Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-11-01
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our NeIghborhood and Elsewhere.

81 600 a year. Doesn't look like the
Wilson bill has ruined business here.
The ladies of the Lutheran Church
of Uvilla will serve chicken soup and
supper from until 10 p. m. in the
hall at that place on Friday Of this
week. All are cordially invited to
participate.
Two men from Shenandoah, who
were here repairing car, had a mar
row escape from being caught by
train on the railroad bridge here last
Sunday afternoon. They were badly
frightened.
Martinsburg is being tremendously
stirred up by an evangelist, Rev. Leon
ard Weaver, who is holding services
there in the Lutheran Church. Mar
tinsburg is a pretty good field for work
Of that sort.
A little rat terrier belonging to Mr..
w. c. Frazier, in pursuit of a rat or
ground squirrel, got his head wedged
in hole between two big rocks and
being unable to get out died of starva-
ton A IpOcate.
The voting-place for the upper pre-
cinct of ShepherdStown district will be
in the building of Mr. Joseph Byers,
near the corner of German and Duke
streets. The Hout house, that was
first selected, could not be obtained,
Mr.. John B. Black is endeavoring
to organize a lodge of the knights of
Pythias in Shepherdstown, and has
already secured the names of some of
our best citizens. The K. of ?. is one
of the best secret societies in the land.
Four men with two intelligent per-
forming bears amused the people on
Monday. The bears wrestled, danced
climbed trees and performed other
feats. This morning two men with a
hand-organ and monkey were with
us.
Some time last night the locomotive
of freight train on the Norfolk and
Western Railroad jumped the track
near Shenandoah, piling up the carsln
an immense heap. No passenger
trains from the south reached here
until after II o'clock this morning.
The price of wheat shows some ad-
vance and frmness since last week, No.
. red being quoted in Baltimore at 80
cents per bushel The advance is at
tributed to reports that rain in the
west is injuring the corn. The visible
supply of wheat is rs, 100, 900 bushels.
The burners of the gasoline street
lamps in Shepherdstown are about
PLAYED out. Even with constant re-
pairs they have become very unsatls-
factory. A neat pattern of cOaI-oll
lamp has been set up at Bakers corner,
and seems to be good thing for towns
of this size.
Cards are out announcing the mar
raige of Mr.. Lee Moler, of this vicinl-
ty, and Miss Rua Belle Boteler, daugh-
ter of Mr.. Robert H. Boteler, of Fred
erick county, Nd. The ceremony will
take place in st. Marks Episcopal
Church, Petersville, November l4th
at 1890 o'clock.
Sergeant Rogers took exception to
the remark in this paper last week that
rowdvism was unrestrained IN Shop
berdstown. We can truthfully say
that no reflection upon him was meant
or deserved. He did his duty in ar
resting those who were disturbing the
peace. and it was not his fault that
they went UNPUBLISHED.
There will be a big Democratic
demonstration in Charlestown on Sat-
urdav. General Fitzhugh Lee, OF
Virginia, Col. L. Victor Baughman,
of Maryland, and other distinguished
speakers will address the people
Chairman Daniel invites every Demo
crat in the county to be there on horse
hack to escort General Lee.
Peter Winchester Rouss, son o.
Charles Broadway Rouss, OF New York
was married October 9Th to Miss Ellie
Swami, of Brooklyn. The groom
but 10 years of age, and his fair bride
who is the eldest daughter of Mr., Johr
Swami, head of the shipping firm o
Swami & Son, at &c South street
Brooklyn, is but II years old.
Mr.. John Keplinger, who has run
f milk route for the past % years IL
sbepherdstown, made his last trip yes
terday morning. He will quit tn
, business. During all these years
} through rain and sunshine, he has gon