Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-09-24
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of interest that are Happening In
Our NeIghborhood and Elsewhere.

Edgar n. Carter, of Wyoming, are to
be married in the Presbyterian Church
at Martinsburg next Wednesday even.
ing at half-past six o'clock.
A merry party of boys and girls
from town had a jolly straw ride Mon
day evening They went to Mr.. T.
F. Jones's, at Billmyer's Mill, and
spent such pleasant evening they
didn't get home until after midnight.
Hon. William Jennings Bryan, Dem
ocratic candidate for president, will
speak in Martinsburg next Wednes-
day, September 30th, at 1880 a. m.
Excursion rates will be given on the
Baltimore & Ohio and Cumberland
Valley Railroads.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton James, Of
Sharpsburg, were running boat on
the canal and their little child was
taken sick. They left their boat at
Orleans and took train for home. In
coming from Keedysville their child
died in its fathers arms.
The Potomac river is lower now
than it has been for years The river
is filed with a growth of water weeds
between leagues run and the dam,
and it is possible that this may be
partly responsible for the malaria that
has prevailed here this summer.
The famous old Washington monu-
ment on South Mountain, near Boons-
boro, has again tumbled into ruins.
A few years ago vaudals weakened it
by exploding dynamite at its base, and
the storm last Saturday caused the
west side to fall. The monument was
erected in 1927 and rebuilt in 1882.
At the annual meeting Of the Old
Reliable Conductors Insurance Asso-
citation at Richmond last week Captain
Walter Hutchins, the popular and eff
fcient conductor on the Norfolk &
Western Railroad, was elected second
vice-president During Capt. Hutch
ms absence Mr.. c. W. Crow ran his
train, the Hagerstown and Shenan-
doah accommodation.
At Cedar Grove, the country home
of the brides parents, Miss Daisy
Hedges and Mr.. George Royal Whit
ney, of New York, were married on
Monday. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev E. R. Leyburn, pastor
Of the Falling Waters Presbyterian
Church. Mr.. Decatur Hedges, the
brides father gave her away. There
were no attendants and only few
friends and relatives were present.
Elijah B. Daily, of Martinsburg,
aged twenty-seven years, employed as
brakeman on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, met a peculiarly hOr-
rible death at Harpers Ferry tunnel
at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. He
was there in his capacity Of Aagman,
and as he waved a train ahead rock
weighing 500 pounds fell from Mary
land Heights, striking and killing him,
His remains were taken to Martins
burg.
F. SIagIe Souders, a well-known
young man of Charlestown, who has
frequently been in trouble before
was arrested in Lexington, Va, by
Constable J. A. R. Mathena, a few
| DAYS ago on a warrant sworn out by
Rev. J. P. Stump, Of the Methodist
church, charging Souders with enter,
ing his stable in the night time anc
stealing therefrom a saddle and bride
Souders was given a hearing before
Justice Gallaher and committed f
iaiI to await the action of the Crane
jury,
The sheriff Of Frederick county
Nd, has been notified to be on the
watch for James Durham, who muir
dered the Mckinney family in Cali
fornia last May. There is a suspicion
that Durham may have come to Thu
section. He is described as being
about % years ofage, 5 feet III inohe
in height and weighs about 10 pounds
has sharp features, dark hair and mus
tache, blue eyes, medium complexion
When last seen he wore black suit
cutaway coat, black soft hat, No
shoes.
There has been considerable I'M
provement to our sidewalks during tn
past summer, but vast deal remain
vet to be done. 1t would be grea
benefit to the community if NOR
of our property owners would lay ne'
] pavements, for our sidewalks hav
long been VIGOROUSLY bad and Civ
strangers an unfavorable impressiO
of the town. Mr.. Trussell furnishe
ll:l ,o,-;,rr br;clS Of mo1erat