Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-04-07
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.

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ties are to be put in.
Mr.. James NJ. Mason, Jr., attorney
for George Hook, has sold to Judge
Daniel B. Lucas the Cromwell farm
near Millville, this county,
Shepherdstown is headquarters for
the agricultural implement business Of
this section. Our wide-awake dealers
are selling great quantities Of farm
machinery.
Mr.. G. T. Stonesifer and his son
Charles have formed a partnership at
Charlestown to carry on the butchering
business in conjunction with grocery
and provision store.
We call attention to the advertise
ment of Mr.. Chas. E. Lamar's new
store, Trussell's old stand, which is
now ready for business with full
stock of new goods.
The receivers of the Southern Build
ing and Loan Association Of Knoxville,
Tenn, are paying dividend of y per
cent. Shepherdstown stockholders are
thankful to get this much, but hope for
more.
Miss Jane Boteler, of Olive, Nd,
sister of Mrs Lee Moler, of this vi
entity, is to be married April goth to
DR.. John Twigg, of Cumberland, Nd.
Miss Boteler has visited here a num-
Der Of times.
Miss Katie Brewer, of Annapolis,
Md, will have charge of the millinery
department of Mr.. NJ, S. Hiteshews
store this season, and is now ready for
customers with full line of the most
stylish goods.
Mr.. S. S. Stouffer, the Washington
county stock-dealer, sold his fat cattle
last week to a Baltimore purchaser.
He sold 63 head, which averaged l, 36l
pounds. The price paid was $4,67
per hundred pounds.
We print this week on the first page
of the REGISTER an original poem by
Miss Virginia c. Castleman, of Hern-
don, Va. Miss Castleman is related
to the Lee family, of Shepherdstown,
beinga first cousin of the late Mrs.
Laura Lee Simpson.
Some person or persons-supposed
to be mischievous boys-entered the
carriage-house of Rev. Dr. Ghiselin re-
Gently and caused some damage to his
handsome new phaeton by cutting the
cushions and scratching the varnish.
1t was mighty mean thing.
The plant and equipment of the
Shepherdstown Specially Manufacture
ing Company was not sold last Satur-
day as advertised The property was
withdrawn and the sale postponed un-
til Saturday, April 10th, when it will
again be offered. See advertisement
The Odd Fellows are arranging for
a celebration at Shenandoah Junction
on April Goth, when public exercises
will be held, at which addresses will
be delivered by Nh. Z. T. Brantner,
of Brunswick, and other speakers
whose names will be announced later.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Elk
Branch Church Will have literary
entertainment Saturday night, April
9th, at the Dufields Casino. Tickets
of admission % cents, children 10
cents. Each ticket will entitle holder
to plate of soup or refreshments. All
invited.
William Rush, aged Is years, was
run over and killed by B. & 0. To-
comotive at Martinsburg Monday
night as he was crossing the tracks.
His body was cut in two. He had
been an employee in the railroad
yards for many years. He leaves a
family of seven children.
The Vulcan Road Machine Com
pany's plant at Charlestown was sold
Tuesday to J. B. Meredith, represent
ing Pennsylvania capitalists, for ST.
600. 1t is said that parties will start
up in few weeks, as they had sever
al large contracts when they made an
assignment, some weeks ago. The
plant was valued at $4,000.
A couple of months ago Mrs.
Azemia Shepherd missed some valua-
BILE iewelry. She supposed it had been
lost or stolen, and advertised in vain
for information concerning it. Re-
Gently the jewelry was found in
drawer of safe deposit company in
Baltimore where Mrs. Shepherd kept
her valuables. 1t had fallen from the
box in which it had been placed with
other articles
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