Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-01-20
LITTLE LOCALS.

| per for some time past. we are gido thd'
he has turned over a new leaf-we wish
all who read a borrowed paper would DO
| likewise.
The owners of the property at Bridge
port, opposite Shepherdstown, occupied
by w. H. Kanode, have sold it to Mr..
Kanode for $2,325. The property con-
sists of a brick house, stable and out
buildings and about ten acres OF land.
The sale was made by H. L. Snyder q
Co. and 6. M. Beltzhoover, Esq.
A Shepherdstown lady this week wrote
to a half dozen different friends and told
them of an important piece OF news, in
order, as she frankly acknowledged, to
get ahead of the Shepherdstown Register
for once. After she had mailed her letters
she found that her news item wasn'ttne.
after all. It's mighty hard to scoop"
the Register.
We again wish to impress upon our
readers the desirability of using the Reg
ister as medium for advertising public
sales in this county and in Berkeley. Our
paper covers both counties pretty thor
oughly, and in Jefferson county we have
larger circulation than any other paper.
A few dollars spent in advertising will
bring large returns, and wise persons
will not stint in this respect. The Reg
lister prints ,675 copies every week and
goes into large proportion of the homes
of this section. Our sale bills are the best
that can be gotten out and attract atten-
ton everywhere.
Miss Nina Shifflet, the young lady who
was so badly burned last week at the
home of her cousin, Claude Matthews, at
Shenandoah Junction, died Saturday
morning from her injuries. The body
was taken to her home at Luray on Sum
day for burial. The death of this bright
and attractive young girl cast a gloom
over the community, and is a crushing
blow to her invalid father, w. T. Shifflet,
of Luray. She was an only child and was
the comfort and solace of his life since
the death of his wife few years ago.
Her uncle, Charles Miller, and her aunt,
| Mrs. X. w. Young, were with her until
she died, and their grief touched every
| heart
Work on the ice plant Of Messrs. John
son and Miller in ShepherdStown is prog
ressing favorably, and it will not be long
now until we shall be independent OF
| lack Frost. The building for the factory
has been practically completed, and on
| Monday the first carload OF machinery
was received from the York Manufacture
ing Company, which has the contract for
the equipment. The work OF installing
the machinery will be pushed along as
rapidly as possible, and it is thought that
the manufacture OF ice will! begin within
sixty days. A fine stream CT water was
struck in a sandstone formation at adepth
of 70 feet, and so an ample supply OF
good water is assured. Comparatively
few persons have filled ice-houseS in
Shepherdstown this winter, as most
persons prefer to use the artificial product
The long spell of snow and Sleet and
then more snow has been very hard on
the birds, and everybody should be SUI
ficienty interested in our feathered
friends to help care for them. There
has been little opportunity for them to get
food, and many will perish unless they
are fed. The farmers will get back good
returns for the grain that they may feed
the partridges and other insect-eating
birds, to say nothing OF the pleasure OF
having them about the farm or home.
| There has been a considerable increase
| in the number of song birds in this sec
ton the past few years, and we believe
| it is because our people are so deeply in
terested in them and encourage their
presence. Let us all help feed the birds
now when they are in such sore need.
and in the spring and summer we will be
more than repaid for our trouble.
| The owners of the plant OF the old
| ShepherdStown Manufacturing Company
have placed the property for sale with H.
l.. Snyder & Co. and q. IA. Beltzhoover,
Esq, of this place. This is very desir-
able location and plant for the establish
ment OF almost any sort of manufacturing
purpose. tits located along the Norfolk &
Western Railway, with switch into the
| wards. and has every convenience for
shipping and receiving freight. There
are two large brick buildings, connected,
one of which is two stories high, a large
brick foundry, brick blacksmith shop and
brick office building-all of the most sub
stantial character and adapted for manu-
featuring purposes. A price has been
fixed upon the property that is but a
fraction of its original cost. Information
will be cheerfuIly furnished by Mr.. Beltz-
hoover or H. L. Snyder & Co.
Miss Lucy Beltzhoover, whose serious
illness has been referred to in these COL
umns the past week or two, is dangerous
ly i'll in the hospital in Charles Town,
Last week her physician, DR.. q. W..
Banks, called into consultation DR.. Ven
ming, of Charles Town, and it was agreed
that an operation was imperatively neces-
sary. Miss Beltzhoover was taken to
Charles Town Thursday evening, and the
same night the operation was performed.
1t was successfully accomplished, but the
patient has since been extremely weak,
and while ii is hoped that her vitality will
be sufficient to carry her through the
crisis, her family and friends are much
concerned. No material change is ex-
pected until the tenth day after the opera
ton has been passed. The present trou-
| e