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

lSlS lUlS week. IL YOU O"e lOI luS
REGISTER pay up, or you may not
get it next week.
late Dr. Robert A. Lucas, died on
June 10th at De Witt, Iowa. Mr.. Lu-
cas- was born and raised in Jefferson
county, but left here for the West be-
fore the war. He was buried at
Lyon, Illinois.
Last Sunday while Landon Kerney,
son of Mr.. James w. Kerney, was
playing with little pet dog belong
Ing to the family the animal sudden
ly bit him on the upper lip, infllcting
a painful wound. DR.. Butler cauter-
lied the wound.
II. c. Shull, |. q. Mask and Thomas
+. Fitzgerald, of the Norfolk Il West
ern Railroad, held a sort of civil ser
vice examination at Hagerstown last
week, the object of which was to see
how familiar the employees of that
road were with its book of rules.
Mr.. George S. Knott is having a
new building erected at Moler's Gro IS
Roads to replace the one destroyed
by fire a few months ago. There will
be store-room and hall above it as
in the former building, and an addi-
ton to be used as a dwelling house.
The ladies Of the Southern Metho-
dist Church at Unionville will have
lawn sociabe at that place July 14th
and 18th, afternoon and night. All
the usual refreshments will be served,
and the public patronage is solicited
The proceeds are for church repairs.
Some of the residents of Bridge
port, opposite this place, are greatly
annoyed by men and boys who go
bathing in the canal and river. We
would suggest to the bathers that
they select places more remote from
dwelling houses to enjoy their sport.
The school authorities of Charles
town have purchased for a graded
school building the big office building
built by the Improvement company.
Ii is on the wrong side Of the railroad,
and probably ninety hundredths
of the children will have to cross the
tracks going to and from it.
The steam dredge of the CheSa-
peake and Ohio Canal Company is at
the Guard Lock, at the foot of Big
Slack water, dredging the canal which
was pretty nearly filed up at that
place by the flood some two or three
years ago \ channel was cut through
SO that boats could pass. 1t is esti-
mated it will take two or three months
to get through at this point.
The ladies of the Southern Metho-
dist Church, as previously announced,
will hold lawn festival in the col
legp ward Friday and Saturday even
ings of this week. All the usual re-
freshmcnts will be served, including
the very incest sort of chicken soup.
An open.air concert, free TO all, will
be an additional attraction. The
patronage of the public is solicited.
The flower thief is the meanest OF
all thieves, and we are sorry to learn
that there are some Of them in Shep-
herdstown. Saturday night n very
beautiful lily was stolen from Mrs
Rachel Snyder's front yard, and we
learn that Mrs. j. S. Pierce's place
near town has also been despoiled OF
some choice flowers. 1t is singular
that anyone good enough to like
flowers is bad enough to steal them.
Suits have been entered against the
Antietam Cement Company by Moses
Nhitson, through his attorneys, f.
+. McComas and VIM. Kealhofer, to
recover 81, 4OG.G5, amount claimed to
be due for services rendered from
June 30. 1898; by Francis NJ. Darby,
through attorney VIM. Kealhofer, to
recover 81 51O.4j, for services rendered
as secretary and treasurer OF said
company; by Chariot Butler through
VIM. Kealhofer, attorney, on prom
issory note for $500.
Wednesday afternoon a great com
motion was caused on Main street by
piercing screams that came from the
college yard. A crowd quickly gath
cred. when it was found that while
Herman and Clifton Wintermoyer,
two boys, had been playing III the
rear of the building two heavy iron
doors had fallen upon Clifton. He
couldn't move, and when the doors
were lifted from him he was suffering
considerably. He was taken home,
and will soon be all right again.
The freight business Of the Norfolk
and Western Railroad has fallen oil
very largely as compared with CORE
spending seasons of the past few
wears. 1t is stated that but for the
shipments of southern vegetables and
fruits the trainmen would not be en-
ployed more than half time. As it is,
they are not making more than two
thirds the wages of former years. The
trainmen. of course, do not under
stand the cause of the shortage of
freights, except that the old-tlme bus
mess does not present itself. Howev-
er. they hope for brighter future
HagaStotca Globe.
\ correspondent of the Martinsburg
Independent says: Mr.. II. G. WelShans
had three hams taken from his smoke
house one night last week, and the
same night Mr.. David Bartles, who
resides on the same farm, had six
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