Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-21
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

| week. Send us dollar Dill In an en-
velope, and we will do the rest.
Miss Agnes Beltzhoover, of Shop
herdstown, has been appointed to
position in the Treasury Department
at Washington, the salary of which is
5000 a year.
Willis Crowl, son of Mr.. William
Crowl, met with a painful accident
Tuesday. He fell from tree upon
chair, one of the rounds of which pene-
trated his body under the arm, inAict-
ing very ugly wound.
a canal-boat run by Mrs. Stevens
and her sons, of this place, was sunk
the other day on the log-wall level,
near Georgetown. 1t was loaded, and
there will probably be considerable
difficulty in raising it.
The Antietam cement works, which
have been closed for several weeks,
will soon start up again. The compa-
ny has again received the contract to
supply the cement to be used by the
government in the District Of Column
bia.
Some of the wheat is turning out
better than was expected. Mr.. John
Athey had one field that threshed out
at the rate of % bushels an acre, and
Mr.. Small, on Mrs. Reynolds'S farm,
averaged % bushels on one field and
10 on another.
The annual Lutheran reunion will
be held at Pen-Mar next Thursday,
July 18th. Senator Geo. L. Yelling
ton will deliver his famous Grafton on
Martin Luther, the Worlds Reformer,
and other prominent Lutherans are
also on the programme for addresses.
The Will Of the late John a. Chew,
Of Charlestown district, has been adj
mitted to record. He devised all his
property, consisting of his farm of2ll
acres, some lots and a large amount
of personally, to his brother, Robert
Chew, absolutely and he is made ex-
ecutor.
We call attention to the new adver-
tisement Of A. S. cambridge & Co, in
another column. Just now they want
to call especial attention to the genuine
Oliver chilled plows and repairs and
the celebrated Bickford & Huffman
grain drills. They carry a full line Of
farming utensils Of every sort.
The superintendent of the ladies
department Of Morgan's Grove fair are
requested to meet in the room in the
REGISTER building, where the pre-
miums are on exhibition, on Saturday
evening, July 3Oth, at o'clock. The
object of the meeting is to appoint the
Judges for the fair, and all are request
ed to be present.
DR.. A. S. REYNOLDS has bought what
is perhaps the last of the old wheat
left in this neighborhood-a thousand
bushels that he secured from Col. J.
| G. Hurst. The wheat is now being
delivered at Dr. Reynolds mill in this
place, where it will be converted into
-four. incidentally we might remark
that Col, Hurst doesn't like to think
of the chance he had some months ago
to sell that wheat at $1.40 bushel.
A muscoyey duck belonging to Mr..
J. S. Lucas, a couple of miles from
town, made its nest in queer place
this year. 1t selected crotch high
up in an oak tree in the woods on the
place, and here it laid an egg daily
until it had dozen or more. Then
she devoted herself to the process of
incubation until she had Matched out
twelve ducklings, which she gently
carried to the ground one by one, and
they now dispolt themselves in the
stream nearby just like other ducks.
Messrs. J. E. Herbert and G. c.,
Hill are taking orders in this county
for portraits in crayon, water colors,
sepia, oil and pastel, They represent
D. X. Bergman, Of York, Pa, one of
the largest dealers in this line, and a
thoroughly responsible and satisfaoto-
ry firm. Messrs. Herbert and Hill
are all right as agents, and our readers
may be assured that work entrusted to
them will be satisfactorily attended to.
We recommend them to the people of
the county. They have taken many
orders in Shepherdstown.
The serious drought that has pre-
vailed in Jefferson county for the past
month or more has been partly broken
Tuesday there was heavy rain in the
Summit Point neighborhOod, extend
ing to within couple of miles OF
Shepherdstown in lesser amount, being
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