Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-09-16
PERSONALS.
Record of the Coming and Going OF the
People That You Know.

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here yesterday, and will spend some
time at Wild Goose. General Kirk
land was first West Pointer and af-
terward went into the United States
Navy. Had he not joined the South
ern army he would have been an adj
miral now. He was on General Lees
staff during the war, and also on that
of General William Hardee, who is an
uncle of Mrs. Shepherd. General Har-
dee, who was the author of Hardees
tactics, was at one time commandant
at West Point, and was detailed to re-
ceive the Prince of Wales when he
visited America.
Hon. Mark Smith, delegate in Con-
gress from Arizona Territory, has been
with his wife at the Entler Hotel the
past week enjoying the beauties OF
Shepherdstown's surroundings and en-
ticing the gamy bass from their lurk-
ing places in the Potomac. Mr.. Smith
has been very successful with his rod
and line, and Mrs. Smith has also
caught some pretty good fish.
Among the distinguished visitors in
Shepherdstown last Sunday were
Judge Dent, of the Supreme Court of
West Virginia, whose home is in Graf
ton, and Hon. W. S. Laidley, a dis
tinguished member of the Kanawha
bar, who was accompanied by his wife.
We had pleasant call this morning
from Mr.. J. Marshall Melvin, Of Bal
timore, who is visiting his parents at
Dufields. Mr.. Melvin is Jefferson
county boy who is, we are glad to note,
doing well in business in the monu-
mental city.
Mr.. James Hamill, auditor of the
Dry Forks Railroad Company, has
been with his mother at Kearneysville
the past couple of weeks. Mrs. Ham
i'll has been quite i'll since the sudden
death of her son, Capt. Josh Hamill.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Wageley, of
Washington, D. c., Mrs. A. ]. Baum,
of Sunbury, Pa, Mr.. G. NJ. Pine, of
Martinsburg, and Miss Nora Bloom,
of Hagerstown, visited the family of
Mr.. James Meyers last week.
Mrs. Mary F. English, of Kentucky,
| is on visit to her uncle, Mr.. Josiah
Watson, of this county, whom she had
not seen before, though now sixty
years of age. Her parents left this
county in 1881.
Mr.. David Saylor, Of Low Moor,
Va, has been here the past week visit
ing his sisters, Mrs. Henry Reynolds
and Mrs. John Kidwell. He had not
been in Shepherdstown for fifty years
Mr.. E. NJ. Reid, of Grant county,
was in Shepherdstown day or two
this week. He brought his son Curtis
to Shepherd College.
Mrs. Jas. S. Phillips and her daugh-
ter Carrie, who spent the summer IN
Shepherdstown, have returned to their
home in Norfolk.
Miss Bette McGlincy, of Washing
ton, former resident of Shepherds
town, is visiting old friends in this
neighborhood.
Mr.. Gilbert Miller, of the Kearneys-
vile neighborhood, has gone to Nor
gantown to attend the West Virginia
University.
Mr.. William Hoffman, who has been
sick for some months, has gone to the
Garfield Hospital at Washington for
treatment.
Rev. G. H. Hockey is in Pittsburg
on business relating to the construc-
ton of the new Lutheran Church at
Uvilla.
Mrs. Benjamin Greenwood, of Roa-
noke, Va, is here for a visit of few
weeks with her sister, Mrs. R. G. Mil
Ter.
Mrs. S. P. Humrickhouse and Mrs.
]. c. Ham are visiting the family Of
Mr.. Thomas Chapman at Darkesville.
Mr.. Fred Kruger, who has been in
Toledo, Ohio, for few months, has
returned to his home in this place.
Paymaster Mitchell Mcdonald, OF
the U. S. ship "Te1as, visited Mrs. j.
S. Phillips during the past week.
Mr.. Lee Powell, of Richmond, Va,
was here for a few days the past week
visiting his mother and sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. R. Staley, who
spent the summer at the Entler Hotel,
have returned to Baltimore.
Mr.. Frank Greenwood, of Roanoke,
Va, has been visiting old friends here
during the past week.
Mrs. ]. Baker Kearfott, of Martins