Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-04-19
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

is now at Moundsville, died IN this
place last Saturday, and was buried
on Sunday.
There will be meeting of Potomac
Permanent Building Association in
Fireman's hall next Monday evening
at 7 clock, when shares will be offered
for redemption.
The contract has not yet been
awarded for the construction OF the
Baltimore and Cumberland Railroad.
We should not be surprised if the
road is never built
Messrs. Sands, Fickwir, Cook,
Bransford and Keim, officials Of the
Norfolk and Western Railroad, were
at this end of the line last Saturday
inspecting the company's property.
The corporation authorities are
having a new bed of broken stone
placed on Main street between King
and Princess streets. The stone is
being quarried from Mrs. Elizabeth
Graves's lot.
Handsome black serge, black dress
goods of every style, beautiful dimities,
Irish lawns, serpentine crepes, MORE
silk, butter color lace and insertion
for trimming, may be found at Mrs
NJ. l. Herrington's
The chicken market is booming
Prices are high and fowls are scarce,
and dealers are gathering them up
very closely. They retail in town at
9 cents a pound, and it's poor hen
that won't bring forty cents
If you want an unusually good hat
at a very moderate price call at B. S.
Pendletons. He can fit you out in
the latest styles-in wool, straw or any
sort you want. His hats will make
even homely man look well.
Messrs. C. W. and S. P. Humrick-
house have finished and shipped a
very handsome walnut altar and cross
for the Theological Seminary of
Franklin and Marshall College at Lam
caster, Pa. They excel in work of
this sort.
Rev. P. P. Phillips who has been
rector of Grace Episcopal Church at
Berryville for nearly fifteen years, has
resigned his charge. His resignation
takes effect the first Of June, when he
becomes the rector of st. Paul's Church,
Alexandria.
Passenger Conductor Andrew II.
Martin, of the Cumberland Valley
Railroad, has announced his candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for
sheriff in Cumberland county, Pa.
He is a son-in-law of L. W. Pofhnber-
ger, of this place
Startle Boy, the trotting stallion
formerly owned by the Messrs. Shep-
herd, of this place, was burned to
death in the big fire at Griffith q
Mannion's stables in Baltimore last
week. He had been sold to this firm
by Thee. Conner.
An order has been issued by Post
master-Genera Bissell that postofiices
established hereafter must be gwen
short names of one word. Exceptions
will be made in cases where the name
desired is historical or has become lo-
cal through long usage.
Rev. James J. Mullaney, Of the
Baptist Church, who was formerly
located in this county, and Miss Alice
Miller, daughter Of Mr.. Abram S.
Miller, of Kearneysville, were married
last week. They will 50 to housekeep-
ing at Kingwood, this State.
| A force of men has been put to
work removing the earth and rocks
from the King street side of the col
lege property, and the material is being
used to grade the grounds in the rear
of the college. This will be fine
improvement when it ia finished.
Three carloads of live chickens
passed through Shepherdstown, north
bound, on the Norfolk & Western
Railroad, last Sunday. There were
eight or ten thousand of them, and
it kept three men busy feeding and
watering them. Boosters were crow
ing and hens cackling.
Mayor Keedy, of Hagerstown, who
is a Republican, is having much diff
Guilty with the city council, which Is
Democratic. The mayor appoints Re
publicans to fill Offices, and the Demo-
Gratis promptly refuse to confirm them
saying they want Democrats or none.
Neither side will yield.
Several young cOlOred men freed a
coon in Elmwood Cemetery, at the
sdoe of town, last Monday night.