Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-02-21
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Happening IN
Our helghborhood and Elsewhere.

nights of this week. The public is
invited.
On the first page this week will be
found characteristic article from the
pen Of Charles Broadway Rouss. 1t
contains some pungent points on poll
tics and business.
A blue limestone shaft. eight or nine
feet high, has been erected by the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad Company to
mark the site of the John Brown
Fort" at Harper's Ferry.
The newspapers round about have
had Mr.. Harry Munday dead, his feet
amputated and both hands cut of.
None of it is true. He will soon be
all right, we are glad to report.
There was heavy fall of snow up
the Valley last Saturday. From Lu-
ray to Roanoke about twelve inches
fell. There was none at all in this
section, and nobody was sorry.
A bill has been introduced in the
Pennsylvania Senate appropriatlng
$4,000 for the erection of memorial
tablets to mark the position of Penn
sylvania commands on the battlefield
of Antietam.
The Baltimore daily papers and
other mail were not received here yes
terday until 5 clock in the afternoon,
The fast mail on the Western Mary
land Railroad was delayed by freight
wreck.
A covey of eight cartridges spent
the first part Of the winter sheltered at
the manufacturing shops at the edge
of town. Only one Of them is now
left. The others were frozen or caught
by hawks or other enemies.
A young man who sent quarter tc
a man who advertised that he would
send the correct name of any mans
future wife for that sum, received a
slip containing his own name with the
word "Mrs." placed before it.
Capt. w. A. Donaldson, who was
formerly superintendent of Antietam
national cemetery, and who has been
stationed at Winchester for some years
past, has been ordered to Baltimore,
where be will be located at Loudoun
Park cemetery.
A committee to protect bondholders
of the Norfolk and Western Railway
has been formed in New York. 1t
will work in connection with a similar
committee which has been formed in
London, where the bonds of the Nor
folk and Western are largely held.
There has been great deal of drunk
enness in Shepherdstown the past
month. In view of the many distress
ing and deplorable scenes that have
been witnessed it will be a strange
thing if the people at the approaching
election snail again vote to license the
saloons.
Senator Faulkner, who is always
among the first to serve his constitu-
ents, has sent large quantity of gar
den seeds to the people here the past
week. The seeds come from the agri-
cultural department. Hon. VIM. L.
Wilson also sent lot of seeds to the
people of this section this morning.
Last Friday. evening while Mrs.
Charles C. Henkle was driving home
from Harper's Ferry her sleigh was
upset in the run at the Old Furnace,
throwing her into the icy waters OF
the stream. Being Methodist, Mrs.
Henkle did not relish the plunge as
much as she would had she been
Baptist.
From the York (Pa) Dispatch: E
E. Billmyer, proprietor of the G. b
Rouss System Store, No. rs East
Market street, owing to the great In
crease of his business has been com,
PEELED to seek larger quarters, and
has leased the large store room No. "a
East Market street, which he will &C.
cupy on the first of the coming month
Last Saturday morning about {
o'clock Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Marten, Of
this place, got on the N. & W. passen'
ger train at Shenandoah Junction te
come home. Just as they got seated
the brakeman came in and announced
that the engine had jumped the track
They sat there four hours longer. Sun
day morning the accommodation trair
was delayed four hours by another
disabled locomotive.
Miss Marguerite Abbott, the hypno
list, gave an exhibition of mind-read
mo in the town hall last Saturday