Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-05-12
LITTLE LOCALS.


school took the county examination In
Shepherdstown last Saturday, under
the direction of County Superintendent
]. A. Engle. Fifteen of them were
from our graded school a nd the others
were from the county schools.
Shannon Park, the Rouss country
place, in this county, which has been
unoccupied since the death of the late
c. H. B. Rouss, is being put in repair
for Mr.. David Lee and family. Of New
York, who will occupy it for portion
of the coming summer. Mrs. Lee is
there now.
The closing exercises of the Shep-
herdstown Graded School will take
place on the morning of May 10th, at
10 o'clock, in the school building. An
interesting programme, consisting of
music, Rotations, etc, will be rem
dered. Rev. H. G. Haithcox, D. D.,
will deliver an address.
Charles Strider and his sister, Mrs.
B. F. Harrison, have bought of Geo.
F. Turner his residence on Main street,
Shepherdstown, paying for it 81, 100.
Mr.. Turner is to retain possession
until the first of April, 1905, when,
we understand, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison
will make it their home.
All Confederate veterans Of this Sec
ton who wish the cross Of honor must
have their applications in by next
Monday, May 10th. Applications
must be sent to Miss Lena Frazier,
secretary of the U. D. c., Shepherds
town. Blank applications may be OBJ
tanned of Jacob Whit ermoYer.
Very few, il any, are anxious to
know, but the question has been
asked and some curiosity has been
aroused by the fact that there are
fewer flies around at this time of the
year than has been known for long
time. 1t is said that when flies are
numerous summers are healthier.
Mrs. William Fontaine Alexander,
of Charles Town, has issued invita-
tons to the marriage of her daughter,
Miss Hannah Washington Alexander,
to Mr.. Edward Eston Cooke. The
ceremony will take place in Zion Epis-
copal church, Charles Town, at 7
o'clock on Wednesday evening, May
25th.
Mr.. Thos. Kuykenkall, who recent
ly purchased the store of Messrs.
Weaver Brothers at Summit Point,
has moved his family into DR.. D. B.
BushoDgs residence at that place.
Mr.. William Weaver, who will re-
main in the store as clerk for Mr..
Kuykendall, has taken the Wilson
boarding house a. residence.
Col. Forrest w. Brown, Attorney
J. F. Engle and Mr. II. G. GetzeDdan-
ner, of Charles Town, were in Shop
herdstown Tuesday to participate in
arbitration proceedings to settle mat
ter between the estate of the late Col.
w. A. Morgan and John Aglionby, in
which taxes to a considerable amount
are involved. W. N. Lemen and ].
F. Engle are the arbitrator.
The faculty of Shepherd College
gave most enjoyable social to the
students of the school last Friday
night. The function took place in the
new building, which was prettily dec
grated for the occasion, and there was
large attendance. The evening was
spent very agreeably in various social
pleasures and in the solution of intel
lectual puzzles. Dainty refreshments
were served in one ofthe society halls,
The friends here of Hon. Harvey
W. Harmer, of Clarksburg, will regret
to learn of his defeat for the nominal
ton to the State Senate from the
twelfth State senatorial district. Mr..
Harmer has been a member of the
State Senate for the past four years,
and was one of the most useful and
one of the ablest men in that body.
He was fearless and conscientious in
the discharge Of every duty and he
voted right.
Mr.. John H. Show has handed US
some clippings from California paper
which tell of the killing of a mysteri-
Gus outlaw in Mexico. The report is
current that the desperate was Dun
ham, who murdered the McGlincy
family in San Jose several years ago.
The man had attacked some Mexicans
in the mountains. A posse of officers
went after him and finally succeeded
in killing him. A party has left for
the scene Of the shooting to try to
identify him.
Business has not been extremely
brisk on the Chesapeake & Ohio canal
so far this season, and there has been
more or less delay in unloading boats
at Georgetown. The opinion is ex-
pressed that the season may be a rather
Improbable one for the boatmen, as
the coal trade generally is dull
caused mainly by the high prices that
the operators still demand. The fact
is that the old canal is about done for,
and the sooner railroad is built along
its lines the better.
Monday night dogs attacked the
sheep OF Joseph Byers which were
pasturing in the Morgans Grove fair
grounds and killed ten, besides mang-