Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-10
sHARPsBURG NEWS.

Charles Drenner, who has been con-
Quoting a store near Antietam Iron
Works for the past ten years, will move
to Hagerstown in the spring and work
at his trade of carpentering. His son
Harry will marry Miss Hazel Cook. near
Antietam, and they will conduct the
store in the future.
Frank Roulette, living near Bloody
Lane, has been on the~sick list for sew
eral weeks, suffering with hemorrhage.
Miss Aimee Wilson, who is school
teacher at Davis, w. Va, spent the hol-
idays here. She left on Saturday, &C
companied by her sister, Miss Mary,
who will visit her brother, DR.. Mcken-
dree Wilson, for couple OF weeks.
Elmer Boyer has gone to Washington,
D. c., 10 work for street car company.
E. Lee Grayson secured the position for
him.
G. F. Smith, who has been sick for
the past four months, is able to be in
his drug store again. 1t has been clos
ed most of the time. We are glad to
see him looking so we'll and at his post
again.
Mrs. Gotle:b Hetzel died at the home
OF her daughter, Mrs. Willard Show
man, near Antietam, Thursday morn
ing, from general debility, aged SO
years and Z months. She leaves eight
children 10 mourn her death. She was
a member Of the Methodist church.
Her husband died several years ago.
Samuel s. Stouffer has planted tele-
phone poles to Sharpsburg and will
connect the wires with the c. g. P.
phone at NJ. E. Snavely's Office. He
will string two wires at present, and
the line will be controlled by him.
The wind blew down quite a string
OF paling fence for Hezekiah Thomas
last Friday. Mr.. Thomas and his wife
have gone TO Washington, D. c., to
spend the winter with their daughter,
Mrs. V. V. Delaney.
c. l.. Morgan and B. F. Hoffmaster,
rural carriers of this town, attended the
rural carriers meeting at Smithburg,
Md. About II were present. They
will meet in Sharpsburg next meeting,
some time in September or October,
1907.
Raymond Nunberger, the young man
killed by being run over by an engine
while on duty for the B. & o. R. r. in
the yards at Brunswick, Md, was we'll
known in this town, he being a frequent
visitor with his friend, Lloyd Rey-
nolds, in this place. They spent q
week here just before the holidays.
The young man, it is said, was to have
been married shortly to Miss Bina Will
son, near town. She attended the fun.
eral
Willie Hines spent several weeks with
friends in Roanoke, Va.
Mrs. G. f. Smith has been sick in
bed for a week or so.
Morris Pashen, of Russia, arrived in
this place on Monday to make his home
in this country. He will spend some
time with his brother Abraham here.
George Morgan has rented the room
occupied by Van S. Brashears from the
Masonic order and will move into it the
1st of April.
Mrs. Camilla Churchey, wife Of Ohio
Churchey, died at her home near
Sharpsburg, on the Jacob A. Myers
farm, Friday morning, OF consumption,
aged 50 years. She leaves a husband
and seven children to mourn her death.
She was daughter Of Abraham Grit
fifth, near Trego. She was member Of
the Church OF God and was buried in
the graveyard adjoining the Green
Brier Church.
The German Baptist Brethren have
started their week of prayer service in
their new church in this place. Sew
eral elders from distance are here as
sisting.
Another dance will be held by com.
mittee OF Red Men in the storeroom OF
their hall on Thursday night Of this
week.
The public schools opened on Mon
day morning, after long holiday for
the children. Quite a number of new
arrivals are eported-boys who have
been working on the canal.
Josephus Gross lost by death horse.
a coz and fine heifer recently on the
Sherrick farm near Burnside Bridge.
Since the death of his wife, John P.
Smith is making his boarding place at
the City Hotel. He received a tele
gram from his sister Mrs. DeKalb, OF
DeKalb, Iowa, that her husband, DR..
DeKalb, who had gone to California,
was lying at the point of death.
Peter Gree, who had planned trip
to some points in the South, was taken
sick at Washington aad returned to his
home here.
Edward Nose received an ugly cut on
his head by being thrown from a buggy
last Saturday evening. While driving
on the street in Sharpsburg in the dark
another buggy oollided with mis-. DR..
Garrett dressed the wound for him.
Mrs. Annie VanLesr, an aged lady Of
this place, has been confined to her
bod with oicLpaoo