Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-06-08
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happen,ng In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.

House in Shepherdstown, and are ex-
pected here on Saturday. They will
remain at least a month.
1t is announced that Miss Helen
Beckenbaugh and Rev. Henry Cotton,
rector of st. Johns Episcopal Church,
Hagerstown, are to be married within
few weeks. Miss Beckenbaugh is
niece of Col. H. K. Douglas, and is
known here.
when man marries his trouble
begins" The eighty-year-old bride
groom, Mr.. Thomas E. Woodward, of
Summit Point, who recently took to
himself wife, got dizzy and fell from
a wagon a few days ago, dislocating
his shoulder and severely cutting his
head
The Keedysville Band discoursed
sweet music in Shepherdstown last
Saturday, and It's presence added
much to the observance of memorial
day. 1t was owing to the efforts of
}. w. B. Frazier and J. Will Taylor,
who took commendable interest in
the matter, that the band was secured.
The poles for the telephone system
for Jefferson county are being erected
in Charlestown district, and it will
not be long now until the wires will
be strung in every direction. Con-
nection with the Maryland Telephone
Company's lines will be made at Shep-
herdstown, and we understand wires
will be run from Martinsburg to this
place also.
Mr.. S. P. Humrickhouse, who re-
Gently went to Baltimore and had his
eyes operated upon, has returned to
his home in Shepherdstown. He had
become entirely blind from cataracts
on both eyes, and these were removed.
His sight has been restored in a great
measure and he is able to be about
again, though one eye is still ban
daged.
Charles Turner "a son of Joseph Turn
er,met with a painful accident last Fri
day. He was getting out Of buggy
and in removing his gun the weapon
was discharged. A part Of the load
entered his arm near the shoulder, in
hicting a flash wound that fortunately
has proved to be not serious. DR..
Banks was called in and gave surgical
attention.
There will be held at Shenandoah
Junction on Saturday Of this week a
picnic of the "anti-saloon" forces Of
Jefferson county. All persons in SYM
pathy with the movement now being
made against the saloon power Of this
country are asked to be present and |
hear the discussion Of the question and |
enjoy the day. Rev. c. H. Hockey |
will be one Of the speakers,
We wish to call the attention of
our readers to the advertisement of
J. w. McGarry, of Shenandoah juno
ton. Mr.. McGarry handles hard
ware and agricultural implements,
and he asks the farmers to examine
the articles he sells. His specialtes
are the Jones lever binders and |
mowers, the Empire wheat drill and |
the celebratedLynchburg chilled pillow.
The Confederate fete and reunion
Will be held at Martinsburg Thursday |
of next week at Boydville, the home
of Senator Faulkner. Every arrange
ment will be made for the entertain
ment of visitors. Dinner, supper and |
refreshments will be served, and in
the afternoon and evening there will |
be plays, concerts and other amuse-
ments. The public are invited to at
tend this entertainment.
This week has been one of the hot
test on record, not only in Shepherds
town, but all over the country. For
several days the mercury ranged from
90 to 98.and yesterday the REGISTER S |
reliable thermometer actually got |
up to hundred degrees above zero.
There was little humidity in the at
mosphere, however, and although |
there was naturally good deal of
discomfort there was comparatively |
little actual suffering.
Mrs. H. C. Gstzendanner received |
letter yesterday from her brother,
DR.. Daniel P. Morgan, who is sur
geon in the United States Navy and |
stationed at Iloilo. DR.. Morgan is
not favorably impressed with our new
possessions in the Philippines He
says the climate there is like that |
which is said to prevail in Hades, and |
he is further of the opinion that we
have war on our hands that is likely |
to continue for long time. He says
a much larger force is necessary to
subdue the natives than the army we
have now in those islands. DR.. Nor
gan did not hear of his fathers death |
until a letter reached him there on
April 22d.
Mrs. Angelica Didier, of Baltimore,
was in Shepherdstown the past week,
and while here sold to the Morgan
Grove Fair Association twenty-eight |
acres OF land, her inheritance from the
estate of her father, the late Col. a.
r. Boteler. This is part Of the famous
fountain Rock" place, and adioins
that portion recently purchased by
the fair people from Mrs. c. B. john
son. The price paid was 81 200 cash:
The association now owns tract OF
forty-eight acres, and possesses a site