Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-12-26
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

the clrculallOn OF IHe hhu1oA In'
Their kind efforts are highly apprecl-
ated.
Mr.. Walter S. Hill, teacher of the
public school at Moler's, and Miss
Rose Wagner, daughter of the late W.
S. Wagner, are to be married at noon
today.
Postmaster Reinhart says that last
Monday was the busiest day he has
ever had in the postofice. A tremen-
dous number of Christmas packages
were sent through the mails.
The next regular term of the West
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
will begin at Charleston January 8.
The case Of DR.. w. E. Perry, from
this county, will be heard at this term
Our good friend, Mrs. John w. Hill,
who lives below town, again remem-
bered the editor by sending in nice
basketful of good things for Christ
mas. We extend to her the best wishes
of the holiday season.
Mrs. Charles Tru.seil, of the vicinl-
ty of Leetown, and Mr.. c. H. Hesser,
of Shenandoah Junction, were mar
ried by Rev. S. W. Cole at the Bap-
fist parsonage in Charlestown on We'd
nesday evening of last week.
Attention is called to the prospectus
of the Baltimore Sun in another col
umn. The Sun is the most popular
of the city papers that come to this
section, and it is among the most rell-
able and conservative journals in the
country.
Principal C. T. Smooth, Mrs. Ida
Neill, Miss Bette Byers and Miss Ella
Kelsey, of the graded school, treated
their scholars to candy and nuts last
Friday, and Miss Mary Myers gave a
pretty Christmas card to each child in
her room.
The REGISTER does not take its ac-
customed holiday this Christmas On
the contrary an extra large edition is
published this week for circulation
among its subscribers and for distri-
button among those we want to become
subscribers
What's in a name? Thomas Fitz-
gerald is general superintendent of the
B. & 0. Railroad Thomas Fitzgerald
is supervisor of the Norfolk & Western
Railroad Thomas Fitzgerald, loco
motive engineer, was killed on New
York railroad the other day.
Our esteemed friend, Mr.. F. Leather
man, living out on the Williamsport
pike, has the lead, decidedly, in big
porkers. He killed five last week
which aggregated 2,O4Opounds, weigh
ing respectively 685, 558, SOB, 207 and
262.-Nart0asJ,rg Statesman.
Some rascal has stolen a thermome-
ter from the editor of the Charlestown
Free Press 1t may be blessing in
disguise, however, for Mr. Gallaher's
woodpile has vanished, he has given
away his saw-horse, and it would be
| painful to have a low-down thermome-
ter staring him in the face.
Christmas day yesterday was a
mild, bright day, and was quietly eel
ebrated in Shepherdstown. Family
dinners and reunions were the order.
A few persons violated the town or
dinances, but were promptly arrested
by Sergeant Dunn and the special po-
lice and fined by Mayor Fleming.
J No trace has yet been obtained OF
Mabel Stewart, the missing Harper's
Ferry girl. Marshal Frey does not
think that she is in Baltimore. 1t is
believed that she has eloped. At the
last fair at Morgan's Grove, it is said,
she was noticed in company with
young Baltimorean, and it is thought
she has married him.
We would advise our readers not to
send money, especially silver, through
the mails. Get postal money order
if you can send a check. A subscri.
Der sent IS cents in silver from Keller
last week in a registered letter, and
before it reached Shepherdstown the
money had been "swiped' from the
envelopes, both of which were opened
at one end by the thief
Our old friend Harry G. Nicely, of
Philadelphia, sent to the editor an ac-
ceptable Christmas present accom-
panied by warm-heartsd Christmas
greetings Mr.. Nicely is still with
the firm of Eli Keen's Sons, matters, 60
North Ninth street, and is one of its
most popular statesmen. May there
never be anything between him and
Heaven save one of his good hats.