Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-05-19
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The News From Every Section of the
Little Mountain State.

Pope Leo has confirmed the APP
pointment of Monsignor John Joseph
/ Kahn. of Wheeling, as coadjutor to
Archbishop kenrick, of St. Louis.
A lot containing one-half an acre
was sold at BIuefeld the other day to
! the Norfolk & Western Railroad Co.
| for the sum OF twenty-five thousand
! dollars.
The expenses Of the West Virginia
deaf and dumb asylum, 1t Romney,
/ for the pas, two years amounted to
! $50. 49, The attendance embraced
/ fortv-eight deaf males and titty-SiX
/ females; tweE,y-Oue blind males and
twenty-nine females.
Mrs. Claude Golf, OF Beverly, has
/ in her possession silver badge which
/ is said TO have been worn at the in
uuguration Of President Washington.
! Ii is the size Of "a silver dollar, and has
/ a mirror on one side and a picture Of
| Washington on the other.
Since the refusal of Greenbrier
county court to grant bar-room
! license ut Ronceverte, five appllca-
| tons for drug store license have been
| presented 10 the municipal council OF
| that town. The council has raised
the license fee for drug stores from
| $50 10 500.
\ two-year-old son Of Frank Heller
| Of Wheeling, suffered a severe acct
dent few days ago. \ pot OF cab
| bage was being cooked at the child ;
! home, and when the water was boil
| Ing the boy pulled the pot on one
/ side, and the contents struck him on
the face and arm, very painfully
scalding them.
Last week south-bound freight
train on the Ohio River Railroad
went off the tracks at Walker twelve
miles south of Parkersburg, failing %
/ feet. Fire communicated with oil
| from oil cars, burning five oil cars,
caboose and two cars Of general mer-
! chaudise Two men We're killed, one
being burned until he was unreco--
| uiZabie. Another was fatally injured.
The West Virginia building at the
| Worid's Fair is one Of which the State
can be- proud. tits Il tWo-story build
ing, and the rooms are large and com
! Portable, and furnished throughout
in native hard woodstock, ASH, cher
~, sycamore and poplar. There will
be u competent force in charge, and
all West NirginianS will be made at
home. This building will be used
more a headquarters for West Nir-
giniaus than for exhibits. Every
visitor from this state should feel at
home in the building.
An exchange says: ~ member of
tn. recent legislature from Randolph
county rode into Beverly several DAYS
ago on horseback, tied his horse in
the stable, and after tranSacting
"IaI business ne i'a" 10 "''eilu 10 III
III Oh hpS'h'-L lauutuheSs "a'Neu
nome dls'aGct oil ten mics through
Ile ituu' ana IL was not unIIl i5le
heN' ua! ,""' ne "aScVn''t" where 'ie
Iau 'Sl' me !o' g. " nav Nv 49, -
nea'u 81 ouG VI ''l'I ''s7"'es oiii
t'l's necN VI l'Ie "oo"S I'M iua1e ~
oa"' !eS SoH,G ma "GeH N"o"H "
ioFEeI no" '!leg No'eu Oh Soille III
porl"AI quesHouS'
One Of the lorpast fruit farms this
side of fine R,rlv Maintains accord
ina, to - recent LulIatin of the West
Vir.,i,,in ay,a,.ir,antaI station j.. to
Ia fnnnd om rho foothills If tha Eiue
Rid,n in Jefferson rounty. I'm 1887
Becker Brotber. set ont 33 600 paach
trees, since which time Gig mt adloln-
ing tracts nave been added, until the
fruit farm comprises 2,lOO acres III
one body. me planters nave not
stopped with peaches alone out th"y
nave large area IN grapes, ounces
and Cherries, besides American ana
Japanese piuinS, hpricots. Japan per
summons, nectarlnes, English WainutS,
Italian chestnuts ana paper smell al
mouds.
\ ro,,oI sniff for braarh If contract
I,nt inst haan hroul,bt i'm Uomn.hira
rou,tv Isoac Vunmatnr and ,Iacob
UofTmar arc LEADING farmer. of thn
cnnntv the former nm nrdrnt Demo.
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50 IN aa,.L ir Cia,.sIord v,ol aI.nt,d
,,.i,iIo - rIo,.ri.c, ,r,. ,I..tad La
wa'I't ~ nav e. a , for tha wool mo
ducad \ few DAYS aro Hoffman Of
feed to deliver the sheep at sou,
but Nanmeter wouldn't take them,
OF MS HOOK, standing redu! 10 denver
the goods
4 recent di.nafcb from Uuutinoton
10 tha LVEeniin,, Pea;,5' 'vs. Ma
Hall - conntrv ri I'm, :es hack If
hi. city ieft H. One . few dovs
oD Il ,re.nmah, . ,'DrI, at the Lomsa
~ tnrominan ill.,, in Ills citv
To.darT her fo1, ,rrfyad and fonmd
tLot sbn hoT on. nod s. nrouinant
G f.a", S' homse and bad been nIan 70
G C' WY ~U NV that "Nnaen nf snorts"
liz ind ILL., mntti9 R .n, Tbo Iottn
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one 81 'le in"n a " Ioo 'J ,9+Eio hn ~
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o o,"i.' ,.nmno 5,irIs - min Soma stnn
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