Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-07-19
LITTLE LOCALS.


ers are offering but 70 cents today.
Corn is up to Sc cents bushel.
Tackle boxes, bait.buckets, bob
bling, outline Irvine, all kinds of bass
lines, snelled hooks, stringers, dis
gorgers, etc., at Remnants Pharmacy,
Mr.. John Harrell and Miss Daisy
Manuel, both of Charles Town, drove
to Shepherdstown yesterday after.
noon and were quietly married at the
Presbyterian manse by Rev. Dr..
Charles Ghiselin.
The Potomac river was in good Or
der for bass fishing the first of the
week, and several fine strings were
caught by our local fishermen. The
water has become muddy again, how.
ever, from heavy rains up the river.
Pike Commissioner James K. Hen.
bricks has had his stone-crusher at
work at E. T. Licklider's place the
past week, "eating up" an old stone
fence and putting crushed stone on
the Kearneysville turnpike southwest
of town.
Miss Wanda Rockenbaugh and Mr..
Joseph Young, both of Bolivar, this
county. surprised their friends few
days ago by quietly going to Bruins
wick, Nd, where they were married
by Rev. Mr.. Hess at the Lutheran
parsonage.
Charles Swain, vino has been con-
Quoting harness making establish.
memo in Shepherdstown the past year,
has sold out his stock of goods to
Thompson q Carter, who will close up
the business. Mr.. Swain expects to
travel for harness firm.
We call attention this week to the
advertisement Of the Vehicle Com
pany of Martinsburg. This company
carries complete line of carriages,
wagons and harness-surreys, runa-
bouts, buggies, etc.-and sell fine
goods at reasonable prices.
Abram Coates, workman in the
Standard stone quarries at Martins.
| burg, was caught under falling mass
of earth and stone Tuesday afternoon,
and was so badly hurt he died a few
hours afterward. He was So years
old, and leaves wife and nine chill
dren.
Lawrence R. Lee has recently got
ten new electrical runabout, the
finest thing In the way of an automo-
bile that has been seen about here.
1t runs as smoothly as watch, and
is a most comfortable machine. Mr..
Lee charges his batteries with a gaso-
line engine, and one charging will
run the machine IS miles.
The Deutsche- Zeitung, of Wheeling,
the only German newspaper in West
Virginia, has just issued a handsome
special edition. 1t has an article on
Shepherdstown, the earliest German
settlement in the Shenandoah Valley,
with pictures of the Lutheran and Re.
formed churches, but as it is all in
| German we are not able to criticise it.
Mr.. Alex B. Shepherd, superin-
tendent OF the city bureau of water
supply OF Pittsburg, Pa, former
resident of Shepherdstown, was taken
suddenly i'll last Thursday night, and
the following day submitted to an
operation for appendicitis at the Ho-
meopathic Hospital. He is doing
well now and is in fair way to re.
cover.
Washington Camp No. 7. Patriotic
Order Sons of America, will conduct
special service at the campmeeting
at Shenandoah junction on Sunday
afternoon, August 9Th, at half-past
three o'clock. Districts No. 6, Z, 8,
and 9 are requested to attend this ser
vice in full uniform if possible. All
members are invited. The sermon will
be preached by Rev. Mr.. Feltner, of
Martinsburg State Organizer.
A council of the Sons of Jonadab
has recently been instituted at Shen-
andoah Junction, with the following
| officers: Worthy chief, Thomas G..
| Jones; vice chief, G. w. Brantner /;
past chief, ]. E. Price; patriarch, A..
L. Osbourn recording secretary, l.
w. Williams financial secretary and
treasurer, j. Y. Blackboard guide, j.
w. Hausenhuck inside watch, S. D.
Brown, and outside watch, G. H. Man
uel.
We are requested to publish the
following: 1.-The Free Will campmeet-
ing will be held on Mill street ex-
| tended, on the river hill. Rev. o.
Nelson, P. E., Rev. Mrs. Nelson, Rev.
W. E. Timberman, P. E Rev. s. Il.
Luttrell, a missionary bishop, and
| several elders will be present during
the next ten days campmeeting. Bish-
op Messenger invites both rich and
| poor to meet together and hear the
old-time hymns and preaching. All
are welcome"
The Tribune, published at Chester
ton, Indiana, recently published a
picture and biographical sketch of a
native of Shepherdstown, Mr.. George
Shansr, a brother of our fellow.towns-
man, Mr.. A. ]. Shaner. He was
born in Shepherdstown in 1920, went
West in 1850. and has just celebrat.
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