Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-11-09
LITTLE LOCALS,
The Things of Interest that are HappenIn, In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

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At the election for three school COM
missioners in Martinsburg on Tuesday
the Democrats elected all of their can
didates-G. W. McKown, G. Yelling
er and ]. H. Whetzel. The board is
now entirely Democratic.
At meeting of the ministers Of
Shepherdstown it was decided that
the thanksgiving service this year
should be held in the NJ. E. Church
South. Rev. W, Irving Dice has been
selected to preach the sermon.
The station Of the Norfolk & West
ern Railway at Charlestown was en-
tered by burglars Monday night, who
blew open the safe with dynamite.
They got no money, but it is said that
several express packages were carried
away.
The Grand Lodge of West Virginia
will be in session at Martinsburg
Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
(. Rush Turner will represent Mt.
Nebo Lodge of Shepherdstown, of
which he is master, and other members
Of Mt. Nebo will attend.
The speciality at T. B. Lines cloth
ing store this week is ten dollar over
coats, an article OF great value for the
money it costs. Call early and get
your choice-you will make no mis-
take by investing in one of these mob
by coats. Read the advertisement
concerning it.
Mrs. Barbara Ray, one of Shop
herdstowns respected residents, who
has been visiting her son, Daniel P.
Ray, in Martlnsburg, received a severe
stroke Of paralysis on Wednesday Of
last week. She was rendered almost
entirely helpless, and there is little
hope Of her recovery.
The editor of the REGISTER is anx-
ious to secure copy of the "Historl-
cal Collections of Virginia" by Hen
ry Howe, published, we think, about
1852. If any Of our readers have the
book we will be very glad to have
them notify us, and we will pay a
reasonable price for 1t.
John H. CrabiIl, the cigar manu-
factureI formerly Of Shenandoah juno
ton, met with a painful accident in
Roanoke last week. He was riding
his bicycle, when he came in collision
with a wagon and was thrown to the
ground, breaking his shoulder bone
and sustaining other minor injuries.
While party Of little boys were
sliding down a straw stack on the
premises Of David j. Hill, near Mar
tlnsburg, on Tuesday, his fve-year-old
son, Harry Carl Hill, broke his leg
near the hip joint. A physician was
hastily summoned, but the little fellow
died from the shock soon afterward.
Miss Emma Hamilton Bulloch, of
Savannah, Ga, sang solo in the Lu-
theran church last Sunday morning
Miss Bulloch has a sweet and sympa-
thetic voice which she uses with much
expression, and this, added to her very
pleasing personality, has caused her
music to be much enjoyed in Shep-
herdstown the past month.
The line of the Winchester Tele-
phone Company is now being con-
structed to Gharlestown, and it is said
that in about month connection will
be made with Winchester and other
points in the system. As soon as this
route IS established the line will be
built from Charlestown to Shepherds
town, where connection will be made
with the Maryland Telephone Com
pany.
Mr.. Joseph L. Cookus has added to
the REGISTERS collection large and
handsome hornets nest that he got
from a tree north of town. 1t is a
splendid specimen, but we would be
very glad to have some student in
natural history inform US whether or
not the hornets are inside of it aud
what their disposition is likely to be
| if they are thawed out at an untime-
ly date.
The west wing of the old Shepherd
College building is being remodeled
by the college authorities for the use
of the library connected with that
school. The partition between the
room and the hall is being torn out,
upstairs and down, and its removal
Will make two large and handsome
rooms. W. NJ. Sheetz is in charge OF
tie work. A large number of new
books have recently been ordered for
the library, which is steadily growing
in interest and value. We hope that
when the new rooms are completed
some arrangement will be made by
which they may be opened to the gen.
erel public,
The cigar manufacturing firm of
Crabill, Irwin & Company at Shenan-
doah Junction has been dissolved and
new partnership formed by ]. W.
and George E. Irwin and W. L. Lee
DIV. The new firm will trade under
the name of Irwin, Leedy & Co. j.
! w. Irwin has for years been the chief
salesman for this mandatory, and is
capable and popular business man
George Z. Irwin is brother who has
long been in the cigar and tobacco
business at Woodstock, Va. W. Z.
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