Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-08
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our NeIghborhood and Elsewhere. :.

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when President Cleveland was iuau-
gurated.
B. F. Bowers has been found guilty
in the court at Hagerstown for burn
ing the Bell barn near Williamsport
about year ago, when lot Of live
stock were burned.
J. Frank Fields, B. G. O. agent at
Hancock Station, has purchased the
Harrison farm of 200 acres, lying near
Hancock Station, from c. E. Jones, OF
Kearneysville, for $1,000.
The Juvenile Missionary Society Of
the Southern Methodist Church will
have an entertainment in the church
on March 18th. Everybody invited
to come. A collection will be taken
up.
The young ladies OF Shepherd Col
lege will give an entertainment, con-
sisting of readings, recitations, etc, on
Friday afternoon of this week at go
p. m. All persons are invited to be
present.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
has established a regular station at
"Spielmans, between here and Ha-
gerstown, and travellers will appreciate
the accommodation. Trains q and %
will stop there regularly.
The minstrel performance that was
given in the town hall here last Satur-
day night will be repeated in the hall
at Uvilla Friday evening of this week.
Performance begins at 8 o'clock. Adj
mission Is and 20 cents.
VIM. H. Bowers, former resident
of this place, was put IN jail at Charles
town last week for contempt Of court.
He made an attempt to commit suicide
by stabbing himself with scarf pin,
but he didn't hurt himself much.
John Farley, Of Sharpsburg, made
sale. He had two old horses that he
was going to pay his brother James
to board while they lived, but they
did not like the change and they both
died. They were given decent burial
for the good they had done.
The officials of the Norfolk & West
ern Railroad have agreed to stop the
midnight south-bound passenger train
both at Shepherdstown and Charles
town to let off passengers. This Is an
act of accommodation that the people
along the line will appreciate.
The Sentinel says that T. NJ. Con-
ner, of Harper's Ferry, has made a
deal with VIM. J. Shepherd, of the
Shepherd stock farm, exchanging
Rose L." for "Startle Boy" and two
one-year old colts. "Rose L. will be
put on the Shepherd farm as brood
mare.
Tuesday bull gored horse be-
longing to Mr., John Athey, near town.
The intestines of the horse protruded
and he was in bad condition. But
the internal mechanism was put back
in place, the cut sewed up, and the
horse got up and walked. He may
get well.
At municipal elections at Boons-
boro and Williamsport on Monday the
Democrats elected their tickets Eli
Wade was elected burgess and B. F.
Thumb assistant burgess at Boons-
boro. At Williamsport ]. A. Dugan
was elected burgess and Editor G. w.
McCardell assistant burgess.
At a meeting of the Ladies Auxil-
larry of the Y. NJ. c. A. last Friday
the following officers were elected !:
President, Miss Bette Lickhder; vice.
president, Mrs. Alice Gibson secre-
tary, Miss S. j. Markell; assistant sec
retary, Miss Sallie H. Miller; treas
urer, Mrs. C. B. Humrickhouse.
There has been organized at Kear-
neysville branch of the Washington
National Building and Loan Associa-
ton of Washington, D. c., with the
following officers President, VIM. A.
Thompson vice-president, George D..
Johnson secretary, +. y. trump
treasurer, Theo Homsher; attorney,
Forrest W. Brown; special directors,
T. Tucker, c. f. Jones, B. S. Mclntire.
Mr.. Isaac G.. Mask, foreman of the
repair shops of the Norfolk and Wes-
tern Railroad at Kenova, W. Va, has
sold his property in Hagerstown to
Mr.. Joseph +. Beale, of Keedysville
for 81 ,675, and will take his family to
Norfolk, Va. His wife, who was for
merly Miss Fannie Fayman, of this
place, was here this week with her
children visiting her sister, Mrs.