Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-05-02
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.


is happy. The new building is the
handsomest in the State and is a model
of convenience.
Mayor Trussell, by proclamatioRin
another column, calls upon the peo-
pie to clean up their premises and
put the town in good sanitary condi-
ton. Let everybody comply with the
order cheerfully and quickly.
Mrs. ]. S. Rightstine will open her
ice.cream-saloon Saturday in the room
in the Rightstine building on Main
street. Ice cream of various favors,
cake and chicken soup will be served.
The public patronage is solicited.
The new Southern Methodist Church
at Charlestown will be dedicated the
third Sunday in May. Rev. ]. P.
Stump is the pastor, and he has ex-
tended an invitation to the Shepherds
town church to join in the service.
The advance in wheat and corn con-
tinues. The former has gained three
cents and the latter about four cents
a bushsl the past week. Shepherds
town dealers are offering 63 cents for
wheat and 4S cents for corn today.
Two freight crews on this division
of the Norfolk & Western Railroad
have been cut off for economical rea-
sons, reducing the force by about
dozen men. A similar number has
been cut off at the Roanoke end of the
division.
The new Southern Methodist church
at Bakerton will be dedicated the
fourth Sunday in this month. Arrange
ments are being made for a grand
church reunion there on the Saturday
previous. The program will be given
next week.
We congratulate Mr.. and Mrs. JAS
F, Thompson on the birth of another
son and heir. The little stranger ar
rived Saturday night. Mr.. Thompons
family is now evenly divided-three
girls and three boys,-Martinsburg
Statesman.
Mrs. Laura Hammond, whose maid
en- name was Drener, and who form
erly lived in Sharpsburg, died sudden
ly and mysteriously at her home in
Georgetown, D. c., on Sunday last.
She either took poison or an overdose
of medicine.
The Antietam Cement Mil property
on the Maryland side of the Potomac
river below Shepherdstown, including
the mill, machinery and % acres Of
land, was offered at trustees sale Ha-
gerstown Tuesday. 1t was withdrawn
on bid of $14,5O0.
The editor of the Washington Post
had q most remarkable experience last
week, if we are to Judge from the fol-
lowing paragraph taken from that
paper: 1.-The completed returns show
that we had over one hundred bridal
couples in our midst this week.
We should like the REGISTER to be
in every family in this county. The
subscription price is but $3.50 year,
which places it within reach of almost
everybody. To any person who will
send us one dollar we will send the
REGISTER from now until the first Of
January, 1896. Give us trial order
if you are not now a subscriber.
The apple, peach, pear and plum
trees have come out in full blossom
during the past week and the trees are
fairly loaded with bloom. 1t is the
general opinion that this will be one
of the best fruit years we have had for
a long time. The buds were very late
coming out, and it is not likely that
there will be any weather sufficient
ly cold to harm them.
Tuesday night the two liquor saloons
In Shepherdstown closed their doors,
not to be opened again for at least
year. Some of the boys celebrated
the event by taking advantage Of the
last opportunity to get tight conven-
iently and comfortably. Their JOY
was tempered with sadness, though,
for during the next year the time will
be long between drinks.
The much-needed rain that had
been so earnestly desired began last
Saturday and kept it up until every
body was quite satisfied. The rain
fell fOr FIVE days, not stopping until
yesterday, 1t came down in gentle
showers that did the greatest good,
soaking into the earth and replenish-
ing the springs and streams sufficient
To last for lnnn time