Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-10-12
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

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day morning at o'clock in the Re
| formed Church.
There are some people in this town
both white and colored who never
give an inch on the pavements. They
ought to be turned loose in Il field
with other cattle.
\ great deal of new pavement has
been laid in Shepherdstown the past
summer. Maybe if Br'sr Ha:nss, Of
! Charlestown, would come over he
could get his west end paved.
The Hagerstown fair opened up on
| Tuesday in frst-ciass shape, with
splendid lot Of exhibits and all de
partmenIs filled The weather was
perfect, as it was also on Wednesday.
Mr.. Frank G. Osburn, the Demo
cratic nominee for State treasurer in
Pennsylvania, is a son OF Mr.. Frank
OSburn. formerly of Jefferson county,
now citizen of Allegheny county,
! Pa
The little girls of Miss Annie Hun
| ter's Sunday school class will have a
soup at nsr home on Friday evening
TO raise money for the missionary
cause. They hope for liberal patron
age.
At ;he Bsrryyille corporation cleo
/ ton Mr.. Conrad kownslar was e.2c.-
| ed mayor, Doras Jones reco:Cer, and
Messls. w. II. Baker, p j. Atfleck,
| j. L. Russell and l.. V. Stole council
men.
Howard Is. Shipley has been APP
20 med manager Of the Antietam Ce-
ment Company, near Shepherdstown,
in place of Moses Whitson. Work at
! the cement mill was resumed last
week.
Mrs Nancy EpG'e widow o: the
IA e Edwin C. Ell; e, has sold her
fam two mies sorth Of shepherds
town TO Nj. J. W. GGrG re j., for
50 900. 1t is a suug lie pace of SO
&C 'es.
Nj. and Mrs Geo. S. Eyster were
tn own from tneir do. c~rt F"iday
n,sht by the wheels 81, E;ps a pile OF
stole on the PIKE between here and
! Halitowu. and wee severely bruised.
Spirit
Soup and ice cream will be served
in the town hall Saturday night for
/ the beneht Of the NJ. L. Church by the
mite society. A large piece Of cake
/ Will be given with each ten-cent plate
/ Of ice cream.
There will be regular meeting Of
| the board of directors Ofthe jefferson
County Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany on Tuesday, October 18th, at u
o'clock, at the company's Office in
| CLarlestown.
Tue good work goes on. J. NJ.
/ Tol;;er is pi eparIug 10 lay new
brick pavement about his property
on the corner of Main and Princess
streets. 1t will be decided improve
ment over the old stone sidewalk.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage OF Miss Amelia Meldrum Paxton,
of Wellsburg, this State, to Mr.. Sam
uel Hensell, Of Knoxville, Tennessee.
The ceremony will take place on Oc-
tober 18th at the home of the bride.
There was a lot of tinware in front
of j. il. Billmyer's store the other
day. \ wooden rolling pin was in
big tin pan. The reflection of the
sun from the tin focused on the wood
and in a few minutes the rolling-pin
was afre.
A number Of ShepherdstOwn's pref
ty and popular young ladies are be
ing carried off by fellows from other
places WiUiam$por5 Leader. There
are plenty of them left, Brother Nc
CorGell-plenty of them. Come over
and help Yourself.
1t is perfectly safe now, while Stuart
w. is out of TIE way, for Col. Snyder,
of the Shepherdstown REGISTER, to
venture into Berkeley county.--udr-
tinsJmg Herald. Oh, we reckon it is
safe enough-but what inducement
is there for anyone to visit Martins
burg
Mr.. Wilmer Shell is death to hawks.
He killed chicken hawk last Satur-
dav that was after a flock of par
tridges. On Monday, on Mr.. J. NJ.
Heudricks's place, he shot another,
on the wing. which is said TO have
been one of the largest hawks ever
seen in this section
The Grand Lodge OF Knights OF
Py,hias of West Virginia is in session
at Martinsburg. This order has
membership of 4,72S in this State. a
competitive drill between Martins
burg and Piedmont knights took
place on TUESDAY, ana tue IIeolHOut
men won the prize OF a hundred dol
lars.
At the fire on the fair grounds at
York. Pa, last week, w. j. and a. NJ.
Shepherd, of this place, narrowly es-
capped a heavy loss. They had ten
blooded horses on exhibition there,
and seven of them came very near
being turned. Their stables were on
fire when the hostler succeeded i'll
liberating them.
The Martinsburg street railway is
in hard luck. Last week the cars
were stopped until new machinery
and more power could be provided,