Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-03-25
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are HanpenlnS In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

is looking splendid So far as can be
Judged now, the outlook for fine
crop is good.
Mr.. John Selden and Miss Sue
WOrthington were married last Thurs
day at the home of DR.. R. E. Waning
near Charlestown. Rev. DIR. Gravatt
performed the ceremony.
At Hagerstown on Monday two
Democrats and one Republican were
elected councilmen. The council will
have in it three Democrats and one
Republican, with Republican for
mayor.
The teachers of the Shepherdstown
Graded School have concluded not to
hold the usual commencement this
year This feature of the closing of
the school will be greatly missed by
the patrons.
The Ninth New York, Hawkins
Zouave Regiment, survivors will dedi-
cate their monument, which was re-
Gently erected on the Gross field ad-
joining Sharpsburg, on Sunday, May
so. The party will number about 200.
The mild, rainy weather of the past
week eliminated early yesterday morn
ing in a sharp thunder storm, accom-
panied by rain and hail Then the
wind came up strong from the west,
and We have since had typical March
gale.
Mr.. w Manning Lemen found a big
bunch of grasshoppers in field the
other day sufficiently lively to hop
around. They must think they are in
Kansas. There's boxful of them in
the REGISTER ofice-as a guarantee of
good faith
The following letters remain uncalled
for in the Shepherdstown postofice:
Mrs. Maud Hedges, Mr.. Daniel H.
Herd, Mr.. VIM. Myers, Mr. Millard
Reid, S. J. Monk. Persons calling for
these letters will please say they are
advertised.
New window shades have been or
dered for the new Shepherd College
building, a new bulletin board placed
in the main hall, and other improve
ments are being arranged for Add
tional scholars are coming in for the
spring term.
A dog belonging to Mr.. Aaron Rick
ard near Newtown, in Berkeley county,
went mad a few days ago and bit sew
eral other dogs. 1t created quite
scare in the neighborhood, and the peo-
pie have gotten out their guns for
strange dogs.
William Staubs was given a hear
ing at Charlestown before Justice Gal
laher Oh a charge of attempting to
commit criminal assault on Miss An
ME Nick. Both of the parties reside
at Silver Grove, near Harpers Ferry.
Staubs is married man, with several
children, and is about so years old.
A. R. Renner, of Sharpsburg, went
to Hagerstown Tuesday to issue a deed
for one of his properties to his daugh-
ter, who has attained the age Of twenty
one years This is his rule. He has
ten properties and four children. He
gave to one of his sons a $1,000 prop
erty, and the one he has just given to
his daughter is valued at $4,000
Mr.. VIM. H. Martin, of Waynes-
vile, Illinois, in renewing his sub
scription, says he finds much to in
terest him in the weekly visits Of the
REGISTER, though it makes him feel
sad to read the death Of so many old
friends. He writes that the wages Of
farm hands are much lower than last
vear-314 to SIS month. He says
there are more men than work.
Deputy Supreme Governor D. S.
Henkle of Virginia last week organized
at Shepherdstown a local chapter of
the Progressive Endowment Guild Of
America with the following officers: W.
n. Lemen, governor; R. S. NJ. Hof-
man, past governor; DR.. R. c. Grove,
vice-governor E. T. Lickhder, secre-
tary and treasurer J. H. Robinson,
warden; J. S. Bragonier, W. n. Lemen,
E. H. Reinhart, trustees.
Mr.. J. E, Davis, of Washington
county, Nd, brother of Mr.. 7. II.
Davis, is eating ripe tomatoes of his
own raising this season. Mr. w. L.
Remnant is authority for the state
ment, and in order that his veracity
might not be questioned he brought us
one of the tomatoes, which was fully
ripe, and which we would have eaten
had not our heavyweight composltor
sat upon it. Mr.. Davis raised them
from plants in the house.
Mr.. Robert Gibson has large and