Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-11-22
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.


page of the REGISTER.
Mr.. G. w. Hoffman and Miss Byrle
McQuilkin, two well known young per-
sons of this vicinity, are to be married
atthe home ofthe bride near Shepherds
town next Tuesday evening.
A number of shepherdstown people
were summoned to Charlestown yester-
day to appear as witnesses before the
grand jury in connection with the re-
cent fires in Shepherdstown.
The male boa constructor in the Lon
don zoo" recently swallowed his mate,
who was very ill-tempered serpent.
A Martinsburg man says he wishes he
was built like boa constructor.
Ben Diggs, colored man of Hagers-
town, died last Friday of excessive
liquor drinking. On election day he
drank half gallon of liquor. He be-
came unconscious and paralysis fol-
lowed.
We understand that the late R. A.
Alexander, of Charlestown, carried life
insurance to the amount of $4,000.
1t is said that John Burns, who died
a week or two ago, had $4,000 life
insurance.
Rev. Geo. G. Everhart met with a
slight accident on Tuesday. He was
climbing the ladder leading to the hay
NOW in his stable when he slipped and
fell, and striking against an obstruc-
ton fractured one of his ribs. He was
able to be out next day,
We call attention to the prospectus
of the Wheeling Register in another
column, The Register is bright, en-
terprising, up-to-date newspaper, and
ought to be read by every wide-awake
man in the State. The weekly edi-
ton is frst-rate paper.
At meeting of the directors of the
Jefferson County Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company last Friday John A.
Washington was elected temporary
secretary of the company in place of
R. A. Alexander, deceased. His term
expires the first of next April.
Referring to the recent visit of two
persons to Morgantown, the Ne0 Do
miaion says: 1--WE would be pleased
to see both in our midst frequently. -
We can't exactly figure how Br'er
Fleming could see themif they were in
his midst-unless he had pane in his
stomach.
A union thanksgiving service will
be held on next Thursday at II o'clock
in the NJ. E. Church. The ministers
of the town will participate, and Rev.
F. A. Strother, of the NJ E. Church
South, Will preach the sermon. A col
lection for the benefit of the poor will
be lifted.
Charles H. Baugher, aged twenty
five years, committed suicide by hang
ing himself with a rope attached to a
limb of tree at Berryville, Va, last
week. He complained of feeling badly
for several weeks and the rash act is
attributed solely to i'll health and de-
spondency.
One night last week some miscreant
went across the lot owned by J. N
Trussell, near the cemetery, and delib,
erately broke down row Of young
fruit trees, about a dozen in number
utterly destroying them. Such mean,
ness ought to be punished with the
greatest severity.
Col. Morgan has had patent gate
nut at the entrance to his lane on the
pike. You can sit in your buggy or Oh
your horse and pull a string and the
gate sails through the air and out o.
the way like bird. When you pass
through you pull another string anc
the gate flies back in Its place. 1t Il
fine invention.
1t is now believed that the man whe
was arrested in Cincinnati for com
plicity in the Aqua Greek train rob
berry near Washington. and who gave
the name Morganfeld, is one ofthe mel
who were acting so suspiciously neal
Sharpsburg couple of months ago
1t is thought by many persons that the
gang which was broken up near An
tietam was preparing to rob train OF
the N. & w. Railroad.
Messrs. Thomas and William Mucl
have almost entirely removed the Line
building from the College property
1t was a very old structure-Just how
old no one seems to know. The frame
of the building was of poplar, and mos
of the lumber is still solid and sound