Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-03

getung tne paper-wont you Try II
for q years
A thief visited the premises of Wall
ter Mcdonald one night last week and
stole fifteen or twenty fine chickens
and blanket. Mr.. Mcdonald has
pretty strong suspicious as to who the
thief is, and he will try to bring him
to justice.
Shepherd College will begin the
winter term next Monday. Owing to
the changes being made in the heat
ing plant the school had to give holt
day all of this week. 1t is expected
that the improvements will be finish
ed by Monday, and it is hoped that
there will be no further trouble with
the temperature.
Everybody in this neighborhood
ought TO take the REGISTER, which
is but a dollar year. 1t doesn't pay
to send your own cory away and
spend more than half as much as the
subscription price in postage, while as
for borrowing your neighbours paper
-oh, well, you know what we think
of this bad habit.
The qusrtette accompanying the
West Virginia University Glee Club
will doubtless please our people i'm
mensely. 1t is composed of young
men possessing more than ordinary
voices and having had exceptionally
good training. This in itself will be
worth the price of admission. In the
college auditorium January 9th.
The Reformed congregation of this
place gave their pastor. Rev. j. David
Miller, and his wife very pleasant
surprise on Christmas by presenting
them with a handsome set of dishes.
Rev. 81. l. Stevens, of the Southern
Methodist Church, was also the will
ing victim of several poundings by
which the Iarder of his family was
filed to overlooking with good things
At the meeting of the stockholders
of the Farmers Bank of Shepherds
town yesterday the old board of d.
rectors was reelected, as follows M.
Il. Crawford, N. t. Snyder, N. W.
Myers, G. S. Callan, II. L. Marshall,
JOS. B. VanMetre, II. E. Mundey,
F. o. Trump, j. L. Williamson, E.
E. Billmyer, f. R. MeQuilkln, John
W. Irwin, Geo. F. Turner, R. M.
Williams.
The engineers of the N. & W. Rail
way have been busy this week sur
veying the new route through Shep-
herdstown and are stalking of the
line.~ Major Taliafero, the claim
agent, will be here as soon as the line
is established and seek to purchase
the necessary right of way. 1t is
said that work on the improvements
may begin within thirty days if the
land damages can be adjusted so soon.
Thursday and Friday of last week
were interesting days in this section
because Of the extreme slipperyness of
sidewalks, streets and roads. A
slight fall of rain froze as it fell, and
the earth was like glass. 1t was
almost impossible to walk on the pave.
ments, and even on the streets locomo.
ton was difficult and dangerous.
Persons who were driving horses that
were not rough-shod had great diff
Guilty in getting to their destination,
the horses tumbling around in every
direction.
The recent holidays passed off very
quietly in Shepherdstown-more qui-
city than for number of years, it is
generally agreed. Christmas day
was very cold, and few persons VEN
tured out unless compelled to do 80.
1t is said that it was tae coolest
Christmas day in "a years. New
years day was on the contrary, mild
and balmy. There was little disor-
der q any kind during the holidays
and few arrests were made. The
Sunday schools gave their usual en-
tertainments, and the Odd Fellows
fair afforded some amusement each
evening.
John Washington, formerly we'll
known young colored man of Shep-
herdstown, has been at his old home
here the past week for the first time i,
in nine years. John was so unfortu-
nate as to get into trouble in Hagers-
town, for which he was sentenced to
long term in the Maryland Penitenti-
airy, and has just been released after
serving eight years and seven months.
He made an excellent record in the
penitentiary, where he became an ex-
pert moulder, and he will go to Pitts
burg and work at his trade. He says
he never expects to get into any more
trouble.
Lewis K. Dinkle, who has been the
manager of the Charles Town Free
Press ever since the death of its form
er owner and editor, W. W. B. Gala
her, has bought from Hon. John J.
Cornwell an interest in the Review.
published at Romney, this State, and
left yesterday for his new field of
labor. We are very sorry to lose Mr..
Dinkle from this county. His man.
agement of the Free Press has been
most admirable--he kept up it's stan
dard as clean, bright, newsy journal,
and few papers in the State have been
as well edited. That he will do
equally as good work on the Review,
we have no doubt, and we wish him
all success with his new venture.