Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-10
BRIEFS.


married last week at Romuey. The
bride was Miss Edna Brady.
Mr. Henry Starliper, a Washington
county farmer, fell in front of a now
ing machine few days ago. He was
terribly cut about the legs, and his
| injuries caused his death on Tuesday.
A number of the Confederate vet
Grams and other persons from this vi
cinity will attend the unwilling Of
the Stonewall Jackson monument at
Lexington on the 2lst of this month.
The other day little Jessie Hoffman,
daughter of Mr.. Thomas Hoffman,
accidentally ran a needle into her
breast, where it broke off in the flesh.
A physician had to be summoned to
remove the bit of steel.
The Canal Trustees have posted no
tices forbidding persons to trespass
by driving a horse or other animal
attached to wagon or other vehicle
upon the tow-path. The public is
also warned to keep cattle off canal
property.
The first canal-boat built in Cum
berland since 1884 was last Monday
launched in the boat-yard of Felix
Barrels. The new boat is to be built
| for the Consolidation Coal Company,
and is to be named a. in honor Of
the bondholders of that year.
Messrs. Brock Reinhart and w. A.
Kurtz, of the civil engineering firm Of
Fava, Neff & Co., are here this week
surveying the streets of the town and
getting other data for the establish
ment of uniform grade, in accord
ance with the contract made by the
| Council with the above named firm.
Last Saturday was a very quiet
Fourth of July in Shepherdstown.
The Band went to Shenandoah and
large number of our people went
| to Hagerstown to take in the bicycle
races. Jacob Wintermoyer set up his
usual tub of lemonade, a few firecrack-
ers were fired off-and that's about
all the dissipation there was.
Dog days last from July IA to August
"a Dog days have many meanings
attached to them. Dog days" is
really translation of the Latin dies
caniculares" the twenty days before
and the twenty days after the heiacal
rising Chat is, pearance in the
morning SUM Of the star Sirius, whom
the Ronas called" Canicula' or little
| dog"
Considerable excitement was created
at the hotel corner Tuesday evening
by a circus horse that had bad
case of the blind staggers. 1t fell all
over the pavements, tried to get
| through the front doors of the houses
in the neighborhood, sat down on
DIR. Stotler's porch, and cavorted
around generally. After it had been
bled and soused with cold water it
i
| got all right again.
Last Friday afternoon while the
Episcopalians were adjoining the Col
| leee ward for their lawn fete ire
mendous shower of rain fell and OF
course put a literal ''damper' on the
affair. Then on Saturday afternoon,
when the grounds had again been
decorated and everything was ready,
down came another shower, forcing
the festival to the inside Of the build
| ing. These were certainly drawbacks
to the lawn festival, but, neverthe-
| less. the ladies cleared over S54 by
the entertainments of the two even
ings.
Our Hancock correspondent writes
that Miss Pleasant f. Johnson died
suddenly Of heart failure while at the
NJ. f. Church, on Sunday morning.
Her last words were The love of God
is the hope OF the soul" She had
Just given her experience and upon
resuming her seat rested her head
against the pew in front No partic-
ular attention was paid to her. A
moment later she was observed to be
falling, and was caught just before
she drew her last breath, by Miss
Lizzie Reeder, young lady who sat
behind her.-Hagersto,cn Globe
The committee that has in charge
| the care of the town run has under
| taken, by order of the Town Council,
the work of cleaning out the run with
in the corporate limits. The water
was turned off at Fayman's alley and
made to run down Mill street. Men
are now at work removing all OBJ
structions from the bed Of the run
cleaning out the mud, stones and de-
bris of every character. 1t has been
a long time since similar work has
been done, and the committee finds
| that the water course is pretty well
filled up. By cleaning out the run it
Is hoped tnat oVerHoWs III the lower
part of the town will be prevented.
Reports from our neighboring towns
indicate that whiskey flowed very
freely on the 4th of July and that the
u sual Accomplishments resulted. AT
Shenandoah the mayor was obliged
to close up the saloons at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon. By that time the jail
was full and nearly every one in the
town was in the same condition.