Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-07-28
LITTLE LOCALS.

'AniS ns8t lall IOr farker
and Davis.
Be sure to attend the Presbyterian
lawn tete at Billmyer's Mill Friday
and Saturday nights of this week. 4
splendid supper will be served each
evening.
The annual Harvest Home" of the
Mt. Wesley NJ. E. church will be held
the first Thursday in August august
, IN the woods of Mr.. Geo. M. D.
Fulk, near Swan Pond.
The ladies of the NJ. P. Church at
Keller will hold an icecream festival
at that place on the evening of July
3Oth. All are cordially invited to az
tend. Proceeds for the benefit of the
church.
Norfolk & Western Agent E. B.
Spedden, with his wife and daughter,
left yesterday on trip to Washington
and points on the Virginia beach.
Relief Agent Apple is here filling Mr..
Spedden's place at the railroad sta
ton.
The Washington Post of last sum
day says: Miss Salome Wingate will
leave next week for stay of several
months at Brookside, w. Va. In
conjunction with Mrs. Anne Craigg-
Curry and the Misses Houchen, she
has organized ladies quartet, which
has been engaged for a seasons work
at Brookside. They have been re.
hearsing for several weeks past.
The Board of Education of Shop
herdstown district has awarded Adam
S. Link the contract for the erection
of new building for Edgewood pub
lie school to replace the structure de-
stroyed by fire last winter. The
building will be brick and will be To-
Gated near the site of the old one.
The contract price is 81 $50 and it is
to be finished by September 18th.
Miss Susie Burlington, of Keep
Tryst, Nd, and Mr.. NJ. B. Fitzgerald,
Of Martinsburg, were quietly married
yesterday at $50 p. m, at Harper's
Ferry, by Rev. Father Collins. They
were attended by Miss Nellie Bufing-
rton, of Shepherdstown, Miss Haley
Riley, Mr.. Vince Carey and Mr.. Sam
uel Burlington, of Keep Tryst. The
bride and groom, who are now visiting
in Shepherdstown, will return to
Brunswick, where comfortable home
awaits them.
Eugene w. Brady, son of G. W.
Brady, of Summit Point, this county,
and a well known young B. & o. en-
gineer, employed at Brunswick, and
Miss Emma F. Reed, daughter of Mr..
James T. Reed, of Harper's Ferry,
were married on Thursday of last
week at the home of the brides broth
er, John T. Reed, Baltimore, The
cermony was performed by Rev. James
P. Wilson. A reception followed the
ceremony, after which Mr.. and Mrs.
Brady left for trip to Philadelphia
and Atlantic City.-AdrOcate.
The new salary schedule for rural
mail carriers has been completed and
applies from July 1st The last Con.
gress raised the maximum salary from
5000 to 1920 year. 1t was found
that the maximum route was a miles
long, and to carriers on routes Of this
length, the maximum salary will be
paid. The salaries of carriers on
routes shorter than the maximum
was fixed by deducting $l8 for each
mile less than "a. B. F. Hartzell and
Charles Morgan, the two rural car
riers from Shepherdstown, both re-
ceive the full sum of $72O year.
The Martinsburg World reports
four weddings from Berkeley county
last Thursday Miss Mary T. Imbach,
Of Martinsburg, and Mr.. Grant W.
Miller, of Vanclevesville, went to
Washington, where they were mar
ried, much to the surprise of their
friends; Miss Emma A. Stevens and
Mr.. Henry Stevens, both of Martins,
burg, were married at the Episcopal
rectory Miss Ida M. Zimmerman
and Mr.. John w. Brooks were mar
ried by Rev. G. D. Harris in Mar
tinsburg; Miss Emma G. Johnson and
Mr.. John H. Morgan, both Of Hedg-
esville, were married atthe parsonage
of the Christian church.
A little daughter of George Jackson,
of Shepherdstown, made a narrow es-
cape from a frightful accident in a
runaway on Main street Monday.
She was seated in buggy in front of
E. Frank Ronemus' store while her
aunt, Miss Lii Bradshaw, who was
with her, was in the store shopping.
The horse attached to the vehicle took
fright and started out West Main
street at a dizzy rate of speed. At
the corner Of West street the vehicle
struck a fire plug. The frightened
horse freed itself from the shafts and
went on a swift career westward
while the little female occupant OF the
buggy got out unharmed.-AdrOoatS
It's understood that Rev. DR.. Con-
rad Clever, pastor of the Third Re-
formed Church of Baltimore, will be
called to Christ's Reformed Church
in Hagerstown. Rev. DR.. Clever
preached two sermons last Sunday
and made a very favorable impression.