Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-01-17
News Notes.

LIZ" OhSNO-j
Slough, the carriage manufacturer,
died recently in shippensburg, Pa.
The megaphone, it is said, will be
used on the main line of the B. q o.
railroad, so as to prevent the loss Of
time in trainmen running from their
cabs to the block tower for orders. The
telegraph operator will call out the
orders as the train slowly passes by
the block. The typewriter will also
be substituted for the pen after the first
of the year.
Twoyears ago last Sunday Emanuel
Smelser, brakeman for Is years in the
employ of the N. and w. Railway was
killed in the Roanoke yard. After
his death Edward Anderson succeeded
to his position, and on Monday, the
same hour Of the day, near the same
spot and in a similar manner, Ander-
son was killed by the same car He
had been in the service of the railway
company l9 years. 1t is more re-
markable coincidence, since the same
shifting engine was in use when both
men were killed.
Two young women, each with a
blacksnake whip in one hand and a
hammer in the other, entered the two
saloons in Harmon, ILL.,, Wednesday
evening and horsewhipped the pro-
prietor8 of both places. The young
women were Miss Mamie Kelley and
Miss Florence Frey. Then they pro-
ceeded to demolish the fixtures OF the
saloons with the hammers. The big
plate glass mirrors were broken and
the bar fixtures damaged The saloon
keepers, John Meyer and Tom Shauntz,
threaten to have the girls arrested.
The girls say they were justified IN
their attack on the saloons, as the sa-
loon keepers have been selling liquors
to their brothers, who are minors.
The occupants of Roanoke resi-
dence had an exciting time Saturday
night. Four young ladies occupied
one room, and about three o'clock
Sunday morning one Of them was
awakened by tender clasp on one OF
her hands, and opening her eyes found
that it was a man, who was kneeling
by her bed. When she awoke he
jumped up and dashed out of the win
dow. The young ladies had failed to
fasten the windows, but had left the
lamp burning, which the intruder had
extinguished. What his object was is
not known. There were several poc6-
etbooks and valuables on the dresser,
in plain view, which were undisturbed.
There was a similar case on Campbell
avenue some time ago, when one of
four girls sleeping in room was
awakened by man holding her foot.
A recent dispatch from Derby, Con-
necticut, tells of the recent marriage
of Miss Mary A Plumb, daughter of
William S. Plumb, wealthy farmer,
to Charles n. Harang, of Huntington.
The bride is "a years old and weighs
4O8 pounds The bridegroom Is two
years her senior. He weighs 126
pounds. Three years ago Mr.. Plumb
announced that he would give $4,000
to any worthy young man who would
marry his daughter. Miss Plumb then
weighed about 800 pounds, but has
since grown steadily stouter. Mr..
Harang proposed marriage and was
accepted by Miss Plumb two months
ago. Several suitors had sought her
hand, but they proved to be actuated
solely by mercenary motives and
were unsatisfactory. Although Mr..
Harang is not wealthy, he maintains
that it was love and not her dover
which led him to propose marriage to
Miss Plumb, yet he admits that the
$4,000 was an acceptable wedding
gift from the father-in-law Mrs. Ha-
rang's weight is the more noticeable
because she is little more than FIVE
feet in height. She is a pronounced
brunette and has beautiful eyes and
hair. The bride is not in the least
sensitive about her size, is joyial and
enjoys the best of health.
The.Mothers FaVorite.