Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-04-22
Items of Interest.

Congressman Brown mas recommended
w. Williams 10 be postmaster at Moore
field, succeeding present postmaster Har-
wood, whose term expires April Is.
Rothwell & Company, OF MartinSburg,
have leased the plant OF the Frederick
City Abattoir Company, which they will
operate as an ice mandatory and cold
storage establishment.
Probably the largest train that ever
pulled out OF Cumberland was moved one
day last week, when l25 loads, with an
approximate weight OF 100000 tons, en-
CINE COLL, made the trip TO Brunswick.
Two twelve year. old girls OF Connells-
vile, Pa, skipped the rope $50 times
without stopping few days ago. One
OF them, Margaret Wagner, died last Sat-
urday, and the other, Lorraine Mccarthy,
is paralyzed in her legs as result OF the
exercise.
Mrs. Bessie Hixon, of Hancock, is in
jail in Hagerstown, charged with the muir
der OF her little baby, whose body was
found buried IN the cellar OF her home.
She has been separated from her husband
for some time, and it is charged that the
child was ilegitimate.
AsJ. ]. League, MartinSburg business
man, was about 10 enter his home last
Saturday night he was attacked by a rob-
Der who felled him with blow from a
revolver and then attempted 10 beat him
into Inconsistencies. Mr.. Leagues calls
for help brought his brother on the scene,
whereupon the robber shot at him and
then fled.
The dwelling OF Snyder Bane, on the
Leetown road, near Browns shop, caught
fire Thursday morning from some trash
that was being burned. The fire burned
the hen-house and several small sheds
and caught the meat-houSe, but the blaze
was extinguiShed before much damage
was done to the dwelling or the meat
house.-Adv0cate.
Congressman VIM. q. Brown and his
wife will in few days meet in Chicago
the congressional party that is TO make a
trip to the exposition at San Francisco
and also TO Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
After a stay Of two weeks IN Honolulu
they will return to San Francisco and after
attending the exposition in San Diego
wilreturn to West Virginia about June 20.
Temporarily deraDged, due 10 a nervous
breakdown. Martin L. Hoover, aged u
years, a wealthy farmer and fruit grower,
committed suicide in the attic OF his house
at Smithburg, Md, last Thursday morn
ing by hanging himself 10 ratter. Mr..
Hoover, while his wife was preparing
breakfast, went up stairs. When he did
not come to breakfast his wife went 10
COX for him and found him hanging by
rope, his knees dangling on the floor.
II is said that the State Board OF Re-
gents has agreed upon Prof. F. P. Graves,
member OF the faculty OF the University
OF Pennsylvania, as the new presidentfor
the West Virginia University at Morgan
town. Prof. Graves was formerly pres
ident of the University Of Wyoming and
also president OF the University OF Wash
ington. The appointment has not been
officially made, it is thought, because the
State treasury is not paying any salaries
at present.
The saloons in Hagerstown have struck
a snag. The saloon-keepers have been
in the habit of signing bonds for each
other, thus making avery nice reciprocity
arrangement by which they are saved a
good deal OF worry in hunting up prop
erty owners who will vouch for them.
The Anti-Saloon League has protested
against this custom, and has made the
point that inaSmuch as Saloon-keeper
has TO sign his own bond, he is dIsquali-
fled to sign any other. The matter will
have to be decided by the courts, and if
the point holds good about one-fourth OF
the applications now on file will be vitiated.
A Joy ride participated in by party Of
Martinsburgers last Wednesday night re-
suited disastrously, when their automo-
bile overturned on the way from Williams
port to Martinsburg. The men had been
to Hagerstown and were on their way
home when the Car smashed into a tree.
Hollis Lineberg was seriously injured,
his hips being crushed, and Bert Locke
and ]. w. Flynn were bruised and cut
pretty badly. 1t was reported that there
were several women in the party, but the
men denied this. The Hagerstown Mail
says that the accident was caused by a
lady sitting on the lap OF the driver OF the
car, thus slightly distracting his attention
from the steering wheel.