Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-29
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

Every property-holder ought TO do
his share to make our town bright
and attractive looking. If each one
will spend even a small amount in
paint the aggregate effect will be great.
The town council of Boonsboro
suppressed egg-picking for keeps on
Easter, on the ground that egg-pick-
ing is one of the entrances to the path
that leads down to a gamblers grave
Jacob Wintermoyer, the boss cloth
ing man of Shepherdstown, advertises
his new spring goods this week. Bet
ter goods can be bought now for less
money then ever before. Call and
examine his new stock and you will
surely be pleased.
An esteemed subscriber of the REG
IsTER living in Bellefontaine, Ohio,
writes us an interesting letter that we
have not space to publish. Wheat is
selling for so cents bushel out there
and corn at 40 cents. Butter is Is
cents, eggs II, and potatoes Is cents.
The prices for horses seem to be
improving, At sale near Shepherds
town recently four horses were sold
at $45, $50, $lO2 and 5000 respec-
lively. AT the Horse Exchange in
Baltimore last week 1873 horses were
sold publicly at from $25 to $l65, and
so were sold privately at from SIS to
5000 each.
A Martinsburg woman sleeps with
a horse shoe under her pillow for good
luck. The other night she put her
false teeth under her pillow. She
oversight herself the next morning,
and jumping out of bed slapped the
shoe into her mouth and wore it until
breakfast time before she discovered
her mistake.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the NJ. E. Church South
will give a missionary tea in the town
hall on the Goth of April. An enter
tainment will be given Oh the stage,
in which the different nations will be
represented in costume. An admis-
sion of Is cents at the door Will entitle
you to any of the eatables in the hall.
The Martinsburg independent says
that Mr. VIM. Albright will put a
boat on the Potomac river that will
run between Falling Waters and Dam
No. 4. He will accommodate persons
who desire to fish and those who do
not, by furnishing good meals and
good eating on the boat. He states
his boat will accommodate from 60 to
IS persons.
Mile Proctor, colored woman in
the employ of Mrs. Mary Quigley,
was terribly burned about the face a
week or two ago. She was boiling
soap, and when she poured some
water into an OVERLOOKING kettle there
was an explosion that threw the fiery
stuff all over the room. She received
frightful burns and will lose the sight
of one eye entirely
The many friends of Miss Virginia
McGhncy will be glad to learn that
through the kind offices of Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue Joseph S.
Miller, she has been appointed to a
minor office in the Treasury Depart
ment. Senator Faulkner has prom
ised that when a new Democratic Pub
lie Printer is appointed, if there is
one, he will secure her better posi-
ton in that office
At the municipal election in Hagers-
town on Monday Reinhold j. Hahn,
Democrat, who has been mayor since
1890 was defeated by Martin L.
Keedy, Republican, by As majority.
Chas. NJ. Futterer and Thomas Mock,
both Democrats, were elected council
men. The town also voted to increase
the mayors salary from 800 to 5000
a year, and to issue $4,000 worth Of
bonds for fre-alarm system.
We are glad to announce that Con-
gresham Wilson is now on the way
to complete restoration of his health.
He has returned from Mexico and is
now on Congressman Cables ranch
near San Antonio, Texas Tuesday
his physician made the statement
that Mr.. Wilson was gaining strength
rapidly and will be able to take out
door exercise during the next ten
days. He will stay where he is until
he has fully recovered.
The visit of the Franklin and Mar
shall College Glee and Serenade Club
last year is remembered with much
pleasure by our people. The fact
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