Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-10-03
LITTLE LOCALS.
Tho Things offnterest that are Happening In
Our NeIghborhood and Elsewhere.

paid promptly the paper will be dis
continued and the bills given to an
officer to collect.
Our venerable fellow-townsman
Mr.. Joseph McMurran, has been in.
capacitated from business a couple Of
days this week by an attack Of the
grip. We hope he may soon be fully
restored to health again.
At special term of the County
Court for the purpose of deciding in
reference to the payment of outstand-
ing orders against the county, it was
ordered that Sheriff Billmyer be liable
to pay only orders issued since June l,
1901.
The Jefferson County Sunday School
Convention will be held this year in
Grace Baptist church at Shenandoah
junction on November lst, I'd and Sd.
An interesting programme will be
prepared and further notice will be
given.
Miss ANNE Warner has added to
our museum pocketbook that her
brother, the late George w. Warner,
carried during his three years service
in the civil war. Mr.. Warner is re-
membered as most excellent young
man who died many years ago.
We have had two thunder storms
this week-one last Sunday evening
that was accompanied by very heavy
rain, flooding the streets from curb to
curb, and another last evening, when
there was big rain again. The wealth
er has been fine this week-bright and
sunshiny.
The musicale in the town hall Fri
day evening Of this week is not only
intended as presentation of the
music department of Shepherd College
to the public, but it will in addition
be musical treat of the most epjoya-
bic character. We hope that the hall
will be filled.
E. Hess Reinhart lost a pocketbook
last Friday, possibly somewhere in the
neighborhood of Uvilla or on the road
to Shepherdstown, containing small
sum of money and notes to the amount
of $500 or $500. He will be very
thankful for information that will
lead to its recovery and will give
reward for the same.
Harry Merchant has shipped eight
carloads of apples from Shepherds
town the past few weeks. They have
mostly gone to Heintz's factory at
Pittsburg, but couple of carloads
have been sent to Northern New York.
A great many apples are yet to be
shipped. Prices range from 25 cents
to so cents per hundred pounds.
Mrs. George W. Cross, who lives
west of town, was the victim of very
painful accident one day last week.
She was preserving fruit, when a can
that was being heated on stove sud-
denly exploded, throwing its hot con-
tents into her face. She was burned
in the most painful manner, but we
are glad to note that she is now
great deal better.
youthful friend, little Bill Crowl,
is the boss pumpkin grower Of this
neighborhood. He carried off the prize
at Morgan's Grove fair, and Monday
he presented the editor with fine,
large pumpkin that weighed % pounds
enough to insure us lots of pies for
the next few weeks. The pumpkin
was almost as big as Bill himself, and
he had to call on his bosom friend
Billy Cookus to help deliver it.
The great Hagerstown fair will be
held October Is, 16, II and Is.
There will be many attractions this
year-too many to enumerate-and
all of the departments promise to be
unusually interesting. The N. & W.
Railway will run special trains on
Wednesday and Thursday, besides the
regular trains, and the rate for the
round trip, including admission to the
fair, will be only dollar from Shep-
herdstown.
Mr.. Robert D. MoIer and Miss Jes-
sic Neill were married at Honolulu,
in the old English Cathedral, on the.
Goth of August, 1901, by the Rev. DIR
Macintosh. Mr.. Moler was formerly
of this county, but of late has been an
extensive lumber dealer in Honolu-
lu, Hawaiian Islands. The bride was
given away by her father, Mr.. John
Neill, of the firm of Cation and Neel,
of San Francisco. Immediately after
the wedding the happy couple left for
Eleele, Kanai, h. l., where they will
make their future home. The many
friends of Mr.. Moler in this communi-
ty wish him and his bride much hap
piness In their future life.
The fourth annual convention of
the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy of West Virginia met in the
Presbyterian Church in Martinsburg
yesterday, Mrs. ]. W. McSherry, pres
ident, in the chair. An address of
welcome was delivered by Mrs. N. D.
Baker, and was replied to by Mrs. B.
c. Mcclure, of Parkersburg. The
president delivered her annual ad-
dress, setting forth the conditions of
the organization in the State, The
report shows that there are % chap
tiers in the State, with total member
ship of S35. The State historian being