Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-10-12
LITTLE LOCALS.

Jefferson county camp OF confederate
Veterans. requests US to state that if
any members of the camp wish to at
tend the reunion of the Grand Camp
in Petersburg, he will be glad to ap-
point them delegates.
We were gratifed to receive on
Tuesday from NJ. Kercheval, Of Charles
les Town. box Of splendid tomatoes
of the brand known as "Kercheval's
October Tom Taggarts." We have
never seen finer ones, and Mr.. Ker-
cheval is entitled to the reputation he
has Of growing the finest tomatoes in
this section.
Thomas G. Grove, a well.known
resident of Shenandoah Junction, had
the entire lower jawbone removed at
John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore
a few days ago. The operation was
made necessary by dangerous case
of blood poisoning, which resulted
from an liberated tooth. In the fu.
ture Mr.. Grove will be unable to take
anything but liquid food.
David Fraley sends word to the
REGISTER that a belled buzzard was
seen and heard III 1.-THE Neck" above
Shepherdstown a number of times
last week, and if the story recently
published that man near Hancock
took bell from the neck of a buzz
zard some weeks ago is true, then
there must have been two of these
musical birds. 1t maybe, though,
that the original belled buzzard few
back to Alabama and got another
bell.
The Washington county men who
were arrested for maintaining fshpots
in the Potomac river between this
place and Dam No. 4 were tried be-
fore Justice Miller at Tilghmanton on
Saturday and were acquitted. They
were arrested at the instance Of State
Game Warden Avirett, who charged
them with obstructing the river with
their fshpot walls. Justice Miller
very sensibly decided that the walls
did not prevent the free passage of
fish.
The sacred cantata, "The Pillar of
Fire, or the Return of Israel" was
successfully rendered in the Episcopal
church last Friday night by the vested
choir. The music was very pretty and
was sung with spirit and expression.
The soloists were Mr.. Lawrence R.
Lee, Mr.. John Byers, Miss Daisy
Myers and Miss Fannie Beall Myers,
and they sung their parts excellently.
The work of Mr.. Lee was splendid,
his rendition OF the tenor solos being
thoroughly enjoyed by the audience.
We were pleased to see in town the
other day our old friend NJ. L. Chris
singer, who is now travelling for
wholesale drug house in Baltimore.
Mr.. Chrissinger looked 80 young and
was so spry that everybody took him
for his son, and perhaps they wouldn't
have noticed the difference if he hadn t
inadvertently lifted his hat and showed
the barefooted place on top of his head.
He is the came genial, hustling fellow,
however. Almost everybody in Mary
land and the Virginias is his friend,
and he sells goods where others
couldn't give EN- away.
Saturday night during a cake walk
and dance at Engle's Switch, this
county, Mrs. Joseph Parrott, colored,
attacked her sister-in-law, Zene Par
rott, with a carving knife, inficting
serious and perhaps fatal injuries.
While Zene Parrott was dancing with
Joe Parrot, the latter's wife, in a
Jealous rage, seized a carving knife
and stabbed the woman about the
face and neck, inficting ten wounds,
which may prove fatal. Both Joe
PARROT and bis wife were arrested by
Constable Thomas Jones, of Bolivar,
and placed in the Bolivar Jail, but
later on were taken to the Jail at Har-
pers Ferry for greater security.
Twenty-four years ago today John
II. Lamb, the well.known blind man,
met with the accident that deprived
him of his eyesight. He was at work
at the cement mill below Shepherds
town and was engaged in taking the
charge from hole that had failed to
go off in blast when it suddenly ex-
ploded. Both of his eyes were blown
out and he was dreadfully hurt in
other ways. He recovered, however,
and though he has been in total dark
ness ever since he has borne his at.
Fiction with wonderful patience. His
genial good nature and pious resigna-
ton has gained him many sincere
friends who will always see that he is
well taken care Of.
Great quantities Of apples are now
being shipped from this section, and
carload after carload goes out each
day from every railroad station. The
apples are unusually well colored this
year, and some are being packed with
especial care in anticipation of bring
ing fancy prices The quality gener-
ally is very fine, but even those that
are rejected for packing are bought
up closely and shipped to the apple
butter factories. We have learned
of no estimate of the size of the crop
in Jefferson county, but it will be