Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-05-26
LITTLE LOCALS.

cents pound today.
The agents for the Kimball piano;
are prepared to make things interest
ing for piano buyers in this neighbor'
b food, for time, at least. Read theil
advertisement in another column.
The seasonable rains have vastly
benefited the growing wheat, and the
prospect is for a fairly good crop
though the late sown wheat is still fal
behind what it ought to be at this
time.
Summer set in with rush last Sun.
day, and the weather this week has
been quite warm enough. Yesterday
the REGIsTER's thermometer got up to
"a degrees in the shade-the hottest
day Of the year,
A meeting of Henry Kyd Dougla
Camp, U. S. c. ", will be held FRI.
day evening of this week at 7.3O
o'clock. All the members are urged
to be present, as business Of impor-
lance is to be transacted.
The locust trees are in bloom and
the fragrance fills the air along some
of our country drives. The bloom is
plentiful, and to the sentiment may be
added the practical proverb that the
corn crop will be big one.
Joseph B. Vanmeter, of Berkeley
county, has been appointed on the
staff Of General Funkhouser, COM
mander of the Third Brigade, Virginia
Division, U. c. v, with rank of cap
tain. He will attend the Confederate
reunion June 15-l7.
The annual business meeting of the
Shepherd College Alumni Association
will be held in Parthenian hall of
Shepherd College on Wednesday after
noon, June 8th, at $50 o'clock. The
evening exercises will be held in the
new auditorium at 8 o'clock and the
refreshments will be served in the
town hall Immediately after.
J. Mason Rush is building a new
home on his farm at Blllmyer's Mill.
The old log house that has been there
for generations has been torn down,
and Mr.. Rush will erect in its place
a comfortable frame dwelling, which,
with the wing that is to be connected
with it in the rear, will make a nice
home. Edward W. Athey is the con-
tractor.
A very enjoyable little entertain
ment was given in the town hall Mon
day evening, the subject being "The
Church Seasons in Tableaux and Song"
The tableaux were extremely beauti-
full and artistic, our prettiest young
ladies forming the several grours.
Appropriate music was rendered. TIE
ladies' Of the Lutheran Church ar
ranged the performance.
Major Frank Barrows, who was re-
Gently ordered from Antietam Nation
al Cemetery to Richmond, Va, expects
to leave for his new place about the
first of June. Major Barrows has been
superintendent of Antietam Cemetery
for more than seven years, and has
been a capable manager as well as a
, most genial gentleman. He is we'll
known in Shepherdstowa, and his
friends here regret his departure. He
will be succeeded by J. NJ. Bryant, of
Richmond, the two officers simply ex-
places.
Arrangements are being made for
he dedication Of the new Shepherd
College building on Thursday, June
9th, and the occasion promises to be
one of great interest. Governor White
mas written that he will be present,
and President Purinton of the West
Virginia University has also accepted
IN invitation to'come and deliver an
The entire Board of Re-
gents is expected and other distin-
yuished persons have been invited.
An attractive programme will be ar
ranged and it is hoped to have a most
celebration.
Albert Yusko, foreigner from
Pocahontas, Va, passed through Shep-
lerdstown on the Norfolk & Western
Railway with his family last Sunday
night, on their way to New York. At
his family consisted of
himself, his wife and two children.
When they reached Hagerstown there
vas some little excitement on the train,
md they were hurried to the Y. NJ.
}. A. Hospital. The Stork made
TASTY visit a few moments later and a
inc young daughter was added to the
,roup. Inc party went on 10 New
York couple of days later,
The programme for decoration day
services at Sharpsburg next Monday
las been arranged. The procession
will form in front Of X. Of P. hall at
,2.3O, in charge of chief marshal
lewis Delamarter, and march to An
ietam Cemetery. The address of the
lay will be delivered by Hon. George
R. Gather, Of Maryland, and prayer
Will be offered by Rev. A. H. McKin-
ey, of this place. Several bands will
,e present to render music, and vari-
Jus organization, including the Shep-
lerd College cadets, Company B Of
and Grand Army posts,
will take part in the exercises.
Mr.. John Byers, who was in New
York during the height of the musical
eason and the Parsifal furore, reports
hat never before was the opera so