Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-10-17
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things ofInterest that are Happening In
Our keighborhood and Elsewhere.

their farm near Leetown. The place
contains 2l5 acres and the price paid
was $4,000.
The music club held its regular
fortnightly meeting Tuesday night at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Sny-
der A delightful programme of vo-
cal and instrumental music was rem
dered.
Fonrose T. Osbourn has bought
from Roush Mckee and Mrs. Sallie
Randall l02 acres of land near Van
clevesville, for which he pays $4,000.
This is part of the original Mckee
tract, and is nice farm. 1t adjoins
Mayberry McKee's place.
Fifty or sixty old coins, pennies and
half pennies, were found yesterday in
the old potter shop that was used
years ago by William Wsis when he
was in the pottery business. The
building, which now belongs to Mr..
Beltzhoover, is being remodeled.
The Commoner, the paper edited by
Hon. VIM. ]. Bryan, is a frst-class
journal and it ought to be widely
read by thoughtful persons The
price of The Commoner is a dollar 8
year, but our clubbing arrangements
will permit US to furnish it to our SUBJ
scribers for rs cents.
While driving a COW and a calf to
his place north of town last Saturday
Harry L. Line was very severely hurt
at Bridgeport. He became entangled
in the lines of the horse he was driv-
ing and was thrown to the ground.
The cow and calf ran over him and
he sustained extremely painful injur-
les.
Mr.. D. S. Hawn and Miss Matte
Banks, two of the most estimable
young persons of this neighborhood,
were married at s o'clock yesterday
morning at the Southern Methodist
parsonage by Rev. j. c. Thrasher.
We extend to them our hearty good
wishes for long and happy married
life.
We again send out this week bills
to our subscribers who are in arrears.
1t doesn't pay to waste much money
in sending out duns with the price of
the REGISTER only dollar year, so
we hope there will be prompt response.
If the bills are not paid the paper
will be discontinued and other meth
DDS of collecting used. Pay up prompt
ly and save costs.
Contractor S. A. Westenhaver has
sublet to Daniel P. Ray the contract
to furnish the stone for the founda-
tons walls for the new college build
ing, and Mr.. Ray is now getting the
stone from his lot just east of town.
An excellent quarry has been opened.
Larry Brown and Charles Spong have
the contract to furnish the sand, and
are getting it from bank opposite the
old cement mill.
Edward T. Athey has just completed
a fine new barn on the farm Of VIM.
H. Mcdonald, just northwest of town,
tenanted by David Myers, and for
merly owned by Mr.. Marmaduke.
The barn is SO by so feet in size, with
slate roof, and is very conveniently ar
ranged. Mr.. Mcdonald will have re-
pairs made TO the dwelling-house and
improve the place generally, making
it one of the most desirable homes IN
the neighborhood.
The teachers and pupils of the
Shepherdstown Graded School will
hold a reception in the new school
building on Friday evening of this
week, to which all the friends and
patrons of the school are cordially in
vited. An interesting programme has
been arranged, and there will be sew
eral brief addresses by friends Of the
school. This will be an excellent op-
portunity to inspect our handsome
new building. Hours, 7.3O to $50.
Our friend Jacob Snyder, of the
Junction neighborhood, had little
bout with Corbin Blackford's mule,
some days ago, in which he got the
worst of it. He was passing behind
the animal when the long-eared rascal
kicked Mr.. Snyder in the short ribs
and knocked him completely out, rem
dering him unconscious for some time
and fracturing one of his ribs. DR..
Banks rendered surgical aid. Mr..
Snyder intends to have another round
with the mule, but will not issue a
challenge until he can rig up pile
| driver to do his kicking.
Mr.. Lawrence r. Lee, formerly Of
Shepherdstown, has recently moved
from Pittsburg to Philadelphia, where
he has established himself in the
Bourse Building as mechanical ex-
pert, engineer and contractor. The
Journal of Commerce says that Mr..
Lee intends to locate permanently IN
Philadelphia and engage more active
ly in his profession, that Of mechani-
cal engineering and contracting for
the erection and installation of every
type of machinery. He will also act
as the local representative of the Web
ster Manufacturing Co., of Chicago,
makers of hosting and conveying
machinery and gas engines.
We want to again call the attention
of the people of this section to the
music and elocution departments OF