Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-08-29
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Happening In
Our NeIghborhood and Elsewhere.

! Soiue w the ITonI. On wednesday
last he predicted Saturdays rain and
will announce in few days the sort
of weather we will have next thanks
giving day.
We put in the REGISTER supple
ment this week containing the fnan-
cial statement of Jefferson county.
This is complete detailed exhibit of
our county affairs, and everybody
should read it and see how the public
money Is spent.
Mr.. A. NJ. S. Morgan and his
brother, Surgeon Daniel Morgan, of
the .. S. Navy, are at the New Cliffs
House, Newport, R. 1. DR.. Morgan has
been ordered to duty with the Medi-
terranean squadron as surgeon of the
U. S. S. Monongahela.
Sheriff Davis Billmyer returned
from Baltimore the first of the week,
where he had been with his wife.
Mrs. Billmyer is somewhat better, and
there is hope that she may recover
entirely. She is reported to be in
good spirits and getting along as well
as can be expected.
Prof. A. G. Kimler left on Tuesday
on his way to Ceredo, this State, where
he will assume charge of the public
schools as superintendent next week.
Prof. Kimlers friends here hope that
he may have every success in his new
work. His family will remain in
Sbepherdstown for the present.
The May grand jury was convened
in Hagerstown on Tuesday and found
a number of indictments against &C.
cused persons in the Washington
county Jail. The case of ]. W. Grant
was not brought up, as he will demand
a Jury trial and this cannot be given
until the November term of court.
The third annual picnic of the
Southern Methodists of Summit Point
and vicinity will be held in the par
sonage yard at that place on Thurs
day and Friday of next week, and an
elaborate programme for the entertain
ment of the people has been prepared.
The public generally are invited to
attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel P. cambridge
have issued invitations to the wedding
of their niece, Miss Serena Pendleton
cambridge, to Mr. Hugh Nelson Pen
dleton, of Pittsburg. The wedding
will take place on Wednesday evening,
September 18th, at the Bower, the
cambridge home, at half-past seven
o'clock.
An excursion from the Cumberland
Valley Railroad, which also carried
passengers from points on the n. & W.,
was run to Luray last Saturday, and
it carried S84 passengers. This indi-
Gates what an enormous business could
be done in carrying people to this IA
nous resort if the n. & W. Railroad
officials had a lot of "git-up-git" about
them.
Jacob R. Edmonds, representing the
nurseries Of J. G. Harrison & Sons,
Berlin, Nd, will have an exhibit Of
fruit trees of every description at Nor
gans Grove fair next week. He cor
daily invites his old friends and Gus
toners to call and see him, and the
public generally are solicited to exam
Inc his stock and obtain information
about the fruit trees he sells.
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This college gives you good education
at a reasonable cost.
The Afro-American League is hav-
ing its parade and picnic today, and
Chief Marshal George Frazier is cut
ting a dash as he charges up and
down street on a spirited black horse.
Nothing could be more imposing than
the appearance Of George in his high
hat, blue sash, white trousers and buff
leggins. Tonight the festivities will
conclude with a grand cake walk and
ball.
The Norfolk & Western Railway
has done the generous thing by Nor
CANS Grove fair this year, and we has
ten to commend its action. 1t gives
special trains and reduced rates from
Hagerstown on Wednesday and Thurs
day next and special from Shenan-
doah on Wednesday. These, with the
regular trains, will be all that we
want, and we take off our hat to the
n. & w. The Cumberland Valley
Railroad also gives all that the fair
officials desire, but that can be always
expected from Mr.. Riddle, the general
passenger agent.
Alleged Boonsboro cantaloupes
have made their appearance in Shep-
herdstown, and We fear that our Mary
land neighbors are trying to work Oft
inferior goods on US. A wagon last
Saturday carried cargo that was
about four-ffths bad and one-ffth good.
Last year some of the dealers sent the
good melons to the city market and
sold the refuse to the people near at
home. This is petty sort of deal
ing that is neither creditable nor prof
table, for we are informed that the