Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-11-12
LITTLE LOCALS.

under the name OF Crawford set up In
the commission business in Hagers-
town a few years ago and swindled
the farmers and poultry dealers OF
Maryland and the Virginias out of
some $4,000, was last week convict
ed of fraudulent use of the mails at
Minneapolis. where he played the
same SORT of game. He got a year
and three months in the penitentiary
which scarcely seems enough.
The management of the hospital in
Charles Town will be changed Deeem-
Der l. DR.. R. E. Venning, who has
been in charge since it was opened
four years ago. has leased the proper
ty to Miss Anna Hughes, who will on
the above date take over the manage
ment of the institution. DR.. Ven
ming will at once begin the oonstruc-
ton OF a residence on the hospital lot
at the corner of Congress and Charles
streets, and will occupy it with his
family when the building is complet-
ed.-AdUocate.
An Austrian named Opois Dobren.
is, one of che workmen employed at
the electric power plant at Dam No.
4, was badly il jured last Saturday.
The Martinsburg World says that he
was hurt in fight with Jerry ONeal,
one of the bosses. The foreigner was
struck in the head with stone and
his skull fractured. He was taken to
the hospital in Martinsburg, where an
operation was performed, and it was
said that he had some chance of re-
covery. A warrant was sworn out
for the arrest of o Neal.
The Norfolk & Western Railway
Company has adopted new kind of
seal for use in sealing merchandise
cars loaded on it's system. The seals
are interlocking and differ from the
old seals in not requiring the use Of a
sealing iron and are numbered differ
emily. The old seal was impressed
by the sealing iron with the number
Of the station at which applied, but
the new ones are numbered consecu.
lively from one up to certain mum.
Der, when the pref1es of the alphabet
are used beginning with A.
Miss Mary Rouskulp of Hagers-
town, has presented to the Lutheran
Church of Shcpherdstown two hand
some altar vases Of brass lined with
silver. They are given as memorials
TO Rev. DR. Joseph Seiss and Rev. DR..
Charles Martin, both deceased, who
were former pastors of this church
and who afterward became known as
among the greatest theologians III the
Lutheran Church. The gift lie great
ly appreciated by the congregation,
which has heretofore received other
evidences of Miss Rouskulp's generos-
ity.
These deeds for the transfer Of real
estate have been filed for record in
the Office of the county clerk: Henry
NJ. Loyns to Edward L. Reinhart,
aouse and lot on Church street. Shop
herdstown, $500; George M. Beltz
A0sFsr, Jr., trustee, to the Standard
Lime and stone Company, tract of ten
acres, near MillviAs, $3.50; Samuel
E. Wilson and Mary o. W1aon to j.
Bart Watson, the Ramsay house
and lot in Middlewsy, $3.50; Jeffer--
son Construction Company, to @. F.
Wall, 9 lots on the Boom addition to
Charles Town. $475; John B, Brazier,
10 F. L. Bushong lot AZ, in Hunter
800.
Mr.. William NJ. Myers, of Beding-
ton, Berkeley county, and Miss Cece-
liza Miller, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John R. Miller, of this county, were
married last Thursday morning at the,
home OF the brides parents near Bill
myers Mill. The ceremony was per.
formed by Rev. A. B. Wilson, pastor
of the United Brethren Church of Mar
tinsburg, in the presence Of a number
of invited guests The BRIDE wore a
beautiful dress of white silk. Miss
Gertrude Myers, sister of the groom,
was maid of honor, and Mr.. Charles
Miller, brother of the bride, was best
man. After the wedding bountiful
dinner was served, and later Mr.. and
Mrs. Myers left on a bridal tour to
Pennsylvania. The bride received
many handsome presents.
Senator E. w. McKown, of Spencer,
Senator Silver, of Berkeley county,
Hon. Charles NJ. Hart, OF Clarksburg,
Hon. O. NJ. Wetzel, of Jefferson coun.
ty, and Mr.. John T. Harris, OF Park
ersburg, were in Shepherdstown last
Saturday on official business. The
four fret named are members of
commission named by the West Vir-
ginia Legislature to examine the State
institutions, and Mr.. Harris is the eff.
ficient secretary Of the commission.
They have been inspecting and inves-
tigatiug the various public institutions
all over the State, and were here in
rernlsr course to look into Shepherd