Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-22
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

HOA oSNASSo WIZ NAbNANb'
Another special term will be held to-
day
A little son of Mr.. John Athey
stepped on the sharp end of hoe the
other day and ran it entirely through
his foot, inficting a very painful
wound.
Miss Lizzie Tenant, former resi-
dent of Shepherdstown, died in the
State asylum at Weston Wednesday
morning Her remains will be brought
here for burial.
Mrs. Cockrell, widow Of the late
Geo. w. Cockrell, died at her home
in Charlestown Tuesday morning,
She was a sister of Mrs ]. ]. w.
Johnson, of this place.
We are obligated to Mrs Ella B.
Washington, of Charlestown, vice.
regent for West Virginia, for a copy
of the last report of the Mount Vernon
Ladies's Association of the Union.
Mr.. Charles H. Reinhart, a former
resident of this county, but who has
been living in Erie, Kansas, for the
past dozen years, has recently moved
to Parsons, Kansas, where he has
built $4,000 residence.
Mr.. R. G. Surbridge, who formerly
conducted bicycle mandatory at
Hagerstown, has been in Shepherds
town the past week looking at the
manufacturing shops. He wants to
establish similar industry here.
Mr.. Jacob Keller knows how to kill
two birds with one stone. He has
improved his property on Washington
street by blasting out the rock, and
at the same time made money by
breaking the stone and selling 1t to
the corporation.
Although the water has been turned
into the c. & 0. canal, the shipment
of coal for through business has not
yet begun. A few of the boats from
this place have pulled out for Cumber-
land, but most of them are still here
awaiting orders.
G. H. Longerbeam has rented the
small Westinghouse belonging to
Mrs. Ella Billmyer on Princess street,
and will move his saloon there the
first of April. The two saloons of
the town will be within a stones
throw of each other
1t is said that Mr.. Frank Delaney,
of Sharpsburg, will open saloon in
Shepherdstown as soon as he can get
license. Well, the more the merrier.
If two saloons are good, as the people
have decided by their votes, four
ought to be twice as good.
After July lst the postal note is to
be abolished and the postofiice money
order is to be so arranged that orders
not exceeding $3.50 may be bought
for 8 cents, and the fee is graduated
until it is sc cents for orders amount
ing to $75 and under 800.
The meanest bit of thieving We
have heard Of for a long time Is re-
ported from Browns Crossing. Some
bastard broke into the Southern Meth
odist Church there the other night
and stole the fine pulpit Bible that
had been given to the congregation.
In a square inch Of the human scalp
the hairs number about 1000, and the
whole number on an adult scalp is
about l2O,0OO.-Erchange There
must be some mistake about this. We
know of some Shepherdstown men
whose scalps won't show dozen hairs
to the square foot.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the NJ. E. Church South
will give missionary tea in the town
hall on the Goth of April. An enter
tainment will be given on 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
Judge Daniel B. Lucas, Major A.
W. Mcdonald, Col. R. P. Chew, Capt.
George Baylor, Col Forrest W. Brown
and others have purchased from the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Compa-
ny the old iron bridge over the Poto-
mac river at Harper's Ferry for
$4,000. The bridge will be used for
a road bridge. These gentlemen will
obtain a charter of incorporation and
form stock company.
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SAYS: Hereafter all announcements
of concerts, festivals and similar en-
terprises, gotten up to make money,