Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-09-28
LITTLE LOCALS.

take place in Zion Episcopal Church,
Charles Town, Tuesday evening, o.
tober 8.
The thirteenth annual meeting of
the West Virginia State Horticultural
Society will be held at Martinsburg
November Is, l6 and II, and will be
one Of the most important ever held
in the State. Prominent speak ers
from all over the country will be
present.
1t is believed by some persons that
the corn crop now being gathered in
this county is the largest ever known
here. The shocks stand 80 thick as
to almost touch each other, while the
ears are big and heavy and Of excel
lent quality. Dealers are offering 80
cents bushel for new corn.
The ladies of the Lutheran Church
will hold their exchange on Saturday
in the Rightstine building on Main
street, and as this is the last of the
season, they will have an unusually
nice supply OF bread, cakes, pies, etc.
At night in the same room they will
serve old-fsshioned chicken soup,
homemade candy, etc.
The thirteenth annual convention
of Jefferson county Sunday schools
will be held in the Presbyterian church
at Shenandoah Junction Friday and
Saturday of this week. The first SEES
sion will be held at 10 a. m. on Fri
day. An attractive programme has
been prepared, and it is hoped that
there will be large attendance.
A log dwelling-house on the farm
of Geo. D. Baumgardner at ..Halltown
was entirely destroyed by fire last
Saturday night. 1t was occupied by
Mrs. Fadeley, a widow, and all of
her household effects were destroyed.
She was away from home at the time.
The building was insured with Wash
lngton and Alexander for $500.
The apple crop of Jefferson county
is beginning to move, picking having
been started in a number Of orchards.
Many thousands of dollars will be
brought to this section by the apple
crop this year. The orchard of s. S.
Stouffer, near Sharpsburg, is re-
markable sight-the trees bending to
the ground with the weight Of fruit.
One day last week little Will Cook
US caught five handsome rainbow
trout in the town run on the Entler
Hotel property. One weighed a
pound and three-quarters, another a
pound and a-half, while the others
were smaller. These are the fish that
few years ago were put in Morgan's
Spring, above town, and have grown
to be big fellows. There are other
places along the run where the trout
have been seen from time to time,
lurking IN secluded spots.
One of the handsom est special edi-
tions We have ever seen is the indus
trial magazine just issued by the Mar
tinsburg Statesman. 1t is conpre-
hensive description of the business
and manufacturing establishments Of
Martinsburg and vicinity, and is en-
bellished with many half-tone engrsv-
ings. 1t will be sent to any address,
postpaid, for l6 cents. 1t contains
illustrated articles descriptive of Shep-
herd College and of G. w. Billmyer's
factory in Shepberdstown.
A called meeting of Winchester
Presbytery was held at Martinsburg
last Wednesday to act upon the re-
quest of two ministers to be dismissed
to other presbyteriss. Rev. S. s.
Oliver, who has been pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Petersburg,
W. Va, was dismissed to Lexington
Presbytery to accept call to the
church at Franklin, W. Va, and Rev.
S. NJ. Engle, of Berkeley Springs,
was dismissed to the Maryland Pres
bytery, Northern Church, to accept
the pastorate of the church at Bethel,
near Baltimore.
Miss J. R. Rodgers has sold her
South Bend Furnace property, includ.
ing 81 acres of land and valuable wa
ter power rights on the east side Of
the Shenandoah river, nearly opposite
the Mlllville mill, to the Winchester
Washington Street Railway Company.
The price paid was $4,000. By this
purchase the Winchester Washington
Company have secured much-desired
water rights that will enable them to
build higher dam than was at first
planned at Millville. With higher
dam the company will be able to sup
ply much larger quantity of power
than it could have done with the rights
originally purchased.
Tuesday morning about eight o'clock
George Johnson, colored, heard glass
panel in the front door of his dwelling
on Duke street go to smash, and when
he investigated he found that it had
been broken by pheasant that flew
violently against it. The pheasant
was futtering in the hallway, and
was easily caught by George, who
made meal of 1t to pay for the bro
ken glass. Pheasants are very rare
in this section, and where this wan
derer came from is a mystery. Yes.
terday covey of cartridges found
their way to town, and one OF them
flew so violently against window at
the house of H. L. Snyder that it was
IL ell 100 H. ,Jor sc