Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-02-02
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Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. F. Jones have
issued invitations for the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Stella Hagan
Jones, to Mr.. William Marshall Rush.
The ceremony will take place Thurs
day evening, February 9th, at the
home of the bride at Billmy.r's Mill.
DR.. I. G. White, State Geologist,
has recommended to the Legislature
that the next work undertaken by
the Geological Survey be in the East
ern Panhandle section of the State,
where a thorough survey will be made
OF the limestone deposit of this section.
Today is grounding day, and the
little rascal saw his shadow early this
morning and retired to winter quar-
tiers. This means ak W eeks more of
bad weather, but, as bright young
school ma am remarked this morning,
it cant be much worse than it has
been.
Miss Mamie Lacey Butler, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Douglas Butler, of Charlie.
Town, was married last Thursday in
Charleston, W. Va, to Mr.. Bernice
Ballard, of Tampa, Florida The we'd
ding took place at the home of Mr..
George F. Coyle, whose wife is an
aunt of the bride.
The many friends of Miss Julia
Ruse, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Ruse, of the Dufields neighborhood,
will be surprised to learn of her mar
riage to Mr.. @. Wesley Whitmore. the
wedding raving occurred in Washing
ton, D. c., on January 23d. Miss
Ruse leaves host of friends in Jetfer-
son county to join in congratulations.
The happy couple are at present re-
siding at Takoma Park, D. G.
A charter has been issued at Charles
ton to the Harper's Ferry Lime Co,
at Millville, this county, for the pur-
pose of owning and operating quarries
and for marketing stone, lime, etc.
The capital stock is$250, 900, Of which
$4,000 has been subscribed. The in
corporators are John F. Bankherd, Of
Pittsburg; William NJ. Reese, David
A. Reese, of Pittsburg; John P. Martin
and Henry j. Finley, of Washington.
The Entler Hotel in this place has
been leased by John P. Thompson, Of
this county, who will assume the man
agement the first of next April. He
will succeed Jacob S. Myers, who has
conducted the hotel for the past two
years. Mr.. Thompson has had some
hotel experience in the West, where
he lived several years ago, and we
hope he may be successful with the
Entler Hotel and make it a popular
place with the public.
Chapel exercises at Shepherd Col
lege were very interesting last Friday
morning. Miss Williams sang a solo
and quartette was rendered very
acceptably by members Of the school.
Miss Louise Anna Snyder, Of the
tWoman's College of Baltimore, told
of her new school home, and Rev. r
]. Campbell, of Cumberland, made
an instructive address to the students.
There is special music each Friday
morning at 10 o'clock, and the public
are invited to be present.
A meeting Of Winchester Presby-
terry was held In Martinsburg on Tues
day, when the pastoral relations be-
tween Rev. E. D. Washburn and the
Romney Church were dissolved, and
he vas dismissed to Ebenezer Pres
bytery, Synod of Kentucky, that he
might accept call to the Presbyter-
ian Church at Augusta, Ky. Rev.
]. E. Triplett, of Dufields, was mod
orator Of the meeting on Tuesday,
and Presbytery passed resolutions OF
regret at the departure of Rev. Mr.,
Washburn.
A pretty wedding took place Tues
day evening at Charles Town at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Phillips, their daughter, Mi" Nellie
Virginia, becoming the bride of Mr.,
John NJ. Lancaster, of Richmond, Va.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
L. r. Milbourne. TIE attendants
wer. Misses Agnes and Julia Phillips,
sisters of the bride. Mrs. o. L. Wat
son rendered the wedding marches.
A reception followed the ceremony,
after which the couple left for tour
of Northern cities. They will reside
in Richmond.
Mr.. William Vickers, one of the
prominent farmers of this nelghbor-
hood, is slowly recovering from re-
cent severe accident that >befell him.
Mr.. Vicksrs was on load OF fodoer
that was being hauled into the barn.
and the fodder being piled too high
to permit its entrance through the
! door. he was knocked off, falling a
considerable distance to the ground.
He fell in a sitting posture, and was
very severely hurt. One OF hls
thighs was fractured and he also re,
ceived serious bruises and general
Earring up. Drs. Banks and Grove
were summoned and gave him surgl-
cal attention. 1t is now hoped that
he will recover without any serious
after effects.
Charles Town is making another ef'
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