Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-01-19
LITTLE LOCALS.


of the REGISTER this week. We cal
particular attention to good story
for boys on the first page.
Miss Myrll Williams has taken
charge of the Presbyterian choir G
this place, and will direct 1t for the
next six months. There has been
some change in the morning service
of this church, and the gloria patri i,
now used.
One of Chas. S. Billmyer's female
Shepherd dogs is the proud mother Of
nine beautiful puppies, and as they
are now three weeks old and all Of
them thrifty there is every reason to
suppose that she will raise them all.
This is al unusually large litter OF
pups.
Miss Ella Mabel McQuilkin, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. McQuilkin,
of Martinsburg. and Mr.. James G.
Vanmeter, well-known young farm
sr OF the Vanclsvesville neighborhood,
were married last Thursday at the
Methodist parsonage in Martinsburg
by Rev. A. ]. Gill.
Two Of the biggest hogs that have
ever been killed in this neighborhood
were slaughtered on Tuesday. The
heaviest was butchsred by Walter NJ.
Demory, near town, and it weighed
595 pounds net, furnishing l40 pounds
OF lard. Merchant & Show killed a
porker for A. S. cambridge that
weighed 535 pounds net.
Vaughen Link, of the Uvilla neigh
bothood, caught carrier pigeon at
his home the other day that had a
silver band on it's leg, on which was
stamped H II G 1850 OF. He is
keeping the pigeon, thinking its own
er may be heard from. Mr.. Link
says that another pigeon Of the same
sort has also been seen there.
The United Daughters of the Con-
federacy will hold an entertainment
in the town hall tonight. beginning at
$50 o'clock. A pleasant literary and
musical programme has been ar
ranged and crosses of honor will be
bestowed upon veterans who have APP
piled for them. The occasion is in re-
membrance Of General Lees birthday
A brilliant wedding.was celebrated
in Martinsburg last night, when Mis-.
Ella Irene Spillman, only daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Spillman,
of that place, was married to Mr..
William S. Jolhfe, prominent mer-
chant of Wheeling, W. Va. The we'd
ding took place in the Presbyterian
church, the ceremony being performed
by Rev. DR.. F. NJ. Woods.
County Commissioner Daniel Hefe-
bower celebrated his sixtieth birth
day Monday by having big dinner
at his home near Ripon. A consider
able number Of his friends and neigh
bors were present to assist in the eel
ebration, and among the guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph L. Cookus, of
this place. Mr.. Hehebower is among
the most progressive farmers and bus
mess men of this county, and his
friends hope he may have many more
anniversaries.
We greatly regret to note the fact
that Mr.. John P. Hill, one of our old
and respected citizens. has become to-
tally blind. Mr.. Hill had his eyes
burned by powder during the war,
and they have been weak ever since.
During the past year his eyesigbt has
been failing greatly, and within the
last few weeks his vision has entirel y
left him. He cannot go out except
with an attendant. Hi, friends will
sympathizs with him in his misfOr-
tune.
After number of vexatious delays,
operations were begun yesterday at
the shirt factory of Emmert Bros, in
Shepherdstown, with Charles S. EN-
inert in charge as manager. A gaso-
line engine furnishes tie motive pow
er and also runs the dynamo that
lights the factory by electricity. Oper-
atives will be put to work as fast, as
they can be taught the work they will
have to do, and in a short time it is
thought there will be seventy-6ve per-
sons employed at the factory. 1t will
be of great benefit to Shepherdstown,
and we hope the new industry may
prosper.
A da.tardly piece OF work was com.
mitted Friday night in Shsrpsburg by
miscreants, who cut the harna ss of the
team of William Welch, of Bakerton,
while it was hitched at the City Hotel.
The harness was cut up so badly as
to render it useless, and his blankets
were slit and also the whip hacked in
several pieces. Mr. Welch had driven
to Sharpsburg early in the evening
and tied his horse at the hotel. Mr..
Welch had to borrow a set of harness
to drive home. The citizens de-
nounced the act and are very indig-
nant that such rowdyism should be
perpetrated in the town. The officers
and citizens are making every effort
to find the guilty parties.
Bob Washington, a colored boy
about Is years old, was arrested at
Kearnsysville on Monday, charged
with robbing the postofice at that
place. The postofice, which is in the
Trump building, was broken into one
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