Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-07-28
LITTLE LOCALS.

paper TOT tlGht months.
Town Sergeant W. W. Winters md
Constable Willis Crowl, our ,vo local
ofhcerS, have made ARRANGEMENTS 30
give the bond necessary Tor rcrriS.
sion 10 carry rcvolVerS. and eNrsct to
secure this privilege from the county
court on Friday
The interest in the bathing seaeh
lust across the river from Shepherds.
town seems 10 increase, and every Jay
from ~ to 100 persons diSport them.
selves in the Potomac at this rlace
Bridgeport is beginning 10 put on airs
and refers 10 itself as Atlantic City.
Temporary repairs are being made
TO the ShepherdStown and Middlcway
turnpike, that was recently very badly
damaged bv heavy rains. a consider
able sum of money should he spent on
this highway calmly enough TO
ditch the sides of the road thoroughly
and round up the roadbed.
Two interesting articles NAV be
found on another page of the Register
this week. One is "Jottines BY the
Way" by DR.. Scanlon. and the other
! is timely comment by MIR. ST. John
| Byer on one of DR.. knotts letters re-
Gently published. The original contri-
buttons from men of this class are
proving very interesting TO the readers
of the Register.
/ Andrew +. STROBE, who has been in
the service OF the Norfolk & Western
/ Railway for a number of years, and who
| for some time past been the second
/ trick agent and operator al the Shcp-
herdstown station, has given up work
with the company. The N. s. W. has
never had a man here who has been
more accommodating to the public than
Mr.. Strobe, and many persons will re-
gret his retirement.
The Washington County Fish and
Game Protective Association last Sat
urady placed 10000 young bass, OBJ
tanned from the State hatchery, in the
! Potomac river az Williamsport and S.
600 in one Of the small streams near
Williamsport. Next fall the associa-
ton will place into the Potomac 200,-
600 young bass to be secured from the
United States hatcheries.
Our friend A. c. Kinsell, Of Scrabble,
was in town the other day He reports
that considerable proportion OF the
residents Of that town have been sick
with the measles, which attacked men,
women and children. Some Of the old
er folks were made quite sick with the
disease. Ii seems that Scrabble has
been entirely overlooked by the measles
since the postoffice at that place was
closed some twenty-five or thirty years
ago.
Mrs. Thomas F. Jones had a very un-
pleasant experience few nights ago
AS she was lying in bed asleep she was
awakened by severe pain in one of
her fingers. She made an investiea-
tlon and found that she had been bad
ply bitten by a rat and the blood was
streaming from two wounds. A big
rat had found its way into the house
by door that had been left open, and
took occasion to bite Mrs. Jones. II
was seen by members Of the house
hold as il leisurely made its way out
OF the door. Steps have been taken
to reduce the rat population about the
place.
The West Virginia Supreme Court
OF Appeals has refused a writ of err
ror in the case OF the State VS. Henry
Johnson, petition for which was pre-
sented to the court by Iohnson's coun-
sci. Johnson was convicted at thu
May term Of the Jefferson Circuit
Court OF murder in the first degree.
for the killing of Robert Mansfield in
March Of this year. The iury recon-
mendcd life imprisonment, and the
court followed the recommendation in
imposing sentence. The prisoner will
probably be taken TO the penite ntiary
in the next few days to begin his long
term.-Advocate
DR.. S. M. Langford. of Martins burg,
State Veterinarian, was among the
callers at the Register Office Yesterday.
He was here looking after the out
break Of hydrophobia on the Wysong
farm, tenanted by John N. Shacklc-
ford, and reports that several more
hogs have had to be killed. having
developed rabies. pr. Langford had
conference with our local officials. and
insists that all dogs running at large
be disposed OF until the quarantine is
lifted. The quarantine, which will be
in force for seven weeks yet, includes
all territory within a radius Of five
miles of the Wysong farm.
The hearing on the temporary in
junction granted the United States Har-
ness Company, Of Charles Town,
against three agents Of the government,
restraining them from removing the
stock OF the company from Charles
Town, has been moved TO the Federal
Court on order of Judge Woods, who
in Martnsburg last Saturday heard a
motion to that effect from the district
attorneys Office, which was not oppos-
ed by counsel for the company. II was
said after the hearing that the argu-
ments on the Injunction motion itself
will be heard by Judge w. E. Baker,
in vacation term of Federal Court,
to be held as soon as possible. The