Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-10-25
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

day, atfordlng an opportunity to those
desiring it to secure naturalization
papers.
A number ofShepherdstown Repub-
licans went to Martinsburg Tuesday
to hear candidate A. g. Dayton speak
on the issues of the day. They were
not altogether "stuck on him"
There is grief in the household of
Mr.. E. j. Lee. A few days ago, while
getting ready to shoot at some black
birds, Armistead Lees gun was acct
dentally discharged, instantly killing
Fleet, favorite setter dog.
There is an extremely interesting
account of old Wizard Clip" on the
front page of the REGISTER this week.
Some of our older people are acquaint-
ed by hearsay with many wonderful
stories concerning this mystery Of by
gone years.
There Will be a meeting Of the town
hall association at the home of Mrs.
X. w. Reynolds Friday evening of this
week at : o'clock. All members and
others willing to assist with the Christ
mas entertainments are cordially
invited to attend the meeting
VIM. H. Pofhnberger, a well-known
tailor, of Boonsboro, fell in front OF
the Commercial Hotel, in that town,
Tuesday and received injuries about
the head which caused his death soon
after. He was forty-two years old,
and leaves a wife and two children.
Col. James Henry Burton died in
Winchester last Thursday. He was
born of English parents at Shannon
dale Springs, in this county, in 1923.
He was at one tiWe foreman of the
United States Armory at Harper S
Ferry. During. the war he did SPLEEN
did service for the Confederacy.
4 bowling, drunken mob had full
possession of the town Monday even
ing and night, and there was not the
slightest restraint upon them. The
town authorities who allowed the dis
orderly and disgraceful conduct are
being severely criticised for their fail
ure to uphold the dignity of the law.
Postmaster E. II. Reinhart and NJ.
S. Hiteshew have in place, or will
have in a few days, handsome shades
of a dark green, corresponding with
the outside painting, and large lamps
of unusual brilliancy, which will make
their rooms in the REGISTER building
look quite Gifted, by night as well as
by day.
There will be public speaking in
the town hall in Shepherdstown Sat
urday EVENING" at : o'clock. The speak,
ers announced are Hon. VIM. II
Travers, Joseph Trapnell, Esq, and
Hon. A. S. cambridge. There is a
strong probability that there will be
a speaker of prominence from Wash
ington, as arrangements are now being
made.
Hon. w. NJ. Curry, of Indiana, ad
dressed the Republicans of Shepherds
town Monday afternoon. He made a
very good speech from his standpoint
temperate in tone and unobjectionable
but he didn't hurt the Democratic
cause very much. He acknowledged
that the tariff was tax, but insisted
that the foreigner paid it. Mr.. W, y
Chapline was chairman Of the meeting
and made a very vigorous speech him
self.
Last week a party of Rhode Islanc
veterans and the Antietam battlefield
commissioners visited Sharpsburg
The veterans showed the commission
ers where they stood during the battle
General Carman, Of the battlefield
commission, believes by next year thre
hundred monuments and tablets vii
be erected and that within few year
the whole field, which covers abou
800 acres of ground, will be satistac
torily marked.
Mr. George Robinson, of Louisville
XIV. has endowed the Shenandoah Val
lev Academy, at Winchester, Va
with $4,000, this money to be used IL
building or buying new school proper
tv within four months or same to b
forfeited. He also gave four scholar
ships for day scholars only. The none,
has been placed in the hands Of Dr.
W. P. Mcclure, Henry Stephenson
Holmes Boyd, ST., Albert Baker an'
J. J. Williams as trustees.
The Baltimore and Ohio Rallroa'
Company is having plans prepared 10
a large round-house to be built a
Cumberland. The structure will b
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