Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-04
LITTLE LOCALS.

arranged. Jefferson county is entitlc
to thirty delegates.
This Thursday is the day set for the
hanging OF Doc Peyton, the negro who
attacked little girl in Martinsburp
last July and was tried and convic,eJ
OF the offense. The Martinsburp Jour.
nal says thar efforts have been made
10 have the negro reprieved.
The wheat is not looking as prom
lslng as II did earlier in the season.
The frost AM the dry weather have
retarded il considerably and il is no.
doing so well. Observers who have re-
pored its condition as 90 per cent a
month ago have reduced their figures
to so per cent.
The pet piney squirrel of John Snv-
der, OF Shenandoah Junction, which
was personal attendant of Mr.. Snv-
der and his son Herman, travelling
about in the pocket of one or the other,
died few days ago, much to the re-
greet OF its owner. The squirrel was a
clever little creature
Lawrence A. Ambrose, who has been
conducting the plumbing business in
ShepherdStown for several wears past.
has left town. He leaves many debts.
and his creditors have seized the SINAI!
amount OF property subject to attach
ment, but this will not come anywhere
near paying the claims against him
Mr.. Ambrose came here from Berkeley
Springs.
Dayton Kidwell, of Hagerstown, was
arrested at Dam No. for catching bass
In the Potomac river ou- of season. He
was fined $3.50 by Magistrate |. H.
Bitner. All he had to show for his
money were two little bass. 1t is said
that couple of fishermen from Pitts
burg caught hundred or more bass
on the West Virginia side OF the river
at Dam No. 4 the past week
A new passenger train schedule was
put into effect on the Norfolk g.
Western Railway last Sunday. No. IS,
the north-bound accommodation, is
three minutes later, passing here at
9.3S a. m. No I, the south bound
night express, is changed from l.35 a.
m. to Isl a. m. No. 2, the midnight
express, is considerably earlier its
time at Shepherdstown now being
1920 instead of lbs a. m.
DR.. and Mrs. H. p. Hirst are remod-
cling and improving their home ar
Leetown, this county, which was once
the home of General Charles Lee, of
the Revolutionary War. This historic
house, which is over $50 years old, is
now being papered for the first time.
The old floors of broad boards that were
hewed out with an axe will be re-
placed with Smooth modern flooring
and new and larger doors will be
made.
The Woman's Club will have an in
teresting exhibit in their club room on
Saturday, May 10th, when they will
show number if interesting antiques
and relics and articles of historical
interest. They ask for loans of ar
ticles that will interest the people
old china, pictures, fancy work, his
torical documents, etc. An admission
of Is cents will be charged, and the
proceeds will 60 to the playground and
library fund of the club.
The quarries of the Standard Lime
and Stone Company at Kearneysville
are to be again placed in operation. A
big pump has been installed and is
pumping water from the quarry hole
at the rate of 600 gallons a minute
BY keeping going steadily night and
day for four weeks the water will be
sufficiently reduced to permit the re-
sumption of quarrying The plant
will be utilized to furnish ballast for
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, con-
tracts having been renewed after a
cessation of five or six years.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has
just placed an order for new cars that
will cost 81 100000. There are to
be forty passenger coaches, four din
ing cars, three baggage cars and five
postal cars. The equipment will be
delivered early in September. What
a pity the B. & o. could not have
shortened this order by car or two and
used bit of the money to pay its share
of the union station at Shenandoah
Junction so sadly needed. This dis
graceful shack is not fit place for
ladies and gentlemen-it is an indict-
able nuisance and the company ought
to provide decent quarters.
State Policemen L. w. Walker and
E. M. Spielman brought to Shepherds
town yesterday morning William Lodge,
who had been arrested at Summit Point
on the charge of Illicit distilling. At
a hearing before Magistrate r. G.
Miller the officers testified that they
found at Lodges place a complete dis
tilling outfit, together with quantity
of mash and some of the finished
product. Magistrate r. G. Miller held
Lodge in 81 900 bail for his appearance
before the grand jury and $500 bond
as assurance that he will not offend
again. In default of bail he was taken
to the county Jail in Charles Town.
Superintendent w. S. Martin OF the
ShepherdStown Light and Water Com
pany is rebuilding the electric lines in
this place. They have been in need
of attention for a long time, and Mr..
Mnrks- i rninu fhnrrn and