Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-02-06
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things ofnterest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

past week.
G. NJ. Bsltzhoover, trustee, has sold
to M. B. Baker the house and lot of
Rev. A. A. P. .Neel, corner of King
and New streets, for 5000 cash.
Harrison Schley has been appointed
secretary to the board of education of
ShepherdstowD district In place of R.
S. NJ. Hoffman, resigned. He will,
we are sure, make very satisfactory
secretary.
Married yesterday at the Southern
Methodist parsonage in Shepherds
town, by Rev. ]. G. Thrasher, Mr..
Daniel E. Socks and Miss Bessie Stella
Hanright, both of the vicinity of
Kearneysville, this county.
The Shield of Honor organization
of this place is still increasing its
membership, and they have a very
successful lodge. There will be work
for the degree team next Tuesday
Eight, and full attendance is desired.
1t is astonishing to note the great
number of sleighs in this part of the
country, considering the fact that it
is so seldom they can be used. Our
local dealers could have sold scores of
new ones if they could have gotten
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this section.
VIM. Poles, colorsd prisoner in the
county jail, died Friday night, Of ty-
phoid fever. He had been i'll about
month. Poles, who was from Front
Royal, was serving time for carrying
and shooting concealed weapons. His
body was buried at the county aims
house on Saturday.-AdvOcate.
The town council of Charles Town
has passed an order declaring that
hereafter the time-honored play of
Uncle Toms Cabin" shall not be
rendered in that up-to-date town.
This is indeed commendable, and we
suggest further that all actors engaged
in the presentation of this immortal
piece be regarded as legitimate game
to be shot from the lst of January to
the 3lst of December.
Ferrells hill has been in prime order
for coasting this week, and every
night crowds of young folks have been
slsd-riding thsre. The sleds run from
near the corner at Church street all
the way to the railroad, near the toll
gate, distance of almost three squares.
Tuesday night JUNE" Campbell. was
upset by sled and badly hurt about
the head and face. Little Bob Crowl
was also hurt in the same way.
The grounding waddled out from
his winter quarters on Sunday last
and rolled his eyes at the weather.
He saw clouded sky and grunted
with satisfaction at the prospect of
breaking up the winter. But, alas
The clouds broke and the sun came
out. The grounding saw with dismay
his shadow, and he sadly scooted for
his hole, there to remain until the six
wesks Of bad weather are over. And
the same day it rsined and showed
and blew most vigorously.
The County Court Of Jefferson coun-
ty last week passed an order making
the Shepherdstown and Middleway
turnpike free county road after the
first of next April, the reason being
that the tolls were insufficient to main
tain the road without additional tax
alton. There is great diversity Of
opinion as to the question of free
roads or toll roads, and now comes
the opportunity for a test Of the mat
ter. 1t is to be hoped that no deter
ioration -four roads will be permitted,
whatever method may be used to pro-
vide money for them.
The Shepherd College Picket, the
sprightly little monthly of our nor
NAL school, comes out with new cover
this month. An etching made from
sketch by Mrs. E. Hayward Bowly is
the chief feature. Itrepresents picket
standing guard at familiar point in
our local landscape, the famous old
money tree" on the Halltown pike
south of town. 1t was under this
tree, it will be remembered, that a
Yankee paymaster hid large sum
of money during the civil war, after
wards returning to dig itup and carry
it off as his own property. The scene
is suggestive and the illustration pref
tily appropriate to the name OF 1.-The
Picket,
We have had real taste of winter
the past week-ideal weather for this
season of the year. The snow that
fell week ago still covers the earth,
a sleety rain that followed it having
frozen and formed hard crust upon
it. Sleighing has seldom been better
on the country roads, and hundreds
of teams are out every day. The Their
mometsr has registered 7 degrees
above zero at s o'clock each morning
this week, and it hasn't gotten much
warmer during the day. The river
has frozen over, and this morning
men are cutting ice to fill the ice
houses of the town. The keen, fresh
atmosphere is exhilarating, and the
iingling sleighbslls are heard all day
and most of the night. The weather
bureau predicts more snow today and
tomorrow.