Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-03-25
BRIEFS.

| men.
Three new names for assessor
those OF Mr.. John w. Gardner, Jr.,
Mr.. j. Albert Link and Mr.. James
Grantham, are announced this week.
They are all mighty clever young
men.
a public meeting for the purpose
OF organizing a Democratic club will
be held at Charlestown next Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Hon. Win. l..
Wilson will open the campaign by
making an address.
The Young ladies Of the Parthenian
Literary Society of Shepherd College
will hold an entertainment in the
Town Hall, consisting of charades,
tableaux, declarations, &c, on the
evening OF April 1st. Doors open at
: o'clock. General admission, Is
cents.
Mille Porter, colored, wife Of Lewis
Porter, was severely burned few
days ago. Her clothing caught fire
from a stove, and it was a work Of
some difficulty to extinguish the
flames. She saved herself by running
! out OF the house and rolling in the
snow.
Two children OF Mr.. Charles Whit
acre, living in Frederick county, Va,
set their clothing on fire while play
ing with some shavings. Their father,
who was in the yard and heard their
| cries, rushed in, carried one out in
the snow and saved it, but when he
returned for the other it was so badly
burned that death resulted speedily.
While returning from a party one
night last week, Mr.. Samuel Spigler,
of this place, and Miss Sallie Nc
Cusker, OF Half Way, were thrown
from the buggy in which they were
seated by the vehicle overturning.
The lady sustained painful injuries
about the head Wltiomspo-t Leader.
1t is always little risky to drive
with one hand.
Mr.. jose phi Smooth has been quite
i'll recently, and it was necessary to
warm him by means Of hot irons APP
piled TO his feet One Of the irons
was little too hot the other day, and
set the bed clothes on fire. The fire
smothered for some time, burning
| through 20 the Stats, but was fortu
nately discovered in time TO prevent
any serious trouble.
The first number OF THE Cicero
man." published by the Ciceronian
Literary Society OF Shepherd College,
was issued this week. 1t is a very
bright little sheet, and is quite a
| credit to Editor-in- chief John EdwaI ds
and Assistants E. d. Turner, q. E
Welshans, T. w. Stingley and II. &.
Reid. The REGISTER Office does the
printing The Parthenian Society
will have to look to its laurels.
Secretary Rusk, of the Agricultural
Department at Washington, has re-
ceived the following letter from a
| Western farmer whose wife died from
| eating cucumbers raised from the
seed sent out by the department.:
Your blamed cucumbers robbed he
Of my wife, so instead OF sending me
cucumber seed this spring send me
another wife. l hear there are num-
Der OF likely women in your depart
ment.n
One day last week Uncle" Buck
| Branson, who works for Mr.. Shep.
Lucas, was hauling a load OF fodder
with a four-horse team. When near
Mr.. John Ruse's he discovered that
the fodder was afire, and it blazed
so fiereely that there was barely time
to unhitch the horses and lead them
away from the wagon. The fodder
and wagon were completely consumed.
| How the fire was started is a mystery
! yet unsolved.
A twelve year-old daughter Of Mr..
ID. A. Beard was badly burned Wed
nesday morning by the explosion OF a
lamp. Mr.. Beard resides on the Hun
ter Small farm north Of this city. As
far as we can learn TIE facts it appears
that the little girl attempted to blow
out the lamp that morning, which was
| burned in her room at night, and an
explosion followed. She was seriously
burned about the face and hands, and
her life is despaired of.-NartinSbWg
| World
Charles Keller, boy who lives with
Mr.. Harry Merchant a few miles west
of town, met with painful accident
| Tuesday. He was riding on a horse
driving cattle, and got off the animal
TO open a gate, loosing his hold on
the reins. The horse ran past the
boy and kicked up his heels IA he
went, striking Charlie in the fore
head. A big piece of the skin on his
forehead was cut loose and thrown
back over his hair, causing a very
ugly wound. DR.. Butler is attending
him, and the little fellow is improv-
ing
The regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Jefferson County
Mutual Fire Insurance Company was
held last Monday in Charlestown. An
election for directors resulted in the
choice of the old board. viz: Eugene
Baker, II. K. Davenport, 5. W..
Washington, w. H. L. Lewis, ). ).
Melvin, John w. Rider, Isaac II.