Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-05-10
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening in
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

Let all attend and help along a good
cause.
We are pleased to note the appoint
ment of Mr.. Frank Lucas, of this
county, to a position in the Postoffice
Department at Washington. 1t was
secured through the influence of Sen
ator Camden.
In noticing the macadamizing of
Main street, now being done, Mr..
James a. Adams says that the streets
in Shepherdstown were first piked in
1834-just sixty years ago. He re-
members it well.
The prospect for a heavy wheat crop
in this section is excellent, and if the
wheat continues to improve as now
seems likely the yield will be enor-
nous. The wheat is just beginning
to head in some places.
William Wells's fiery, untamed steed
ran away again last Friday. When
it got tired of running it walked.
Little Lester Wells held on to the
reins until he came to a nice, soft pile
of broken stones, and then he tumbled
out.
The ladies are preparing for the
usual entertainment in the town hall
in Shepherdstown on decoration day.
All who are willing to assist are re-
quested to meet at the home of Mrs.
Reynolds Saturday afternoon at 4
o'clock.
The ladies of the Reformed Church
will hold a social festival at the resi-
dence of Mrs. T. H. Davis, for the
benefit of the Sunday school, on Sat-
urday evening, May 10Th, instead of
May l3, as before announced. Soup,
ice cream, cake and tally Mr. Davis
will have his dog tied.
William Simpson, for several years
the chief policeman of Charlestown,
was found dead in bed last Sunday
morning. He had bought a vial of
laudanum the previous day, and it is
supposed he committed suicide Simp-
son, who was about 60 years old, leaves
wife and three children.
The Entler Hotel in this place is
doing well under the management
of Mr.. D. l.. Rentch. The register
shows a good record Of transient
guests, and there are a number of
permanent boarders. We have heard
many compliments concerning the ac-
commodations at the hotel.
Now is the time for every one to
see that his own premises are put in
order and that any dirt or garbage
that has accumulated is removed either
by burning or hauling away, that no
lurking places for disease can be found.
If every owner takes care of his lot,
all will be well, otherwise all may be
wrong.
The jury in the case of Rudolph
Zeigler, who has been on trial at Berke
ley Springs for the past week for kill
ing John Sautter, rendered a verdict
of voluntary manslaughter; penalty
one to five years. The prisoner was
sentenced to two years in penitentiary.
Judge Faulkner overruled a motion
for a new trial. 1t is believed that
the case will be appealed
The new management of the Hagers-
town daily Ne,cs assumed charge Of
that paper last Monday, with Col.
Philip w. Avirett as editor The
Ne,rs will be Democratic, but will be
devoted to the "Rouss religion. " The
first number contains four columns
concerning Charles Broadway Rouss,
the New York millionaire. The pa
per is much improved.
Mr.. John Small, a young man of
% years old, met with frightful ac-
cident in Berkeley county last Friday.
He was cleaning the sawdust pit at
Criswell's saw mill near North Noun
tain. He raised his head too high
while in the pit, when the saw struck
him in the head. His skull was sew
cred above the temple and his eye and
cheek was terribly lacerated. He will
probably die.
The annual meeting of The stockhold-
ers of the Norfolk & Western Railroad
Company was held at Roanoke last
week. The English party that de-
sired a change in the management
could not secure control of a sufficient
amount of stock to influence the meet
ing, so the old regime triumphantly
elected its old directors, as follows
F. J. Kimball, C. H. Clark, Joseph l.
Doran. Richard Brock, Samuel a.
Grocer, A. ]. Dull, U. L, Boyce, W.