Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-04-21
LITTLE LOCALS.

able to print this week the official fig
ures of last Saturdays primary elec-
ton.
The humps have taken a fresh
start among the children of Shepherds
town and vicinity, and after rest of
a couple of weeks are again claiming
many victims, including some adult
persons. Even the REGISTERS devil
has them.
Everybody should clean up their
premises and beautify their property.
Plant trees and flowers and make our
ancient old town the most pleasant in
the Valley. Cleanliness and beauty
ought to be the ambition Of all prop
erty holders.
Freight business is pretty dull on
the Norfolk g. Western Railway at
present. There have been a number
of promotions backward and many
employees have been laid off. Since
the big locomotives have been put in
service less men are needed than
formerly.
The United Daughters of the Con-
federacy will give clover tea in the
town hall in Shepherdstown on Thurs
day evening, April 18th, which prom
ises to be an interesting and enjoya'
bic affair. Invitations have been is-
sued, which will serve as tickets of
admission.
A very entertaining play, "Josiah's
Courtship," a comedy drama in four
acts, will be given in the Uvilla hall
by local talent on Saturday, April
30th, for the benefit Of the Methodist
Church. This promises to be an en-
joyable play, and the public are in
vited to patronize it. General admis-
sion Is cents, reserved seats % cents.
On Friday night of last week
Messrs. Stull brothers, residing on
the east side of the Shenandoah river,
near Myerstown, this county, sus-
tanned quite a serious loss by fire,
which destroyed their barn and corn
house and contents, consisting of four
horses, one colt and three cattle, and
other property, all of which were
burned up. They were insured with
the agency Of Washington & Alexan-
der, but unfortunately did not have
enough insurance to cover their loss.
The Tabard Inn Library, which
has been located in Shepherdstown
for the past year in Remnants drug
store, was removed from town last
week. Satisfactory arrangements
could not be effected for the continu-
ance of the library, so it was taken
away. We are sorry to see it go, for
it was a great convenience to those
who like books. The company did
not complete its year. but as most of
the patrons have a book in their pos
session they are nothing out.
A respectable colored man by the
name of Moses Grantham, and family,
living at Swan Pond, Berkeley coun-
ty, were burned out Of their home Sat-
urday night. The father and mother
had locked up the house with their
three children, the Oldest Of whom
was girl of ten years, in bed, and
went to dance in the neighborhood.
Some time during their absence the
house took fire. The oldest girl was
reused by the smoke. The doors and
windows all being barred, cutting off
escape, she took the smaller children,
went to the garrett and, reaching out
the window as far as she could, drop
ped the small children to the ground,
and then swung out herself. All
three escaped unhurt, excepting one
of the young children, which sus-
tanned broken leg.
The weather has been very wintry
the past week, high winds from the
north having prevailed almost contin-
uously and bringing frigid tempera-
ture with them. 1t has been hard on
the wheat and grass, and vegetation
generally has been greatly retarded.
The trees seem ready to burst into
leaf and blossom, but the chilly air
has kept them back. The tempera-
ture has been below the freezing
point almost every night the past
week. This mornings daily papers
report great snow storms all over the
country. There was snow all day
Yesterday in some of the Southern
States, and at Asheville, S. c., it is
two inches deep. In Kentucky there
is six inches Of snow, and throughout
the West and the New England States
a regular blizzard pre- vailed, with Sc
we're cold and heavy fall of snow.
The work of laying new steel rails
on the Shenandoah Valley division OF
the Norfolk & Western Railway is
being pushed rapidly. Two gangs of
men are now working towards Shep.
herdstowp, one from the north and
the other from the south. The first
is in the neighborbood of Grimes's
station and the other is between Berry
Vile and White Post. The new rails
weigh IS pounds to the yard, while
those that they replace weigh 81 and
CT. The roadbed is being placed In
frst-class condition, new ties being
put in and a general overhauling going
on. When the new rails have been
laid the work OF putting in new stone
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