Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-02-04
LITTLE LOCALS.

entered several chancery ORDERS.
The Potomac river is again frozen
over The slush ice that had been
running the latter part of the week
lodged against the piers OF the rail-
road bridge, and the cold weather
caused 1t 10 freeze sohdly again.
Dollar wheat was a reality in
Chicago yesterday An even dollar
bushel was paid on change. the high
est price since the Armour corner In
1898 Shepherdstown dealers are
offering 90 cents bushel today.
Corn Is 46 cents
A number of candidates are official
w announced in the REGISTER this
week for various Offices. We have
said good things about them all here
teiore. and we may add now that there
need be 10 trouble in getting the
ffices filled with capable men.
The Shepberdstown Chapter Of the
U D c. held no meeting last week
on account of the ipclemency OF the
weather So they will meet this Fri
day evening, Feb 9th, at Mrs. ID. M.
Turner's. Every member is urged to
be present and to come prepared to
pay their annual dues.
Tuesday was bright, sunny day,
and if the grounding wanted to see
his shadow he had ample opportunity
to do so. We have no doubt that in
accordance with tradition be came
forth, saw his shadow and at once re-
tired to his hole to comfortably wait
until the six weeks of bad weather
shall have passed by.
Snow last Thursday and Friday,
added to that of the previous Tuesday,
caused nearly foot of the beautiful
to cover the earth, and most OF 1t IS
still with us. The sleighiug is fine,
and bells are jingling in every drec
ton. The thermometer got down be-
low zero again the first of the week,
and crisp wintry air has kept the
people moving lively.
George Ashbv, who broke out of the
county iall at Charles Town about a
wear ago, was arrested in Hagerstown
Monday afternoon, and Tuesday morn
INC was returned to Charles Town.
Ashbv had been sentence to a year
in the peuiteutiary for cutting VIII
liam Dunn, when he escaped. He has
bad record, aud it is said he once
escaped from the VTginiapenitenuary.
At the ninety-ffth annual celebra-
ton of the Graham Lee Literary So
clety of Washington and Lee Univer-
-ity held January, 10Th, Mr.. Carroll
A. Engle son OF Superintendent Engle,
won the Graham Lee Dcbaters Medal
over fourcontestants H l. Handley,
also West Vlrginian, from Lewis
burg, won the same medal last year,
aud the West Virginia students at
Washington and Lee are highly eIated.
A breach-of-promise suit had
happy ending at BerryviIle Monday
night, when Miss Grace Lanahan was
made the wife Of Mr. Champ Feltner.
Some weeks ago Miss Lauahan, who
lives at Summit Poiut, swore out a
warrant for the arrest of Feltner, on
the breach-of promise charge. Felt
uer could not be located until Mon
day. when Constable Grubbs placed
him under arrest in Jefferson county.
Rev. Julian Broaddus was summoned,
and in the presence Of court officers the
ceremony was performed in the court
house at BeIryville Monday night.
There will be good many public
sales in this county and Berkeley
within the next month or two. The
REGISTER office has been busy this
week printing big sale bills, and we
have contracts for considerable num-
Der of others. For attractiveness and
accuracy our bills cannot be eXcelled,
and the farmers realize that it pays
to make the best showing possible.
An advertisement in the REGISTER
covers jefferson and Berkeley counties
very thoroughly and gets into many
homes in the adjoining States. We
invite all who intend to make sale to
get our prices and see our bills.
Mr.. Gerard D. Moore is announced
this week as candidate for county
commissioner from Middleway dis
trict. Mr.. Moore was for years clerk
Of the county court of Jefferson county,
and is thoroughly familiar with our
fiscal affairs. He has had a great
deal Of experience in various lines of
business closely connected with as
sessment, taxation and expenditures
of public moneys, and he is especially
qualhed to help manage the PuOIlC
affairs of our county. The careful
and satisfactory conduct Of his office
and his record as a business man gen.
orally make him a very acceptable
candidate, and he is worthy the sup
port Of the voters.
A prominent life insurance man
and one of our well-known young
physicians had narrow escape from
sal accident Monday night. They
were driving to "a party in the coun-
try when they ran over an innocent
looking cat that was crossing the road.
As they struck the beast something
happened. "SkunkedI u said the doc
tor. I'm dead and mortified, ex-
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