Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-03
PERSONALS.
A Rseord of the Coming and Going OF the
People That You Know.

poration has arrived and has been
placed in the council room. 1t is a
good one, and is something that has
long been needed.
The grounding saw his shadow
yesterday, provided he had his eye
sight and came out of his hole as is his
custom, for the sun shone early in the
morning and again in the afternoon.
According to the legend, we will now
have six weeks of bad weather. Our
private opinion is that Hicks and the
grounding are about on a par as
weather prophets.
A new blacksmith and wagonmak-
ing shop is being erected on part OF
what was formerly the Fayman lot on
Washington street, near the railroad
station. 1t is to be occupied by Mr..
James NJ. Myers, who will move from
his present location, and Mr., George
w. Boswell. They will conduct the
blacksmithing and wagon-relair bus
mess in partnership.
Wheat was decidedly strong last
week, and rose on Thursday to $l,0l!
per bushel in Baltimore, and as high
as $l.O8 cents in Chicago, but on Sat-
urdsy reaction set in, followed by
another decline on Monday, and No.
2 red is quoted in Baltimore at $l.OO.
The Mark Lane Express, in its review
of the grain market, says foreigners
must be prepared for higher prices
from March to June, but lower, with
fluctuations, from July to October.
A meeting of the committee of Com
pany D, 18th Virginia Cavalry, at
which Capt. Jacob H. Engle, of Com
pany A, was also present, was held at
Shenandoah Junction last Saturday,
for the purpose of making arrange
ments for the next annual reunion Of
Companies D and A. 1t was decided to
hold the same at Shenandoah Junction
at date to be named later. The
committee adjourned to meet at the
call of the chairman, Mr.. A. L. Os-
bourn.
Mr.. ]. D. Billmyer, who has been
one of the leading merchants Of Shep-
hsrdstown for some years past, will
move his stock Of goods to Hagerstown
and open store there in a week OF
two. He has rented a room in the
Baldwin House, giving him an excel
lent location. He will run off part
of his stock in his store here, and later
will close out entirely and move away
with his family. The people of Ha-
gerstown will find Mr.. Billmyer a
square business man.
The fears of short ice crop are
over. The cold weather of this week
insures plenty of ice for everybody,
The river froze over solidly yesterday
Notwithstanding it was up pretty high,
and last night and today added to the
thickness. Some persons had already
commenced to fill their ice-houses from
} the ponds near town, but there is nc
necessity for hauling long distance
now Plenty Of ice on the river means
big saving in money here, for other
wise the supply would have to be
bought in HagerstOwn.
Mrs. Susan Terrell sent us an in
tsresting relic few days ago. During
the Mexican war her uncle, Mr. Will
lam Cameron, a well-known Shop
herdstowner, was captured in Mexico
and sent as a prisoner to Cuba. He
was kept in prison there for some time,
and while in this enforced idleness
made for himself from block of wood
well-shaped spoon and fork with
which to handle his victuals. The
implements have Teen in the family
ever since, and Mrs. Terrell has kindly
given us the spoon as relic for our
museum.
We have had a genuine touch Of
winter this week. Monday led of
with a couple of inches Of snow, and
then came cold wave Of the most Wig
orous sort, Tuesday and Wednesday
being extremely cold. The thermom-
eter got down to two degrees above
zero, and biting wind made it seem
much colder. We got but the tail end
of the storm, which was frightfuI
blizzard in the New England States
l There the snow was over a foot deep
: and the fierce winds drifted it in some
, places to depth of ten feet and more
All the railroads were tied up, and
there was great suffering and inconve,
nirnce. Mr.. H. NJ. Turner writes from
: his headquarters in Maine that the
J Thermometer there has been thirty-foul
: degrees below zero. Give US the sun