Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-06-02
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.

| near ouepnerustoWn, but as We have
not seen them we do not swear to the
statement.
The light of what was apparently a
big fire was observed Wednesday
night to the south of Charlestown.
We did not learn whose property was
destroyed.
Wheat is still on the down grade,
and is quoted in Shepherdstown at
only 90 cents bushel. And this is
the time of year when it is generally
highest in price.
Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss, the
generous New York merchant, has
contributed hundred dollars toward
the erection of Confederate monu-
ment at Berryville.
Sergeant Chas. C. Benn, of Clarke
county, gallant soldier in Company
G, Second Virginia Regiment, died
recently at the Confederate Soldiers
Home near Richmond.
Oo'pVl DtdlI, Vi l4duTel county
Kentucky, has been awarded the mai
contract between Bolivar and Har-
per's Ferry, from July /, 1898, to 1897,
at Sl25 year. There were ten bids.
Mr.. John G. Lambert not ONLY
made first-class pavement in front
OF his own property, but made an ex-
celIent crossing at the alley adjoining.
Oh, that others would follow his ex-
amplel
Strawberries, oranges, bananas,
lemons, new potatoes, cabbage, peas,
cucumbers, fresh candy, cakes, crack
ers, bologna, pickles, with full line
of groceries, this week, at J. A. Sta
ley's new store.
This will be the last copy of the
REGISTER sent to some delinquent
subscribers unless they pay up. From
this time forward we will weed from
our books the names of those who do
not pay up promptly.
Messrs. j. II. Mowbray, Of Dover.
Del, and y. b. Smith, of Middle
bourne, formerly editor and proprie-
tor of the Tyler county Star, have pur-
chased the Martinsburg Herald, and
will take possession about July 10th.
At the municipal election in Win
chester last week-held under the
Australian systematic entire Demo
cratic ticket was elected The ques-
ton of building public hall was
voted upon, and the ma jority in favor
of it was 81.
y WilliamSport young man when
spoken to recently by friend of the
possibility of his being appointed
minister 10 some foreign country re-
piled that if such thing were to
happen he would be compelled to get
somebody to write his sermons.
The graves of the Confederate dead
at Charlestown were decorated with
flowers last Saturday, aud an attract
i've programme of exercises carried
out. Addresses were delivered by
Col Richard II. Lee aud Mr. ]. Morti-
mer Kilsour, both of Leesburg, Va
Mr.. Chas. p Wilson, of Summit
Point, who lost his boarding house by
fire May 18th, sent in his proofs of
loss May Goth, and Oh May eth re
ceived checks for amount of policies.
We commend the agency of Washing
ton & Alexanderfor their promptness.
Spirit.
The Martinsburg correspondent of
the Wheeling Register writes that Mr..
Chas. O. Lambert was thrown from
buggy last Friday and had one of his
legs broken. DR. r. J. Bland and Mr..
J. O. Holiday were also painfully in
iured in a runaway accident the pre-
vious day.
The county court of this county has
decided that the act of the Legislature
requiring the publication of the
names of delinquent taxpayers does
not apply to the taxes for 1892 hence
the list will not be published this
year. We notice, however, that in
some counties Of the State an oppo-
site view is held and the delinquents
are being published.
Carey TruSSell met with a singular
misfortune one day last week. He
was standing in a manager in his
fathers stable when horse bit him
on his bare oes-fortunately not Sc
verely. The only explanation of the
horses action is that he saw the corn
on Carey's foot Carey has fully re-
covered-that is, he only limps when
he has to go on an errand.
The highest salaried postmaster in
West Virginia is Postmaster w. J. w.
Cowden, of Wheeling, whose salary is
S3,1OO exclusive of clerk hire, of
course. and the other extreme is found
in the postoflice at kedron, Upshur
county, for the management of the
affairs of which Postmaster w. NJ.
Steele receives from the government
the munifcent sum of Al cents year.
The ceremonies on decoration day
at Antietam were not very interest
ing. \ few members of the q. a. r.
and band or two of music composed
the procession and the exercises at
the cemetery were gone through with
in "a perfunctory manner. 1t was
pretty day, though, and there was
large crowd of persons present, many
of whom went from this side of the
river.
Mr.. Henry C. Winship, general man
ager of the Chesapeake and Ohio ca,
nal. has sent his resignation to the