Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-07-02
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.


county by the Republicans, declines
the sacrifice. 1t is a wise Child.
This week has been ideal weather
for harves ting-clear and bright and
not too warm. Nearly all the farmers
have finished this part of their work.
Little Clara Underdonk, daughter
of Mr. Jacob Underdonk, was severe
ly bitten by cat the other day, and
has suffered considerably from it since.
The Jefferson county Sunday school
convention will be held on Friday and
Saturday, October 10th and 18th, in
the Lutheran Church in Shepherds
town.
A somewhat dilapidated silver watch
was found last Sunday by Will Sny-
der, the son of the editor of the REG
lister. The owner may have it by
calling at this Office
Mr.. Howard w Baker who gradu-
ated from Shepherd College last week,
has been appointed assistant secretary
of the Y. NJ. c. A. at Hagerstown and
has entered upon his duties
The following letters remain I'M
called for at the Shepherdstown post
office: Miss Lizzie Harris, Mrs Ruth
Hoffman, Mrs. Sally Louise Warner,
Mrs. Henry Robinson, Mr.. Mason
Fowler, Mr. Derbyshire.
The ladies of the aid society of Lee
town Baptist Church will have a sup
per and ice-cream festival in the yard
of Mr.. John P. Kearfott's residence
near Kearneysville on Saturday even
ing, July 4th. Everybody is invited
to attend.
The first number of the daily Mar
tinsburg Statesman is upon our desk.
1t is bright, interesting, clean sheet
of good size, filled with local and gen.
eral news. We wish the new venture
much success. Martinsburg now has
two daily papers, both published in
the afternoon.
Mr.. Frank w, Muzzey and Prof E.
S. Field have laid in a large stock of
fireworks with which they expect to
illuminate "Rockland" in grand style
on the 4th of July. Could not these
gentlemen be prevailed upon to bring
the fireworks to Shepherdstown, so
that all our people might enjoy them?
The literary department of the Ep-
worth League, NJ. E. Church South,
have arranged to hold literary en-
tertainment in the lecture room OF the
church Friday evening of this week at
8 p. IN. The programme will be varied
and interesting, and the music will be
one of the special features of the oc-
casion. The public are cordially in
vited to attend.
State Auditor Johnson has Just COM
pleted the distribution of the school
fund of the State which amounted to
S395,020.lS. This is the larger ever
distributed through the State Berke-
leys enumeration of youths between
l6 and q years Of age is 4,l6l, and
she gets $5,345.4O. Jeferson's emu
meration is 1926, and she gets So
971.89. Morgan has an enumeration
of 1851 and gets $3,221.25.
The people of Harper's Ferry intend
to incorporate and improve the ceme-
terry. They will also build a stone
house of modern style and employ
some one Gas at our own to see after
it, At festival and bazaar held last
week something over 5000 was realized
for the above purpose. 1t is solely in
the charge of ladies, with Miss Jennie
Chambers at the head. The ground
for the cemetery, four acres, was given
to the town by Harper, the first set
tier.
We are indebted to the author, Mr..
John Dyer, of Louisville, Ky, for an
artistically printed copy of Christ on
Wall Street A meditation, the latest
poetical production of talented ma
tive of Shepherdstown. 1t is a strlk-
ing and beautiful contrast of the HER
archy of Mammon with that kingdom
of love and unsel6shness preached and
inaugurated by the Teacher of Naza-
reth, and it is well worth the while of
even the busiest men to pause a mo-
ment to read it and reflect upon it.
Uncle Jesse Peterson requests to
state that he has retired from the
wood-sawing business. He has sawed
and split wood for the people of Shep-
herdstown for a good many years, but
now that he has come into his little
fortune he doesn't propose to continue
work that will be detrimental to his
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