Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-04-27
West Virginia Items.
A company is being formed to erect
a large frst-class hotel in Keyser.

a company is being formed 10 erect
large frst-class hotel in Keyser.
Judge Golf has entered decree d.
recting the sale of the West Virginia
and Pittsburg Railroad.
The Ohio Valley Building and Loan
Association of Huntington has gone
into the hands of receivers.
Top Daddysman, youth eighteen
years old, committed suicide at Fair
mont few days ago. He was an in
veterate cigarette smoker.
A fire at BluefeId, this State, last
Sunday, destroyed three buildings,
one of which was known as "The Ar
mory," owned by n. D. Maher.
Work has been begun at Fairmont
on a new brewery to be built there by
local capital. The council has re-
scinded its former action and has
granted liquor licenses.
The Governor has pardoned Joseph
Davis, a fve-year convict, from Put
nam county, who was convicted of
housebreaking and sent to the peni-
tertiary. Davis has served four years.
The town council of Grafton has put
the price of license to sell spurious
liquors at $500, an increase Of 5000,
the saloons having paid $500 for the
past FIVE years There are ten saloons
in the town.
Aaron Baker, one of the wealthiest
men of Grant county, died last week.
He leaves no heirs, and the greater
portion of his large estate will 90 to
the Methodist church. He ran for
Congress on the prohibition ticket a
few years ago.
Governor Atkinson has appointed as
a member of the board of dental ex-
aminers DR.. w. Z. Minghini, Of Mar
tinsburg, to succeed G. A. Hammill,
term expired, and Dr. James A. Stath-
ers, Of Sistersville, to succeed himself,
both to serve four years from June
%, 1899.
Prof. H. H. Johnson, principal of
the West Virginia Schools for Deaf
and Blind, at Romney, met with a
probably fatal accident at Cumber-
land on Saturday afternoon. He was
visiting his wife's aunt, and being
blind attempted to walk across a high
porch unaided, when he stepped off.
One of his legs was broken in three
places, and he was injured internally.
The board Of regents of the West
University have increased the salary
of President Raymond from $4,000 to
$500. A department of scientific
cooking and housekeeping has been
created by the board 1t will be
termed the department Of Domestic
Science, and the young ladies in at
tendance can have an opportunity to
learn the useful arts of life as well as
to get the latest wrinkles in all sorts
of accomplishments. The selection Of
plans for the new buildings was left
to committees.
Governor Atkinson, giving his opin-
ion on the effect Of the eight-hour law
passed by the last Legislature, said
that the law is practically null and
void that the act is defective in
its title in that it does not state speci-
fcally the object Of the law. He says
the law does not and cannot apply to
the work done by the employees Of the
State at any public institution, and
not even to work on the construction
of State building. He says it could
only apply to work such as the build
ing Of a railroad by the State.
The ladies cornet band at Hen
bricks, Tucker county, is attracting
much attention. Their visits to neigh
boring towns have been occasions Of
unusual interest. The band is known
as the Mountain beauties, y. and is
composed of twelve young ladies.
They have been under the instruction
of Prof. Herbert Blake, Of Davis, since
last August and now can play remark
ably we'll Those composing the band
are Grace Craver, Flodie Roy, Frank
lie Biegler, first tenor; Pearl Craver,
second tenor; Tacy Bowman first alto;
Fanny Craver, second alto ; Gertrude
Craver, tenor drum. The drum play
ers are the Youngest members.