Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-10-27
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are HapnenIrs In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

fS|S VI annie mcdowell
a colored woman of that place, few
nights ago.
Mrs. Donley, mother of Mrs. Geo.
W. Osbourn and Mr.. H. Clay Donley
sustained stroke of paralysis Tues
day afternoon. Her advanced age is
apt to cause serious result.
Mr.. Hugh Pendleton has just gotten
a number of photographs taken while
he was in Porto Rico, most of them
having been taken by himself. 1t is
an interesting collection and one that
will not lose in value as time goes on.
Mr.. Charles S. Billmyer, of Billmy-
er's Mill, has rented Mrs. H. NJ. Pen
dleton's farm, to which place he will
remove in the near future. Mr.. Bill
myer is an enthusiastic chicken breed
er, and will go into the business more
extensively.
Sergeant A. S. Morgan resents the
statement that he was one of the
guards at the scene Of the spread
eagling of the refractory soldiers of
the Second West Virginia Regiment.
1t appears that guard duty is below
the dignity of sergeant.
The infant department of the Luth-
eran Sunday school will have a little
entertainment Friday and Saturday
evenings Of this week in the Office room
at the east end of Mr.. NJ. s. Hite-
shew's dwelling-house on Main street.
Soup, icecream, ETC., will be sold The
public patronage is invited.
Mr.. T. H. Davis and Mr.. Dan Dem
DRY spent day recently with the
Messrs. Demory in Loudoun county,
Va, and got lots of chestnuts. This
is trip that we want to enjoy before
long, and we ask our friends over
there not to let the worms eat up all
the chestnuts before we get there.
Mr.. Charles Terrell was taken very
i'll Tuesday while attending the funer-
al of Mr.. c. NJ. Folk, receiving some
thing like an apoplectic stroke. For
tunately Drs. Banks and Strobe were
there, and were able to give him i'm
mediate attention. Later he became
better and was brought to his home in
this place.
There has been a change in precinct
lines in several districts of the county.
1t is thought to be important that the
various election commissioners had
better 90 to the county clerk office
and under his direction carefully study
the lines, so that when the election
comes they will be thoroughly posted.
This is important and should be at
tended to.
w. H. Johnson, colored, was COM
mitted to the grand jury Thursday by
Justice David Howell, of Charlestown,
on a charge of having passed check
for 1852 forged in the name of Daniel
Roger, upon Mr., Lewis Wilt, mer-
chant at Kearneysville. Johnson was
convicted in 1898 of forging check
upon Miss Julia Terrill, and served
three years in the penitentiary there
for.
The Advocate states that $40 was
stolen from Mr.. James Starrin Charles
town one day last week. He had the
money in his pocket in memoran-
dunn book. The thief distracted the
book, took the money out and then
slipped the book back in the owner s
pocket. The loss was not discovered
until next day. Mrs. Starr had her
pocketbook stolen at Hagerstown on
Thursday.
Last Wednesday night the store Of
Mr.. Henry NJ. Ramsburg in this place
was broken into by thief or thieves
who stole goods to the amount Of
twenty or twenty-five dollars, as near
as can be estimated. The back door
was broken open, the thief evidently
being acquainted with the weakest
point. Blankets, shoes, tobacco, no.
tons, ETC., were taken, and the burg
lar then made good his escape.
Robert Chapman, son Of James
Chapman, aged fourteen years, ofSum-
nit Point, is lyinga the point Of death
with a gaping wound in the side, the
result of a gunshot. Young Chapman
and Benjamin Cline, also lad, were
engaged in a friendly scufle for the
possession of an old musket, with
which they proposed killing crows
when the weapon was discharged, the
contents entering Chapman's left side
-Clarke Courier.
The third rural delivery route was
started in Berkeley county last Fri