Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-09-26
i LITTLE LOCALS.

Western was four hours late Tuesday
night. 1t was caught on the wrong
side of a freight wreck. in which ff-
teen cars were derailed.
There was small cavern right on
the main street on Monday. A couple
Of the locust girders that carry the
street over the town run had given
way and dropped the bottom from the
street.
The electric light committee has
appointed Allen Crowl to be engineer
at the towns electric light plant, to
succeed John Jones, resigned. 1t is
said that there were about eighteen
applicants for the place.
A nice brick pavement had been
laid in front of R. s. M. Hoffmsn's
property, near the railroad station.
replacing the old board walk. New
pavement has also been made in front
of the dwelling occupied by Joseph
Tenant, on Washington street.
Our friend James 81. Oofinberger,
near town, sent us some very nice
raspberries on Tuesday, fresh plucked
from the vines, and he thinks they
rival DR.. Banks's strawberries. MIR.
Cofnberger has raspberry vines that
are advertised as bearing all summer,
and they come mighty near doing it.
Mr.. VIM. d. Johnson, of Benwood,
W. Va, with several members Of his
family, spent the past week at the old
home place north Of town. he caused
the remains of his father, the late John
r. johnson, to be disinterred from the
family burying ground on the farm,
and had them forwarded to Benwood
for burial.
Rev.-J. E. Triplett, who will in a
few days move from Dufields to the
property In Shepherdstown recently
purchased from Henry W. Potts, has
resigned from the pastorate of the
Presbyterian churches of Duf6elds,
Shenandoah Junction and Zion. He
will, we understand, continue to serve
the Kearnsysville congregation.
Our readers are introduced to new
advertiser this week-the old and re-
liable firm of Milton Kohler & Sons,
jewelers. and opticians, of Hagerstown.
Few stores outside Of the large cities
have larger or finer lot of goods, and
their attractive place of business is
well worth visit. We can assure
our readers that they will find this
firm entirely reliable in every respect.
The Martinsburg people are trying
to firt with Messfs. Byron and Goetz,
who were In Shepherdstown week
or two ago looking over prospective
site for a big tannery and harness
mandatory. The Martinsburgers
are trying to locate them at the site Of
the old water. works in that city. In
the meantime plat Of the manufac-
turing shops property and adjacent
land at Shepherdstown is being pre-
pared for the consideration of the gen.
tlemen named.
Our young friend Willis Crowl
brought to US the other day a couple
of shells that he had found in the oil
mill woods east of town. These were
reminders of the bloody fight at the
cement mill just forty.6vs years pre-
vious, when the Philadelphia Corn
Exchange Regiment was almost ami
hilated by General Hills command
two days after the battle of Antietam.
These shells were doubtless fred from
Union batteries on the Maryland shore
in the vain effort to protect the luck
less Philadelphisns. We are glad to
have the relics as an addition to our
museum.
A severe wind and hail storm passed
over the Dufields and Shenandoah
Junction neighborhood Tuesday eve-
ming between FIVE and six o'clock,
passing eastward. Fortunately the
track of the storm was narrow. else
much damage would have resulted.
The hail was very large and stripped
the blades from the corn, while the
wind beat the stalks to the ground.
A number of trees were blown down.
East OF town the storm was very vio-
lent, fattening down the corn 80 COM
pletely that it will be most difficult
task to harvest it.
One Of the locomotives on this divi-
sion of the Norfolk & Western Rail-
way is equipped with whistle that
seems to be cross between a steam
calliope and the wall of lost soul.
Monday night the> son.of-a.gun who
was running the engine turned the
blast loose as he went through Shep.
herdstown and awoke almost every.
body in the community. Uncle Jesse
Peterson heard the awful sound and
thought it was Gabriel blowing his
trumpet. He began to say his pray.
ers, but he was so frightened he got
them backwards, and there's no tell.
ing what would have happened to
him if it really had been resurrection
time.
a. N. Bradley has been appointed
postmaster at Charles Town, having
received the recommendation of Con-
gresham Geo. @. Sturgiss. He sue
ceeds George Porter6eld, who died q
few weeks ago. Darrell K. KOonce
has been made assistant postmaster,
and two other clerks in the Office are
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