Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-02-28
LITTLE LOCALS.


| lltn. Only tnose VINO nave palu neau'
tax on or before March 1st will be al
lowed to vote.
Last Sunday afternoon dogs got in
to Mr.. VIM. C. Links flock of sheep
and killed FIVE and wounded FIVE. Mr..
Link is on the warpath, and strange
ours will do well to keep off his place.
An esteemed subscriber living in
the West writes 81 feel as though |
could not live without the dear old
REGISTER, as can hear from my old
friends in Virginia every week in its
newsy pages"
The Clarke Courier says: "Thema
friends of Mr.. Thos. M. Nelson regret
to learn that he has removed from
their midst to make his home in
Georgia We think they ought to be
very glad to get him out.
Mr.. Conrad Syme, clerk of Senate
Committee on Territories, of which
Senator Faulkner is chairman, intends
to open an office in Washington after
the adjournment of Congress and de-
vote himself to the practice of his pro-
fession, the law.
The Juvenile Missionary Society of
the NJ. E. Church South will hold an
entertainment in the church tomorrow
evening. March LIST, at Z o'clock. The
public are cordially invited to attend.
There will be no admittance fee, but
a collection will be taken up.
A canal-boat belonging to Mr..
Charles H. Knott was carried down
the river when the ice broke up sew
eral weeks ago and lodged on the pulp
mill dam above Harper's Ferry, where
it broke in two. Last week the pulp
mill company had the wreck burned,
as it INSTRUCTED the waterway.
The scaffold on which John Brown
was hanged is now in possession OF
Richmond Leapley, Centerville, Md.
1t has Just been brought from Chicago,
where it was on exhibition during the
Worlds Fair. An offer of $4,000
has been made for it by syndicate,
it is said, but it Will probably be re-
fused.
Mr. William Meleester is building
a new clearinghouse on the Aglionby
land east of town, near the Reformed
Cemetery. The site is a very attrac-
tive one. The new house will be a
frame building Is by 80 feet, with a
wing Is feet square, and two stories
high. Mr.. L. G. Brotberton is the
boss carpenter.
In renewing his subscription, Mr..
VIM. A. Morgan, Jr., of Kansas City,
Mo-, writes "Send on the reliable old
REGISTER l regard it as an indispensa-
bic journalistic medium to me in keep
ing in thorough accord with the well
fare and interests of the old town. l
always look forward to its weekly
visits with pleasure and satisfaction.
Samuel Moore, well-known col
ored man of this place, died very sud-
denly of heart disease last Saturday
night. He was standing at Sheetz
corner when he was attacked and be-
came very ill.immediately. He was
placed in the express wagon, but be-
fore he could be gotten to his home he
had expired. Moore was govern
msnt pensioner. He leaves wife and
a number of children.
Young Mr. Snowman, of Dufields
has had number of pieces of skin
grated upon his injured foot, and al
are growing nicely. DR.. Tanner first
put on couple of gratis, which were
taken from the young mans own leg
Afterward some of the young man
friends got up nerve enough to surren.
der short bits of cuticle, and Drs. Link
and Melvin did some more grating
The patient is getting along nicely.
The dwelling of Mr.. Ephraim Wat
son, near Leetown, came near being
DESTROYED by fire whilst the family
were asleep few mornings ago. For
tunately dog was attracted by see
ing fire between two logs in the side o
the house, and kept barking at the
light until he aroused the family
when by diligent efforts the fire was e1
tinguished. Mr.. David Henry's hous'
near by also caught fire the same
morning, and the fire in this case was
also extinguished without serious dam
age.-Sprlt.
Harry Krake, well-known bake
of Washington City, went to Hsgers
town to marry Miss Fannie Schatfer
A large assembly OF guests awaited tn
oo,.o,oonu which was ahout to be per