Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-30
LITTLE LOCALS.

ury Department in Washington, has
received another promotion and is
now in the 81 200 class. Mr.. Feeser
Is fo' inner Jefferson county boy.
Charles M. Sheetz has decided to
continue in business al his old stand
In the Billmyer building, and will lay
IN nice new stock of groceries, etc.
bis brother, j. L. Sheetz, will move
his meat shop to the same location,
and they hope to have liberal share
of the public patronage.
Although the month of March is
practically over, it is singular fact
that there has not peen one gale of
wind this month-indeed there has
been scarcely any wind at all, even
OF the mildest sort. This is most
unusual thing to record of the windy
month of March. Maybe it will come
later, however.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Show have
issued invitations to the marriage of
their daughter, Gertrude Cornelis, to
DR.. Abner Osburn Albin, of Charles
Town. The ceremony is to take place
Wednesday evening, April 18th, at 7
o'clock, in the Reformed church, and
a reception will be held at the brides
home from 8 to II o'clock.
The lecture of DIR. Wilbur Mattison
Chase, of Chicago. in the college au-
ditorium, was splendid one-earn-
est, eloquent, amusing, helpful, en-
PERTAINING, bright, thoughtful-and
it was heartily enjoyed by a very
large audience. It was the sort Of
lecture that could not but do great
good to those who heard it.
The Shepherdstown Chapter of the
U. D. G. will hold an "all.day mar
ket" on Saturday, April 9Th, in the
fremen's hall. Eatables of every de-
scription, cooked and uncooked, will
be for sale, and the patronage Of the
7 public is solicited. Donations will be
gladly received from the members and
also from any of our friends, who will
kindly send them to the home of Miss
Annetta Entler on or before the 9Th.
The executors Of the late James
W. Engle have sold to Robert N. En-
gle 60 acres of land east of the coun-
ty road in Harpers Ferry district, at
| $50 an acre, reserving a dolomite
quarry along the line of the new rail.
road. They also sold to Jesse A. En-
gle, County Superintendent of Schools,
100 acres of land west Of the county
road at $40 an acre. Jesse A. En-
gle has sold to timber firm s acres
of timber for $72 an acre.
At the lecture last Saturday night
the audience was requested to vote
for its choice of the list of subjects in
Mr.. Weddings repertoire. A sum-
ming up of the vote showed that there
was a decided majority for Unseen
Realities, for which 81 ballots were
cast. The next highest was The Man
of Galilee," with 40 votes. Mr..
Weddings subject, therefore, when
he delivers his lecture here on April
18th, will be Unseen Realities. "
Last week the mud that had accu-
mulated upon the streets during the
winter-and there was lots of it was
scraped up and hauled away, making
most noticeable improvement
Cleanliness is particularly desirable
in country town, and we hope that
our town officials and the people gen;
orally will take pride in making Shep-
herdstown clean, healthful and
attractive. Let private premises as
we'll as our streets and alleys be thor
oughly cleaned and kept clean.
The enrolment at Shepherd Col
lege has been largely increased the
past week, and the prospect is for the
best spring term the school has ever
known. Among the many new stu
dents are more than twenty teachers
who have come to take the special
courses arranged for by Prof. Knutti,
and included in the counties repre-
sented ar. Berkeley, Morgan, Hamp-
shire, Hardy, Pendleton, Randolph
and others in this district. Shepherd
College is becoming more and more
popular as its advantages and its
educational facilities are getting bet
ter known.
Berkeley county property owners
have again made a move to have a
bridge built over the Opequon at the
Sulphur Spring ford north of Lee
town. A petition has been present.
ed to the County Court Of Berkeley,
asking for funds, and suggesting that
Jefferson county bear half the expense
of the improvement. Some years ago
the cooperation of the Jefferson
county authorities was sought for the
construction of bridge there, but the
subject was turned down by the court.
The Opequou at that point is the di-
viding line between Jefferson and
Berkeley counties.
Hon. John Lamb, of Richmond, Va,
Member of Congress from the third Vir-
GINA district, has accepted an invi-
tation to deliver the address on Con-
federate memorial day, Saturday, June
3rd, in Sbepherdstown. Col. Lamt
il Confederate veteran, having serv.