Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-10-08
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things ofinterest that are Happening In
Our keighborhood and Elsewhere.

ell MT VI. w. Otaiey, writes tnat ner
father is very feeble, but still takes
great interest in the news from his
old home. Mr.. Staley lived in Shep-
herdstown many years ago.
After several days of threatening
weather, good rain set in early this
morning, and it looks at this writing
as if the equinoctial storm is here.
Many of the farmers have finished
seeding and have their corn cut off,
SO this rain comes OPPORTUNITY.
Mrs. Rebecca Kearsley, widow of
George W. T. Kearsley, died Tuesday
at her home in Charles Town, after
a brief illness, aged 70 years. Mrs.
Kearsley was most estimable lady
and was loved and respected by
wide circle of friends. She is survived
by three sous and six daughters.
Some time since the traction engine
belonging to Daniel P. Ray, of this
place, was damaged while crossing
the B. & o. RAILROAD tracks at Duff
fields. Mr.. Ray sued the railroad
company for $500 damages, but the
matter has been compromised by the
payment of 500 by the company.
The following persons are having
telephones put in this week: DR..
John L. Meyers, Mrs. Mabel Gardner,
w. l. Boone at his office and residence,
Harrison Schley, Alex. Henson. A
phone will also be placed in the Nor
folk and Western passenger station, a
convenience long desired by our people,
and which will be put in at the re-
quest of the Business Mems Associa-
ton.
The great Hagerstown fair will be
held next week, beginning on Tuesday
and closing on Friday. 1t will be up
to its usual standard, and some high
class special attractions have been en-
gagged. The racing promises to be I'M
usually fine, and every feature will be
of the best. The Norfolk & Western
will run special trains Wednesday and
Thursday, and the customary crowds
will doubtless attend from this section.
Ten new monuments erected by the
State of Ohio on the battlefield of An
tietam are to be dedicated next Tues
day, October 18th. Among them is
one to the memory Of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley, who as youthful
member of the commissary department
served coffee and food to the soldiers
under FIRE during the battle. This
monument is one ofthe handsomest on
the field. A number of distinguished
persons are expected to attend the
dedicatory exercises.
Rev. T. J. Miller, of the NJ. E.
Church South, who was run over and
terribly injured by locomotive at
Cherry Run Wednesday of last week,
died from his injuries on Thursday.
The shock of the accident, which
crushed his leg off, and the great loss
of blood was so serious that he could
not rally. The injured member was
smputated by physicians, but the un-
fortunate man died soon afterward.
Mr.. Miller was an earnest Christian
gentleman, and his sad death is great
ly deplored. He was 38 years old and
leaves a wife and two children.
DR.. S. T. Knott, the well-known
physician of Moler's Cross Roads, was
in town yesterday, and said that the
abandonment of the postofice at Mo-
ler's and the operation of rural free
delivery was not giving satisfaction to
the people. He says that their mail
facilities are worse now than they
were before. Formerly letter could
be sent to Washington one day and
an answer received the next day.
Now it usually takes four days to
write and get reply. Some of the
people are thinking of having the
Washington mail carried by canal
boat.
A friend Of the REGISTER says that
he thinks the opposition to the pro-
posed change of the county road east
of Harper's Ferry is not based on
sound reasoning. The railroad COM
pany, which wants more room for the
connection of the Shepherdstown cut
off with the main line, offers to con-
struct l, 100 feet of new county road
Just north of the present road. The
present road is about II feet wide;
the railroad offers to make the new
road 20 feet wide, macadamized the
full width. At present the road is
lot protected on the river side; the
company agrees to build guard wall
four feet high and forever maintain
and keep it in repair. In other words
the new road will be better and very
much safer, and nobody will be hurt.
John P. Kearfott, of the Kearneys-
vile neighborhood, has sold his ap.
pies to Messrs. Felker and Clohan, of
Martinsburg. Mr.. Kearfott and some
of his neigbbors agreed to sell their
apples together, and they got bid of
Sl.65 a barrel and closed the bargain.
They furnish the barrels, which cost
So cents each, so the net price will be
about $1.27 barrel. Mr.. Kearfott's
trees are about as full as they can
we'll hang, and it is wonderful sight
that some of them now present. He
estimates that his York Imperial trees
will average six barrels, and they are
not very large trees, either. DR.. Bor-