Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-06-11
LITTLE LOCALS.

The Norfolk & Western Railway
station at Luray was burned to the
ground yesterday morning. This was
one OF the best stations along this d.
vision.
The county commissioners of Wash
ington county, Md, by a vote of
three to two, refused to take any stock
In the proposed bridge across the riv.
er at Wllliamsport. This is probably
death-blow to the project.
The survivors of Companies A and
d, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, will
hold their annual reunion on Satur.
day of this week at Morgan's Grove
fair grounds, assembling at 10 o'clock
A. NJ. Confederate veterans generally
and their friends are invited to attend
this reunion and picnic.
Mrs. L. j. Durrett, formerly of
Fairmont, this State, has rented the
house occupied by Mrs. s. ]. Cady, on
Washington street, and will move into
it next week. Mrs. Cady will return
to her farm near Harper's Ferry.
Mrs. Cady has leased a house in Nor
gantown, this State, and will move
there in the fall, with the purpose of
educating her children at the State
University.
Miss Riley Pittsnogle, daughter of
Mrs. Annie Pittsnogle, aged about 16
years, Berkeley county, was arrested
by Deputy U. s. Marshal W. D.
Brown, on the charge Of having brok.
en- open the rural free delivery mail
box Of George Freeze, in April, and
taking therefrom certain mail matter
belonging to Mr.. Freeze. The girl
was given hearing before Commits
sioner Thomas, and was held for the
action of the federal grand jury at
Parkersburg. In default of $500
bail she was remanded to the Wood
county Jail. 1t is said that she is not
OF strong mind.
Miss May Shaull, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George B. Shaull, of Middle.
way, this county. and Mr.. @. Earle
Grantham, a well-known merchant of
the same village, were quietly married
in Washington last Saturday evening,
having eloped Saturday morning. The
young couple left Middleway ostenSi-
bly, to 60 to Winchester to attend the
Confederate memorial day exercises,
but later joined each other at the rail-
road station nearby and went to Wash
ington. They announced their mar.
riage upon their return, received pa
rental forgiveness and were rendered
a reception at the home of the groom.
1t was mighty lucky for the Charles
Town baseball team that a big rain
came up Tuesday afternoon about four
o'clock, for our boys were giving them
the double cross on the home grounds.
In the two innings that had been
played Charles Town had made one
run and our team had four to its cred
it. Page Andrews, who was in the
pitchers box, had made up his mind
that the visitors should not make an
other hit, and there's no doubt that
he would have kiboshed them for fair.
Just then the rain began to fall in tor
rents, and our visitors thankfully quit.
Saturday we will wallop the Berry
vile team. Walloping begins at 2
o'clock.
The firm of Grove & Henshaw are
out $lO5 as the result of a deal in
horsehesh few days ago. A man by
the name of Frank Russell stole horse
from R. L. Payne, near Berryville,
took it to Martinsburg and sold it to
Grove & Henshaw. Later Mr.. Payne
traced the stolen animal, proved his
claim to it and took it home, leaving
the Martinsburg men to hold the bag.
Russell escaped to Maryland and has
not yet been apprehended. Russell
got a well.known Berkeley county
farmer, living few miles west Of Shep.
herdstown, to assist him to find a
buyer, and this gentleman innocently
came near getting into trouble over
the matter. 1t is said that horse thieves
have recently been quite active in
Clarke county.
B. & o. passenger train No. 2,
fast express from st. Louis to New
York, had marvelously narrow es.
cape from a dreadful accident last
Friday at Shenandoah Junction. As
the train was coming down the grade
at tremendous speed the tender of en-
CINE 2l20 jumped the track at the
curve a few yards west of the station.
The wheels plowed through the ballast
and ties, throwing splinters and stones
III every ukCCIlOui ohN VIZ AeSH~S
caused persons on the platform at the
station to run for their lives. After
running on the roadbed for few hun
dred feet the tender miraculously
jumped back to the rails and the train
few on without stopping. 1t Is said
that an attempt was made by the op-
orator at the Junction to have the train
tagged at Engle's, but the speed of the
tain was SO great it got past the tower
there before it could be warned. Per-
sons who witnessed the occurrence,
among whom were one or two from
Shepherdstown, were Mortified and
thought dreadful wreck would en-
sue. The track was badly torn up,
and it took the balance of the day to
make repairs.
Charlie Greenfield is dead. Charlie
was a sort of half witted colored man