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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-02-16

The railroads in this part Of the
country were completely blockaded
by the SHOW, which piled UP in great
drifts in the cuts. The Norfolk &
Western Railway was entirely closed
between Hagerstown and RIverton,
but strange to say, there was little
trouble south of the latter point. E>i-
deutly the wind had not caused the
snow to drift AS it did at this end OF
the line. Passenger train No. 3 went
south through Shepherdstown a little
late Monday morning, pulled by two
engines. 1t got stuck in cut near
Ripon, and there it stayed until We'd
nesday evening. A couple of hours
ritter it had gone through freight
train, also pulled by two engines, fol-
lowed 1t south but anchored between
Shenandoah Junction and Charles
town. No. 6. north. bound passenger
train. became stranded at Luray, and
No %, the accommodation for Ha-
oerstown, was shut in at BerryviIle.
A north bound freight tram was held
mp at Ripon. and twelve thousand
chickens, which We're part OF its load,
doubtless would have preferred cook
ing to the freezing which they ex?er-
fenced.
A considerable amount Of the n. &
VS. rolling stock, as is observed, was
stuck in the snow in Jefferson and
Clarke counties-in fact, there WASH t
an engine left in HagerstOwn. Tues
day morning two locomotives were
borrowed from the Western Maryland
road, and train Of workmen started
south to clear the track. With the
help of the regular section men and
extra hands the relief train reached
Shepherdstown Tuesday afternoon
about four o'clock, and by Wednesday
afternoon the road had once more been
opened all the way through. Several
of the engines were dead" and one
of them was off the track. The trou-
bles were finally adjusted last night,
and this morning the mail that had
been accommodating all week was de-
hyered.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-02-16

The Coolest Weather and Heaviest Snow
in Many Years.
Communication with the Outside World
Cut 0ff-RailrOadS BlOckaded.

Cut UlI-Kallr0adS Bl0ckaded.
The past week has been a record
breaker, so far as the weather is con-
cerned, in this section. The snow and
the cold, separately or together, have
been so unusual that either or both de-
serve all the space that this scribe
hereby gives them. We record the
facts in the case, not because cur read
ers are unacquainted with them, but
so that in years to come, when the
children Of the present have become
oldest inhabitants, they can back
up their remarkable stories of the win
ter of SO with the chronicles so vera
ciously set down in the REGISTER
Then, too, we have subscribers in far
distant lands, some OF them in the
sunny South, who are ever anxious to
have all the news from their old home.
We want them to know what prsnks
Jack Frost and the Snow King have
been playing about Shepherdstown.
The REGISTER told last week how
the mercury in our reliable thermom-
rter had gotten down to twelve de-
grees below Zero on Thursday morn
'ug. This seemed low enough, in all
conscience, for be it known that zero
weather is not common occurrence
IN our valley. All LAY Thursday the
mercury hung about the zero mark,
nd at five o'clock it was zero exactly.
Then it began to drop again, and dur
ing the night it fell more than de-
gree each hour. Friday morning II
reached the lowest point, being down
TO sixteen degrees below zero when
Sergeant Dunn took the record at 30
o'clock. 1t kept below zero all day
Friday, and when night came on it
sank and sank until it again reached
sixteen below, early Saturday NOM
ing. The REGISTER s thermometer was
anxiously consulted, and folks could
hardly believe the figures that they
saw with their own eyes. Saturday
the cold began to ease up little, and
The mercury reluctantly crawled up
above the zero mark. Then when the
snow began to come, and claimed a
share of the public attention, the Their
mometer ranged from zero to ten above.
1t was mighty cold from Wednesday
night until Sunday, and we don't re-
call in our recollection such extreme
weather, nor are there any reliable
records to show that it has ever been
colder here. Some folks say, however,
that it was colder in 1872, by from two
to four degrees.
The cold was pretty general all over
the country. According to the wealth
er sharps in Washington, who are sup
posed to know all about such affairs,
The cold wave was caused by al area
Of high barometric pressure which
started away out in the far northwest,
and then travelled eastward until 1t
covered almost all the country. The
high" area had two ceuters, one III
West Virginia and one in Montana.
These two States, therefore, had the
coolest weather. We have no desire
70 take the glory from other places
that were colder than Shepherdstown,
aud reports show that there was lower
temperature at various points. Al
B-rryville reports say that it was 20
below zero at Woodstock % at
Wheeling % Parkersburg q; Hunt
Ingtou "a g.; Charleston q.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-02-16

