Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-10-11
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.

l.. Billmyer, of Brooklyn, N. T., the
latter's farm of 126 acres at Billmyer's
Mill, for which he paid $4,000 cash
a little over $40 an acre.
Col. R. R. Mcmahon, regent of the
West Virginia University, has ap-
pointed to the cadet corps Charles
Hugh Reinhart, who graduated from
Shepherd College last year.
Bob Shipley is authority for the
statement that he caught eels in a fish
pot the other night when no water
was running into it. He says they
wriggled over the dry boards into the
fshpot. We don't doubt the story
Bob's beauty attracted thin.
John H. Schoppert has rented the
store-room in the Harris building,
corner Main and Princess streets, and
will open in few days with nice,
fresh stock of groceries, provisions, etc.
Mr.. Schoppert has been in this bust
ness before, and was most efficient
storekeeper. We hope that he may
build up a good trade.
George johnson, colored, had a
good days hunting last Thursday.
He had shot several squirrels in the
woods on the Southwood place near
Kearneysville, when he saw two
'coons up a tree. He shot and killed
both of them and carried them home
in triumph. One Of them weighed 20
pounds and the other Is.
The Norfolk & Western Railway
will run special trains to the Hagers-
town fair Wednesday and Thursday
of next week. The rate for the round
trip, including admission to the fair,
will be 81 from Shepherdstown and
Sl.20 from Shenandoah Junction. The
special will leave Shepherdstown at
9.13 a. m. and returning leave Ha-
gerstown at $50 P. m.
The Jefferson County Sunday School
Convention will be held in the Bap-
fist church in Charlestown on Friday
and Saturday, October Goth and 9th,
and the afternoon and evening Of Sun
day, October 28th. The executive
committee is arranging an interesting
programme of exercises for that occa-
sion. G. NJ. Beethoven, Of Shop
herdstown, is president of the conven-
ton and c. H. Shipman, of Charles
town, secretary.
After the hottest summer and fall
that we have ever known, change
in the weather came on Monday last,
and the east wind that had kept the
atmosphere cloudy and close changed
to a breeze from the north that
brought bright sunshine and an invig-
Grating chill The air since Tuesday
has been like wine, fresh and bracing
and healthful. The trees are still
in full leaf, though, and grass and
vegetation are green and fourishing.
We are asked to print the following
corrected list of the officers of the I'm
Gle Tom Davis Club of Bakerton
President, c. E. Lamar; vice-presi
dents, John G. Flanagan and Geo. M.
Duke; secretary, William Duke; as
sistant secretary, W. ]. Moler; treas
urer, Robert Duke; sergeant-at-arms,
Harrison Huff. Fifty members are
enrolled in the club. Hon. George
Mccoy, candidate for Attorney-Gen-
eral, will address the club Wednesday
night, October 18th.
A steer that had been brought from
the country by G. c. Frazier became
unruly Monday while it was being
weighed at Lemen's elevator and
created sensation in that end of
town. 1t first charged upon a maid
en- lady who knew just exactly what
to do and so saved her life. She
waved her sunbonnet at the beast and
said loudly, "ShOO! Go way, and it
turned and ran in the other direction.
1t next made its way into Uncle Jesse
Peterson's yard and made his heart
palpitate so rapidly that he was
obliged to take stimulants the balance
of the day. From Uncle Jesse's yard
it got into the Reformed Cemetery
where it impiOusly meandered over
the graves. Finally the animal was
lassoed, ANONYMOUSLY tied to the end
of wagon and forced to the butcher
shop, where it was converted into
beet.
Three young men from Leetown
came to shepherdstOwn last Saturday
evening, and they had just lots offun,
after their own peculiar ideas Of hui
NOR. 1t is thought that they must
have imbibed more or less freely of
rod Eouor n howe ootfan themselves