Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-06-02
LITTLE LOCALS.

that the local accommodation now
runs on Sundays and goes through to
Elkton.
Kearneysville is to have a new pas
senger station. Frank o. Trump,
who is the B. & 0. agent there, will
erect the new building, which will be
located on the east side of the turnpike
and north of the railroad. We un-
derstand that the postofice will be To-
Gated in the same building. Kear-
neysville has been needing new sta
tion for good many years.
The entertainment to be given by
the literary societies of Shepherd
College Saturday night of this week
will be most interesting one. A
nominal admission fee will be charged
10 cents for general admittance
and Is cents for reserved seats-ln
order to meet certain expenses. This
is the only entertainment of the school
for which admission will be charged.
Let there be liberal patronage.
]. F. Casey, near Leetown, in this
county, has in possession the sword of
Benedict Arnold, which came into his
hands from his father-in-law, Thomas
Graham, of Franklin county, Pa. 1t
lis silver-mounted and has Arnold s
name engraved on one of the silver
bands Of the case. 1t has been con-
sidered a valuable relic, and Mr.. Cas-
ey informs US that he has had large
offers for it,-Charle8 Toacn SPIRIT.
Last Saturday night the new Shep-
herd College building was thrown
open to general reception Of the
public. The whole place was bright
~ Illuminated and every room opened
for inspection. There were hundreds
of visitors from the town and country
near by, and they all admired the
beautiful structure that is now hoped
to be the permanent home of our nor
NAL school. The visitors were re-
ceived by Principal Knutti and men,
bers of his faculty and other officials
connected with the school, who made
an imposing receiving line in the bril-
liantly lighted auditorium. The &C.
casion was a very pleasant one in
every respect, and there was enthusl-
astic admiration Of the building and
its equipment.
This is to be another good roads
year in Shepherdstown district. Road
Supervisor W. S. Myers now has the
stone crusher at work in the northern
part of the district, and will put a
considerable quantity Of broken stone
On the Scrabble road. County Com
missioner Nelson T. Snyder will also
take another whack at the road be-
tween Shepherdstown and Shenan-
doah junction, and the travelling pub.
lie will be thankful to see him keep
up the good work until this much
used highway is entirely macadmized.
Road Supervisor James NJ. Hendricks
is also getting ready to mend the ways
in his district, and is getting out a
good deal of stone on the road between
Moler's and tie old Hoffman mill.
Our road men are using the money
very judiciously, and the roads are
being greatly improved. Keep 1t up.
A thrilling episode occurred last
Sunday afternoon on the raging canal
at Dellinger's, not far from Dam No. 4.
Captain Charles Fox was peacefully
ploddiug along the towpath driving
three mules, with his cansl-boat trail
ing comfortably at the other end of
the towline, when suddenly the ground
gave way beneath his feet and about
a hundred feet of the bank slipped in
to the river. The captain and his
team were swept toward the river, but
he quickly cut the hind mule loose
and with it regained solid ground.
The two lead mules were carried into
the river, but were rescued a little
further down stream. The break in
the canal is said to be a very bad one,
being 100 feet long and about Is feet
deep. a big force Of men were put
to work on Monday, but it will prob
ably take a week or two to repair the
damage.
The Shepherd College cadet cor; s
has probably made its last visit to
Sharpsburg to participate in the mem
ORAL day exercises. The boys &C.
copied an invitation to attend the ser
vices last Monday and made good
showing there under the command OF
Captain Knutti. When the rain came
up, no provision whatever was made
for their shelter, nor was any atten-
ton paid them. They skirmished
around until they found coal shed
in which they could stack their arms
and place their drums, while the ca
diets had to stand in the rain or find
such shelter as they could get for
themselves. The boys think they
ought to have been provided with de-
cent shelter for themselves and their
equipment. Company B, of Hagers.
town, had the same experience, and
Captain Knutti and Captain Fisher
were both a good bit rufHed at the
lack Of attention.
The marriage ot"Piquette" Mite hel
will take place in the second week in
June in Philadelphia. No little in
terest has been shown in his engage
ment to Miss Nellie Lane Butter, from
the fact that he did not pick out a
Washington girl for his bride, 1aot0lth-
standing his many attentions to one
~, oro+bar Of the Donnlar debutantes