Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-08-20
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and elsewhere

The vehicle was pretty thoroughly
wrecked but nobody was hurt.
Mr.. Scott Palmer, aged As years,
resident of Hagerstown, committed
suicide on Thursday last at his home
in that place, by taking laudanum.
The N. & w. carpenters have put
down new platform at the station
building here and erected new tool
house for Section Boss Nelson Wilson.
Mr.. D. F Billmyer has completed
the repairs to his Touring mill, and
the new trunk furnishes water in am
pie supply to run the mill every hour
in the day
The Hagerstown Fair Associations
making preparations for big fair this
year. The dates are October 2O-23.
The sum of $4,000 will be offered for
race premiums.
The Charlestown band serenaded
Col VIM. A. Morgan at his residence
near town on Monday evening last.
They also stopped in this place and
serenaded DR.. A. S. Reynolds
Mr.. William Campbell, of Charles
town, is the member for Jefferson
county on the Democratic congress
ional executive committee. Mr. Camp
bell is a good man for the place.
The Democrats of Manning School
House have organized Bryan and
SewalI Club, with thirty members
B. E, Beavers president and treas
urer, and Jas. R. Appel secretary.
Mr.. Harry Reid writes US from
Medley, w. Va; "The REGISTER is
very interesting to me, and I hope to
be subscriber as long as the paper
lives. Glad you have come to stay,
Harry.
Hon VIII T. Burnside, Of Buck
harmon, this State, will address the
voters of Shepherdstown next Monday
night. He will also speak in Charles
town Tuesday afternoon and at Har-
pers Ferry Tuesday night.
Charles Onderdonk, of Sharpsburg,
a boatman Oh the C. & o. canal, was
overcome by the heat while boating
last week and had to be removed
from his boat to his home. "Tudin,
as he is Familiarity known, was a for
mer resident of Shepherdstown.
Mr.. G. A. Fossett, formerly in the
employ Of the B. and o. at Bruins
wick, Nd, is now employed as bag
gage master at Shenandoah Junction,
the regular baggage master being dis
abled by having several Of his fingers
badly mashed by boxes falling on
them.
The Norfolk and Western railroad
will sell excursion tickets to the
Changers interstate picnic and e1hi-
bition at Williams Grove, Pa, Au-
gust "a, %, 26, 81 and %, good to
return August 81, for regular trains,
Fare for round trip from Shepherds
town $3.50.
Messrs. Bernard H. Trussell and
Geo. NJ. Beethoven, Jr., of this place,
have received appointments as cadets
to the West Virginia University at
Morgantown through Regent Geo. F.
Evans, of Martinsburg. They will
enter the University at its opening,
September 9th.
Miss Maggie Warfeld, formerly Of
this place, got her right hand caught
in the machinery of the ducking mills
in Baltimore county recently, where
she was working, and it was mashed so
badly that two of her fingers had to
be amputated, She has had a serious
time with the injured hand.
Mr.. J. B. Miller, who is an all-round
newspaper man, is giving the REGISTER
some valuable help this month. To
him we are indebted for the excellent
paper of last week. The business Of
the REGISTER is now far ahead Of any
thing in the printing line ever known
in Shepherdstown or Jefferson county.
We regret to learn of painful ac-
cident to our friend Mr. J. Fred Keep
linger, of Vanclevesville, few days
ago. He pulled what he thought was
an empty cream can from car but
it was in reality full one, and fall
ing upon his ankle injured it so badly
that he may be unable to do any work
for a couple of months
The hog cholera has invaded this
neighborhood. Mr.. George W. os-
bourn, who lives below Shepherds
town, along the river has lost eight
cen hogs with the disease, among them
being eight large, fat hogs. The ohOI-
era probably came from Maryland as