern Building and
Loan Association of Knoxville, has
quit the service Of that company. He
has returned to Shepherdstown and
will resume the practice of medicine
here
Mrs. Lizzie Bell has sold part OF
her lot on Princess street, adjoining
the property just bought by Mr..
Graves from Mr.. Show, to Mr. Benja-
min Hartzell, who will erect upon it q
building for the use of Wysong u
Schoppert, agricultural implement
dealers
Daniel Furley, aged about thirty
five years, son of Mr.. Win. Furley, OF
Hagerstown, committed suicide Sat
urday morning in his fathers shop by
| cutting his throat with a penknife.
He was weak minded and had been
disturbed and excited by a threat
made in jest to have him arrested.
The editor of the Williamsport
Leader proposes to get his shotgun to
protect the 1874 bondholders from
the Washington and Cumberland
Railroad. AS the Leader has never
shown any lack of courage SO far,
we feel it our duty to warn the w.
& G. to keep under cover.
Mr.. Paul Allen, a student at Shop
herd College, went home last week to
attend the funeral of his sister Miss
Alice Allen, who died from brain fe
yer, after short illness, at the home
of her sister in California. The re-
mains were brought from that far-otf
State to her mothers home at Moore
field for interment.
Marie Persel, better known to
Shepherdstowners as Marie Prescott,
the actress, was granted divorce by
the Court of Appeals at Frankfort,
XIV. Saturday. 1t held that as an
actress she was compelled to move
from place to place, but could claim
a residence with her mother. Mrs
Victor, at Covington, Ky.
A two-horse team belonging to Mr..
b. +. Graves got frightened at the
procession in Sharpsburg last Friday
and ran away Then dog lost his
head and bit one of the horses, the
soup kettles scared them still worse,
and in the melee the driver was
thrown out and hurt. One Of the
horses was injured slightly.
One of the coolest spells of the sea-
son has prevailed since last week.
Monday night snow set in and kept
up until Tuesday night, covering the
ground to a depth of six or seven
iCches. Wednesday it cleared off
cool, but the sun is getting too strong
now for snow to lay very long. The
sleighs were running on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
DR.. Allen S. Reynolds has engaged
Messrs. Fl. A. Downin & Co., OF Ha-
gerstown, to bore an artesian well on