Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

is an active demand for coal at George
town and different points along the
waterway.
There are valuable deposits of lime
stone on the Hess farm at Dufields,
bought last week by Mr.. Henry W.
Potts, and it is said that Mr.. Potts
will develop the quarries and 60 into
the lime business.
The graduating class of Shepherd
Colleges composed this year of Richard
X. Bragonier, Herbert H. Hartzell,
Mary A. Lickider, Nellie B. Marten,
Mary Genevieve Rightstine, Katie A.
Sewers and Ella May Turner.
The annual catalogue of Shepherd
College has just been received by the
faculty from the public printer. Prof
A. G. Kimler has our thanks for a
copy. The enrolment of the school
thisyear, including the art department,
is 1O9.
A large number of colored persons
from this place went to Martinsburg
last Monday, the especial occasion Of
interest being game of baseball be-
tween the clubs of the two towns.
The Shepherdstown players were de-
feated.
"Sir Charles" the Cleveland Bay
stallion owned by company of farm
ers above Shepherdstown, died last
week. The company paid 81, 900 for
the horse a year ago, but they always
felt that they were outrageously swim
died. The horse came from Canada.
The following persons have been
appointed to positions at the new gov
eminent building at Martinsburg ::
Samuel ]. Thompson, janitor, at a
salary of $500 year; Dennis R. Glad
den, watchman-laborer, at $500 per
year; D. L. Dunn, fireman, at $50 a
month.
Messrs. Diehl & Bro, of this place,
have recently completed and erected
handsome granite shaft over the
grave of the wife of Col. VIM. A. Nor
gan, at Shepherdstown, and beauti-
full statue over the grave of child Of
DR.. Cannon, at Harper's Ferry
SPIRIT.
A circus came to Shepherdstown
last Saturday. 1t didn't advertise,
and the receipts at the door amounted
to four dollars. The employees said
they had been living on bread and
water for several weeks-and they
expected the bread would give out
shortly.
At the municipal election in Mar
tinsburg last week Stapleton Proctor
beat John W. Martin for councilman
by one vote. The city council, which
is Republican, recounted the vote and
declared Mr.. Martin, who is also a
Republican, to have been properly
elected.
Lawyers for the surviving relatives
have brought suit to upset the will of
the late Judge Handley, who be-
queathed couple of million dollars
to Winchester. By the time litiga-
ton is ended there will probably not
be enough left to buy a dime novel for
that great library.
The Shepherdstown Band gave our
citizens an enjoyable treat last Friday
evening by favoring them with an
open-air concert in the college yard.
Our people appreciated the music, and
will be very glad to have more of it.
We understand the band will play in
the yard each Friday evening.
VIM. Painter, a colored boy, was
arrested Saturday evening for stabbing
Alfred Burton, a white youth, with a
knife in the right side. DR.. John P.
Bishop attended the wounded boy, and
whilst the cut was very danger
Gus one, there are prospects that the
lad will soon CONGRATULATIONS
Spirit.
Prof. H. Bronstein, the well-known
optician, will visit ShepherdstOwn
June 10th, and remain one week.
Anyone suffering from weak and de-
fective vision will do well by having
their eyes examined and glasses cor
rectlv fitted. He makes no extra
charge for examination of the eyes.
He will be found at the Entler Hotel.
Owing to the terrific heat last Sat-
urday afternoon and night the audi
ences at the performance of Mrs. Jar
ley's wax works were small. Mr..
Arthur w. Hawks, of Baltimore, was
inimitable as Mrs. farley, and the