Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-10-06
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening in
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

this place who prayed hard for the
way to open up for a visit to the
Worlds Fair. The prospect seemed
very gloomy-but they both got there.
Traffic on the canal will not slow
up, the officers of the company say,
until the weather freezes the water in
the stream and stubbornly refuses
passage TO boats This will hardly
come to pass until after the 18th of
December
Col. George w. Shut, about sixty
years of age, died suddenly at his
homein Loudoun county last Sunday.
He leaves q widow and one son. His
wife was daughter of the late Lo-
gan Osburn, OF this county.
Mr.. Stuart w. Walker, OF Martins
burg, and Miss Annette May Thayer,
of Charleston, this State, were mar
red at the latter place on Wednes-
day night. \ reception was held at
the home of the bride after the we'd
ding.
VIM. Piper, while narrowing on his
father farm, near Sharpsbur. found
the remains of Confederate soldier
in the field adjoining and near the
first angle in the Bloody Lane, and u
few DAYS later he found the remains
of another body near the same place.
Rev. Charles Ghiselin delivered an
excellent address at the \. NJ. G. y.
meeting last Sunday on Moody's
work in Chicago. 1t was an ami
mated, interesting description that
held the closest attention OF large
audience Those who failed to hear
it missed treat.
1t is said that the Baltimore 4 Ohio
Railroad Company will erect hand
some monuments At Harper's Ferry on
the site OF the old John Brown fort,
in commemOration Of the last stand
of that deluded but celebrated per
son. The railroad tracks run within
few feet of the spot.
The Shepherd College reading room
will be opened to the public on Mon
day, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
evenings Of each week from : to $50
o'clock. Everybody is welcome to IN
iov the books, magazines and other
periodicals found there The room
will be in charge of some capable per
son each evening.
The gross earnings OF the Norfolk
and Western Railroad Company for
August were $50 49S, net earnings
S2S6. S75. a decrease of S33 us as com
pare with August, 1892 The net
earnings for eight months ended Au-
gust 81 were ST, 79l 1916, decrease of
| S3l ,sl8 a. compared with the CORE
spending period of last year.
Mr.. Randolph Custer the father OF
l.. Il. Custer, who was convicted OF
forgery and is now serving out two
years sentence lin the Moundsville
penitentiary, is circulating petition
for his sons pardon. The petition
bas been largely signed by the lead
ing citizens OF the county 'Ac'"u !" =
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In the circuit court at bal.l'noIo
last Thursday, upon Application u
Thomas X. Crane 1holnas l. E'Ii0''
was appointed receiver Vi 1ne - '"'
Machine COMPANY, nc jim "
tanned y Judgment for 80, lSj against
the company, but that no property
could be found bv the sheriff to salts
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