Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-08-20
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things oflnterest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.


Entler Hotel. You drop your money
in slot and the line is opened for
conversation to any point reached by
the United lines.
The books for the Tabard Inn Lii
brary have arrived and are now ready
for distribution. They have been
placed at Remnants Pharmacy, and
persons holding cards of membership
may get them there.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
will serve supper, soup, icecream and
cake in the town hall on Friday and
Saturday nights, August 81 and %.
All are invited. The proceeds for the
repairing of church property. Sup
per rs cents.
Little Bob Crowl brought us a Gu.
rious ear of corn the other day. 1t is
shaped like human hand, and has
thumb and four fingers of natural size.
On Tuesday Octavia Hill brought US
an ear Of corn shaped very much like
that described above.
Joseph Z. Yontz has gotten a stun
ming new peanut rooster, modern
machine that is the finest thing Of the
kind ever seen in this neighborhood.
1t roasts peanuts to perfection, and
keeps them warm and good. Call at
S. F. Lemen's and see how it works.
Attention is called to the big ad-
vertisemeut of V. Kaplon & Bro, the
well-known Harper's Ferry merchants.
They are offering a tremendous lot of
goods at prices that are in some cases
less than cost of production. Read
their advertisement carefully and note
the bargains offered.
Horace c. Osbourn has bought of
the heirs of the late W. W. Downey
their farm near Zoar. this county, now
occupied by John D. Currie. The
farm contains 200 acres, and the Ad-
rocate says that the price is between
$45 and $50 an acre. Mr.. Osbourn
Will soon make extensive improve
ments on the place.
Thieves are getting to be very bold
at Shenandoah Junction. Last Satur-
day night an attempt was made to
rob J. Butler Marshall's store. Sew
eral holes were bored in the front
door, and a Tanel was probably to
have been taken out when the robbers
were frightened away. They went in
such a hurry that they left their tools
behind them.
Boating on the Chesapeake & Ohio
canal has been entirely suspended for
the past week. Last Thursday a
loaded canal boat butted into the low
er lock-gate at Williamsport with such
force that the bow was stove in, and
the boat at once sank in the lock.
Friday the culvert at Oxley's Island,
near Dickerson 8, washed out, making
very serious break, and completely
tying up navigation. A large force
Of men Is at work putting in new
culvert.
The Elliott Commercial Schools of
Wheeling, Charleston, Fairmont,
Clarksburg, and Martinsburg, West
Virginia, provide bread-winning ed
ucation. Complete courses in Book
keeping and Shorthand. The Mar
tinsburg School will open Tuesday,
September lst, with full corps of ex-
perieuced instructors. School equip
ment unexcelled. Write for catalog
and terms. Address, The Elliott
Commercial School, Martinsburg,
West Virginia.
The excursionigts from Luray to
Morgan's Grove had narrow escape
from a serious accident last Friday.
Their train, which was in charge Of
Conductor Charles Harris, with John
Buchanan, engineer, was running very
fast between Charles Town and Shen-
andoah Junction, when two wheels of
the tender jumped the track. The
train ran some distance before it could
be stopped, but fortunately no further
damage was done. 1t took about 20
minutes to replace the wheels.
Roland Myers, Of this place, who
has been working for the United Tel
ephone Company, building new lines,
met with a serious accident last week
near Manchester, Nd. A pole upon
which he was working broke and
dropped him % feet to the ground
and partly fell upon him. Several OF
his ribs were cracked and he was bad
" bruised about the body, being also
injured internally, 1t was feared that
he was fatally injured, but he got bet
ter and was able to come home Tues
day.
r. L. Billmyer has had an artesian
well bored at his place near Blllmyer
Mill. He got fine stream Of water
at depth of SO feet. c, E. Ruther
ford did the work. Sammie Hines, a
nephew of Mr.. Rutherford, narrowly
escaped being badly hurt at Mr. Bill
myers. The little fellow went to the
field for the horses, when one of them
kicked him and landed him fully ten
feet away. The breath was knocked
out of him, but he was so close to the
horse that he did not get the full force
of the blow, and he was all right in a
few hours