Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-02-12
LITTLE LOCALS.

Il SouplS VI years ago from mrs. wan
ME Kearfott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward L. Reinhart /
entertained the bridge club very de-
lightfully Tuesday night, large num- /
Der OF guests being present. The /.
players were entertained at the home |.
Of II. L. Snyder last Thursday night
William Hill, the weather prophet,
who lives north of town, caught a big
chicken hawk in 4 steel trap Tuesday
morning. 1t measures four feet from
tip TO tip OF its wings. The hawk
chewed one OF Mr.. Hills fingers pretty
badly before he got il out of the trap.
According to the census just COM
pleted, the population OF Charles
Town is ASH, not including Ransom
or the suburbs. This is a decrease
OF l35 in the past year, when the CEN
sus showed 1862 residents. Almost
all purely agricultural communities
show a decrease in population since
1910.
The dwelling house on Princess
the late Miss Annie Warner was
sold at public sale last Friday by Geo
M. BcltzhOover. attorney for the heirs.
Charles d. Kretzer was the purchaser
at S1,80l. This is regarded as an ex-
ccllent price for the property, which
is one Of the old houses of the town.
The sale of A. d. Grove, between
Shepherdstown and Sharpsburg. on
Tuesday, was attended by large
crowd, despite the difficult travelling.
Everything sold well. The horses
sold up as high as S235, while the
highest COW brought $3.50 The to-
tai proceeds amounted to more than
$500, and Mr.. Grove was very we'll
pleased with the result
w. Baker Hall, formerly of Charles
Town, has been appointed assistant
engineer for the Public Service Com
mission to succeed William O. .Gallap-
her, promoted to the Office of chief
engineer. Mr.. Hall has been employ
cd in engineering work for the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway and the WAYNE
Coal Company. He served as a can
tain in the American Expeditionary
Forces during the recent war.
A record price for Washington coun-
ty farm property was established last
week, when East Stafford Hall farm
OF 5O2 acres, near Clcarspring, owned
ny Joseph A. Scibcrt, former Sheriff
M. Finley Scibcrt, and William w
Scloert, cousins, was sold in Hapers.
town at public auction for $3.50 an acre
to William w. Scibert, who, IA wears
ago, purchased the farm for SS3. 40 Der
acre. The farm formerly belonged to
Governor Hamilton.
In the circuit court at Cumberland
last Saturday the trial of Mrs. Uhl.
charged with the murder of Edgar
Bryan Pownall, terminated when the
Jury returned Il verdict of not guilty
and me accused woman was set free
Inc Jury took an hour and twenty
minutes to reach a decision. The
trial brought out many sordd facts.
showing the wretched home life of the
Uhfs. The husband seems to have
been cruel and immoral and paid much
more attention to other women than
he did to his wife.
Mcssrs. Stephens and Winters of
the Electric Lighting System Company
have fitted up their room in the old
market-house building in the most at
tractivc style showing the pretty cleo
trlc light fixtures they sell, including
amps and chandeliers and other goods
IN TINS line. They invite country folks
and others to make it their headauart-
ers while in town, and as it is most
convenient location and especially
pleasant inside, il shotId prove to be a
very popular place. Call and see for
yourself how nice it is
Another change in the location of
part of the county road from Mill !
vile to the Harper's Ferry pike. Tho
gradual encroachment of the uuarries /
OF the Standard Stone and Lime Com .
pany on the county road near Mill |
vile has made frequent changes
necessary in the location to safeguard
puolIc travc' along the road. Mem .
oers Of the County Court with Prcsi- .
dent Roberts viewed the proposed .
new location there last week, and un-
animously favored the change, the ,
STANDARD Company agreeing 10 bear !
me expense Of it. Only the companv |
land will be used
There's a good deal of influenza in
tne country round about Shcphcrds- /
town, though fortunately the cases are
not so severe as those during the cpl
demic last winter. Six members of |
the family of Mr. and Mrs. John
Shacklcford on Cherry Hill farm south
OF Shepherdstown have had the dis /
'aSc and to add to their troubles ,
eight of their nine children now have
the whooping cough. including the
naoy only few weeks old; all OF C.. |.
Hllfs family, north OF town, have the |
influenza, asd Emmert Miller and his
family, near Scrabble, are ill with the
same disease.
Mrs. Lawrence M. Lynch, of Roches.
ter, N. Y, who with her children has
ben spending the winter in Shep-
herdstown at the home of her father.
Mr.. II. L. Snyder, has received word
mat her husband has been returned
TO New York City by the New York