Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-01-20
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

DIR. John A. johnson, the only
surviving brother of Mrs. l. s. Tanner,
of this place, died at his home in
Washington City on Tuesday Of this
week, aged SO years. DIR. Johnson
was born and raised at Harper's
Ferry.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Mr.. Henry Shepherd and
Miss Minnie Reinhart, daughter of
Mr.. E. Hess Heinhart. The cere-
mony will take place in the Presby-
terrain Church in Shepherdstown next
Wednesday evening at o'clock.
We do not like the new stamps
very we'll The one-centers and the
two-centers are not by any means
beautiful, although the threece
ones are rather pretty. 1t takes two
ticks for each stamp, where only one
was required before, and thus makes
an additional strain on the salivary
apparatus.
1t costs money to live nowadays
many of the necessities of life are ad-
vancing in price just at the unhand-
lest season of the year Eggs are
now quoted at 80 cents dozen in
Shepherdstown, and there is
general advance in bacon. Hams
are 10 cents Il pound. Oysters are so
cents quart.
In the year 1898 there will occur
only two eclipses, both of the sun,
the first on April 10th, invisible in
the United States. The second will
occur on October 9th, visible to the
western halves of North and South
America, the West Indies, the ex-
treme northeastern tip of Asia, and
eastern Pacific Ocean.
Mr.. Jesse A. Engle, ST., for many
| years teacher at Oak Grove school,
in Harper's Ferry district, has built
for himself handsome cottage, beau
tiful for situation, overlooking the
| Potomac river. The cottage has nine
capacious rooms, fitted up with many
of the modern improvements. Mr..
Engle co ntemplates taking summer
| boarders.
Thomas Tebo was sentenced last
Saturday by Judge Faulkner in the
Circuit Court of Berkeley county, to
ten years in the State penitentiary
| for assaulting with intent to kill his
| aged father and mother last October.
Wesley Lewis, colored, was sentenced
to the penitentiary for three years
for shooting Hezekiah Nash with in
| tent to kill.
Rev. DR.. Robert G. Holland, of
Charleston, s. c., and Miss Mary V.
McClanahan, of Salem, Va, were
married in Philadelphia on Thursday
of last week. DIR. Holland was form.
erly pastor of the Lutheran Church
in Shepherdstown, and his wife is also
wellkuoWn here. They have the
best wishes of their many friends in
this place.
The cold weather and snow has in
terfered greatly with the running of
trains on nearly all the railroads.
Most of the through trains on the
Baltimore & Ohio and Norfolk &
Western Railroads have been very
late, and the freight service has just
been getting along the best it could.
The extreme cold has been very
rough on the freight men.
The Buck harmon Delta comes to us
this week with a new publisher, Will
L. Burnside, and vastly improved in
every respect. The new editor is
agin the editorial we" and says he
will use ''I' instead, which he pro
eeeds to do. We think he will get
tired of it, though, if he does much ed
itorial writing and if he is modest
man. We wish him prosperity.
The freight warehouse and new
storeroom at Wadesville were de-
ings were owned by Mr.. H. r. w.
Hout and the stock of goods in store
by Mr. r. x. Grim. The ticket and
freight offices of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad were kept in the store
room and nothing was saved from
them. The total loss will reach 80, 900,
with isurance of about 1900.
j. Edward Shaw, the celebrated
elocutionist and humorist, of Dickin-
son College, will give IN entertain
ment in the town hall in Shepherds
town on Saturday evening, February
4th, for the benefit of the NJ. E. Church.
The State Gazette says of him: Mr..
Shaw's representations were wonder
fully realistic, elicitings roars of laugh
ter, mingled now and then with tears.
The applause was uproarious.
Shepherdstown talent invariably
comes to the front, sooner or later.
Here's an item from the HagerStoton
Globe concerning former distinguish
ed resident of this place: Henry
Staley, colored, waiter at Sam's, is a
skilled performer on the harmonica.
He renders wonderful limitations of
moving trains, marching drum-corps,
etc. He can also play two instru-
ments at once, furnishing air though
his nose instead of his mouth
A new swindling scheme now in
process of operation is liable to catch
good many. A stranger goes
around the country representing an
insurance company, insures property,
particularly farm property, and pre-