Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-10-24
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things ofinterest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.

the postoffice at Halltown, in this coun-
ty, pleaded guilty in the United States
Court at Martinsburg on Saturday.
The former was sentenced to two years
and the latter to one year in the pen
itentiary.
We call attention to the advertise
ment of valuable live stock, farming
implements, machinery, etc., of II. B.
Davenport, Jr,, administrator of the
late Col. Henry B. Davenport. The
sale will take place on Tuesday next,
October 10Th, at the late residence of
Col. Davenport, near Charles Town.
The rumor is again current that the
Norfolk g. Western Railway will soon
put another passenger train each way
on the Shenandoah Valley division.
1t is asserted that the immense sums
now being spent in improving the
roadbed are for the purpose ofmaking
it fit for the safe and speedy handling
ofpassenger trains.
Charlie Mcbride, young man who
lived in Martinsburg, was struck and
killed by an accommodation train on
the B. & 0. Railroad near Vancleves-
vile Monday evening He stepped
from one track to avoid an approach
ing train when the engine of the ac-
commodation ran him down, killing
him instantly. He was about q
years of age.
Oliver T. Kemp, B. and o. super
visor of buildings, bridges, etc., who
has heretofore had his headquarters at
Harper's Ferry, will be transferred to
Cumberland, and will have jurisdic-
ton Of all buildings, ETC., in his de-
partment, between Washington juno
ton and Grafton. All camp crews
with headquarters in Harper's Ferry
will be transferred to Cumberland.
A young man, who gave his name
as John Zeigler, fell from the rear end
of passenger train of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad last night three
miles west of Charles Town. His left
leg and three ribs were broken and he
was otherwise bruised and cut. He
said he had no home and, being with
out money, he was given medical at
tention and sent to the county aims
house.
G. NJ. Beltzhoover is remodeling
the old potter-shop, which was part
of the Weis property recently pur-
chased by him, and which he is i'm
proving so thoroughly. He will make
of the structure a very nice little
dwelling conveniently and comforta-
bly, arranged, and will offer it for rent
when completed When the Improve
ments shall have been completed 1t
will be a desirable home.
A good many persons send their
REGISTERS away to friends or rela-
tives in other places. This costs a
penny week for the stamp, to say
nothing of the trouble. By paying
two cents week, or dollar year,
you may have the paper sent directly
from this Office to any address. This
will save you trouble, will cost you
very little more, and will help the
REGISTER by increasing its circulation.
A dispatch to the Baltimore Herald
of this morning says that fire yester-
day afternoon destroyed the barn and
contents belonging to G. w. Conrad
near Ripon, and also burned up D.
B. Shoemaker's threshing machine.
The loss is over $4,000. At the same
time and near the same place fire de-
stroyed the stock yards Of Jack Ware,
near Berryville, and burned Clayton
Sewers threshing machine, causing
loss of over $4,000.
Harris's Nickle-Plate Show gave
two performances in Shepherdstown
on Monday, and everybody was
pleased who saw it. The horses were
unusually we'll trained, the bareback
riders daring and skillful, the aero
bats artists in their line, and the
clowns were funny and active. The
performance was entirely clean, de-
cent and orderly, and it would be
hard to find performers more clever IN
their various specialties than those
who amused the audiences Monday.
The show was all right.
Charles J. Siford, stonemason, of
Charles Town, was pushed from the
excursion train on the Norfolk and
Western railroad last Thursday even
ing near St. James Station, while re-
turning from the Hagerstown Falr.
He became involved in angry words
with a stranger on the steps OF the car
while the train was running fast, and
the stranger, who is believed to have
been a pickpocket, pushed him OFT;
Siford fell on his face and head and
was terribly cut and bruised. The
train did not stop. He was afterward
found along the track and removed to
Hagerstown, from which place ne was
sent on the train to his home next
morning.
A couple OF weeks ago man from
Pennsylvania came to Shepherdstown
to employ laborers to work on some
sort Of railroad and building contract
short distance beyond Harrisburg