Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-07-31
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things oflnterest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

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gan's Grove fair books which are Of
fered free to those who desire them.
Call and get copy.
The population of Shepherdatown
continues to increase. Sons have re-
Gently been born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel P. Humrickhouse, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles S. Miller, and Mr.. and
Mrs. G. W. Terrell.
Fine showers of rain Tuesday night
and Wednesday morning were of
inestimable value to this part of the
country. The rains were just what
was needed by the growing corn, and
some fields will be made by it.
Two colored men have entertained
the people of the town this week with
a choice selection of songs with banjo
and guitar accompaniment this week.
when Coon Sits in the Presidents
Chair" is one of the classical produc-
tons that made a hit.
1t is announced that the Bell tele-
phone system is to be extended at
once from Martinsburg to Winchester,
where it will compete with the Win
chester Telephone Company, recently
absorbed by the United Telephone
Company of Pennsylvania.
The annual harvest home of Mt
Wesley NJ. E. Church will be held
next Thursday, August 7th, in Jones's
woods, near Billmyer's Mill. Dinner,
supper and refreshments will be served
during the day and evening at popu-
lar prices. The patronage Of the pub
is solicitated.
G. c. Conklyn succeeded last Thurs
day in disposing of one of the dogs
that have been after his sheep recently.
Not having his gun at hand, he
caught the dog by the hind legs and
swinging his head against nearby
tree soon put him out of the business
OF sheep killing for good and ALL
Spirit.
Rev. William c. Brian, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Keyser, and Miss Mamie Anuetta
Grimes, daughter of Mrs. Julia A.
Grimes, were married in the First
Methodist Episcopal Church in Mar
tinsburg yesterday morning. The
pastor, Rev. W. w. Barnes, assisted
by Rev. DR.. w. 1. McKenney, oficia-
ted.
A colored man gave an open-air
entertainment in front of fremen s hall
last Thursday night, and though he
was entirely inofensive and harmless
and there was nothing Objectionable
about his show, some thoughtless per-
sons brought the performance to an
untimely end by throwing eggs at him.
There was a good deal of indigna-
ton at such witless persecution.
By advertisement in this paper it
may be seen that J. VIII Taylor offers
his farm near Shepherdstown at pri-
vate sale. This farm has been in the
same family since 1871, when it was
sold by Lord Fairfax, to whom was
granted all this section of Virginia by
King George. 1t has never since
been sold, but has descended by in
heritance from one generation to
another.
Harry Myers had hearing before
Justice Snyder in Martinsburg last
Thursday on the charge of shooting
James Bremen and for carrying con-
cealed weapons. The evidence showed
that he had armed himselffo his own
protection and had shot in self-de-
Tense. whereupon the magistrate dis
missed both charges and released the
prisoner.
The Shepherdstown baseball team
crossed bats with the team from Bruins
wick, Nd, yesterday, and the score
was 8-to l in favor of the home boys.
The game was an interesting one and
was witnessed by large crowd. Page
Andrews pitched and Herbert Rogers
caught for the Shepherdstown boys
a hard combination to defeat. On
Friday afternoon our boys will play
game with the Charles Town team on
the fair ground.
The Baltimore Sun of last Thursday
said: "Miss Laura G. Strider, of
Charles Town, w. Va, is at the sana-
forum of DR.. Barnard, on North
Charles street, where she was success
fnlly operated upon two weeks ago.
Miss Strider's condition at the present
time is very encouraging, and it is be-
lieved she will be able to leave the
sanatorium about August l. Miss
Strider was for number of years a
missionary of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South in Japan, and has
been a successful teacher in schools Of
that denomination in Winchester, Va,
and elsewhere"
A recent dispatch from Connellsville,
Pa, says: Joseph E. Thropp, mill
ionaire ex-Congressman and iron fur
mace man of Everett, Pa, was fined
800 and costs by Justice John S.
Hafley at Hopewell Thursday for
polluting the Juniata river with lime
dust from his furnace plant. Accor-
ding to the testimony, the pollution
caused the destruction of fish in the
river for five miles. Evidence was
produced. showing that dead fish had