Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-11-11
LITTLE LOCALS.

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Important improvements have been
made TO the elegant union station of the
Norfolk & Western and Baltimore & Ohio
| Railroads at Shenandoah Junction. The
lamp chimneys have been cleaned and
the interior OF the depot has been painted.
Raleigh M. Moler, OF Bakerton, this
county, who recently completed course
in Stenography and tyDewriting at the
MartlnSburg Business College, has been
appointed TO position as stenographer
in the freight office OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Toledo, Ohio, at a salary OF
S75 month.
Charles c. Triplett received word yes
terday that his brother, Burnice Triplett,
formerly of this place, had been operated
upon for appendicitis in Garfield Hospital,
Washington. Burnice is employed in the
chemical department of the Corby yeast
Company in Washington. We hope that
he may soon recover.
ShepherdStown has distinguished visit
ors today. The Attorney General of the
United States, Mr. Gregory, and friend
from Washington came here last evening.
and this morning they arose about SIX
O'Clock and went on the Potomac river
to spend the day in fishing for bass. They
are stopping at the Hotel Rumsey.
We are very sorry TO note that James
| Grantham, county superintendent OF
schools, received slight stroke ofparaly-
sis Tuesday Of last week at his home near
Middleway. We understand, however,
that the attack is not considered serious.
and we join with his many friends in the
hope that he may speedily recover.
We are indebted to our good friend and
former fellow -toWnSman, Mr.. Matthew
Page Andrews, for copy OF his Dixie
Calendar for 1916. Ii is delightful ag
gIegalion OF poems and quotations and
facts ofdeep interest 10 every Southerner,
and II should be in all the homes and on
the desks OF all the business men in the
Sunny South. II is really delightful
little publication.
The sale OF the personal property OF
the Shepherd heirs last Saturday attracted
a large crowd, number OF persons being
in attendance from Hagerstown, BeIke-
ley Springs, Charles Town, MartinSburg
and other places. Good prices were
realized, the total proceeds amounting to
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there is no cessation of the demand Tor
antique furniture, the few pieces that
were sold here bringing big prices. M.
p. Crowl cried the sale.
The postmaster and the editor took part
in spirited rabbit hunt on Monday, and
the baying OF the beagle hounds as they
chased Br'er Rabbit and his family around
the fields was pleasant music. We have
promised not to publish the score until
the postmaster has had chance TO redeem
his reputation and out OF respect TO his
feelings we Will also refrain from men
tioning what happened TO his trousers
when he climbed over a barbed wire
fence.
In Cumberland yesterday the jury
awarded verdict OF 81, go in favor OF
Waller Crowl against the city OF HagerS-
town He is the ten-year- son OF
Harry Crowl, formerly OF ShepherdStown.
While walking along street in HagerS-
town some time ago plaster from build
ing Ill course OF erection fell into his eye,
causing him to lose the sight OF it. The
city was sued for damages, and this was
the second trial, former jury having
| awarded verdict for $1,000.
Mrs. M. H. Ramsburg, Of KearneySville,
| asks us to correcta Statenentln last weeks
Register concerning The assault made up
on her by Mary Gore, colored. Mrs.
| RamSburg Says that she was walking
home from KearneySville, and as she
passed the Gore house the Colored woman
ran out in the road and cursed her and
Jumped on her. Mrs. RamSburg says:
II never passed word with Mary Gore.
She stole my chickens and sold them 10
| K. l.. klmer IN MattinS6urg, and went
to town and brought them back home"
An engagement OF interest just an
nounced IN New York, is that OF Miss
Anna Elizabeth Guest daughter OF Mrs.
and the lale William Woodward Guest,
oi Baltimore, 10 MIR. John w. Starbuck,
OF New York, formerly of Chicago.
| Miss Guest IS we'll known in this section,
Baby, OF ShepherdStown and New York,
with whom She has spent much time.
'rhe wedding will take place quietly on
November the twenty fourth at the Chapel
| of st. Saviour OF the Cathedral of ST. John
the Divine in New York.
Washington Cover, who was hurt in a
runaway accident near ShepherdStown
| some weeks ago, is in serious condition
| at his home near KeedySville, Md. His
| injured foot refused to heal and gangrene
| set in. His physicians told him that un-
| less the leg was amputated he would die,
but he fatty refused 10 permit this. 1t is
| said that he has relrained from lying
down or sleeping for some days past, for
| fear that they would administer an anaeS-
| thetlc and perform the operation while he
was unconscious. AT last reports his
| condition is regarded as more favorable,
and ii seems likely that he may yet win
out over the doctors.
1t is said that groundhogs are becom-
ing very numerous IN this section and the
fields and woods are being dug up in
many places for dens by these curious
little creatures. OF recent years ground
hogs have been rather scarce in this
neighborhood, but for some reason they
have multiplied greatly this summer.
| One was killed short time ago while
swimming across the Potomac river near
ShepherdStown, and il may be that they
have invaded our neighborhood from
| Maryland, as Washington county has
been full OF them in recent years. Farm
erS say that the animals destroy crops 10
a considerable extent.
Rev. b. 7. Moody, the swindling
preacher who operated in ShepherdStown
a few weeks ago, and who was caught at
Kenova, this State, was taken TO his old
home at Lodi, Va, last Thursday, where,
after hearing, he was held tor action OF
the grand jury. His weeping wife was
present at his preliminary trial, and the
crowd was so hostile that Moody became
frightened and begged the officers TO pro-
tect him. Ii is said that the federal au-
thorities are awaiting an opportunity TO
get hold OF him, he having enticed from
her home another mans wife. 1t is like
ly that ShepherdStown persons who were
Swndled will be called upon as witnesses.