Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-10-07
LITTLE LOCALS.

The weather the past week has been
delightful, giving farmers full op-
portrhity Tor pushing along the work
OF seeding and cutting of corn. There
were light frosts several mornings, but
not enough to do any harm.
John II. Bond, aged 76 years, was
struck and killed last Friday near hi
home at Harper's Ferry by a train on
road as II was approaching the station
Mr.. Bond was a veteran Of the Civil
War.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has
received authority te borrow $1,000, 900
for additions and betterments. Can IL
be possible that il intends to replace
that awful abomination at Shenandoah
Junction with a decent passenger sta
tion?
Saturday of this week, October 9th,
has been designated by the President
OF the United States and the Governor
of this State as Are preventive day.
The people are urged 10 consider mat
ters which will have tendency to
cause a decrease in the great number
of preventable fires in this country.
The festival given by the Shep-
herdstown Graded School last Satur-
day night in the hremen's haii was n
great success, about Sl20 being taken
in. part of the proceeds will be
given TO the proposed memorial at the
West Virginia University and the bal
ance will be devoted to the school
library.
M. and Mrs. Jacob II. Harman. of
Martinsburg, celebrated the Hftieth
anniversary of their wedding last
Wednesday. Mr.. Harman is "a years
OF age and his wife 73, and both are
active and in good health. Mrs.
Harnan was formerly Miss Annie II.
kidwe J. OF Shepherdstown, and they
were married here by Rev. DIR. Bittle
nifty years ago.
The fail flowers have been unusually
beautiful this season. The dahlias are
especially lovely, with vivid colors and
large size, and some Of our Yards have
been gorgeous with the profuse growth
that has resulted from favorable wealth
er conditions. The Registers edinr
has been favored with some beautiful,
specimens by Mrs. G.. Z. Walters and
Mrs. Theodore Rogers.
The great Hagerstown fair will take
place next week-beg.nn ne on Tues
day and continuing through until
Saturday. The indications are that
the fair will be up 10 its usual high
standard, and many and varied amusc-
ments will be provided for those who
will attend. The various departments
will be fuller than ever before, ac-
cording to present indications.
Mrs. Prudence Kershaw. formerly
Shepherdstown, was right badly hurt,
yesterday at her home in Martinsburg,
when she fell down a flight of stairs.
At first il was feared that her back was
broken, but this proved not TO be the
case, though 1t was severely sprained.
There were no broken bones, but the
shock was serious one and there are
fears that she may never recover.
Hagerstown folks are considerably
peeved at the exorbitant charges made
in some Of the restaurants in that
city, and they have laid complaint be-
fore the State Fair Price Commits
sioner, asking him to make an in
vestigation. The travelling public as
well as the local people are UP in arms
and no wonder, il the restaurants are
charging at the rates named in one
OF the letters Of complaint: Forty
cents for two eggs; 25 cents for
bacon and egg sandwich; 20 cents for
an oyster sandwich; 20 cents for one
egg; S1.1O for an oyster fry; 60 cents
Tor Hamburg steak with onions;
omelets, go cents; small oyster stew,
90 cents, and a cut of pie, Is cents.
That dread disease, infantile paraly-
sis, Is causing great concern in Wash
ington county, Md. Ten children,
ranging in age from two to Ave years,
have been crippled for life by the
malady within the past three months,
three Of the victims having been re,
ported to the health authorities on
Monday. The physicians seem power
less to combat this terrible disease.
for medical science has as yet found
neither preventive nor cure. The out
break in Washington county seems to
be sporadic, as no two cases have been
found in the same family, although
five cases have occurred near Williams
port. Or the three cases reported on
Monday one was at Kemp's station
one at the home of Frank Lewis, be-
4 tween ST. James and Spielman's a
child 20 months old; and the third at
the home OF E. B. Browning on Wash
ington avenue in Hagerstown. In each
case the children have lost the use Of
both Of their legs and one its right
arm also.
In the United States Court at Mar
tinsburg last Saturday morning Lewis
Staubs, OF Harper's Ferry, plead
guilty to stealing a bag OF mail at the
Harper's Ferry station some months
ago. Staubs is staid to have watched
his opportunity, being aware of the
custom of the man in charge Of the
mail at the station to leave il unguard.
ed for few minutes while he met a
train, and then to have stolen a mail
pouch, which contained about $500
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