Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-11-23
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

OF our trends who have been instru-
mental in sending us new additions to
our list.
Farmers institute in Charlestown
December lst and Cd. The Jefferson
county horticultural society will be
organized December lst, when all per-
sons interested are requested to be
present.
Mrs. James H. Shepherd has sold a
small, irregularly-shaped lot of ground
on the west side of the Sandy Ridge
road to the owners of the adjoining
farm formerly belonging to the late
c. 7. Butler.
The name Of j. Will Taylor, of this
vicinity, has been mentioned in con-
nectlon with the nomination for assess
or in this district. Mr.. Taylor is an
old Confederate who has large circle
Of friends ready to assist him.
Washington & Alexander, through
their agent here, j. S. Fleming, have
paid to v. N. Lemen & Co. the full
amount of the policies held by them
upon the warehouse at Shenandoah
Junction recently destroyed by fire.
The ladies of Trinity Episcopal
church have postponed their sale Of
fancy articles and soup advertised for
the 24th and 25th, to December lst
and %, in Mr.. Rlghtstine's store-roem
where they will be glad to see all that
will come.
A party of ladies and gentlemen
from Shepherdstown had a staw ride
Tuesday night to the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Cross on Rocky
Marsh. They were most Hospitality
entertained, and had royalty good
time. They travelled in horseless
wagon. { A mule is not horse
The Alro-American League will
give grand ball and burlesque cake
walk in Hartzells hall, Shepherds
town, on Thursday night, November
30th. A fine cake will be awarded
the best couple. Supper will be served
from 7.30 until 9 o clock, after which
the cake walk will be held. Admis-
sion 10 cents, supper % cents.
DR.. A. S. Reynolds entertained at
dinner last week Hon. Joseph S. Mil
Ter and Col. Robert Williams, Deputy
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, of
Washington, with number of friends
from this place. Monday evening Mr..
Z. Hess keinhart gave dinner Iii
honor of Mr.. Miller and Col Williams,
at which were also present DR.. Rey-
nolds, Capt. Lee Ii. Moler, Capt. H.
! G. Getzendanner, A. S. cambridge, W.
n. Lemen, NJ. B. Baker and H. L.
Snyder.
a party of young ladies and gen
tlemen from Shepherdstown and near
by will play Young Mrs. Winthrop"
in Martlnsburg Friday night Of this
week. Miss Nellie Lane Butler, Miss
Lii Shepherd, Miss Sallie Miller, Miss
Julia Rentch, Miss Lola Shumate,
Messrs. Walter Duke, W. G. Neil,
John Lemen and DR.. Wilson are in
the cast of characters, and the Mar
tinsburg people may be assured of an
excellent presentation Of the play. 1t
will be given in the Central Opera
House.
Messrs. Lee Moore and Louis Wood,
of the Charlestown vicinity, visited
Thos. E. Chamblin, of this town, last
Saturday evening for the purpose OF
taking coon hunt. They LETT town
about 10 o'clock, and after a long
march they struck a trail in Hazie-
field woods. The dogs freed a coon
up large oak, and after a hard strug-
gle they succeeded in landing Mr..
Coon. He was one of the pioneers,
his weight being 284 pounds. He
had cracked the farmers corn for so
long that he scarcely had any teeth,
The new schedule of the Norfolk &
Western Railway went into effect last
Sunday, and the result is another pro-
pressive step-backward. The accom-
mediation train between Hagerstown
and Shenandoah will not run here
after on Sundays leaving but one train
a day each way. The ostensible rea-
son for withdrawing the train is that
it does not pay. 1t is quite likely,
however, that this whole division oil
the road could be shut down for the
same cause-and it never will pay as
long as local business is so completely
ignored and local accommodations SO
ratty.
Express Agent James E. Barnhart,
who has been confined to his home by
sickness for nearly two months, is able
to be out again, we are glad to note,
though he is not yet entirely well
During his illness his son, Eugene
Barnhart, has managed the express
and mail-carrying business with abll-
ity and steadiness and to the entire
satisfaction of the public. The bur-
den has not been light on such young
shoulders, but Eugene has carried 1t
so as to win the hearty admiration o.
all of cur business men and the peo'
pie generally.
P. D. Tebault, superintendent o.
the Maryland Telephone Company
of Hagerstown, and S. L. Hoover
superintendent of the Winchester