Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-08-11
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neghborhood and Elsewhere

tleman well-known in Shepherdstown,
has made an assignment, with liabil'
tiles of over $4,000. He has recently
been engaged in contract street and
sewer work.
The usual soup will be held at Nor
gan's Grove Saturday of this week.
All the workers are invited to come
and bring with them their shovels,
rakes, mattocks and other implements,
prepared to put in IA day at cleaning
up the grounds.
Mr.. James w. League, of Middle
way, this county, has entered upon
his duties as chef store-keeper Of the
Hannis Distillery at Martinsburg.
The other new appointees will not go
to work until the distillery again
starts up, which will be about the
middle of September.
Mr.. Charles Broadway Rouss, of
New York, whose generous gifts to
the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural
Society of Winchester are wellknOwn,
has again sent his check for $1,000 to
that association. The fair will be
held September 18th to 18th, and Mr..
Rouss will be present one day.
Mr.. John II. Schoppert, Of this
place, has received an appointment
in the office of Jos. S Miller, commits
sioner of internal revenue, and left
the first of the week for Washington
to enter upon his duties. Mr.. SchOp-
pert held messengers place in Mr..
Miller's office during the last Demo
cratic administration.
Last Sunday $50 tickets were sold
at Shepherdstown for the excursion
of colored people to the camp-meet-
ing at COnococheague, on the Cum
berland Valley Railroad. \ heavy
storm came up in the afternoon and
drenched many of the eXcursionists,
and it was bedraggled crowd that
got here about midnight.
Williamsport, over in Washington
county, had bad fire early Tuesday
morning. Hyslop's opera house, Il
big frame building, and a small frame
structure adjoining it, We're burned
to the ground, causing a loss of about
$500, covered by insurance. Viii
Transport has no fire engine, but the
bucket brigade did effective work.
The family of Mr.. q. II. Stonesifer
and some guests, including Mr.. Elmer
Stonesifer and wife, Mrs Hout and
children and Mr.. r. \. Hessey-nine
in all-partook of ice cream last Fri
day evening, and about eleven o'clock
nearly all of them were taken with q
severe attack OF cholera lnorbus
Physicians had to be summoned, and
serious results were narrowly escaped.
SPIRIT
The young ladies of class No. : Of
the Southern Methodist Sunday
school will have lawn party at Mr.
Brothertons' on the pike, Saturday
evening, when they will sell ice cream,
soup, caramels, &c. There is also to
be a lawn party at Mr. Barmhart's, on
New street Saturday evening, the
proceeds to be for the benefit of the
Sharpsburg church. Help the little
folks along.
One day last week a boy about fiji
teen years old, named Shackleford,
who was working for Capt. j. ). Mel
vim, was badly hurt by the cars near
! Duflields. He was standing on one
track watching freight train 90 by
when the evening accommodation
! train struck him and threw him into
the adjoining field. He was picked
up very badly hurt and carried into
a house near by, and, we are inform
| ed, Is now on the road TO recovery
John McCleary doesn't need tackle
when he goes fishing The other day
he was down at the wharf when he
| saw an eel couple of feet long NOV
ing around the rocks close to shore.
John got some sand in his hands to
give him good grip and then grab
| bed for the eel. He got hold of his
game, and despite the slippery fellow :
contortions held on to him firmly un-
I'll he was safe on dry land. Some
hours later the eel was grazing a fry
| ing pan.
The oratorio Queen Esther, given
| in the town hall Friday and Saturday
evenings Of last week, under the dl
rection of Prof. Clary, was not as
| largely attended as it should have
| been, the audiences being only fairly
good. The ladies and gentlemen who
participated performed their parts
excellently, and although the amount
of practice they had had was insult
ficient for them to do themselves full
justice, yet they rendered the beautl-
| full play very we'll indeed.
The John Browns Fort speculation
has proven a dismal failure and the
| business is in the hands of the sheriff
in Chicago. it will be remembered
that last year party of spectators
bought the old fort that stood at
Harper's Ferry, tore it down brick by
brick, carried it to Chicago, and there
rebuilt it and placed it on exhibition.
1t never attracted much attention,
and the patronage did not pay current
expenses. Last week the manager
skipped, leaving many bills unpaid,
and the sheriff seized the concern.
Postmaster-General BiSSell has
awarded to Calvin c. Woolworth, of
/ V rho for SIM