Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-13
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our keighborhood and Elsewhere.

the evenings of June IA and Is, 1895.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend.
Little Fred Legge, son Of Mr.. ]. F.
Legge, fell from the second-story bal
cony last Sunday to the ground be-
meath. He got a pretty bad knock on
the head, but otherwise seems to have
been unhurt.
The Shepherdstown Independent
made its appearance last Friday. ia
cob Wintermoysr and DR.. G. T. V. S.
Butler are announced as proprietors
and publishers and John H. little as
editor and manager.
Edward Carroll, railroader, was
sandbagged at Martinsburg Monday
night and robbed Of his watch and
$50 in money. Joseph Farrin was
arrested for the crime and some of the
stolen property was found on him.
Henry G. Marten has bought from
]. c. Show the lot Of ground on Main
street, near Princess, upon which stood
Mr.. Shows dwelling-house until it was
burned. The lot has front of So feet
and is about 100 feet in depth The
price paid was 1870 cash.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Anna S. Brugh, of Hagers-
town, who is so well known here, to
Mr.. William Henry Singer, Of Pitts
burg, Pa. The ceremony will take
place in St. Johns Church, Hagers-
town, at II clock on June 26th.
Brown Brothers, nurserymen Of
Rochester, N. Y, have offered % of
their choicest fruit trees, Of any variety,
for the best display Of fruit at Morgans
Grove fair. They will also give %
roses for the best display Of flowers.
These prizes are valuable and well
worth striving for.
While repairing cultivator last
Monday R. H, Rogers. the Kearneys-
Vile carriage-maker, had his hand
pretty badly hurt by being struck by
one of the shovels. He has one conso-
lation, however-he has one good arm
left with which he can hold that brand
new baby daughter.
The Messrs. Shepherd, who were in
New York last week, sent a race-horse
here last Saturday. A hostler rode
him in from Shenandoah Junction with
halter only, and when the animal
passed through the toll-gate south of
town he bolted and ran for dear life
about three miles before he could be
stopped.
Mr.. VIM. Miller has received let
ter from Roanoke, Va, stating that his
brother, Mr.. Thomas Miller, had re-
ceived a stroke of paralysis, but is
improving somewhat. Mrs. Eliza Ann
Miller, his mother, who now lives in
Roanoke, was rendered speechless and
entirely helpless by paralytic stroke
a few weeks ago.
Mr.. Lewis Lucas recently bought
the tract of land belonging to the
Mayer heirs, lying along the Charles
town pike about two miles from Shep-
herdstown. He will improve it this
summer by building upon it barn and
a tenant-house. This tract is pretti-
ly situated body of land containing
about l03 acres. The price paid for
it was $4,000.
Mr.. Towner Schley has handed us
the names of the following persons,
who have been selected as members OF
the advisory board for Jefferson county
of the Hagerstown fair: Col. VIM. a.
Morgan, chairman; Towner Schley, sec
rotary DR.. A. S. Reynolds, J. Frank
Legge, c. D. Wysong, Lee H. Moler,
C. H. Knott, Z. H. Reinhart, Frank
C. Manning, DR.. VIM. NELL, B. F.
Harrison, q. T. Licklider, Harry L.
Snyder, J. P. Kearfott, NJ. B. Baker,
]. H. little, ]. T. Kearney, R. W.
Morrow, Isaac H. Strider, c. c. Conk-
lyn, George Walker.
The firm of Washington & Beall, has
been awarded the contract to supply
the city of Bayonne, N. j., with water.
The contract is an exclusive one for
twenty-five years. The members Of
this firm are Messrs. De Hertburn
Washington and Thomas Ashby Beall'
both natives of Jefferson county, but
now among the most snterprising
young business men of New York.
The contractors have already been
offered large yearly royalty, running
twenty-five years, for the contract
but they will probably decide to con-
struct the water-works system them