Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-07-13
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Happenlno In
Our keighborhood and Elsewhere,

Mr.. R. D. Shepherd got beautiful
lot Of white Plymouth Rock chicken.
recently from poultry firm at Plain.
field, N. TWENTY-FIVE hens and two
ROSTERS. They were put on the Wild
Goose place.
1t is stated that George W. John.
son, a well-known young lawyer o.
Martinsburg, will leave that city and
locate in Parkersburg for the prac.
tice of his profession. The Sentinel
says that Mr.. johnson has rented of.
fees in Parkersburg.
Alex. Mckinney, well-known col.
ored man of this town, died Tuesday
from consumption after a long illness
aged 43 years. He was an intelligent
and well-behavsd man, and had many
friends among the white people as well
as among his own race.
The West Virginia Board of Pardons
met at Moundsville last week for the
first time, Nearly a hundred appli-
cations for pardon were presented
among them being petitions for the
pardon of Thomas B. Gregory, Thomas
Baker, Joseph Davis and John Nc
Laughlin, of Berkeley county.
The Kearneysville Presbyterian
Church has undertaken to renovate
the interior of their house of worship
at cost of about five hundred dollars.
They will give the work of erecting
and decorating metal ceiling and side
walls to the Penn Metal Ceiling and
Roofing Company of Philadelphia.
One of the most handsome monu-
ments in Elmwood Cemetery is that
recently erected in memory of the late
David Billmyer on the family lot. Ii
is simple design of plain granite,
handsome in its proportions and beau
tiful in its simplicity, and it seems to
be a massive structure that shall en-
dure for ages.
A part of the land included in the
new purchase of the Morgan's Grove
Association is SO admirably adapted tc
race track that the directors will
construct half mile track as soon al
proper arrangements can be made
The track can be constructed at very
small cost and the plans contemplated
if carried out, will make it a very
desirable and attractive Improvement
The reunions scheduled for Pen
Mar this month are these The reun'
ion of the Reformed churches or
Thursday, July goth of the Presby'
terians, on Tuesday, July 25th; and the
Lutherans will have their thirteenth
annual reunion Thursday, July 9th
Interesting programmes have been ar
ranged for each of these days, and adj
dresses by prominent peakers will be
delivered.
Mr.. E. Rush Turner, of this vicinity
has sold his fine herd of registered
Short Horn cattle to DR.. D. M. Kipps
well known stock fancier of Front
Royal, Va. The herd is composed Of
sixteen head, and is an extremely
handsome bunch of cattle, most of them
having been raised by Mr.. Turner
The price agreed upon is $500 cash
and the cattle are to be delivered some
time this month.
The Junior Auxiliary of Trinity
Episcopal Church will hold an enter
tainment in the town hall on Friday
evening, July, 18th, from six until
nine clock. There will be music and
recitations, also fancy articles and
dolls for sale, and icecream, cake and
candy. The proceeds will be used in
aid of missionary work in Cuba. Ten
cents admission for adults and five
cents for children.
We think the council should adopt
the suggestion that has been made tc
lay pipes in the cutters in front of the
Southern Methodist church and the
old college building. The improve
msnts at this point have caused such
deepening of the cutters as to cause
them to be both unsightly and trife
dangerous. To continue the under
ground pipes to the run is necessity
that must be met sooner or later.
Woods Meeting Programme.
The following is the programme fol
the weeks meeting to be held in Capt