The county roads were blockaded
entirely, in many places the snow be-
INC level with the tops Of the fences
Efforts were begun on Tuesday to open
them, and now all the roads in the vi
entity of Sbepherdstown are being
made passable as rapidly as circum-
stances will allow. The first thing the
farmers did was to ride their horses
through the deep snow, and party Of
half dozen together would make
some sort of a track. Then several
persons along the various roads hitched
team to wagon and dragged a har-
row behind it, thus breaking pretty
fair road. Considerable work with the
shovel had to be done also, but by a
combination of efforts the roads are
now passable in every direction in this
district and the county has been put
TO little expense. We have heard
though that many of the roads in the
county are practically untouched, and
it VIII take considerable time and
money to open them.
Another road was opened up today,
when big crowd from Moler's Cross
Roads forced their way to town with
sieds, making clear track between
the two places They got to town
about noon after a hard mornings
work.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-02-16


had been persistent 1t was not heavy.
But. oh, what a difference in the morn
ingl When Monday dawned the
storm seemed to have just settled
down to business in the right way.
Before a driving blast the fakes were
flying fast and furious, and we knew
what was meant by blizzard. All
day long this was kept up with never
a minutes cessation. And as II a
couple Of feet of snow on the level was
not enough, the wind undertook to
give special variations by piling 1t up
in drifts and huge banks here and
there. It would be picked up from
one place AMI set down in another,
with complete disregard of the con-
venience or desires of householders.
The wards on one side of the street
would be filled to depth of four or
FIVE feet by snow carried by the ca
PRECIOUS wind from some other per-
sons premises At the Southern
Methodist church corner the pavement
was kept clearly swept by the gale,
while right opposite, along the college
wall, the snow was six feet deep. 1t
reached from the pavement up TO and
over the top Of the stone wall.
Business was partially paralyzed, of
course. Only those persons who were
obliged to ventured out in the driving
snow or plunged through the drifts.
None of the schools held sessions.
Most of the stores were open, but they
had few customers At night nearly
all of them closed, for by this time it
had become not only uncomfortable
but dangerous to be out in the storm.
The snow, soon after dark, seemed to
be lesseniug, but the wind got higher
and blew it in clouds from the roofs
and exposed places. At many places
on the streets and sidewalks the drifts
were waist deep and at some points as
high as a mans head. Some time dur
ing Monday night the snow stopped
entirely, and later on the wind ceased
Tuesday the sun rose in an almost
cloudless sky, and there was scarcely
breath of air. The mercury, how
ever, was still doing business, and the
REGISTER thermometer at clock
touched the zero mark. But the big
storm was over and people began to
take their bearings.
The town presented strange APP
pearance. The snow was everywhere
even the windows of some of the
houses were partially closed with snow
that had piled on the slIls The SIDE
walks and the streets were covered to
depth Of from two feet upwards
When men began to shovel the snow
from the pavements they made small
mountains outside the curb line. The
streets had had track broken IN the
middle by means of a snow pillow that
DR.. Reynolds sent out, but it was hard
travelling for few days, The only
vehicles that ventured out were the
milk wagons, the coal sleds, the ex-
press and the physicians slelShs. The
country people could not get to town,
AS the roads were blockadel in every
direction.
1t was difficult to tell accurately
Just how deep the snow was, because
of the way it had drifted. Measure,
ments on the level varied from p to
26 inches. Two feet is probably about
the correct thing.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-02-16
Chamberlain Cough Remedy In Chicago

Hisgen Bros, the popular South
Side druggists, corner 69th,st' ana
Wentworth-a say: 1--WE sell eie"'
deal of Chamberlain Cough Kennedy
and find that 1t gives the most salts
factory results, especially among cPll MI
dren for severe colds and Group. FOR
sale at Remnants Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-02-16

The blizzard was general through
out the eastern States, and is conceded
to have been the worst spell of weather
on record. For New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and Washington the
same story will answer, and this can
be repeated as true of the smaller cities
and towns. Business was almost en-
tirely paralyzed. The railroads were
almost completely blockaded. A few
passenger trains were moved at lrreg-
ular intervals, but most Of the cars
were closed in by drifts or held at the
stations. The street car service was
entirely cut off in the eastern cities.
Wholesale houses and retail stores sus-
pended business, as it was impossible
for the employees to reach them, and
there were no customers anyhow. Ii
is said that the streets Of the big cities
were practically deserted from Satur-
day night until Wednesday.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-02-16

Rev Samuel Small, the celebrated
evangelist and co-worker Of 5 ,m Jones,
filed 4 petition of voluntary bank
ruptcy in the Supreme Court OF the
District OF Columbia He places his
Liabilities at IS 1928 aud his assets
at 5000
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-02-16

The annual legislative ball was held
at Charleston last Friday night and
was a brilliant affair. The reception
WAS held in the hall of the House Of
Delegates and the ball in the Senate
chamber
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-02-16

The bitter weather Of last week,
followed right away by the snow storm
of more than two days, naturally
brought about a good deal of discom-
fort to everybody, while there Was
much suffering among the poor who
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-02-16
A ARD.

