Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-24
LITTLE LOCALS.

one at the Farmers Bank corner and
another on later hilll
7. B. Line, the clothisr, has rented
the room in the REGISTER building
vacated by ]. L. Welshans, and will
move into it about the first of October,
when he will open up his stock of fall
and winter clothing, hats, furnishings,
etc.
The best crop of wheat that has yet
been reported was raised by O. G..
Felker, of Sandy Ridge. OF Of fifty
acres he got thirteen hundred and
seventy bushels, one field averaging
thirty and one-half bushels to the
acre.
The engine drawing Norfolk &
Western passenger train leaving Hs-
gerstown at 5 o'clock for Elkton, Va,
broke down Monday at st. James.
The passengers were left in the coach.
es until another engine was sent from
Hagerstown to take the train on to
it's destination.
The prohibition party of Jefferson
county has made the following nomi-
nations: Sheriff O. W. L. Boyd; House
Of Delegates, W. P.Licklider Clerk
OF County Court, Frank Moreland; Cir
cult Court, VIM. B. Woodward; as.
SCISSOR, VIM. T. Wilmington; county
commissioner, John o. Aglionby.
The Berkeley Traction Company
has made application for franchise
to construct and operate an electric
street railway in Martinsburg.
Wheeling capitalist are said to be be-
hind the project, and it is announced
that they intend to build a line from
Martinsburg to Shsph.rdstown and
another from that place to Winchester.
You don't often see spring of wa
ter in the river. but such sight can
now be observed in the Potomac about
a mile below Shepherdstown, opposite
John W. Mitchell's place. The wa
ter in the river is very low, and few
yards from shore strong stream of
water may be seen bubbling from the
bottom of the river. 1t disturbs the
surface of the river for quite 4 little
distance and forces its way above the
river water.
Dwight E. McQuilkin has been APP.
pointed a teacher in Shepherd Col.
lege temporarily, and will conduct
the classes of Prof. ]. D. Muldoon,
who is ill with typhoid fever. Mr..
McQuilkin is a graduate Of this school
and Of the West Virginia University
and has also had two years work at
Harvard University. He il well
equipped for this position and his ap-
pointment will be very satisfactory to
the patrons of Shepherd College.
Petite Domsr, colored, of unsavory
reputation in Shepherdstown, his ma
tive heath, and who has still less en-.
viable record in Hagerstown, where he
has lived for several years, is again
in trouble. He was arrested q few
days ago in Hagerstown for being
drunk and disorderly, and on Mon
day Justice Hartle sent him to the
House of Correction for six months.
Petite has spent a good deal Of his time
in prison, having recently finished a
term Of one year for selling cocaine.
J. L. Welshans has moved his store
into the fine, large room in the new
building that he has just completed
on Main street, few doors east Of
his old location in the REGISTER build.
ing. Mr.. Welshans had occupied this
room ever since he has been in bust.
ness in Shephsrdstown. His own
property is an excellent addition to
the business houses on Main street,
and his store room is the largest in
town. He is now opening a large
and complete stock Of dry goods, mil.
linery, etc., suitable for the fall trade.
A pail of smoke that is evidently
from the great forest fires that pre-
vail in the mountains Of Pennsylva.
MIA, New York and on up through
New England and Canada, has hung
over this section the past week. At
times the sun has presented a very Pc
culiar appearance, looking like great
ball of fire in the heavens, and again
it has been entirely obscured by the
smoke. These forest fires have done
vast damage in the North and East,
and millions of dollars worth of tim.
Der has been destroyed.
The two cells that are being placed
in our municipal building add neither
to the beauty nor popularity Of this
ancient structure. On the contrary,
they simply make bad matter worse.
and this building has finally reached
the point where it may be regarded
as a disgrace to a town such as ours.
The combination of Jail, council room
and engine house is anything but
creditable, and We hope that our peo-
pie will get together and demolish it.
During the past few years various at
tempts have been made to get rid Of 1T,
and it seems to US that all hands
should get after it now.
Miss Virginia White, daughter of
Mrs. Annie White, west of town, was
taken to DR.. Venning's hospital in
Charles Town on Monday, to have al
operation performed. She has had
chronic appendicitis for the past
several months, and it was fually de-
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