Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-12-06
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our keighborhood and Elsewhere.


No. 4. l. o. 0. F, are requested to be
present Thursday night, December Is.
Important business is to be attended
to at that time.
The Potomac Cement Mill near
Shepherdstown started up yesterday
and will probably run as long as the
weather will permit. Major Blunt is
expected here this week.
Mrs. Eliza A. M. Gibson, widow of
the late Samuel Gibson, Of Harper's
Ferry, died in Winchester, at the res
idence of her son-in-law, w. NJ. Des-
chon, on Sunday last, aged "a years.
Don forget to call at the "little store
around the corner" kept by Miss Ellen
Welshans, where you can find some
nice things straight from Santa Claus
workhouse cheap for cash. Advertise
next week.
The Hagerstown authorities are about
to buy a new fire bell, but they can't
get a suitable location for it, What's
the matter with setting up beautiful
galvanized tower in the public square
as Shepherdstown has done?
have the largest stock of candies,
nuts, dried and green fruits ever
brought to this market. Bought d.
rect from manufacturers and import
ers. Can sell at very low prices either
wholesale or retail. ]. N. Trussell.
While returning home from Charles
town few days ago, the horse of Mr..
NJ. E. Trussell became frightened and
ran away, throwing Mr.. Trussell out
and injuring him so seriously as to
cause his confinement to his room.
The vehicle was also badly broken up.
They are some imperative changes
necessary in the management of our
corporation affairs. No one in author
ity should be allowed to bring dis
credit upon the town. Next thing the
corporation may get into trouble of a
costly sort.
The general merchandise firm of
Wysong & Miller at Dufields has, we
understand, been dissolved. Mr.. Mil
Ter has bought Mr.. Wysongs share in
the business and will continue at the
old stand. Warren Hunter is clerk
ing in the store.
Miss Hattie Virginia Metcalf, daugh-
ter of Judge John @. A. Mstcalf, form
erly of this place, is to be married at
Palmyra, Mo-, next Wednesday to Mr..
R. J. Freeland. We acknowledge an
invitation to be present at the happy
event. The bride and groom will live
in Denver, Col.
The ladies of the town hall associ-
alton will have an exhibition and sale
of fancy articles in the hall on Satur-
day, December 18th, afternoon and
evening. Many articles suitable for
Christmas presents will be offered.
Light refreshments will be served.
The public patronage is solicited.
In the Supreme Court of Appeals at
Charleston Tuesday State VS., F. Yer
non Aler, from Berkeley county, opin-
ion by Judge English; judgment of
the circuit court affirmed. Aler was
sued on charge of criminal libel and
was found guilty. He edited the
World which is published at Martins
burg.
Work has been discontinued at the
quarry and stone-crusher of the STAN
dard Stone and Lime Company at
Kearneysville, and most Of the hands at
Keller have been stopped. The COM
pany expects to furnish the ballast fol-
the Belt Line tunnel at Baltimore
which will require about six weeks Of
work.
Our friend Thomas Leggett didn't
scald his hogs in putty-keg this year
On the contrary he has put his former
critics to ignominious flight by the
size of the porkers he has just killed
He raised only two hogs this year, but
they were big ones. Their aggregate
weight was S44! pounds, one weighing
426 and the other 41S3. So far az
heard from, Mr.. Leggett is champion
Three young colored gentlemen at
tended festival" in the west enc
last Thursday night and failed in sucf
a marked degree to observe the Ell
ouette due on such occasions that they
were arrested and taken before Mayor
Chapline. They were each fined three
dollars and costs, and languished IL
Jail until the following day, when they
succeeded in raising the price of liber