Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-09-29
LITTLE LOCALS.

and half feet from tip to tip Of its
wings.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans
are requested to turn out in full, n
attend the funeral services of the late
James Dunn on Friday afternoon at
l o'clock. All those having uniforms
are requested to wear them.
Several more long stretches OF crush.
ed stone have been put on the coun-
ty road between Shepherdstown and
Shenandoah Junction, and this much
travelled thoroughfare will soon be en-.
tirely macadamized, as it ought to be.
Hon. Joseph W. Bailey, the elo-
quent Senator from Texas, will speak
to the voters at Charles Town on Tues
day afternoon, October 18th, at 2
o'clock. He is a splendid speaker
and it will be worth while to take a
day off to hear him.
Miss Emma K. Strider, formerly Of
Uvilla, this county, has accepted a
position as one of the lady clerks in
the Bellevue-Stratford hotel in Phil.
adelphia. This hotel, which has just
been completed and opened to the
public, Is zone Of the finest in the world,
and is magnificent in all it's appoint
ment. 1t cost $6,000,000.
Joseph Trapnell, Esq, well-known
lawyer Of Charles Town, is announced
as an independent candidate for Judge
of this judicial circuit. The Repub-
Leans having decided to name no
candidate for Judge, the contest will
thus be between Mr.. Trapnell and
Judge E. Boyd Faulkner, the Demo.
cratic nominee and present incum-
bent.
In letter to the editor ofthe REG
IsTER Hon. Henry G. Davis asks us
to invite the people Interpretations
and vicinity to be at Shenandoah
Junction on Tuesday, October 18th,
about noon, when speeches will be
made by either Mr.. Davis, ex-senator
Hill, ex-senator Daniel or VIM. Pink
ney Whyte from the especial train upon
which they will campaign West Vir-
GINA. We hope there will be a big
crowd present.
The Democrats of the Oak Grove
neighborhood will have a grand rally
at Bakerton on Saturday night, Octo-
Der 18th, when Parker, Davis, Corn
well and Walker club will be organ
lied at 7 o'clock. Several good'peak-
ers Will be present, among them are
expected VIM. B. Cornwell and Stu
art W. Walker. Good, old-fashioned
chicken soup will be served to every
body. The people generally are in
vited to attend.
State Game Warden John W Avi-
rett, Of Maryland, has started cru
SADIE against fshpots in the Potomac
river between Paw-Paw and Hancock,
where eight or ten of them are located.
He left Cumberland on canal boat
Monday, taking along 500 pounds Of
dynamite with which to blow out the
fshpots, their maintenance being con-
trary to law. Charles W. Ferguson, an
expert dynamiter, and Hanson Wilt
son are accompanying Colonel Avirett.
We understand he will come on down
the river in a week or two.
1t is curious to note how the horses
are getting used to automobiles. A
year or two ago when an automobile
passed along the road there was trou-
bic with nearly every horse that it
encountered, while if one Of the ma
chimes went through town there was
a general rush to hold the frightened
animals. Now the automobiles skim
along the streets and horses take no
notice of them, while it is very rarely
that we hear of an accident on the
country roads from the meeting Of
horses and the devil wagons"
R. Lucien and ]. Quigley Reinhart
have taken over the business manage
ment of Remnants Pharmacy, and
will assume charge on the lst Of Oc-
tober. Lucien will attend to the
business personally for the present,
and Quigley will be associated with
him after he has taken a good, long
rest and thoroughly recovered from
his recent illness. The Messrs. Rein
hart are among our most popular and
capable young business men, and
they will continue to make this store
the leader in its line in Jefferson
county.
Rev. R. Johnson Campbell, a we'll
known Methodist minister Of Hagers-
town, has announced his purpose to
leave the Methodist Episcopal Church
and connect himself with the Protest.
ant Episcopal Church. Rev. Mr..
Johnston was formerly pastor of the
NJ. E. Church in Harper's Ferry, and
is known in Shepherdstown, where he
has occasionally preached. He ten
dered his resignation to Congress last
week, and will for the present assist
Rev. Henry Evan Cotton, rector Of
st. Johns P. Z. Church in Hagers-
town. Next month he takes charge
of church in Cumberland.
The remains Of Rev. Robert Doug
las, his wife, his son Robert, DR.. Beck
and the nurse of the Douglas
family, which have reposed in the
family lot in the Reformed Cemetery
between thirty and forty years, were
last week and buried in
the new burying plot in Elmwood