Anyone knowing themselves to be
indebted to me will please come IN
aal settle as early as possible, as |
must have everything settled by the
lst of March. Respectfully,
NJ. S. HITESHEW.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-02-16
BRIEFS.

7, ;s still five minutes 10 ten ~ Jul
town clock.
:" ~. oronndhog had better hunt his
,ole and stay there
~. oldest inhabitant must go back
.,r Ear to beat this winter.
~. crows have been hungry this
= and have been perching on the
Ss IN town looking for something to
est. .,
III. Young folks of the neishbOrhood
-, Pleasant party last Friday night
-. home of Mr.. H. F. Needy, on
Rocky Marsh.
The river was frozen over sOlidly
week. Ice SIX inches thick was
.5.rel. and skating was good until
=. snow covered the ice.
T.. warm rain or a sudden thaw
s. lookout for high water in the
p,,,m,c The mountains along the
.,l,tsr;ss are full of snow.
. sbspherdstown girl says that it
:. rarr provoking to have to get along
w.. -. mails. But Just think
W. l..3 =, would be if there were
~" 49,
~ -- o.ns de.,b 70 The
lux ,~l;,b wore AGAIN becom
E''''''7 ...,l - this section. MANY
'.s a.n,.rs wiu trv to save them
q. w.
h, .;+ : ,oo cold
i-' Wv .1r l'ro 70 he set aside
y ..t.r tnnp around the zero
., of The time during our
--I Monday
II, g wo.b;no+or
~ a. 1,.,,.., h. visit here Saturday
u ~ I'm. ro,,oro3 cataract
t,n Mr. Lewis Dnukle, of this city.
c5,riss,o,ra Advocate.
-. loo.I bol;d.,
ec.orra WASHINGTON
49, s,r;ros Rank will be closed.
$780,. 4rs On that dav must be
- s,r On Tuesday
u. Charles p Cook and Miss Nora
W.. l,r,b,sr If Mr. John Vlck-
nov. ,,,r;sd .J,nnarv 18th at the
p.,.,.,.r;.c msrsa IN Cbarlestown
- NJ q uo,L;ns
49,. =
q, T,. u,.;,
l...r,aa from Sben-
- .n1 ,ba ..oa state Of AZ
I....,,I,.l nra,,v mrcb through
'~.li..,... Is country
G
i-' aD"'p' ,oL IT,
'''s wa y. ,. III,
,Iso b. submitted 10 the voters. No
resor will be permitted to vote whose
i..5 ,sv q NOT mad on or before the
Isl 3sv o, March.
ra,..f,tn Fron,. Turner
49,. I'D from Trso1av
rL-,,.~,,h - T,os3.r F.brr.rv
18th. It was impossible to have the
ule Oh Tuesday last. as the roads were
impossible. Remember the date, Feb
Iu4ry 2Sth. near Bnkerton.
Tn, coal dealers have been very
bg.v tins week Mr. Lemen and Mr.
H,i,.. ,r.r. .;,lc 3a,,rsJ with or
- l =. 80 l..3 .,3
d,a,rse,b]s work they managed TO
keen the teams GOING and snppled
their customer. fnrlv we'll,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-26
AG0NCILLO NOT RECOGNIZED.
SEEMS NO ATTENTION WILL BE
PAID HIM IN WASHINGTON.

