Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-08-06
LITTLE LOCALS.
Tho Things oflnterest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.


Melvin Strider, OF Uvilla, was appoint
ed before him.
The boiler-house and the heating
plant for Shepherd College have been
completed Contractor Alex. Zeck
tested the heating apparatus this week
and found it all right. The hot-water
system is used.
Charles F. Byers, one of our pro.
gressive farmers, is getting his fine
herd of Shorthorn cattle in good con-
dition to exhibit them at the Morgan's
Grove fair. He also expects to ex-
hibit them at the Hagerstown fair.
Louis Julian Millet, Chicago ar
chitect, has been appointed chief of
the department of mural and decora-
tive painting of the st. Louis EXPOSE
ton. Mr.. Millet's wife was formerly
Miss Virginia Boteler, of Shepherds
town.
A lawn party and an icecream and
soup festival will be held at the home
of ]. c. Unger on Saturday evening,
August 18th, from 6 to 1880 o'clock.
Proceeds for the benefit of the NJ. E.
Church South at Uvilla. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Col. Nat Ward Fitzgerald, who
lived in Charles Town several years
ago, but who has recently been con-
nected with gold-mining companies in
the Klondyke region, will move his
family from Charles Town to Alaska
the latter part of this month.
The members Of the Presbyterian
church will have their annual lawn
fete at the residence of T. F. Jones at
Billmyer's Mill on Friday and Satur-
day evenings, August and s. The
usual excellent bill of fare will be
provided and the public are invited to
attend.
The $4,000 refunded corporation
bonds at 4 per cent, offered by the
town council of Shepherdstown, were
bought by the Farmers and Mer-
chants Deposit Company of Charles
Town, which offered premium of one
per cent on the bonds. There were sew
eral bids for the bonds at par.
DR.. John L. Meyers has opened an
Office in the room in the Magruder
building, next to Gibson's drug store,
and offers his professional services to
the people of this section. DR.. Meyers
is bright young physician, a home
boy. and we hope he may succeed |
well in his chosen profession.
James E. Barnhart has hen that |
is animated by strict sense Of duty
and is determined to earn her board |
and keep. She invariably lays eggs
with double yolks, and last Thursday |
she excelled herself by laying one with
three yolks. The egg weighed three
ounces and measured six inches one
way and eight inche, the other.
Mr.. j. Walter Barnes, Of Fairmont,
W. Va, was in town last Saturday to
see about his mill. The big water
wheel, which is out of use on account
of the pipeline breaking down, will |
probably be moved up close to the
mill. 1t is thought greater power will |
be developed if the wheel is put in
closer connection with the machinery. |
The Elliott Commercial School,
Martinsburg, West Virginia, occupies
the third floor of the new Hobbs Build
ing-it being specially arranged for
their use The college, recitation,
and typewriting rooms are fitted up
with modern business college furni-
ture, new typewriter, and all the lat
est Office appliances. Write for cat
alog.
Tate Motion, the colored man who
was so badly cut by Henry Taylor,
also colored, few weeks ago in a fight !
at Bakerton, died at his home in Boil
var last Saturday from the injuries he
received. Both men were employed |
by the Washington Building Lime
Company, and quarreled over wo-
man. Taylor, who is from the South,
fed after the scrap, and has not been
apprehended.
Among the teachers appointed In |
Shepherdstown district we note the |
following Moler's, Miss Laura Knode |
and Miss Edith Donley Uvilla,
Charles H. Reinhart; Edgewood, Miss
Sadie Snyder; Lemen's, Miss Gene
We've Rightstine. The old teachers
for the Shepherdstown Graded School
were all reappointed. Other teachers
in the county are E. NJ. Chapman and
Miss Anna Dunaway, Shenandoah
junction O. NJ. Harris, Bardane;
Miss Laura Butler, Ripon; Miss
Idonia Avis, Zoar; Miss Annie Eich-
elberger, Riverside; Miss Courtnaye
Howell, Msnnings; Miss Irene Trus-
sell, Mt. Hope.
The Charles Town municipal officers
have devised a new method Of collect
ing the dog tax. The town sergeant
and his assistant have been busy for
some time making out list of dogs
and their owners. After October l
each owner who pays tax on one or
more dogs will be given tag to be
attached to a collar around the dogs
neck. A glance at the record will
show at any time just who has or ha,
NOT paid his dog tax, and when all