Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-12-06
sHARPsBURG NEWS.

Miss Nellie Delaney is visiting her
uncle, Victor Delaney, in Washing
ton, D. c., where she will spend about
month.
| All of the merchants in this place
kept their stores closed on Thansssiv-
ing day, by an agreement, and any one
of them breaking it was to forfeit $500
| to the informer.
DIR. III. Frank Schamel, OF Brunswick,
| Nd, has been visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John T. Schamel, in this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. S. Wade have moved
into the Marker property, purchased
some time back. Mr.. Wade will con-
duct his undertaking and furniture
business there also.
o. t. Reilly will move his CONNECTION
cry, relic and souvenir store into his
room vacated by g. S. Wade, as soon as
| he can put in counter and shelving.
Emory Kretzer and Augustus Valen-
tine, of Keedysville, are painting for
c. G.. Biggs, the house occupied by
| Henry Crowl.
Lloyd Reynolds and friend, Raymond
Nunberger, of Brunswick, Nd, spent
several days with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H.
REYNOLDS, in this town.
Miss Louise Tenant, OF Shepherds.
town, visited friends In Sharpsburg
| Sunday.
Elias Spong, who has been spending
three months in Cumberland with his
grandson, Aaron Baker, has returned
TO his home here with his daughter,
Mrs. o. T. Reilly.
Miss Marie Blackford, daughter of
Thomas Blackford, of this place, badly
steamed one of her hands while cooling
a heated iron in cold water.
CLYDE Stride has moved his household
goods and family back from Bakerton,
w. Va, moving into Mrs. Jacob Mar
ker's house.
Mrs. George Mongan, near Lappans
| Cross Roads, was visiting the family Of
| Thos. +. Morgan here last week.
Mrs. Jennie Bowers, OF this place,
moved near Martinsburg on Monday Of
this week.
Harry Turner bought a supposed
empty store box from packer last
week, and took it home to put chickens
in. He found dozen boxes of fine
quality of hats-about fifty dollars
worth They were returned. The box
had set out in the yard several weeks.
Samuel S. Stouffer is planting poles
for telephone line from this place TO
his farm, q miles sonth, on the Har
pers Ferry road
The old hitching rack that has been
standing in the southeast corner OF the
public square, was sold TO John Il. Nc
Graw, and moved to the opposite side.
| The new corporation board did some
grading In front of the Red Mems hall
but they didn't think that it would
cause the hitching rack to be moved.
For the past century 1t was the best
place to hitch in town and will be missed
oy many.
James Marrow spent some sine visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Moore, at Bruins
wick, Md Mr.. and Mrs. Marrow will
both 90 there shortly and spend the
winter with their daughter.
Percie Marrow, who enlisted in the
U. S. Marines, has gone with his vessel,
the Column bia, TO Cuoa. His father re-
Gently received letter from him.
The corporation board met az their
office on Monday evening, and trans
acted some important business.
While Lloyd Reynolds was handling a
gun in U. S. Myers store Wednesday
morning, it was accidentally discharged.
The entire load passed through the door
only few inches from Harry Scackle-
ford, who was just in the act of going
out He was scared winter than he
ever was before. IL was a narrow es
cape for him. K.