Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-08-08
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.

| tHlS week, recovering some OF the loss
of last week. Our local dealers offer
81 cents today for prime grain. Corn
is quoted at so cents bushel, and As
cents has been bid for new corn to be
delivered in October and November.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Miss Elba Clarentine Hoffman
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. NJ.
Hoffman, Of this place, and Mr.. John
Dement, Muldoon, assistant principal
in Shepherd College. The wedding
will be held in the Lutheran church
at eight o'clock on the evening of
August Odd.
Mrs. Mamie Billmyer, wife of Sher-
if ], D. Billmyer, has been extreme
ly i'll the past week, and last night
DR.. Standish McCleary, of Baltimore,
was called into consultation with DR..
Grove and DR., Reynolds. The many
friends of Mrs. Billmyer sincerely
hope that she may soon be relieved
and her health fully restored.
E. 7. Licklider has sold his dwell
ing house in the west end Of town to
Jesse Peterson for $500. This is a
very desirable home for Uncle Jesse,
and We hope that he may live long to
enjoy it. 1t is part of the inheritance
left him by Aunt Mary, who kindly
died few years ago in Washington
and left nice little fortune to him
and his children.
The editor of the Williamsport
Leader brags about the modern facili-
ties and progressive ideas of that sub
urb Of Pinesburg. Well, granting
that all he says is true, Shepherdstown
is way ahead in the number and
charm of its pretty girls. The editor
of the Leader cannot refute this state
ment, for he had to come to Shepherds
town to get wife.
The Shepheldstown Band appeared
yesterday for the first time in their
new uniforms. The boys looked mighty
well in the new suits, which are Of
Confederate grey, trimmed with black
braid and brass buttons, the trousers
having white stripes on the legs. The
uniform is similar to that Of the Sons
of Confederate Veterans, with which
the band is now connected.
This morning as ]. w. B. Frazier
was sitting in front oil his meat shop
next to the REGISTER building, he saw
a good-sized swapping turtle crawling
along the pavement. He caught 1t
and put it in box and will have soup
from him. 1t is thought that the tur-
tie came from the run, and going out
on predatory expedition during the
night failed to get back to the water
before daylight.
a COW belonging to Peter Grice, in
Sharpsburg, ate several sticks of dyn-
amite the other day, and when the
Sharpsburg folks found it out they
scarcely dared to breathe for fear that
the COW might accidentally set herself
off while fighting flies. Fortunately
for the peace of the citizens, the dyna.
mite proved to be indigestible and
caused the death of the COW day or
two later.
We return our thanks to James
Flanagan, of the Bakerton neighbor-
hood, for nice basket Of "Abundant"
plums, which were beautiful in appear
ance and delicious to the taste. They
were all right in every respect, and
if George Duke can beat them we'd
like to see the samples Auctioneer
James A. Lemen, of Rocky Marsh,
also has our thanks for a basket Of
apples so very good that they wouldn't
keep more than few hours after the
first one had been tasted.
Maj. Gen. W. H. Kearfott, Division
Commander for West Virginia Divis-
ion, United Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams, appointed for the occasion Of
the confederate reunion and picnic at
Morgan's Grove August 9TH Miss
Otie Silver, of Inwood, sponsor for the
w. Va. Division U. S. G. v, and Miss
Sallie Lemen, Hedgesville, Miss Min
ME Thatcher, Martinsburg, Miss Daisy
Myers, Shepherdstown, Miss Louise
Baylor, Charles Town, and Miss Georg-
ie:ta Strider, Leetown, maids OF
honor.
A party of capitalists were in Shep-
herdstown last week looking at the
cement mill property below town, and
we understand that negotiations are
pending with the Messrs. Blunt for
the purchase of the mill and the wa
ter rights. These are the same men
who have recently bought the water
right at Dam No. on the Potomac
and at Watson's Mill on the Shenan-
doah. 1t seems that they desire to
possess these properties with the ul-
innate object of utilizing them for the
development of electricity for COM
mercial purposes.
Conductor ]. B. Manye and Brake.
man c. w. Crow, who run the local
passenger train on the Norfolk &
Western Railway on the Shenandoah
division, received the appreciativ
thanks of the passengers on their train