Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-04-22
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Company is making arrangements to
run their railroad into Williamsport.
Henry Evans, wholesale tobacco
dealer, of Winchester, died suddenly
last week of heart disease, aged 64
years.
The fine, large frame cottage, owned
by Mrs. NJ. E. Clark, two miles north
of Sandy Hook, was totally destroyed
by fire last week.
The large barn on the farm owned
by H. J. Fadeley, in Loudoun county,
was destroyed by fire Sunday night.
Loss $4,000; insurance 81, 200.
Harriet Simms, colored woman,
dropped dead from heart disease on
Monday at Hagerstown, and when her
son heard the news he died also.
The Hagerstown Railway Company
begun the construction of the extern
sion of the electric railway, one mile
and three-quarters, to Funkstown.
RI. Cubbage, brakeman on the
Norfolk and Western, was caught be-
tween cars Monday morning at Basic
City and was so badly injured that he
died in a few moments.
Rev. DR.. A. C. Hopkins, of Charles
town, will deliver his able lecture,
From Petersburg to Appomattox,
before the Front Royal Camp Of Con-
federate Veterans, on the lst of May,
during the session Of Presbytery.
il. Clifford, colored, Ma1tinsburg,
sued the school board for 81 900 dam
ages because an alleged immoral teach
er was employed, whereby he contend
ed his children were deprived Of the
benefits of the school. He didn't get
it.
May Cromwell, ten-year-old daugh-
ter of Charles Cromwell, of Brunswick,
killed herself by falling out of bed.
She drank eggnog, which made her
sick, and leaning out Of bed lost her
balance. Her head struck wash
bowl and she died in ten minutes.
On Wednesday while Thomas Reel
was blowing in one Of the fields on the
H. H. Keedy farm, near Eakles Mills,
he plowed up lot Of bullets and two
boxes of gun caps, relies Of the late
war. The balls were gathered up and
weighed 45 pounds. No doubt they
were buried in 1862.
The Charlestown town council has
approved applications forhquor license
for Messrs. j. S. yesterday, W. G.
Earnshaw, Elias Hiney, NJ. j. a. ELL
lott, F. B. Souders, NJ. J. Kain, j. P.
West, Geo. w. Thomas, Jas. A. Thorn
as and S. V, Yantis. Also applca-
ton for license to sell beer to Henry
Miller.
1t is stated that an effort is being
made by eastern capitalists to secure
the water powers belonging to the
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SNYDER, of the Shepherdstown REG
1srER, has crushed our fondest hopes
for getting fire engine in this town.
He had the audacity to say that if we
get an engine our "Hooley Goolys'
would set houses on fire just to see the
thing squirt, and two-thirbs OF the
gump-head inhabitants believe it.
We will, however, attend to Snyder
the first time we visit Shepherdstown,
which won't be very long. So choose
your weapons, oro'ner' at once, NO
9 IREy3jS? will 1 aPRsaSs our angel
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Charles Harrison, colored, of Will
Transport, Md, died Friday night under
extraordinary circumstances. On
Thursday night he and two colored
companions, named John Young and
Richard Coates, drank whiskey to test
who would last the longest. Harri-
son drank nine giIls Of whiskey-a
quart and one gill. The other men
We're not far behind him. Harrison
sank down at the bar unconscious and
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