Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-02-08
Irrns LOCALS.

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whatever in sesing his shadow. Th,
winter weather set in simultaneously
80 we are in for six weeks of it.
Mr.. Joseph 81. Ashford and Mis-.
Margaret E. Hess, daughter of Mr.
R. @. Hess, formerly of Shepherds.
town. were married last Wednesday
at the home of Mr.. Hess in Washing.
ton. Owing to the recent death o.
the brides mother, the wedding was
a very quiet one.
The entertainment by the Floyd.
in the college auditorium last Friday
night was a very pleasing one.
Floyd is clever prestidigitateur
and he performed number Of mar
velous tricks. 1t was clean and in.
teresting performance and was en-.
joyed bT large audiencs-especial.
ly by the young folks.
Charles D. McLans. a freight con.
ductor on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, was instantly killed at En-
giles Station, this county, about 8
o'clock last Thursday morning. He
slipped from the footboard of the To-
connective, and the next car ran over
him, causing fatal injuries. His home
was in Brunswick, where he leaves a
wife and several children. He was
80 years old.
The barn and granary on the farm
of Mrs. Mary E. Bane, about four
miles northwest of Charles Town. was
destroyed by FIRE Monday morning
about Ave o'clock. All the live stock.
with the exception of horse, colt
and COW, were rescued. The fire
was caused by lantern exploding in
the barn. John Baue, son of the own
er, was badly burned while fighting
the FIRE. Loss 81 900; partly insur-
ed.
Miss Esta Main. of Hagerstown,
spent couple of days in Shepherds
town the past week as the guest of
Mrs. Minnie little. Mrs. little gave
an entertainment Saturday evening
in honor of Miss Main, which was
greatly enjoyed by those who were
present. Sunday morning Miss Main
played the new pipe organ in the
Presbyterian church and also sang a
solo most sweetly. Her visit to
Shepherdstowl was greatly enjoyed
by her friends here.
Recent real estate transfers of in.
terest are the sales Of lots l. 2. 8, 4,
with the elevator lot at Kearneys-
vile by the heirs of the late Theodore
Homsher to Jane Ellen Myers for
$500 ; tract of land in Bolivar from
N. G. Bracket to W. B. Evans, for
1925; house and lot at Kearneys-
Vile on the Middleway turnpike by
Miss L. g. Strider to john P. Kear-
fott, consideration $500; tract of real
estate at Kearneysville by s c. Ham
i'll to John P. Kesrfott, consideration
$3.50.
William Hilton, aged 90 years, a
yard brakeman on the B &. O. Rail-
road at Cumberland, was killed at
that place last Friday evening. The
young manwas son of Mrs. Daniel
Fulk, formerly of KearneYsville. He
was riding on draft of cars WHEN a
sudden jar threw him off. The cars
ran over him, cutting off both legs
and his left arm. He died soon af.
terward. The body was taken to
Hagerstown, and on Sunday was in
tered in the cemetery at Frederick.
The young man was member Of
Company B, Of Hagerstown, and he
was buried with military honors.
Last Thursday the REGISTER told
about the mild weather and the signs
of spring. The next day the change
came, and Friday morning bitterly
cold wave swooped down from tie
North, congealing things generally.
1t has been very cold ever since,
Tuesday being the coolest day, when
the thermometer showed eight de-
grees above zero. The ponds have
been frozen over, and ice two or
three inches thick has been harvested.
Some fairly good ice has also been
cut from the canal. The river was
partly frozen over, but the ice is not
thick enough to store.
The wedding of Miss Laura J. Mil.
Ter, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Moore.
head Miller, and Mr.. Roy B. Tabler,
both of Berkeley county, took place
yesterday at the home of the brides
parents. The ceremony was per.
formed by Rev. DR.. 81. G. Haithcox,
of the Lutheran Church. The we'd
ding was planned to take place in the
church at Greensburg, but for the
past week or two the bride has been
quite ill and could not leave her home.
The ceremony took place in the sick
room, as she reclined in her bed,
propped up with pillows. After the
wedding, refreshments were served to
| fully a hundred relatives and friends
who had gathered to attend the mar
rage, it having been hoped until a
| few hours before the ceremony that she
would be able to leave her room.
Martinshurg Man Commits Suicide.
Herbert E. Hannis, a well-known