Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-06-06
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neghborhood and Elsewhere.

now-indeed, the country generally
is as fair landscape as human eyes
can hope to see. Our own dear Val
ley is the sweetest spot on earth.
Through an error Of the printer last
week Mr.. McMurran's advertisement
was made to say that the druggists
paid license of $25. 1t was written
$ll.25, and should have been so print
ed, but the mistake was made by the
compositor.
The wool market is very weak this
year, Notwithstanding the high tariff
on wool and the great prosperity that
is spread over the country so thickly.
Dealers are paying l6 to II cents
pound for the same quality that sold
a year ago at from % to 25 cents.
Among the new subscribers to the
REGISTER this week are the follow
ing; Z. c. Carter, New York S. ].
Johnston, Leesburg, Va; Mrs. Susie
Barrett, Uvilla; Isaac n Hanna, Ha-
gerstown; James T. Miller, Snyder's
Mills; P. T. Rohr, Mrs. G. F. Turner,
town.
The two pest houses at the small
pox camp at Charles Town were burned
by the town and county authorities
last Saturday and the balance of the
property sold at public sale. Hope
such an establishment may never again
be needed.
All the flowers are particularly
pretty this season, but we have never
before seen such abundance Of splen-
did roses. The plants are covered
with the largest and most beautiful
roses of every shade, and some Of the
yards in our town are perfect bowers
of beauty.
The annual business meeting of the
Alumni Association of Shepherd Col
lege will be held in the Ciceronian
Society hall on Friday afternoon, June
18th, at o'clock. The anniversary
exercises will be held the same night
in college hall at s O'Clock, followed
by the annual banquet.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Miss Beulah Marvin Neel, daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. A. A. P. Neel,
Of this place, to Mr.. Samuel John
Johnston, of Leesburg, Va. The GER
emory Will take place next Wednes-
day, June 18th, at high noon, in the
Southern Methodist church.
The annual reunion and picnic of
Companies D and A, Of the Twelfth
Virginia Cavalry, will be held in Nc
Garry woods at Shenandoah Junction
on Saturday of this week. All ex-
Confederates and their friends are in
vited to attend the reunion, which it
is hoped will be an interesting event.
The teachers institute for Jefferson
county will be held the week begin
ming June 18th, and will be conducted
by Prof. J. D. Muldoon and Prof. L.
D. Arnett, Of Shepherd College. The
institute is held a good deal earlier
this year than usual, in accordance
with the general desire of the teachers
Of the county.
The old maids convention in the
town hall on Friday and Saturday
evenings of last week was a very fun
ny show, in which the participants
performed their parts most. worthily.
The ladies of the Lutheran church,
who gave the entertainment, made
about $44. We suggest that the old
bachelors now hold convention.
The Shepherdstown Band made its
first public appearance last Saturday,
when it headed the fremens parade.
Mr.. VIII Humrick is the leader,
and under his direction the boys &C
Quilted themselves with credit. We
hope that the band will favor US with
music often this summer, and we sug-
gest that they give us public concerts
from time to time.
Sunday a swarm of bees collected
on branch of tree in the college
campus overhanging the pavement at
one of the points where perhaps more
people pass than at any other place
in town. They attracted good deal
of attention during the day, until late
in the evening Jacob H. Cookus cap
tured the greater portion of them and
got them in hive.
The weather has been absolutely
perfect this week, and the bright sun
shine has been extremely welcome,
coming as it does after the almost con-
tinuous cool and rainy weather Of the
month Of May. Vegetation i, grow
ing splendidly, the fruits are develop
ing and the flowers are beautiful be-
yond description. 1t is surprisingly
sweet in the country.
Mr.. George T. Unseld. son of Mr..
Taylor Unseld, and Miss Eva L. Myers,
daughter of Mr.. Nathan Myers, both
of Shepherdstown, were married last
Thursday in Hagerstown at the United
Brethren parsonage by Rev. A. B.
Station. We congratulate our young
friends, and hope that their matrimo-
NAL pathway may be lined with the
most fragrant Of flowers.
John NJ. Welsh, of Bakerton, has
sold his Westinghouse in that place
to the Washington Building Lime
Company, whose quarries have gotten
so close to the property as to make it