Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-01-30
LITTLE LOCALS.

Bring US your work and We will give
you our best service.
John R. Crowl, superintendent Of
the gas works at Charles Town, form.
erly'o of Shephsrdstown, was overcome
BY escaping gas while looking after a
leak in one Of the street mains last
Wednesday night. For a time he
was extremely i'll.
The Italian who was recently Ar
rested ct Kellsr's, this county, for
selling liquor illegally, and who was
taken to Parkersburg for trial in the
United States Court, plead guilty last
week and was sentenced to thirty
days in jail and to pay q fine Of 500.
Senator Elkins has introduced war
claims bills in Congress as follows :
Estate of James W. Myers, $3.50 ss-
tate Of James Watson, $4,000; estate
of Moses W. Burr, 81, 700; Joseph R.
Howell, $400 estate Of Sarah j.
Ronemous, So. 240; estate of George
W. Bromley. $3,l73.50.
Prof. Lsggett, of Boston. the ma
gician and spiritualist. will give an
entertainment in the town hall Satur-
day night, February LIST, for the ben
eft of the Shephsrdstown Concert
Band. Everybody come and help q
good cause. General admission Is
cents, gallery Is cents, children Is
cents.
The friends Of Mrs. Crumpton, who
spent last summer in Shepherdstown,
will be sorry to learn of painful ac-
cident that befsll her in Washington.
While walking along the street she
fell on the Ice at the corner of Ninth
and G streets and broke her wrist,
and has since been confined to her
room. ~
Mesars. J. P. Thompson and T. A.
Carter, who have been running the
Entlsr Hotel for the past three years,
have dissolved partnership, to take
effect the first of February. Mr.. Car
ter will continue the management of
the hotel, and Mr.. Thompson and his
wife will go to Nebraska and 20 into
business as soon as he gets his affairs
settled up.
The Messrs. Turner are getting
ready to erect a new barn to replace
that destroyed by fire last fall on
their farm west of town. Elmer SUIT
ton has set up his saw mill in their
woodland and will get out the frames
at once. John Stanley has the con-
tract for the building of the barn,
which will be erected on the site Of
the former one.
Prof. Carl W. Littlsr, Of the Shep.
herd College faculty, delivered an in
teresting lecture i'll the auditorium
last Thursday night upon the manu-.
facture of steel and iron, subject
with which he is quite familiar, hav.
ing been a practical man in this in
dustry. Unfortunately the lantern
which had been intended to illustrate
the lecture failed to arrive, and this
feature had to be abandoned.
We had a pleasant call Tuesday from
G.. B. Wiltshire, secretary-treasurer of
the Vehicle Company Of Martinsburg,
who was in town on business. Mr..
Wiltshire takes an active part In the
management of the company, the bus
mess Of which is prospecting finely.
1t has added line of farm imple-
ments and can now supply the wants
of farmers and others not only in We
hiclss of every description, but in the
best makes of farm machinery.
A sporty young fellow by the name
of Swain, from Sharpsburg, was in
Shepherdstown last Saturday after.
noon, and not being able to see straight
he rode his horse into DR.. Groves
yard. Sergeant shipley arrested him
and Mayor Hodges fined him $5 and
costs, As he didn't have the dough
with him, he was committed to Jail,
and when a friend offered to put up
the wherewithal he said he preferred
to stay in Jail. He was willing to
come out next morning, however.
A meeting of the Jefferson County
Fruit Growers Association was held
in Charles Town last Saturday. Ad-
dresses were delivered by D. Gold
Miller, of Berkeley county and J. X.
Cushman, of Baltimore, and Marshall
Mcdonald spoke concerning fruit Gull
ture. Officers Of the association were
elected as follows: DR.. A. P. Thomp-
son, president, @. D. Wysong, J. Il.
Dutterer, Logan B. Shut, j. O, Unger
and M. o. Rouss, vice-presidents;
Milton Burr, secretary and treasurer.
The hotel at the famous Shannon.
dale Springs narrowly escaped de-
struction by FIRE yesterday about
noon. From some cause as yet I'M
known the building caught FIRE, and a
part of the roof was burned of, while
the upper part was considerably dam
aged. Capt. Fl. @. Getsendsnner' the
owner of the place, was in Charles
Town at the time, and at once hurried
home when he learned Of the trouble,
but the people about the place had
succeeded in e1tinguishing the flames
by the time he got there.
Hon. Charles NJ. Wetzsl, who left
for Charleston on Wednesday to at
tend the extra session of the Legisla.
ture that opens on Wednesday next,
b.. v;.lded To the solicitation of his