Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-11-30
HARpER's FERRY AND BOLIVAR.

HAMPERS FERRY AND BOLIVIA
Throughout the town and county
there are reported severalcases of scar
let fever and typhoid. We hope this
will not prove to be an epidemic.
We are sorry to report the death of
Ivan Edwards, which occurred Tues
day, November Fl, at an early hour
in Baltimore hospital. Some three
weeks ago, while employed in the
Baltimore yard Of the B. & o. Rail-
road, while switching cars he stumbled,
causing his lantern to explode in a
bucket OF gasoline which burned him
SO severely that il resulted in his
death. He is survived by his wife
and two children, besides his mother.
sister and three brothers. His funer,
al was held last Saturday at Frederick,
! Md
Mrs. M. d. Shugart and grandson
Robert Reid, are visiting Mrs. Mar
garet Shugart Reid and G. Gardner
| Shugart at Danville, Va.
| Elwood Longerbeam, son of George
Longerbeam, sustained painful injur-
! les to his foot, at Millville last Thurs
day by having it wedged in a frog of
the tracks and truck passing over it.
MASKING il considerably.
Albert T. Whetzell, of Pittsburgh,
visited his mother and father here Fri
day
i We are sorry to hear of the illness
of K. K. Cavalier at his home west of
town. Ii is reported that he has. case
of influenza.
Keep in mind that we are to have
Chautauqua given by the National Ly-
ceum course this winter. The first
appearance will be December 18th, by
the PHILIPPINE Ouartette. Tickets are
now on sale.
J. ]. Hackley, who for the past three
or four years has tenanted the Tribby
farm in Loudoun, has moved back to
Fauquier county where he formerly
lived. The family of Wilbur Edwards
moved to the place vacated by Mr..
Hackley.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank holland,
a girl.
The partially destroyed building by
fire of Mr.. c. B. Wentzell was offered
for sale last Saturday, but owing to in
sufficient bidding, it was recalled.
Frank Decker, employed by the B.
&. o. Railroad at Cumberland, Md.
spent the day in town last Wednesday.
]. w. Smith, of Charles Town,
brakeman on the B. & o. Valley
Branch, met with an accident last Sat-
urday at the B. & o. station here,
later causing his death in Charles
Town.
Mrs. Cassie Elder, after visiting her
brother, Ira Allstadt in Huntington, w.
Va, returned home Thursday.
Mrs. Lewis Reek visited friends and
relatives in Washington last week.
MIR. and Mrs. wflbut Winters lefthere
Monday to visit theft son, Hugh, at
Parkersburg, w. Va. Thev will be &C
companied by their son, Wilbur, Jr.
Mrs. d. B. Gates, who has been con-
i fined in hospital in Washington for
the past month, is reported to be doing
nicely and returned home last We'd
. nesday.
Augustus Stewart has return
ed to his home in Bolivar after having
spent considerable time in the Pitts
burgh coal fields.
]. J. Flaherty has returned from
pleasant trip in Washington and Vir-
ginia.
Miss Eliza Shugart gave a bridge
party to her many friends at her home
Monday evening. Among those pres
ent were Miss Dorothy Bready, Miss
Aileen O'Boyle, Mrs. Paul Winters,
Mrs. Elwood Fossett, Mrs. Bell Bar
ley, Professor Walker, lanes Ransom
and Joseph Nichols. An ENJOYABLE
evening was spent by all.