Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-10-27
LITTLE LOCALS.


ray Caverns by way of the Norfolk x
western Railway last Sunday. The
Philadelphia & Reading has booked
excursions for October 30th. November
9th and November 18th.
The will of Mrs. Eliza Caster, OF
| ShepherdStown, was probatcd last
week. She bequeathed five dollars each
to her granddaughters, Virginia and
Pauline Ricamore, and all the remainder
OF her estate, including the house and
lot on New street, is bequcathed 20 her
daughter, Miss Annie Caster.
Work has been commenced on the
new home that Kenneth Staley will
have built on the land purchased from
II. P. Schley, just north of town along
the Shepherd pike. The excavation for
the foundation has been completed. The
| dwelling will be Of the stucco bungalo
| style, of attractive design and con-
venient arrangement, 52 by 80 feet in
size. Maddox Brothers will be the
| builders.
Stuart w. Walker, United States At
torney for the Northern District of
West Virginia since January, 1914, has
| rendered his resignation, effective De-
cember LIST. He retires in order that
Republican may get the pleasant Job
which he held for so long Ii is said
that T. A. Brown, OF Parkersburg. Is
slated for the position. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney II. II. Byrcr will retain
his Office until the new man gets the
run of the work.
Two young girls who were entirely
too young to be alone in strange
place were in Shepherdstown Monday
night. They told a queer story to the
effect that their father had brought
them from Winchester and had left
them at the fairgrounds mile from
town, where they were to meet a Mrs.
Richardson. They did not meet her,
and after wandering about the streets
for a while they disappeared and have
not since been seen.
While cranking his Ford car last
Saturday Craig Marshall, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Marshall, had his right
arm broken when the old thing kick
ed back on him. DR.. Burwell mend
ed the fracture. What worries Craig
is that the accident keeps him from
helping to husk corn and split kindling
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chores on the farm, to say nothing Of
his regret at not being able to write
compositions in school.
Yesterday morning a resident OF the
Kearneysvile neighborhood who has a
share in a hshpot in the Opequon
creek back Of Leetown went to the fish
| pot to clean out the leaves and trash
that accumulates from time to time. In
| raking out the leaves he drew forth
! bundle which upon examination proved
to be the body OF newborn white
child wrapped in a cloth Nobody
seems to know who the mother is.
While hunting in Henry Shepherds
orchard north OF town last Friday John
X. Crowl shot one of the biggest rab-
bits ever seen in this section. Ii is
believed that il was a cross between an
ordinary rabbit and a Belgian hare,
some OF the hares having been turned
loose in this neighborhood a year or
two ago. Some folks thought il might
be reminder 0! The jack rabbits that
were brought here from Kansas a num-
Der of years ago and turned loose by
the Shepherd boys
The town authorities have been
patching UP the streets the past week,
putting them in order for the winter
Unfortunately the amount of money
available for such repairs is limited
II must be said for our present town
council that il has done excellent work
on our streets this year-indeed, they
have never been in as good condition
as they are now. The river hill, always
bugaboo because it has been so DIFF.
| hcult to keep in repair, has been mas
tered at last and is in thoroughly good
order. Proper ditching and draining
was the secret OF success.
Our friend A. G. Kinsell, of Scrab-
Bile, was in town last Saturday and
made call at the Register Office. He
| says that the gorilia scare has entire
| ly subsided in that neighborhood, but
since the last frost there's such a fir-
ing OF guns all day long that it SQUADS
like the war in Europe. Rabbit hunt
| ers are out in companies and regiments
and the poor bunnies dassen't come
out Of their holes except between mid
night and daybreak Scrabble had al
ways considered itself a right respec-
table sDrt of place, but when Evange-
| list Waters got after the sinners and
backsiders il was found that il was
almost in the class with Sodom and
Gomorrah. He shook Sup the dry
bones and brought the sinners to re-
pentance, so all is well once more and
life and property are safe. There will
be good many changes in the village
next spring, owing to the death Of the
late G. w M. Tabler and the sale of
his properties. The little store there
may possibly be closed. which would be
considerable of an inconvenience to
the people OF the vicinity Mr.. Kin
sell may enlarge his broom-makine
business and add grocery department,
as there are good many persons in the
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