His Document Believed to Fore
shadow a New Line of Policy by
the Insurgents-OmcinIs Expect
AgOnciIlO VIII Leave Washington
Some Day SOOn-Absence of Adj
vices From GEN. Otis Gives Assur-
ance That There Is No Trouble at
Manila.
Washington, Jan. 25.-The presentation
to the state department yesterday of the
communication from Agonclllo, Aguinal-
dos representative, as he styles himself,
has not changed the attitude of the de-
partment toward him, and there is not
the slightest obability that he will be
officially recognized by the President or
the department
: 1t is conceded that the document Is
cleverly phrased, with the intention OF
putting the United States government in
the wrong in the estimation of the world.
and it is suspected from the half-concealed
arrogance of the demand to he informed
of the purpose of our government in send
ing reinforcements TO the Philippines. that
this Communication may mark the adop-
ton - new line OF policy by the insur-
gents IN the islands. The first manifesto
ton % this in case it is decided to resort
to open hostilities, probably will be the
sudden q, sarture of Agoncillo and his etan
from Was ngton and from the limits OF
the United a Ntes
There was a. isence of advice from
Cen Otis to-day, which led the officials al
the war department to the conclusion that
there has been no appreciable change in
the conditions at Manila or Iloilo, anC
some satisfaction is felt even in that style
of negative assurance that the impending
trouble at Manila has been at least post.
pOned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-26
IN MEMORY OF THE MAINE.
AMERICAN WOMEN ARRANGING
FOR THE ANNIVERSARY.

representative Cubans and Span
iards VIII BE Invited to Partici-
Pate-1he Sick of the Seventh
Army COrps-HavnRa's Council
Wants to Know 'Nhere 1t Is Al
Spanish Soldiers Want Citizenship.
Evans Seizes Mauser Cartridges.
Havana, Jan. 25.-Seventy-fi American
women met in this city to-day to arrange
for memorial of the anniversary of The
destruction of the United States battle
ship Maine, on Feb. Is. Capt Sigsbee
wrote that he had granted the request of
deputation of sailors and marines of the
IeXas to be allowed 10 decorate the graves.
The question whether the Cubans and
Spaniards should be allowed to participate
caused a lively discussion. The general
wish was to have it exclusively an Ameri-
can memorial. but it was decided, in order
10 avoid giving offense, to issue an invita-
ton to representative Cubans and Span
iards
The sick report of the Seventh Army
Corps shows 357 in hospitals and S52 in
quarters. There has been no increase in
smallpox, and the work of vaccination is
proceeding. There are 125 cases of measles.
The municipal council has deputed Per-
fecto Lacoste, Mayor of Havana, and Jul
lilo San Martin and Luis de Arezarena 10
request Maj. Gen. Ludlow to define clear
~ the functions of the Council. The dis
cussion leading up to this step began to-
day with statement by DR.. Raimundo
the department of sanitation, ignoring The
Council and had even deposed the NUM-
cipal doctor, who was under the Councils
control.
Gov. Gen. Brooke has received a letter
from Salamanca signed by 500 Spanish
soldiers, who ask citizenship and employ
ment under the United States government.
Two hundred thousand Mauser car
tridges We're seized by Col. John G. Ev1ns
this evening at a house near the PRO
tecenica cartridge factory The posses
sOr said he had bought them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-26

Without raising the discussion as to
whether Ia grippe is produced by a epe-
cihc miorobe or not. at least this much is
certain and admitted by all, that 1t will
produce chronic catarrh IL not promptly
and properly cured. 1t leaves person
haggard, weak. sallow. frazz.ed-out, mu-
cous membranes all congested, appetite
chaugeable, digestion eapricious, and just
about emptes life of all meaning or desir-
ability
The specific cause for In grippe may be a
microbe no doubt h is. But the effects
of la grippe need no discussion. People
understand that themselves. Experience
may be a hard and bitter teacher. but the
lessons learned in this school are to the
point, and accurate.
There Is no other disease so many sided
an its i'll effects, SO insiduous in its ap-
proach, SO tenacious in its hold upon the
system, as la grippe. once there, 1t stays
until Il is cured. La grippe is one OF the
ills that time viii not cure. The after ell
fects of la grippe do not locate an any
particular organ. IL amounts to general
irritablity of the mucous membranes OF
the whole body-a fabbness and paleness
of the mucous membrane. Sometimes there
is an over-amount of thin, watery mucous
secreted, and at other times there Is q dry
ness Of the mucous surfaces.
Look into the throat and there is an dr.
regular, patched appearance of the throat
with enlarged papillae, the tongue Is coat
ed eyes a little red and gummy, at times
the hearing is affected, appetite is irreg-
ular, liver sluggish, bowels conshpated.
and at times inclined 20 diarrhoea, kid
neys congested producing weakness and
pain in the back, urinary organs slightly
affected; in case of females, bearing
down pains, Irregularities, mucous dis
carges of more or less abundance, and in
all cases, male or female, a hstless ina
bfity for business or study-a good-tor-
nothing, helpless, lazy, stupid feeling.
such condition as this is not likely TO
be diagnosed as % grippe one doctor Will
can il dyspepsia; another win call 1t ner-
vous prostration; another will call 1t bill
liousness; another win can II liver COM
plant: another wall say that the blood is
too thick or out OF order; and so II will &c
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-26
AFTER Effects OF LA GRIPPE
Haggard Weakness, Shrunken Pal
Tor, Bloodless Dependency.
A SPECIFIC RESTORATIVE THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST
OF Time,

