Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-04-19
lIrrIB LOCALS.

Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Line in Shep-
herdstown. was married last week to
Mr.. Fullerton Parker McGough, of
Chicago.
The Fairview school in Berkeley
county will hold it's closing exercises
on Saturday evening. April %. at S
o'clock. After the entertainment, ice.
cream, soup. etc., will be sold for the
purpose of raising money to start
library.
Frank M. Stanley's sale on Tues
day was very successful one. and al
most everything offered sold at good
prices. Horses, cattle and hogs sold
high and the bidding was spirited.
A large crowd was present, including
many persons from Maryland.
Thomas Leggett, Jr., has got an
appointment in the U. s. Fish Com
mission, and left Tuesday morning
for Bryan'a Point, Md, where he will
be employed in the station devoted to
the propagation of shad. He will
probably be employed for couple
of months.
Col. W. I. Boone announces this
week that he has sold his newspaper,
the Eastern Panhandle, to a stock
company, and has severed his con.
injection with the paper. 1t is to be
discontinued until May I'd, when, it
is said, it will appear under the new
management.
A few of the ties on the Norfolk
& Western railway bridge at Shep-
herdstown were slightly burned last
Friday night by FIRE that presuma-
bly, started from hot cinders from a
passing engine. The fire was dis.
covered BY the crew of passenger
train No. IA, who extinguished it be-
fore any damage had been done.
A considerable number of young
shade trees, elms and naples, have
been planted about the Shepherd
College grounds this week. Let the
good work go on-let our people gen.
orally beautify their property by
planting trees and shrubs and vines
and flowers. These things add so
much to the charm of country life.
One of the heaviest rains that has
fallen in many months was that
which prevailed last Saturday night.
Beginning early in the evening, the
RAIN fell steadily all night, ceasing
about 6 o'clock Sunday morning. A
! ssAAander storm prevailed about 8
o'clock Saturday night, and ball of
fire was seen by several persons to
drop upon Main street, where it ex.
ploded with report like gunshot.
A very beautiful cantata, entitled
"a Dream of Fairyland," will be CIV
en- for the benefit OF the infant de-
partment of the Lutheran Sunday
School in the town ball on Saturday
evening, April 2Sth, at 8 clock.
Twenty-eight girls take part in the
entertainment and render the de-
lIghtful music of which it is composed.
The admission will be fifteen cents,
and the public generally are invited
to attend.
Prof. Waitman Barbe, of the West
Virginia University, delivered very
enjoyable lecture in the Shepherd Col
lege auditorium Monday night to
good audience. His subject was, ed
ucational Inheritance" and he made
an address full of helpful suggestions
and replete with beautiful sentiments
Prof. Barbe is always welcomed by
Shepherdstown audience and his lee
ture was greatly enjoyed.
The ladies of the Lutheran Church
will hold their exchange Saturday at
the property owned by the church
opposite Shepherd College, and will
have full supply of cakes, bread,
pies and other good things. In the
afternoon at half-past two o'clock they
will have their rummage sale, when
many useful articles will be auctioned
off, including furniture, dishes, glass
ware, pictures, store remnants, CLOTH
ing, etc. The public are invited to
patronize the exchange and attend
the sale.
Mr.. Lawrence Lee, who recently
bought a controlling interest in the
gas plant at Martinsburg, has also
purchased a similar interest in the
Charles Town gas plant. At a meet
ing of the gas company directors on
Monday a number of much needed i'm
provements to the local plant was
provided for. Among the improve
ments planned is the installation of a
set of large purifiers to remove impur-
tiles from the gas. The use of gas as
fuel will be encouraged, and it is
hoped that the patronage of the COM
pany can be largely increased.-Ad-
vocdte.
The lecture by Prof. Guy Carleton
Lee in the Shepherd College auditor
ium last Thursday night was a most
eloquent and interesting address and
it was enjoyed by large and appre-
ciative audience. His subject was
The Man of Sorrows in the Light of
Modern knowledge" and the speak
er developed his theme in logical,
clear and convincing manner. Many
persons thought it was as fine lee
tpre az apy we have ever had here.