Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-09-07
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Happening In
Our NsiShborhood and Elsewhere.
The REGISTER is q day late t

week, the delay being caused by thu
desire to print the premium list of thu
Morgans Grove fair. Our reader,
will find the list in full elsewhere II
this paper.
The Martinsburg Statesman of Tues
day says; The Winch ester Telephone
Company have commenced their new
line to ShepherdstOwn. The poles ar.
now being erected, and it will not b,
long before we can say "hello'' to ths
folks down that way. Let the good
work go on.
As may be seen by advertisement
elsewhere in this paper, Mr.. James A
Lemen intends to have public sale and
quit farming. Mr.. Lemen expects to
90 into the mercantile business in Mar
tinsburg. Mr.. James A. Hendricks,
who lives near the cemetery, will move
to the Lemen farm.
Messrs. William A. and Thomas ].
Turner have purchased Of Mrs. Shep-
herd and Mrs. Williamson the farm
that belonged to the late Henry Selby,
north of town. The land adjoins the
Turner farm. The tract contains 1873
acres, unimproved, and the price paid
was $3.50 per acre,
We learn that our friend Mr.. h.
Taylor Link, OF Dufields, will be a
candidate for county assessor from
thi. district. Mr.. Link is a man Of
integrity and ability, and if the voters
should entrust him with this place the
honor would be most worthily bestow-
ed. He is all right.
The Shepherd Fire Department of
this place will attend the Virginia fire
mems reunion at Roanoke on Septem-
Der 26 and q. They have ordered
new uniforms for tn. occasion, the
contract having been placed with S.
Abraham, of Philadelphia, who fur
nishes thirty uniforms for $2O9.5O.
Mrs. J. S. Phillips and her daugh-
ter Carrie, who spent the summer in
Shspherdstown, have gone to Wash
lngton, and from there will 60 to San
Francisco to meet Paymaster Phillips,
of the U. S. Navy, who is now on his
way home from Manila. The family
will probably spend the winter in
California.
William J. Highbarger, Of Sharps-
burg, proprietor of the City Hotel in
that place, wa, severely burned We'd
nesday evening by barrel Of whisky
taking FIRE and exploding. He went
to the cellar to draw 4 demyohn OF
whisky from barrel. 1t was dark
and to ascertain how much he had
drawn he lighted , match. In an in
slant the barrel exploded. The head
Of the barrel went through the ceiling
and the burning content, were scat
tered over everything. Mr., Highbargsr
was env.loped in flames and rushed
out of the building. Herbert SnavSly
and Clarence Marrow s1tinguished
the flames. The hotel bar was ruined
and great effort was required to pre-
vent the destruction of the building.
At meeting Of the board Of dirsc-
tors Of Elmwood Cemetery last week
a number of improvements were or
dered to be made about the cemetery.
The avenues are to be covered with
crushed stone, and underground pipe
is to be laid 10 drain the water from
the walk. and drives. The board also
agreed to appropriate one-halt the
money required to construct good
brick pavement from the cemetery
walk to the edge Of town, along the
Lee field, provided the citizens raise
the other half. Our people will be
waited upon at once by gentlemen IN
terested in having the walk made, and
we hope that tn. required amount will
be quickly raised and the pavement
built. 1t is an improvement that will
be enjoyed by everybody and would
be a source of pride to the residents Of
town. 1t will take but small amount
of money and public spirit to soon
have continuously good pavement
from the center Of the town to the
cemstery. The director. will be heart
lily endorsed by the people in their sf-
forts to improve our naturally beautl'
full city of the dead.
Personals.
Among the guests at Nr. and Mrs
H. C. Martens this week are Mrs
Margaret Walton and her son Will, o.