Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-09-01
LITTLE LOCALS.

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club. Turn out in force.
Sarah Isabel, the infant daughter
of G. L. and c. V. Fraley, died Mon
day night at the home of her parents,
aged 6 months and 90 days. "Of
such is the kingdom Of Heaven.
Prof. R. P. McGarry, who has been
spending his vacation at his old home
near Shenandoah Junction, leaves to-
day to resume his duties at the Cook
VILE (Tenn.) Collegiate Institute.
Bass fishing has been fairly good
the past couple of weeks in the vicin-
ity of Shepherdstown. Most of the
fish have been small, but several
strings of fine ones have been caught.
Mrs. Sarah A. Hill and Miss Jennie
NJ. Hill, good friends of the REGIS.
TER, sent US this morning box Of de-
lcious white grapes daintily surround.
ed by fragrant flowers. We appre.
ciate the gift greatly.
The Jefferson county teachers like
Shepherdstown as place for holding
their county institute. They adopted
resolution formally approving of
holding the institute here. We will
be glad to welcome them every year.
Hon. John ]. Cornwell, Democratic
candidate for Governor, attended the
Inwood fair last week and made a
splendid speech, in which he showed
the iniquities of the tax legislation
enacted at the recent session of the
Legislature.
We were shown yesterday two cop
les Of Spanish newspapers, the San
Juan News, published at San Juan,
and the Listin Diario, published at
San Domingo. They were sent to
Mrs. Ida Neill by her son Gilmore,
who recently visited these ports.
Our friend VIM. A. Morgan, of
Sedalia, No, in renewing his sub
scription to the REGISTER, writes:
Continue the old reliable. We can't
DO without it. and look forward each
week for It's arrival. l consider it
one of the best weeklies inthe county"
1t is stated that. within the next
year the Agricultural Department Of
the government will begin extensive
experiments in fruit growing and the
propagation of trees. 1t is said that
200 acres OF land will be set out in
trees in Berkeley county, and careful
cultivation made of apples, peaches,
cherries, pears and other varieties of
fruits.
At a meeting of Democrats Of the
Summit Point neighborhood on Sat-
urday, Clarence D. Snyder, executive
committeeman, presiding, the John j.
Cornwell Democratic Club was or
ganized, with the following officers
President, Robert L. Withers vice
president, w. NJ. Clements secretary,
c. H. Coyle; treasurer, Thomas Kny
kendall.
Sam Miller, Martjnsburg negro,
has been sent to the insane asylum
because of his strange actions in that
town. He wrote a letter to a re-
spected white lady OF that place and
openly announced his intention to
marry white person. He said Pres
ident Roosevelt entertained colored
people at the White House and he
saw no reason why whites and blacks
should not marry.
The Charles Town Advocate re.
ports the following sales ofreal est ate:
The heirs of John S. Grantham, $50
acres Of land, part in Jefferson county
and part in Berkeley, to John j.
Ridgeway for $4,000: the farm of
the late T. A. Yates, 100 acres, to T.
J. Yates for $1,000 per acre; Jacob
\. linn has sold So acres Of unim-
proved land in Kabletown district to
John P. and G. NJ. Rissler at $75 per
acre.
Some excitement was created at
Harper's Ferry on Monday by tie
actions of a spectacle peddler who
gave the name of Herman Rose. 1t is
said that the man not only defrau@sd
Mrs. Annie Winters, an aged and res
pected lady of that place, but also
grossly insulted her. He was arrest
ed and lodged in Jail, and there was
talk among the people Of visiting sum-
mary punishment upon him. Rose
was afterward taken to Jail at Charles
Town upon q commitment from May
or Eugene Shugart, charging him
with defrauding and assaulting Mrs.
Winters.
Last Friday, August Goth, was the
anniversary Of the issuing of the first
patents for water craft to be propel-
| led by steam. On August &c, 1871,
patents were simultaneously granted
to tour men-Fitch, Read, Rumsey
and Stevens. Oftbese James Rum
sew, a resident Of Shepherdstown, I'M
doubtedly was the first man to sue
cessfully apply steam to water navi-
cation. As early as 1884 he secur-
ed from the Maryland Legislature the
passage of an act granting him IAN
exclusive privilege and benefit of
making and selling new invented
boats on a model by him invented.
The next year Rumsey successfully
EMPLOYED steam power in a boat he
built upon the Potomac and launched
and successfully propelled by steam at
Shepherdstown. Thus Rumsey was
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