Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-10-10
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere


odist Church will have an oyster sup
per at Bakerton on Friday and Satur-
day evenings. November lst and Cd,
to which the public is cordially invited
Miss Martha Flanagan, of the Baker
ton neighborhood, brought to the REG
lister Office few days ago some of
the finest pears We have ever seen.
They were as pretty as pictures and as
good as they looked.
Mr.. Joseph L. Cookus left at our
Office on Tuesday part of raspberry
bush on which were a number of rasp-
berries, some green and others dead
ripe. It's trife late in the season
for this sort Of fruit.
Messrs. Mowbray & Evans have con-
Guided to retire from the newspaper
business and have sold their Martins
burg Free Lance to D. S. Eichelberger
& Co., who will conduct the paper as
a straightout Democratic sheet
Col. R. P. Chew, of Jefferson county,
and Senator Brice W. Catlett, of Nor
gan county, are among the delegates
appointed by Governor MacCorkle to
attend the national road congress to
be held at Atlanta, Ca, this month.
The Norfolk & Western Railroad is
doing very large freight business at
present, heavy shipments ofcattle help
ing considerably to swell the volume.
The other day solid train of 30 car
loads of cattle passed through here and
again a few nights ago 81 cars.
The city council of HagerstOwn
Tuesday night granted franchise to
the Hagerstown and Potomac Railway
Company to construct an electric street
railway in that place. The company
will also build trolley line between
Hagerstown and Wiliamsport.
Mr.. W. N. Lemen is having line
of pipe laid from the town run on New
street to his elevator and warehouse
in order to have an abundant supply
of water for his steam engine. If the
water will not flow by gravity it will
be pumped. About 800 feet of iron
pipe is required.
Rob ert G. Miller had done consid-
cradle portion of the excavating for
the new college building when it was
discovered that the contractor had
staked off the building in the wrong
place. Work has been stopped until
Contractor Mccoy returns and makes
the correct location.
Mr.. J. Harry Beall, a native Of
Charlestown who is now official stenog-
rapher and assistant superintendent OF
the New York Produce Exchange, has
been nominated for the legislature by
the Democrats of the Yonkers district
The district has Republican majority
of about $4,000, unfortunately.
George w. Show, baker, expects on
April lst to vacate the Bowman build
ing, where he has conducted business
for seven years. He has not yet de-
cided what he will do, but has FIVE or
six things in view. He may engage
in business in another room or he may
leave town.-HagerStoUm Globe.
JD. Swartz, the old reliable Hagers-
town merchant tailor and clothier, has
a fine selection of new piece goods that
he will make to order as well as COM
plete line of gents furnishings. He
invites the people of Jefferson county
to call upon him and invites their pa
tronage. Satisfaction guaranteed.
The great drought still continues IN
this section. Several times this week
clouds have gathered and there was
every appearance of rain' but nothing
more than slight showers resulted.
Yesterday the weather got much cold
er, and the first snow Of the season fell
"a few flakes from passing cloud,
One day last week while Mr.. Geo.
W Cation, who lives below town, was
hauling lumber in two-horse wagon
the horses were frightened by dog
that jumped over a fence and barked
at them. The horses ran away and
broke up the wagon pretty badly.
Mr. Cation was thrown from the wagon,
but escaped with a few bruises.
The annual business meeting and
election of officers of the Christian En-
deavor Society of the Lutheran Church
will be held on Friday evening OF this
week at 7 o'clock at the home OF d..
L. Snyder. Matters of interest to the
whole society will be presented and
the presence of every member is de-
sired. Reports of retiring officers and
committees will be presented