Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-07-21
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening in
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

early apples brought by Miss Emma
Badger and a couple of pounds of
delectable honey sent by Mrs A. A.
! p Neel.
Mr. George H. Hagley, the enter
prising merchant, finds his trade still
growing and once more it becomes
necessary for him to enlarge the Tenn
pie of Fashion. Work on the i'm
provements is now being pushed.
Misses Bette Beller, Eleanor Ora
mer, Lalla Craighill and Mrs. Fowle,
Mrs Wiltshire and Mrs. Henson have
been appointed by the board of edu-
cation of Charlestowp district as as
sistant teachers in the Charestown
graded school.
There are some viciously bad boys
in Shepherdstown. a party of them
| have almost ruined several boats on
the river by wantonly throwing
/ heavy stones into them from the
bridge. Such mischief should be Sc
verely punished.
The fruit-growers of Berkeley coun-
ty have organized an association
which will be known as the Berkeley
County Fruit Growers Association.
Their object in organizing is to start
a canning establishment not only for
fruit, but also for vegetables.
Mr.. J. y. TrusSen got a half car
load of watermelons straight from
Georgia this week. They were pulled
last Friday and reached here on Tues
dav by way of the Norfolk y Western
Railroad \ Charlestown dealer got
the other half of the carload.
The street committee of the town
council has had some excellent work
done on the streets this summer in
the way of macadamizing and drain
Ing. 1t is also noticeable fact that
the streets of the town are cleaner
this year than for long time.
Mr.. Charles Sheetz is making Il
number of improvements 10 his
dwelling house on Main street. y
part of the foundation has been re
built, another story has been added
to the back building, and the interior
of the house is being remodeled
Tie Charlestown papers are mis-
taken in saying that the Shepherds
town Office of Trapnell Y Trapnell is "A
branch Office. We want them to un-
derstaud that Shepherdstown is the
main Office and Charlestown the
branch. The junior partner says so.
Sheriff Fairall, of Montgomery
county, took to Rockville Thos. De
lauuey, Of Sharp,burE, charged with
felonious assault on girl on a canal
boat. 1t is stated that he will have
no difficulty in proving his innocence
and that the guilty person has disap-
peared.
\ few days ago William Houser,
living near Sharpsburg, was driving
team pulling heavy load Of hay
when the wagon toppled over and
buried him under the hay. Beside
being badly hurt otherwise Houser
was nearly smothered before he could
get from under the hay.
The committees for the grove meet
ings at Uvilla and Marvin Chapel
have purchased 10000 feet of No.
rich pine lumber TO be used at their
meetings. after which it will be sold
at public auction. The lumber has
been purchased at an advantage and
this will prove n good time for any of
our people who desire it to purchase.
The Harper's Ferry Sentinel says
that one of the members of the Cecil
Watson company assaulted IL colored
domestic at the hotel where the troupe
stopped in that place. He was
obliged to skip out in a hurry, and
one of the other actors left with him.
The places of these two were filled
by BeaI Miskimmon and T. \. Flynn,
two Harper's Ferry amateurs.
For week or two astronomers
have had their eyes on comet that
made its appearance in the north
western heavens. Last Friday night
there was a brilliant display of the
aurora borealiS, and some of the sky
gazers jumped to the conclusion that
the comet had spread out great big
tail. The sight about midnight was
very pretty, whatever it may be called.
\ number of eases of typhoid fever
and one case of black diphtheria are
reported in Hagerstown. On Monday
night OSsian. the -year-old son
of Mr.. George w. Cooper, died of the
latter disease. Health Officer T. w
Simmons ordered the child's body to
be buried at once. Physicians say
their patients contracted the fever
by drinking water from Il we'll that
was contaminated with sewage mat
ter.
In view of the low price of wheat,
farmers will be especially glad to
learn that there is every indication
of u good hay market this year. In
Europe the hay crop is very short,
especially in France, and already
there is strong demand for Ameri-
can hay. Heavy shipments are be
ing made from this country and
prices are on the advance. Hay sold
in Baltimore this week at these figures:
Fair to prime timothy $3.50 to $500;
mixed $1,000 to $3.50; clover, S11.50
TO $3.50.
One of the REGISTERS Baltimore
.vIscr;barS- Cautlatuou we'll known