Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-11-15
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

SA AN"P N0'ea A'o again NIsltcu
our midst" We trust the visit was
but a temporary one-like the back
set that came to the Democratic party
last week.
State Senator elect Brice w. Catlett
writes as follows to the REGISTER :
please express my thanks to the true
Democrats of Jefferson for my mag
nifcent majority. l will do my ut
most to serve them faithfully and well.
NJ. V. Richards has resigned as land
and immigration agent of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad to take a
similar position with the Southern
Railroad. Stephen P. Kretzer, form
erly of Sharpsburg, succeeds Mr.. Rich
ards.
The saw-mill property of the late B.
F. Graves in Shepherdstown, including
three acres of ground and the mill
equipment, was sold recently by COM
missioners Brown and Baylor to ]. W.
B. Frazier and George Kanode for
$40.
We publish on the first page this
week particularly interesting sketch
of the life and habits of that wonder
full man, Charles Broadway Rouss, of
New York and Virginia. The article
was written by Thomas Dorsey Beall,
formerly of this county.
Invitations have been issued by Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel l. Piper, Sharpsburg,
announcing the marriage Of their
daughter, Miss Laughty Duvall Piper,
to Mr.. John P. Irwin, Wednesday,
November %, at 3 o'clock p. m, in the
Lutheran Memorial Church, Sharps-
burg.
Wheat has advanced little in price
during the past ten days, and No. 2
red is quoted in Baltimore at $50
cents a bushel. The rise in value is
due to European influences. The
visible supply is 81 100000 bushels.
Our dealers here are paying 20 cents
bushel.
At the late election in this district
Joseph McMurran received $50 votes
for president of the board of education
and Geo. w. Chase 900. Geo. NJ.
Knott had $50 votes for commissioner
and w. c. Myers 900. There were
428 votes for power to levy and 81
against it; 457 votes for nine months
school and "a against it.
The Grand Lodge of Masons of West
Virginia is in session at Wheeling this
week. Among those in attendance are
w. Manning Lemen, of Shepherds
town, W. E. Meighen, James W. Glen
dening and DR.. A. NJ. Evans, OF
Middleway, j. W. Burr, of Shenan-
doah Junction, Gustav Brown and B.
D. Gibson, of Charlestown.
A bill was filed in the court Of equity
at Hagerstown last Friday, asking for
the sale of the old Antietam Iron
works, three miles south of Sharpsburg,
to satisfy two of the bonds of the COM
pany of 81 900 each, with $500 inter-
est, held by the Hagerstown Bank.
The iron works are in the hands of Mr..
John Hays, trustee under the deed OF
trust from Mr.. Thomas W. Ali, and
have not been worked for fifteen years.
John Bingham Young, an old and
respected citizen of Martinsburg, was
struck by an inspection train on the
Cumberland Valley Railroad, while
attempting to cross the track near that
place Tuesday morning and instantly
killed. Young had been a faithful
employee of the Huntsville Distilhng
Company since the war, and was on
his way to work when the accident
occurred. During the war he served In
the Confederate army as gunner IN
the Wise Artillery. He leaves a wife
and five children.
Down at Charlestown last week
there was feeling Of gloom among
Democrats as the election returns
came in. When the full extent of the
catastrophe became known the friends
of Mr.. Wilson felt pretty sore. 1t
showed great want of tact, therefore,
when well-known Republican said to
an equally prominent Democrat:
"How do you feel now, Mr.. Wiltshire?
II feel like Lazarus" savagely retorted
the defeated one. "How's that?" said
the Republican, with grin. "Been
licked by dogs" replied Wiltshire.
The tower for the new fire bell has
been put up Immediately in front of
the engine house on King street and
the bell safely landed on top Of it, ready