Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-04-28
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.


mitted to Jail by Mayor Brown to
await an investigation Wednesday
evening.-Free Press.
The last number OF The Meteor, edit
ed by our talented young friend,
Page Andrews, is upon our table. 1t
is simply crusher, this month, to It's
would-be rival, The Sun
Mr.. j. n. Trussell sold this week
four more lots in his addition south of
town to Mr.. r. s. NJ. Hoffman. They
are the lots running from King street
east to Mr.. Hoffman's other lots
1t is only a month until decoration
day, but the Sharpsburg people have
as yet made no arrangement for its
Observance at Antietam. The G.. A..
r. and the citizens committees are at
loggerhsads.
Mayor Ray has issued his annual
proclamation, and offenders against
the corporation laws will do well to
read and heed it. The sanitary re-
quirements should be strictly complied
with by all persons.
In a bar-room row at Brunswick
Md, last Friday, the bar-keeper, a
man named Roberts, shot at Charles
banner. The ball missed Banner
and struck a man named Barker,
making a serious wound.
While fishing at the wharf the 9th
er day Alex Weeks, a coored boy,
was seized with fit and tumbled into
the river. Henry hcChan jumped in,
grabbed him by the leg and hauled
him out, saving him from a watery
grave.
Mr.. John J. Cornwell, Of the Hamp-
shire Rerieto, has been appointed State
ststistician for the Agricultural De-
partment. This position was ably
filled by Mr.. d. A. Beard, OF Berkeley
county, under Cleveland's former ad-
ministration.
Lawrence McChan i. in the depths
OF humiliation on account of large
and varied assortment Of carbuncles
that lie is wearing upon his neck.
These carbuncles, it may be added,
are the only things that ever com
pletelY subjugated Mr.. McChan.
Mr.. ID. G. Wsstsnhaver has sold his
half interest in the Martin.burg
Statesman to Mr.. Robert l.. Molsr,
formerly of the Fincastle Herald. The
business of the Statesman will here
after be conducted by Mr.. G.. w.
Boyer, who was q partner Of Mr..
Westenhaver, and Mr.. Moler.
Judges Stake :and Hoffman have
signed an order granting permission
to the Baltimore and Cumberland
Railroad to apply to the board Of
public works for permission to con-
struct a bridge over the Potomac
river and Chesapeake and Ohio canal
at North Branch, six miles east OF
Cumberland.
Mr.. j. Mitchell Slower, the we'll
known peach grower of Edgemont,
says that the peach buds are opening,
and by next week the orchards i'll
the South mountain peach belt will
be in full bloom. He says bad bud
cannot be found on the trees and the
promise OF a very large crop is as
sured unless a cold snap" should
harm the trees next week.
Mr.. Nathan Osbourn, a well-known
citizen of Jefferson county, died last
Sunday at the residence Of his son-in-
law, Mr. William Cromwell, near
Halltown, aged 70 years. The funer-
al services were conducted by Revs.
II. p. Hamill and f, A. Strother, and
the remains were inferred in Elmwood
Cemetery at Shepherdstown on Tues
day.
Tonight and tomorrow night there
will be an entertainment in the town
hall by the members OF Trinity Epis-
copal Church. Refreshments OF all
kind. will be served aud good sup
per can be had for % cents; also,
chicken soup. The stage perform
ance is to begin promptly at Z o'clock.
Admission only 10 cents f.; children, 8
cents. The patronage OF the public
is asked.
Mr.. Fred. L. Weltzheimer, who
went to Baltimore last week on &C
count of his injured leg. the fractured
bones Of which had refused to unite,
will submit to another operation
this week. Dr. Tiffany will put
plate OF silver over the break and
screw it fast, thus holding the bones
firmly together. We trust that the
operation may be a success AMI that
Mr.. Weltzheimer will recover the full
use of his limb.
On the evening of January 5, 1898,
s. NJ. Simpson, Of Luckett's, Loudoun
county, Va, disappeared, ana IL WAS
supposed he had frozen to death in
some out-of way place. His sister,
Mrs. Louis Jones, of 1921 Green street,
Philadelphia, offered a large reward
for his body. On Saturday last Hum
phrey johnson, colored, while fishing
in the Potomac river, near Brunswick,
caught body, which was identified
as that of Mr. Simpson.
Extensive preparations are being
made in Winchester for the meeting
to be conducted by Sam Jones on the
fair grounds, commencing June 2d.
A tabernacle 100 feet by so feet is
under course of erection, with seat
ing capacity OF 5000 or more, while
other necessary arrangement OF like