Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-11-24
LITTLE LOCALS.

Shepherdstown at the home of the
brides aunt, Mrs. Custer. Rev. D.
F. Eutsler performed the ceremony.
DR.. A. S. Reynolds made remark.
able shot while hunting partridges the
other day. He aimed at one bird
and as he pulled the trigger three
others got in line, and all four were
killed with the load from one barrel.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Keesecker,
ofthis place, will celebrate the fftieth
anniversary of their wedding next
Wednesday evening, November 30t1.
They will receive their friends at
their house at the bridge from 7 to II
o'clock.
Turkeys are scarce in this neigh
borhood, and the few that have been
offered for sale have been held at Is
cents pound, gross weight. Very
few persons care to give such price,
and the result has been dull market
for turkeys.
W. H. Hunter, who recently opened
general merchandise store at Duff.
fields, this county, in the Wysong
building, requests US to deny the re-
port that is being circulated that he
has a partner in the business. Mr..
Hunter says he is running the store
on his own account and he hopes to
have fair share OF the trade of his
community.
A gang Of young men have been
making themselves obnoxious about
town by untying horses at night and
starting them off or driving them into
the country. Last Sunday night they
attempted to turn loose team driven
by Eugene Brady, of Harper's Ferry.
A colored boy who saw them warned
Mr.. Brady and gave him the names
of the miscreants, and he may prose-
cute them.
r. D. (Shepherd) Mclean, of Shop
herdstown, has made contract for a
winters engagement with Mrs. Leslie
Carter, the famous actress, in her new
play, andrea" Mr.. Mclean takes
one of the principal parts in IAN
drea." which is Roman historical
tragedy that is expected to prove a
great success. The play is now under
rehearsal, and will be first produced
December Goth. After filing en-
gogemeuts in a couple of the eastern
cities the play will run for the balance
of the season in New York.
The case of Releigh Vanmetre
against the corporation of Shepherds
town, for balance alleged to be due
on salary, was tried in the Circuit
Court at Charles Town on Tuesday.
The jury was out until yesterday af-
ternoon at 8 o'clock, when it became
plain that it could not agree on a
verdict. The jury was thereupon dis
charged by Judge Faulkner and the
case will have to be retired. Mr..
Geo. NJ. Beltzhoover appeared for
the corporation and Messrs. Brown
and Porterfeld for Vanmetre.
Rev. NJ. L. Beard, Middletown, Md,
in his sermon last Sunday morning
in the Lutheran church, denounced
Sunday visiting as Dissertation of the
Sabbath. He said that on the Sunday
following a recent communion service
thirteen members of his congregation
that he knew of hitched up their
teams, and with their families drove
off to visit friends or relatives, instead
of coming to church. This, he said,
was sinful in the extreme, and was IN
direct opposition to the command: ere
the Sabbath day to keep it
holy"
The other day while G. W. Show
was working along the river road at
the foot of the leagues run hill an
accident happened to his
team. He had a horse and mule
hitched to a wagon, aud in some way
they backed until the wagon went
over the bank, and horse, mule and
vehicle turned several somersaults
before they stopped rolling. Strange
to say, neither animal was hurt much,
nor was the wagon greatly damaged,
though it was mighty troublesome
getting the outfit up to the road again.
OF course, the poor mule gets all the
blame.
Charles J. Miller has sold his inter-
est in the Potomac Knitting Mills to
the Hagerstown parties who have been
interested with him in the concern,
and we understand that the plant will
close down in a couple of weeks.
The canvass for emploYeesin sufficient
number to induce shirt factory to
locate here is going on, and so far
about fifty names have been secured
About twenty more persons are need
ed, and any who are willing are re-
quested to communicate with W. l..
Arthur, who has the matter in charge.
1t is earnestly to be hoped that the
required help may be secured.
The first Of the series of entertain
ments in the Shepherd College course
was given in the auditorium Tuesday
evening, when the Parker Concert
Company made its appearance. Five
ladies composed the company, and
their programme was made up OF vo-
cal and instrumental music and read
ings. Miss Sweeney, the reader, was