Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-09-26
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of interest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.


set of CRATES and doors from Melville
this week for that purpose. He has
had large cistern dug at the brick
yard.
Tuesday evening Eleanor Potts, the
little daughter of Mr.. Henry W. Potts,
was thrown from horse she was rid
ing. 1t was first feared she was bad
ly hurt, but she soon became herself
again.
Jealousy of one another resulted in
a lively fight between young colored
man and woman last Saturday night,
and in the melee two of the glass in
the front of H. c. Getzendanner's Of
fee were broken.
Harry Thompson, the locktender on
the c. & o. canal who inherited for
tune some months ago, is said to have
been cheated out of all his money.
He is sick with brain fever in hos
pital and his family is destitute.
Mr.. Fred L. Weltzheimer has been
elected secretary of both the building
associations in this place, succeeding
the late H. C. Entler. Mr.. Weltzheim-
er has been acting secretary since Mr..
Entler became i'll a year or more ago.
The Frederick fair will be held this
year October 9Th to 18th. 1t is always
good, but this year the management
have provided many varied attractions
to entertain the visitors. Jefferson
county will send big delegation to
the fair.
There has been a gratifying increase
in the REGISTERS subscription list dur
ing the past couple of weeks. Among
the new subscribers are a number Of
prominent West Virginians who recog-
nize in the REGISTER a representative
newspaper Of this section.
The show-window of the hardware
store of Beall & Coleman, at Charles
town, was broken into last Thursday
night by a colored man named Seymore
Lawson. He stole double barreled
gun from the window. He was caught
and committed to jail to await the
grand jury.
The large barn on the farm of Mr..
Geo. L. Hoffman, near Kearneysville,
was raised last Thursday by Contract
or J. D. Derr's force of hands, assisted
by large crowd of helpers from the
neighborhood There was 10 mishap
of any kind. The barn is IA by 46
feet and is 20 feet to the square.
Attention is called this week to the
advertisement Of the great Hagerstown
| fair, which will be held October 10Th
to 18th. Besides the usual features OF
interest there will be number OF spe-
cial attractions, including wild west
show, the Ada Rehan silver statue,
ETC., and the big poultry show promises
to be greater than ever.
The fair of the Shenandoah Valley
Agricultural Society will be held at
Woodstock, Va, next week, October
lst to 4th. This fair has the reputa-
ton of being one of the very best in the
Valley of Virginia, We acknowledge
the receipt of an invitation from Sec,
rotary George R. Geary, and hope tc
attend. Woodstock is in beautiful
section of the Valley and visit to the
fair will be full of enjoyment.
Mrs. H. A. Carroll and her young
son were recently bitten by a small
dog-a pet of the family. severa
days thereafter the dog sickened anc
died. The Pasteur Institute people
of New York were communicated witt
and are of opinion, based on symptoms
described, that the dog died of rabies
Consequently the lady and her friends
are much troubled, and Mrs. Carol
will probably go to New York for treat
ment.-Chay1esto1cm Free Press.
Andrew Scott, the colored man con
victed at the May term of our circuit
court and sentenced to death for pols
oning his wife, Will be hung at Charles
town next Friday, October 4th, unless
the Governor shall reprieve him IN TIT
meantime. Sheriff Baker is now hav
ing the scaffold constructed from
draft of the scofOld at Washington
upon which Guiteau and other nota
bic criminals were hung. In accord
ance with the law the execution vii
be private and will take place in tn
jail yard.
; Mr.. J. w. Stewart Strong and Mis-
Fannie Grey Bowers, both of Berkele,,
county, were married at noon Tuesda,
; in the Presbyterian Church at Ger
> ardstown, by Rev. j. P. Stump, Q