Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-08-24
LITTLE LOCALS.

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The annual reunion of Companies
D and A. Twelfth Virginia Cavalry,
will be held at Morgan's Grove fair
grounds Saturday, August Goth. All
old soldiers and their families and
friends are invited to bring their bas-
kets and attend this picnic and reun-
ion.
The fall term of Shepherd College
will open Tuesday. September 9Th.
The past year was one ofthe most sue
csesful in the history of the school,
and taking this as criterion, Prin-
cipal Knutti feels assured of a most
year for this popular in
stitution.
A meeting of the Shepherdstown
Chapter of the U. D. G. will be held
at the home of Miss Annetta Entler
on Friday evening, August 25th, at
7 o'clock. All members are earnest
ly requested to be present, as bust
ness of much Importance is to be
transacted.
Owners of race horses have pro.
tested against automobile races at the
fair and the directors
have abandoned the proposed contests.
The races were scheduled for the
the time for exercising the
horses, and the owners claim the ma
chimes would interfere with this work.
A trio of young gents from Mar
came to Shepherdstown last
Tuesday morning and while en- route
imbibed too freely of Martinsburg
"tanglefoot. As e. result they were
placed in the lookup by Sergeant
Shipley and given proper time for
In the afternoon they
were given a trial by Mayor Miller,
and two of them were fined $3.50 each.
Owing to the great interest mani
tested in the campmeeting at Baker
ton, the services will be continued
throughout this week and over Sun
day, closing on Monday. Services
will be held all day Sunday and sew
eral prominent speakers will be pres
ent. Meals and refreshments will be
served on the ground, and on Sunday
an admission of 10 cents will be
charged. Everybody is invited.
At Frederick last week William
Thomas Harwood's hope of recover
ing from Miss Mary Belle Mayhu the
81 500, which he alleges she embez-
zled from him, vanished when Judge
Motter, upon the conclusion of the
testimony in the case, decided that
the money had been dissipated before
Harwood filed his petition for an in.
junction restraining her from spend
ing it, and the young lady was not re-
CURED to pay the money into the
hands of the court.
Indictments for perjury were found
against A. Kaplon and S. W. Kaplon,
both merchants in Harper's Ferry
and Brunswick, by the Berkeley coun-
ty grand jury. Kaplon caused the
wages of H. H. Jenkins, Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad man running be-
tween Lexington and Staunton, Va,
to be attached here and swore in the
attachment case that Jenkins bought
the goods on acertain day. Witness
E. before the grand jury swore that
Jenkins was on his run that day and
was not near Harper's Ferry.
A wreck occurred on the B. & o.
railroad about a quarter of a mile
above Shenandoah Junction last Sun
day morning. While fast freight
train was standing on the siding wait
ing for the Chicago express to pass, an
extra eastbound freight ran Into the
rear end of the train, demolishing
five cars, most of which were loaded
with live stock. Over 200 sheep and
several COWS were killed. One ofthe
cars was forced 80 near the eastbound
main track that it side-swiped the
Chicago express which was passing at
the time, badly scraping and damag-
ing several of the cars.
There will be total eclipse Of the
sun on Wednesday, August 3Oth.
This eclipse is visible in the eastern
part of the United States, the whole
Of Europe, western Asia and the north
ern and central portions of Africa.
The eclipse begins on the earth gen.
orally at 90 minutes after 5 o'clock
in the morning at point in the east
ern end of Middlesex county, Va.
1t will be visible here at practically
the same time. The best localities
for observing the total eclipse are the
east coast of Labrador, the northwest
coast of Spain, at CastellOn de la
Plama, Spain, and in Algeria. Shep.,
herdstown will be partly darkened
for nearly two hours. Starting at
5 20 o clock in the morning the eclipse,
will end here at 7.2O.
The peach crop in Jefferson county
is almost a negligible quantity this
year. Widely scatteleda small sup
ply of the fruit can be found. Mr..
Charles E. Jones, of the Leetown VI
cinity, is fortunate in having some to
put on the market. He has made
one or two shipments to Pittsburg.
where he realized $3.50 per bushel
on them. Mr.. Jones has also an ap'
ole orchard of fifty acres coming into
bearing this year, besides a hundred
acres additional with trees ranging IN
age from 8 to s years, that will pro-