Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-10-31
LITTLE LOCALS.

we hope that our town officers will b
alert to prevent the damage to prop
erty that sometimes results from row
dyism on this occasion. Nobody oh
jacts to little harmless fun, bu
there's no sense In willfully osusin
loss to property owners.
R. G.. Miller has the contract 70
erecting the new emoke-etack at tn
electric light plant in Shephsrdstown
and yesterday while the stack was be
ing erected rope that was used il
the process broke and let it fall. TIL
stack broke in two at point where j
had been riveted together, causing
considerable delay and annoyance.
The regular monthly meeting Of tn
Shepherdstown Chapter of the q. D
@. will be held Friday afternoon o
this week at 8 o'clock at the home o
the first vice-presidsnt, Mrs. l. V
johnson, above town. The member
will meet at ]. Il. Schoppsrt's stor'
at 2 o'clock, and all who have con
veyauces are requested to bring them
The real estate of Mrs. Julia Alex
ander, deceased, was sold at publ,
sale on Tuesday by R. W. Alexander
representing the heirs. The farm o
252 acres on Sandy Ridge. between
Shepherdstown and Shenandoah juno
ton, was bought by William F Alex
auder. Of Clarksburg, W. Va, at $50.
so an acre. The dwelling house il
Charles Town was purchased by Wal
ter Alexander for So, 100.
The postofce and store conducted
by L j. Shirley at Shenandoah juno
ton was broken into and robbed early
last Thursday morning. quantity o
goods being carried off-shoes, trou
sers, etc. Detective Martin went t
work on the case. and found some o
the plumber in possession of Italian
working about the Junction. Tn,
Italians willingly surrendered tn,
goods. which they said they had bought
from tramps.
Mr.. W. P. Lickider and Mrs. E
L. Kregloe. of this place. went t.
Stephens City last Friday to attsnG
the funeral Of Mrs. j. O. Thrasher
whose death was noted in these col
umus last week. Mrs. Thrasher''
death, which occurred at her home al
Dunkirk, Md, was caused by paraly
ais. She had been feeling badly fol
several days. and the fatal stroke came
while she slept early Monday morn
ing, her death ensuing few hours
later.
Rev. Lewis G. S. Miller, of the
Virginia Synod of the Lutheran
Church, will be at Uvills and Shep'
herdstown on Sunday. In the morn.
ing at IL o'clock be will preach in
the Lutheran Church at Uyilla and in
the evening al 7 o'clock in Shep.
herdstown. He will also attend the
Lutheran Sunday School in town Sun.
day afternoon. The public generally
are invited to attend all these ser
vices. Rev. Mr.. Miller will soon sail
for Japan, where he will engage in
missionary work with other Lutheran
ministers in that field. He is q son Of
Rev. L. G. NJ. Miller, formerly Of
Winchester. 30 favorably known here,
and is one of the most promising
young men in the church.
Deeds of transfer of real estate have
been filed for record in the Office Of
the county clerk az follows: Ida M.
Ronemous to Wilbsrt A. Morris, lot
5 in the division of the farm of the
late Henry Ronemous, near Dufields,
for 400, the purchaser assuming
the payment of lien of 81 800 in sd-
dition to the $S,400 first named; A,
G. Baker and wife to j. W. Ware,
two lots at Summit Point, one con-
tanning one acre, and the other three
fourths of an acre, for 81 $50; JEFF.
ferson Construction Company to w.
o. Speer. 5 lots in block 80, Boom
addition to Charles Town, 5000; Mary
L. CogleY to Joseph M. Jones, lot
on Bolivar Heights, $25; North New
ton to Sheldon W. Newton, an undi-
vided half interest in Federal Hill
farm of 2s3 acres, for $11, 327.75.
The workmen at the Norfolk &
Western bridge improvement at Shep-
herdstown have gotten most of the
machinery in place, and Charles L.
Stevens, superintendent for Contrac.
tor David W. Fliokwir, informs us
that it is hoped to begin work on the
piers next week. Six piers are to be
erected, four Of which will be in the
river, one on the canal bank and the
other on the Maryland side of the
river. The piers are to be entirely of
concrete, and cofferdams will be con-
structed in the river to permit their
construction from bedrock to above
the water level. The concrete will be
carried from the Virginia shore to the
piers by means of an immense wire
cable that will be stretched acloss the
river from shore to shore. Mr..
Stevens will employ what. labor be
can get from this neighborhood. and
the balance will be Italians. The old
quarry at that point, which was work
ed some years ago by the railroad for
ballast, has been opened up, and the
stone for the concrete will be gotten
from it.
Mr.. E. e. Miller, ex-president (oi