Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-26
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Happenlo0 In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.

heeoysViiie with the club Of that place
on Tuesday and licked them by th,
score OF Z to 2. Andrews and Jones
was our battery.
Give ]. N. Trussell your orders TO,
cakes, bread, sandwich-rolls, or any.
thing you wish baked to order for the
fair, as early as possible, that there
may be no disappointment.
The young ladies and gentlemen Of
our town are arranging for an informal
dance in the town hall Wednesday
evening of next week-the annual fair
dance that is always enjoyable.
Capt w. N. Linch has retired from
the management Of the Continental
Hotel at Martinsburg, and the business
is now being conducted by Mrs. Linch.
She knows how to run a frst-class
hotel.
Joseph Ash, the negro charged with
numbering Isaac Johnson near Ripon,
is believed to have been in Hagers-
town the past week. Officers there
hunted for him, but he probably went
to Harrisburg.
Mr.. VIM. A. Chapline has received
his commission as postmaster at Shop
herdstown. He will assume charge as
soon as the new letter-cases and furni-
ture he has ordered are received and
placed Ill position.
A Martinsburg girl sent 25 cents to
a New York advertiser to find out how
to whiten the hands. She got the
answer in a few days, "soak 'em in
dish water" 1t tickled her tired
mother nearly to death.
Miss Rosa Myrtle Adams, Of Charles
town, daughter of the late D. G, Adj
ans and well-known here, was married
last week to Mr.. Frank Grady, Of At
lanta, GA. There's no longer light
in the window for Charlie.
A called meeting of the Shepherds
town Chapter of the Daughters of the
Confederacy will be held Friday even
ing, August 9th, at 7 o'clock, at the
home of Mrs. F. T. Grove. All the
members are urged to be present.
Prof. N. R. Craighill, son of Gen.
VIM. P. Craighill, of Charlestown, has
resigned the chair of mechanics in the
North Carolina Agricultural and Me-
chanical College to take better posi-
ton in northern college.-Sprit.
Shepherd College State Normal
School will begin the session Of 1897
90 on Monday, September 9th. Ex-
aminations will be held that day and
students desiring to enter should be
present then. The opening exercises
will begin at 9 o'clock.
Large pickles ready for use at 8 cents
dozen, sweet potatoes Is and % cents,
chocolate Is cents a cake, corn starch
5 cents package, baking powder 4
cents box, oatmeal 7 cents package;
also Aavoring extracts and spices; at
the new store. ]. A. Staley, manager.
Messrs. Billmyer are erecting a
building at Morgan's Grove where
they will give performances next week
with their projectoscope. This is one
of Edison's most wonderful inventions
and no one ought to miss an opportu-
nifty of seeing it. 1t reproduces with
life-like reality most interesting scenes
The local board of directors for JEFF
ferson county of the Hagerstown fair
this year is composed of Col. W, A.
Morgan, chairman, Towner Schley,
secretary, DR.. A. S. Reynolds, j. IT,
Hurst, J. P. Kearfott, R. W. Morrow,
Frank G. Manning, G. T. Lickhder'
NJ B. Baker, Daniel Getzendanner,
B. F. Harrison, H. L. Snyder, ). d.
little and Nelson Roberts.
The board of examiners for the pub
lie schools of Jefferson county, COM
posed of County Superintendent A. A
P. Neel, Herbert A. Osbourn and Miss
Elizabeth Chaplain, met at Charles
town Monday for the purpose of ex-
aiming the teachers who are appl-
cants for schools and also some OF the
present teachers. About sixty teach
ers took the examination.
Mr.. Newton W. Myers, who farms
the Captain Glenn place, near Shen'
andoah Junction, reports an excellent
Weld of wheat. He got 1880 bushels
from Is acres, an average of about 27s
Ill, 70 tho ecre Mr. Corbin Black
ford threshed the crop in day and a
half Mr.. John L. Athey, near town
raised l,73O bushels on y acres, an
average of about 23a bushels.
Miss Ahmler, of Pittsburg, Pa, who
ora of the narty with whom Mrs