on from one to the other, until everything
In the category Of diseases. except, per-
haps smallpox, win be suggested as the
cause.
But, perhaps, not one of these will sus-
poet that the case Is one of lingering
Ia grippe; a case of ia grippe that has
permeated the whole system. a case of la
grippe that has poisoned every secretion
of the body and converted them into irri-
taiing discharges. When the mucous
membranes are healthy there is constant
ly exuding from their surface a clear,
soothing, bland fluid called mucus; but
as soon as the mucous membrane be-
come affected by la grippe, even slightly.
the mucous secretion becomes poisonous
and irritating.
Thus 1t is that the mucus, which is so
useful in lubricating and protecting these
delicate membranes In health, becomes,
when changed by the effects of la grippe.
a corroding and dangerous fluid. which
frequently eats les way completely
through the tender membrane. sometimes
even destroying adjacent organs.
There is no remedy in the world that
meets the conditions produced by la
grippe better than the remedy Pe-ru-na.
Pe-ru-na strengthens as II renovates,
soothes while 1t stimulates, heals as It
expurgates. Pe-ru-na Is not "a purgative,
or cathartic, or sedative, or stimuant, nor
a vegetable or mineral poison. 1t reaches
the source of all disease of the mucous
membranes by its action on the vasa-mo-
tor system of nerves.
Every person who had had la grippe dur
ing the last year should take a course Of
Pe-ru-na No one need expect perfect re-
covery unless they do 50. The grippe has
produced catarrhal Inflammation of the
whole mucous membrane, and good health
is impossible until these are restored 20
normal condition. This Pe-ru-na will do.
A great many remedies have been suggest
ed for this condition from ume to time,
but Pe-ru-na appears to be the only rem
edy that has any substantial value In these
cases. 1t has stood the test of forty years
experience and still occupies the unique
position OF being the leading Of not the
only) specific remedy for the after effects
of la grippe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-26
DE BARA AGAIN IN TROUBLE.
Arrested in Pensacola for Leaving
BOndsmen in the~Lurch.

PENSACOLA, Fla, Jan. 25.-Baron and Bar
oness Edgar DeBara are under arrest here
by the United States marshal They were
spending the winter at ST. Augustine in
elegant style, but We're arrested on the
charge of fraudulently using the United
States mails at Chicago for a photograph
scheme, by which they obtained large
sums of money from people throughout
the country.
They gave bond for their appearance
before the United States Court at Jack
sonville, and are now under arrest here
for attempting to escape and leave their
bondsmen in the lurch. The arrest here
was made at the instance of Capt Tobin.
a Pinkerton detective.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-26

Of the coffee plantations and the conse-
quent cutting down Of the forests ana
ground clearing 1t has often been said
that they will one day become extinct,
unless, as / have said, orchids are success
fully raised from seeds"
Mr. Barron spoke Of several varieties
of the orchid family that are found in the
North. some in Staten Island Two are
known as the Ladies' Tresses' and La
dies Slipper" Another variety found in
this section is a purple-fringed orchid.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-26
COST OF TRAVELLING IN CUBA.
Passenger and Trunk Have to Pay
$22.3o for 1S9 Miles.

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 25.-In personal let
ter received to-day by j. s. B. Thompson,
assistant general superintendent of the
Southern Railway, the information is Civ
en- that the distance from Cienfuegos to
Havana is 1879 miles, and that the rate each
way for each passenger is $14.75.
In addition to this; a rate of $3.50 is
charged each passenger for each piece of
baggage, making the total for one pas
senger and his trunk from Cienfuegos to
Havana $22 35 for trip of 1879 miles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-26

i'u say you gave me no encourage
H.. he said bitterly, after she had told
yon sile would he a sister TO him, "and vet
eoia uIely kissed me when I gave YOU that
Won ,1 ,'S she laughed merrily. "And have
of7ols9 Set learned to distinguish between
tba,e.,.'e Encouragement and vote on
our ipt. she asked. And then he went
he pe,o. we cold world and declared that
ue5ta,,r did think much of those parlia.
siiis'-Chicago Evening Post.