Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-03-17
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening ir
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

ncsday a cold wave swooped down
from the northwest and froze things
up again.
Mr.. Thomas Orem, an old citizen Of
this county, died at his home near
Unionville quite suddenly last Sun
| day. Mr.. Orem was a millwright by
occupation, and was 90 years OF age.
He leaves wife and several grown
children.
AT a meeting Of the eastern coal
dealers in New York on Tuesday it
was agreed to reduce the prices OF an
thracite coal 40 to 60 cents ton. The
reduction is trifle late, as the win
ter is about over, but we must be
| thankful for small favors.
The local chapter OF st. Andrews
Brotherhood connected with Trinity
Episcopal Church presented its di-
rector, Dr. VIM. H. Nelson, the rec
tor Of the church, with a neat gold
emblem Of the order at the monthly
meeting Tuesday night.
The Norfolk & Western Railroad
will sell excursion tickets to delegates
and visitors to the Southern Metho-
dist Conference at Front Royal at the
rate of four cents mile for the round
trip. Tickets sold March Goth to 25th,
good to return until April Sth. The
& ~ mil o.. oil Job OF
Mr.. Samuel Wagner, father of Mr..
| w. S. Wagner, of Shepherdstown,
died at his home in Keedysvills, Md,
on Monday last, aged 80 years. Up
| to within the past month or two his
health had been remarkably well
preserved, but heart failure then at
tackled him and finally caused his
| death.
The taxpayers Of Berkeley county
held large meeting in Martinsburg
Saturday to discuss plans for the i'm
provement of the county roads, which
at places are entirely impossible.
| league was organized by the election
of Hon. b. F. Brady president,
Charles j. Seibert secI etary, and an
executive com nittee.
Mr.. James, who for the past year
has been in our midst, having sscur-
ed employment in the b. & o. X. r.
service, will take up his abode in
Brunswick, Md.-HcdgesuiHe corespO"-
dence Of Aartin,burg Independent How
thankful Mr.. James must be to get
out OF Reporters" midst, and what
a relief it must be to Reporter"
Some OF the boys of Shepherdstown
are carrying sling shots, and one OF
the expected results happened on
Tuesday. Dan Mckinney, a colored
youth, shot James Porter, also col
ored, in the eye with small stone
from the slins-s shot, and it is feared
that Porter will lose the sight OF the
eve. 1t is said that the two were
fighting at the time.
The passenger and freight depot
at Rileyville, on the Norfolk and
Western Railroad, was consumed by
fire last Monday evening. All the
freight, books and tickets were
burned The fire is supposed to be
due to sparks from a freight engine
blowing into the building from an
open door, as the agent says no fire
bod been in the building since morn
ing.
The Norfolk and Western people
will probably run through trains
from Norfolk to Chicago without
change, during the worlds fair, via
their Columbus route. The trains
will be frst-class in their appoint
ments, and will doubtless attract a
large patronage. The route. especially
in southwest and West Virginia,
passes through some OF the widest
and most beautiful scenery in the
world.
On Tuesday night Mrs. A. s. Dan
bridge, who has been staying at Mrs.
and State streets, was awakened by
some one attempting to force an en-
trance into the house. She screamed
aud frightened the person away, but
not until the window had been par
italy raised. Muddy footprints were
found on the porch outside the win
dow, but nothing to indicate who it
was trying to get in Charleston Ga
zette.
A regular meeting of the town coun-
Gil was held on Tuesday evening, when
the commissioners Of election present
ed their report, which was adopted.
The finance committee was ordered TO
require settlement with j. G.. Show,
late sergeant, by March 2Sth, and also
make settlement with j. j. W. john
son, sergeant, to report at next meet
ing. Bills amounting to S53.57 were
ordered paid, and the council then ad-
| iourned until the 2Sth of March.
G.. w. Littlejohn, of Leesburg, Va,
died at Kelley Institute of pneumo-
mia, contracted by exposure during
his journey to this city. II was his
intention to take the treatment at the
Kelley Institute for the liquor habit,
but his condition upon arrival was
such as to render this impossible. He
was aged about AZ years. His wife
and sister, from Charlestown, were
with him at the time OF his death.
| His remains were taken to Charles
town for interment. -Hagerstotc
Globe.
On January Goth George Kimmel-