Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-02-07
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.

$4o per acre.
The Harper's Ferry Sentinel has
been revived, and the first number
under the new management appeared
last Saturday. We understand that
Mr.. Blake, formerly of Charlestown, is
editing the paper.
JIM. Tolliver, a well-known colored
man of Shepberdstown, has brought
suit against Mr.. R. D. Shepherd, OF
Wild Goose Farm, for $4,000 damages
for alleged assault and battery and
disturbance in Tolliver's store few
weeks ago.
An effort is being made to raise
funds to build public hall at Dufields.
Mr.. R. L. Wysong is at the head of
the movement A joint stock compa-
ny is being organized, the shares of
which are placed at SIS each. The
movement ought to succeed.
A pan of meat on a red-hot stove
caught fire in the house of Charlie
Drew, colored, in the rear Of the REG
IsTER office, last Friday evening. 1t
made great smoke, almost sufocat-
ing the children, who were alone at
the time. An alarm of fire was raised
and the bell rung, but there was no
necessity for firing up the engine.
A bull belonging to VIM. II. Dellin-
ger, near Two Locks, went mad Fri
day morning and created consider
able excitement. He tore up things
generally and inflicted considerable
injury upon other stock. His rampage
was only stopped by means of ropes,
after no little effort. The animal is
supposed to have been bitten by a
mad dog.
A well-known business man of
neighboring town-one who knows
what he is talking about-wrote to the
REGISTER this week as follows: Il con-
slider your paper the best in the State,
and as an advertising medium | have
received more direct benefit than from
any paper l have ever advertised in. "
We value this opinion highly, coming
from the source it does.
The postofice at Grimes, Washington
county, has at last been closed. Il. o..
Elgin, who was the postmaster, is hap
py once more. This is the postofice
which Mr.. Elgin for so long and so un-
successfully tried to have closed, as the
business was so small it did not pay
him for his trouble. Sometimes not
more than one letter was mailed day.
Mr.. Elgin's pay was percentage OF
the stamps cancelled.
George Beaner, colored man OF
this place, has been the owner OF a
sorry-looking old horse that was bare
ly able to drag a small wagon. Some
time ago the animal was turned out
1t wandered around in Reynolds field,
until it fell from exhaustion. The
poor brute lay in the snow and ice,
exposed to the cold winds, until Mon
day when some one mercifully knocked
it the head and ended It's sufferings.
A. J. Criswell, of Martinsburg, a
freight brakeman on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, narrowly escaped a
horrible death at Patterson's Greek
last Monday. He was standing be.
tween the tracks, waiting for his train
to move out, when west bound pass
enger train dashed by, striking him IN
the hip and throwing him about fifteen
feet. Fortunately he fell between the
trains and was not fatally injured.
A surprise party was given to Miss
Emma Fulk at her home couple Of
miles west of town on Tuesday night
The sleigh-bells jingled down Sapline
Ridge until about seventy young folks
from Shepherdstown and other places
had gathered, and they all spent
most delightful evening. Various
amusements kept the party in high
spirits until after midnight. Refresh
ments were served during the evening
Lawrence Stevenson, a colored mar
near town, has been setting a box traI
for rabbits. The trap was down wher
he visited it the Other day and he was
sure he had a bunny inside. HI
reached his hand in to get it, when the
"varmint" viciously attacked him, tear
ing his wrist with its teeth in wicked
!; manner. Stevenson was so badly
scared that he ran in one direction anC
the weasel that had been trapped raj
> in another
) Mr.. M. G. Tabler having bought on