Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-04-20
LITTLE LOCALS.

y-maoe shlrtwalsts, aprons,
snnbonnets, cakes pies, candies, etc,
The sale will begin at 10 o'clock.
Water was turned into the C. & O,
canal last week from Dam No. 4
above Shepherdstown, and all the
lower levels are now filled. Naviga-
ton was opened that the Messrs.
Knott might operate boats from their
limestone quarries to Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Mccormick
have issued invitations to the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Margaret
Holmes, to Mr.. Charles Fenton Nc
CURE, which is to take place on Wed.
nesday evening, April 26, at o'clock
In Grace Episcopal church, in Berry
Vile.
The recital to be given in the COL
lege auditorium Saturday evening of
this week by Miss Williams. of the
music department Of Shepherd Col.
lege, should be largely attended. as
the programme will be an entertain
ing and varied one that will please
lovers Of good music.
Rev. @, F. Bonn, the new pastor of
the NJ. E. Church, arrived here with
his wife last Friday and the members
gave them cordial reception, having
provided delightful supper for them
at the parsonage. Mr.. and Mrs
Bonn have been married only few
weeks.
The lecture, unseen Realities, -"
which was to have been delivered in
Shepherdstown on April %, has been
postponed, on account of the lecturer,
DR.. Vending, meeting with an acct
dent. He is suffering from sprained
ankle. The date of the lecture will
be published later.
The frame dwelling.house of Mrs.
Mary E. Jacobs, near Duf6elds, was
destroyed by fire Tuesday morning,
together with most Of its contents.
The FIRE is supposed to have originat-
ed from passing train. The prop
erty was insured for 800 with Wash
ington & Alexander.
At the regular April term Of the
Berkeley county circuit court, which
convened Tuesday, ]. R. Clifford and
his son Paul were both indicted on
several counts, ranging from murder
in the first degree to assault. They
entered pleas .of not guilty. Their
trials will come up this week.
1t is believed by fruit men that the
recent cold spell has damaged the
apricots, cherries, and the early fruit.
The peach crop in Maryland is be-
lieved to have escaped damages. The
extent of the freeze damage, however,
cannot be told until the sun strikes
the bloom. Injured buds will turn
black.
]. D. Con,rd, of Frederick, Nd, a
former well-known farmer of this vi
entity, in renewing his subscription
asks US to remember him to his old
friends in this neighborhood. He
says that he il not as active on his
legs as he used to be and that his
hearing is not very keen, but he is
still able to read 1.-The good old REGIS
TER" without glasses.
Last Sunday was a very blustery
Palm Sunday. The day opened up
cold and windy, and at intervals there
were fierce SLOW squalls that gave an
added chill to the atmosphere. Mon
day morning there were white patches
on the roofs and grounds that showed
that there had been more snow dur
ing the night, and occasional squalls
prevailed during the day. 1t was
the first March weather of the year.
We have added to our collection
this week, through the kindness OF
Mr.. Arch Stanley, an interesting Gu
rio. 1t is thin piece of black flint
rock about four inches long and is
very sharp on both edges, somewhat
resembling a knife. 1t is supposed to
have been used by the Indians in re-
moving the skin from wild animals
slain by them, and was found by Mr..
Stanley on the Snyder farm near
Sharpsburg.
We were gratifed to have a call
last Saturday from Mr.. John b. Lem
en-, of the vicinity of Scrabble, mem
Der of the county court Of Berkeley
county. Mr.. Lemen recently obtain
ed from the United States Agricuitu-
raj Department a package Of the ia
nous bacteria which so wonderfully
increase the fertility Of the soil, and
will try the experiment upon clover.
The result will be looked for with the
greatest interest.
A big iron building owned by Eys-
ter & Son and located near their
strawboard mill at Halltown, this
county, was destroyed by fire last
Friday night. The los, is about $4,-
| 900, with insurance of $4,000. The
Charles Town fire department was
summoned and helped saved the other
property. The structure was used as
a stock building, and was of frame,
covered with iron. 1t was the third
building on the same site to be burn
ed in recent years.
The sacred oratorio, Jerusalem, or
the Land Of Palms" will be given in
the Lutheran church Easter Monday
eveninp ar 7. 80 o'clock by the choir