Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-06-13
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

washington Business high School
from Miss Mary R. Trussell, one of
the graduates of this year, and with
other friends of Shepherdstown we ex-
tend congratulations.
A very enjoyable dance was given
in College Hall Tuesday evening by
the young society folks. Misses Vir-
ginia Butler and Katie Lucas had
charge of the affair and managed it
well. A program of fifteen numbers
was given by the orchestra.
The Charles Town baseball club
came up to Shepherdstown last Friday
to have game with the Shepherd
College team. 1t was a very close
contest until the ninth inning, the runs
being equalup to that time. The Wis
itors then got down to hard work, and
when the game ended they had won
by score of II to 8.
We chronicle with much regret the
fact that our former fellow-citizen,
Washington Pine, is in durance vile
in Hagerstown. Washington yielded
to the seductive enticements of the
fascinating game of crap, and being
caught in the act was hailed before
magistrate, who sent him to jail be-
cause he didn't happen to have three
dollars with which to pay his fine.
A new iron bridge is to be built
across Rattlesnake run at the old Hoff-
man mill, along the river road, below
Shepherdstown, and the contract has
been let to Walker Bros, of Charles
Town, at $3.50. Our efficient road
surveyor, James NJ. Hendricks, recon-
mended the improvement to the county
court, and the new bridge will be con-
structed at once Mr.. Hendricks is
an up-to-date road man.
The festival at Uvilla last Saturday
night proved to be delightful and
successful affair. The hours passing
so merrily made the night seem a
very short one and one of the older
citizens being disturbed in his dreams
next morning after sun up requested
his wife to put out the light, but
like king Canute before the sea he had
to yield to a stronger power and let
the light burn.
Mr.. w. II. Blunt and his Pennsyl-
vania friends had a pretty serious diff
fculty last week in driving from Mar
tinsburg to this place. They attempt
ed to ford the opequon, which was
raised from recent rains, and missing
the ford they got into pretty deep
water. To add interest to affairs the
horses baked and Mr.. Blunt was un-
der necessity of getting out in the wa
ter and leading the horses to shore.
Mr.. D. S. Rentch, coroner, received
a message Tuesday evening from the
agent at Shenandoah Junction saying
that a man supposed to be tramp had
been killed on the B. & 0. Railroad
near that point. Coroner Rentch re-
ferred the agent to Mr.. j. S. Melvin,
president of the county court, as that
body has refused to allow the coroner
to bury bodies of those killed along
the railway. Possibly this matter
needs little careful attention.
Taylor Powell, who lives on the Lee
farm a couple of miles from town,
while blowing in a field few days
ago found Spanish dollar of the date
Of 1856. 1t was covered with dirt,
but after he had rubbed it a moment
or two it became as bright as though
it had been Just minted. 1t would no
doubt be a very curious thing to know
Just how that old coin got into that
field. Mr.. Powell would also like to
know if there are any more Of them
| lying around loose in his neighbor-
hool.
A party of Pennsylvania capitalists,
consisting of Messrs. S. L. Johns, Nc
Sherrystown, Geo. D. Gitt and j. J.
O'Neel, Hanover, and Hon. W. B.
Stewart, of York, were prospecting
for water power along the Potomac
and stopped at the Entler Hotel last
Friday. They gave special attention
to the dam below town. Their plan
is to secure power for use Of all near
by towns and that would be great
help in many ways, and we will be
glad to learn that their visit has re-
suited il som, such enterprise.
The members of Company B came
over from Hagerstown last Sunday
afternoon to decorate the grave of
Harry Turner, the only member of the
company who died during service.
Appropriate services were held at his
monumentin Elmwood Cemetery, con-
sisting of prayer by Rev. W. l. Dice,
brief address by Captain Geo. L:
Fisher, commanding the company, and
the singing of hymn. A considera-
bic number of persons came from Ha-
gerstown with the company, including
a number of very fresh young men.
We are entering week of interest
at Shepherd College. The Music and
Elocution departments gave an IN
teresting recital last night to a crowd
ed house with the following program:
Overture, "Poet and Peasant Miss
Eliza Holman; recitation, 1.-The Span
ish Duel" r. P McGarry; piano trio,
Camp of Glory Misses Butler,
Hodges and Cummings; recitation,
"Eastertide at Kerak- Moab, " Miss NJ.
Nav Huffman. vocal solo, "The Con-