Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-12-17
LITTLE LOCALS.

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week Of prayer in January.
Frederick Warde, the great TRACED.
ian and Shakesperean impersonator
will give an entertainment in the
Shepherd College auditorium Satur-
day night. This will be a perform
snce that everybody who can do go
should enjoy. Single admission tick
cts so cents.
Rev. A. A. P. Neel, Jr, of Shep-
herdstown, who has recently been IL
censed as a minister of the M E.
Church South by the district confer.
ence, has been appointed by the Pre-
siding Elder to serve the churches on
the east side of the Shenandoah river
in this county. He preached at Fair
mont and Chestnut Hill last Sunday.
Mr.. Mulberry Mckee, of the Van
clevesville neighborhood, met with a
painful accident last week. He was
working at piece of iron In blacs-
smith shop, when the iron, which was
redhot, was knocked from the tongs,
striking him in the right eye. 1t in-
hlcted severe wound, besides burn
ing his eye quite badly, and came dan
gerously near destroying the sight OF
the eye.
Since the gentle hint that we gave
in our last Issue, a number OF subscrlb-
ers who were IN arrears have paid up,
but We still have some on the list who
have taken no account of our notlfca-
ton. We will have to part from
them-"more in sorrow than in an
ger and use other methods to col
lect the Indebtedness if they do not
soon respond. 1t takes money to run
a newspaper
James Lampere, one of the work.
men employed on the new railroad
bridge, had a pretty bad fall yester'
day. He was on the big traveller,
when a board upon which he was
standing tilted and caused him to fall
10 the track below, a distance of some
80 feet. He was badly shocked by
the fall, but he fortunately escaped
with fractured rib and severe bruls'
es.
Charles L. Stevens, who has been
superintendent in charge of the cree
tion of the railroad piers at Shop
herdstown for contractor D. W. Flick
wir for the past year, has gone to Au'
dover, N. j., where he expects to be
busy for the next two aud a-hali
years on big railroad contract that
Mr.. Flickwlr has. We are sorry to
see Mr.. Stevens leave, as he is a
most agreeable gentleman and has
made many friends while in Shep-
herdstown. Mrs. Stevens and their
little SOD have gone to Virginia to
spend lew weeks.
R. H. Rogers, the Kearneysville
Wagon-maker, suffered serious loss
from a peculiar cause recently. One
of his driving horses was found des-
perately injured few days ago, its
entrails protru1ing from hole torn
III its body. The horse was SO badly
hurt that it had to be killed to end
its misery. 1t was thought that the
animal had injured itself on a wire
fence, until Mr.. Rogers other horse
vas found in almost as bad condition.
Investigation showed that both horses
mad been gored by a vicious heiter.
Tue second horse is in a bad fix, but
may possibly get well. The helfer
was dehorned-too late.
We hate to tell on our town ser
geant, but news is news and must be
published. He came mighty near
having trouble with the law this week
and some of his friends were afraid
he'd land in the jug into which he has
stuck SO many prisoners. Tuesday
Town Sergeant Shipley, his brother,
Silas Shipley, and William Sisler went
Admitting. They trespass d on the
Rlghtstine farm above town, oct upied
by John N Shackleford. Silas saw a
poor little orphan bird in tree and
shot at it. He missed the bird, but
ne came near CITING Shackleford
John got his dander up when the shot
tell around him, and came to town
and had the three Nimr, DIS arrested
for trespass. Tney were tried before
Squire Rentch yesterday, who fined
Sllas three dollars and costs but mer
cifully excused the town sergeant and
Slsler.
The regular monthly meeting of the
own council was held Monday even
ing, Mayor Schley presiding and all
the members present. The committee
on the Jail reported that the old Jail
had been sold for $l5. The street
committee reported that certain pave
ments and crossings rad been put
down, but others ordered had not been
made. A motion directing the street
committee to discontinue work along
the line for the winter was lost The
committee reported that permission
had heen gwen the railroad company
to do grading on Mill and High streets,
but owing to the lack of material the
company would not do the work Err
roneous taxation of H. W. Potts was
corrected. Treasurer Reinhsrt re-
ported $l27.68 on hand. The coun-
Gil accepted an invitation to take sup
per during the holidays at the fire.
mems fair. The electric light bill for
the month was referred to the com
mittee for settlement. The council
.dionrned after pasaiDo q number of