Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-08-14
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things oflnterest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.

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Mr.. Thomas Hoffman. who was
overcome by the heat last week, is
able to be out again. He asks us to
thank the friends who were so kind to
him while be was sick.
The ladies of the Catholic church
will hold festival in E. II. Remnants
storeroom Opposite Gibson's drug
store) on the evenings of August q,
%, %. The patronage of the public
is solicited.
The canal company has erected a
comfortable new porch at the lock-
house opposite Shepherdstown, occu-
pied by Mrs. James. 1t is six feet
wide, but fortunately beyond the jur-
isdiction of the town council.
The Winchester Telephone Com
pany was on Monday merged with
the United Telephone and Telegraph
Company of Pennsylvania. S. L.
Hoover, of Winchester, was elected
local manager for this division OF the
company's lines.
We are indebted to Secretary G. W.
Boyer for all invitation to the Inwood
fair, which will be held August l9 to
% The fair promises to be as inter-
esting as ever this year, and we hope
it will be literally supported by JEFF
ferson county folks.
We are requested to announce that
a meeting of the Alumni Association
of Shepherd College will be held at
the college building on Saturday, Au-
gust 23d. There will be business of
much Importance, and full attend
ance of the members is called for.
The Ringgold- Reinhart Company,
OF Cumberland, has been incorporated
for the purpose Of carrying on whole
sale and retail drug business, by Row.
land G. Ringgold, Edward L. Rein
hart, R. Lucien Reinhart, Lionel G.
Skillman and f. Brooke Whiting.
The capital is 100000.
Miss Lutte Allstadt, of Harper
Ferry, who graduated from Shepherd
College last June, and who was one of
the most popular students in the
school, has been appointed teacher in
one of the schools at Bluefeld, this
State. Miss Allstadt's friends here
will be mighty sorry to lose her from
the neighborhood.
The Douglas Guards of Hagerstown
will run an excursion to Luray Cav
ems on Wednesday, August Goth.
The fare for the round trip from Shep-
herdstown, including admission to the
caverns, will be $l.75. The train is
due at Shepherdstown at $50 a. m,
reaching Luray at u o'clock. Re-
turning, leaves Luray at $50 P. m.
The members of the Presbyterian
church will hold lawn festival Fri
day and Saturday nights of this week
on the lawn at the residence of Thos.
F. Jones, at Billmyer's Mill. Supper
and refreshments will be served each
evening, and every effort will be put
forth to entertain the patrons. The
public are invited to attend and give
liberal support.
DR.. and Mrs. D. W. Border gave
delightful entertainment Monday
evening at their home, Mendenall
Hall, near Kearneysville, in honor Of
their guests, Miss Neidig, of Freder-
lex, and Misses Matthews and Wolfe,
of Pennsylvania. A considerable
number of persons from Shepherds
town were present, and with the
other visitors spent a most pleasant
evening.
Rev. James H. Richards, Of Ard
more, Pa, and Miss Alice K. Smith,
of Frederick county, Va, were mar
ried last Thursday in St. Johns Luth-
eran Church at Bloom, Va. The
groom is a son of Rev. Asa Richards,
of Lovettsville, and the bride lisa daugh-
ter Of Rev. w. J. Smith, formerly of
Shepherdstown. The ceremony was
performed by the fathers Of the happy
couple.
Walter L. Herr, one of the enter
prising young farmers Of the Sandy
Ridge neighborhood, has just bought
from P. F. Hamilton, of Cochransville,
Pa, trio of registered Berkshire hogs,
which Mr.. Herr says he thinks are as
fine as any ever brought into this
county. He also expects to get some
registered Durham cattle in the near
future. We hope our farmers will
emulate this sort of enterprise. JET
ferson county ought to be noted for
its fine stock.
C. w. Sisler, who has been with the
soldiers in the State camp at Parkers-
burg, writes the REGISTER that the
Shepherdstown boys have been get
ting along frstrate. There are two
regiments in the camp, the First and
Second, and visitors have been on
hand by the thousand. The soldiers
have company drill at 7 a. M, battal-
ion drill at 8, regimental drill at 3 P.
m, and dress parade at 6 o'clock.
They are kept pretty busy, but Jude
Bast has found time to make a repu-
tation for himself both as fOrager
and an orator.
Sheriff J. D. Billmyer, of this place,
got a contribution tor taxes a month
| A.o 4hnt has rnnzzleH him q GREAT