Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-09-17
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things ofinterest that are Happening In
Our Neghborhood and Elsewhere.

Mr.. Blllmyer is installing fifty Of his
candy machines. Mr.. Walters will
remain there for some time to look af-
ter them.
Levi S. Miller, of Berkeley county,
who has been spending some time
with his son-in-law, Chas. F. Byers,
near town, fell the other day aad
broke his wrist. DR.. Banks reduced
the fracture.
Stray sheep green on rump. Strayed
from boom beyond the belt line since
the 18th of June, 60 sheep, mostly
ewes, maybe several bucks and weth-
ers. Kindly advise if you have strays.
G. F. Wall, Charles Town.
Stray sheep with red marks on
rump.-Fifty-eight sheep with red
marks on rumps strayed off Washing
ington City boom, also two out of an
other load with red on rump, maybe
several bucks. Kindly advise if you
have any strays. G. F. Wall, Charles
Town.
The ladies aid society of Shenan-
| doah Junction will hold an icecream
festival and supper combined on Fri
day and Saturday nights, September
25 and &c. A good supper for Is
cents. Proceeds for benefit of the
Presbyterian chapel. All are invited
to attend.
Forty.one years ago today the
dreadful battle of Antietam was
fought. Many persons now living in
Shepherdstown remember the day,
when the roar of cannon and rattle Of
muskets could be plainly heard here.
For weeks afterward Shepherdstown
was one great hospital, and hundreds
of wounded were cared for here.
A dispatch from Lynchburg, Va,
yesterday says: Col. R. P. Chew, Of
Charles Town, w. Va, the Confeder-
ate cavalry commander, was here TO-
day interesting himself in an effort
that is being made to recover num-
Der of cannon which his command
buried on the banks of Stsunton river
on its retreat from AppOmattox to
Johnson's army in North Carolina.
Col. Chew will institute systematic
effort to locate the guns.
A great many students will find in
the Acme Book Store in Morgantown
secondhand copies Of University text
books at about half the price of new
books. Go to see the Acme people
first. There is nothing that student
Of the West Virginia University needs
in his classes that will not be found
at the Acme Book Store in Morgan
town. H. L. Swisher, the president Of
this concern, extends personal invl-
tation to all students to visit The Acme.
Albert Hill, who lives on the Shep-
herd pike a couple of miles north Of
town, has recently been the victim Of
two robberies. One day while all the
family were at the fair thief entered
the house and ransacked it from top
to bottom. Locks were broken on
drawers, chests and trunks, beds tum-
bled, the clock even being searched
for money, and every place where val
uables might be concealed gone
through. The thief took all the money
he could find, a silver watch, jewelry,
and robbed the childrens savings
bank. The loss is estimated at hun
dred dollars. Last Saturday night
Mr.. Hills chicken roost was raided
and number of fowls carried of. He
will hereafter keep shotgun handy,
and he'd like to have one chance at
the thieves.
The disposition of the apple crop
now ripening in Jefferson county is a
proposition that is causing a good deal
of discussion. The buyers are hold
ing off and bidding very low when
they bid at all, while the growers de-
cline to accept the small prices that
are offered them-a dollar barrel or
less. In the meantime the fruit Is
maturing, with no solution of the
troubles in sight. Barrels are scarce,
and prices high, ranging from 50 to
As cents each. There is a tremen-
dous crop of apples in Jefferson coun-
ty, some trees having as nigh as forty
bushels upon them. John G. Flana-
gan has 60 trees which are estimated
to hold 900 bushels. Newton Sny-
der's orchard near Shenandoah june
ton is sight worth going miles to
see. The trees are so full that the
limbs are resting upon the ground,
while other orchards are quite as pro-