Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-01-27
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.


place, was made member of the ex-
ecutive committee.
We regret to learn that the diph-
liberia has invaded the family of Mr.
j. ID. Derr, near Uvilla. Seven of his
children have been sick with the dis
ease-all at the same time.
A young man in Boonsboro, wish
ing to ascertain if the weather was
cold ON Wednesday morning, Janua-
~ 18th, not having Il thermometer,
placed his tongue against an iron
pump handle. He found out.
While playing at recess at the graded
school on Wednesday Joe Cookus fell
and several other boys came down on
top Of him. He emerged from the
hurly-burly with a cracked collar.
bone.
At a meeting of the John w. Rowa II
Camp, Confederate Veterans, Charles
town, last Thursday, Col. Geo. a. Por-
terrified was elected commander, Rev.
Dr. y. G. Hopkins chaplain, and C.
Frank Gallaher secretary and treaSur
! er.
Prof. A. G. Kimler, of Shepherd
College, has gone to Chambersburg
Pa, to attend a meeting of the south
ern alumni association of Franklin
and Marshall College He was booked
for response to a toast Thursday
night.
At meeting of the Jefferson coun
ty bar on Monday in Charlestown
resolutions were adopted protesting
against the bill in the Legislature
proposing to remove the terms of the
Supreme Court from Charlestown and
Wheeling.
We are very glad to state that the
report that there was a case of small
pox at Engle's Switch, thi. county,
proves to have been untrue. There
was no foundation whatever for the
story, we are informed by a resident
of that place.
The recent sales of real estate in
! Shepherdstown, with others that are
about TO be consummated, at good
prices, show that there is life in the
old town yet. We have reason to be-
| lieve that there will be considerable
building in the spring.
The February number OF Worthing-
tons Magazine, new publication
that is candidate for public favor, is
before us. 1t is full of excellent arti-
Giles on interesting topics, and its
various departments are bright and
entertaining. 1t is we'll worth the
50 so year that is asked for it.
During the past week there have
been several fires in Hagerstown, and
it looked as though an incendiary was
at work. Monday four boys, whose
names were Harry Helferstay, John
Smith, Rol ROdenizer and William
DAILY were arrested for having started
one of the fires. They were held for
court.
Sunday night Mr.. Harry Show, of
Unionville, went sleigh-riding with
young lady. The horse became fright
ened and ran away, upsetting the
sleigh and spilling out both occupants,
who were compelled to walk two
miles to get another horse. 1t is a
little dangerous TO drive with one
hand.
Who weeps with you when you are
sad, and laughs with you when you
are glad? Hhe editor Who has to
be both kind and wise, and nev-
well, hardly ever, lies, and when he
does exciteS surprise? The editor.
Who owns "A heart, as well as cheek,
possessed of spirit proud yet meek,
and lives for others all the week :?
The editor.
Richard j. Hamilton, editor, and
James II. Briscoe. Jr., manager of the
Hagerstown Mail, were arrested Mon
day bv Constable Brezer, at the in
stance ofW. F. NJ. McCarty, for crimi-
nal libel, growing out OF an editorial
which related to Colonel McCarty in
Saturdays Mail. They were held for
the action of the grand jury at the
| February term Of court.
A large number of carp of all sizes
have been caught in the canal below
town during the past week. Men
would cut holes in the ice, when the
fish would come to the top, and
could be easily gotten out. Some
times fish would be found frozen in
the ice The carp, however, as
table luxury, is not a glitterine sue
cess. He is too muddy.
Capt. Thos. d. Ransom, of Stsun-
ton, Virginia, desires to be put in the
way of securing muster roll Of any
or all of the Jefferson county compa-
MES of the 2Ld Virginia Confederate
Regiment He lis endeavoring, through
the agency of the Confederate Camp
at Stauntop, to have a distribution
OF the remnant of the medals which
were struck off in Paris for the Stone
wall Brigade in 1863.
An exchange says IF a doctor
makes a mistake he buries it; If a
merchant makes one he never tells it;
if an editor makes smistake he puts it
on large white sheet of paper for
the whole world to look at, and in
every community there are cranks
who think they are models Of wisdom