Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-06-25
LITTLE LOCALS.

1t is said that David w. Fllckwlf,
who is building the N. &. W. bridge
at Shepherdstown, has secured ST.
100000 contract from the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad. =.
Il. L. Snyder & Co. have for sale a
78-acre farm, cheap, two miles from
Shepherdstown; an 80.acre farm Of
excellent land, well improved, at rea-
sonable price; so acres of unimproved
land half mile from town, will make
an ideal home.
In the readjustment of the salaries
of postmasters the Shepherdstown
postmaster has his salary increased
from 81 400 to 81, 500; Harper'a
Ferry from 81 400 to 81 500 Charles
Town from 81, 100 to 81, 200; Rom
ney, from $1,000 to 81, 400.
Mr.. John W. Link, student at
Mt. Airy Theological Seminary in
Philadelphia. preached an excellent
sermon in the Lutheran Church in
Shepherdstown last Sunday morning.
Mr.. Link is son of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Il. Link, of Dufislds, and gives
promises of becoming a very able
speaker and pastor.
G. w. @. Holhda, of Scrabble, has
been appointed to desirable place in
the mail service in Washington, D.
G. Mr.. Hollida was in a serious
wreck near Elkins last year, where he
was in the railway mail service, and
was quite badly hurt while in the
line of duty. His claims to better
berth have been recognized and he
gets good job in the new Union Sta.
ton.
Theodore Alvord, superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League, delivered
an address in Shepherdstown last
Thursday evening, and, following his
remarks, preliminary steps were taken
looking to the organization ofan Anti
Saloon League here. Another meet
ing will be held next Monday evening
in the old college hall, the programme
of which may be found elsewhere in
this paper.
The Shepherdstown Athletic Asso.
citation will hold lawn fete on the
old college campus on Friday and Sat.
urday evenings, July Sd and 4th.
Icecream, cake, candy, old-fashioned
chicken soup, etc., will be served, and
various amusements will be provided.
The band will play both evenings.
Liberal patronage is asked, as the
proceeds are to be used to help pay
for the baseball equipment.
A gas tank used by Chas. E. Schultz
in The manufacture of soft drinks ex-
ploded Friday, and parts of the fix.
lures were blown through three parti.
tons of the building. Fortunately
Mr.. Schultz was not in line with
these, or lie would have suffered in.
slant death. AS it was he was much
cut about the face and neck, and sus-
tains loss Of several hundred dol.
lars.-Charle3 IolOn Spirit.
At the recent commencement exer-
cises at the University of Virginia IN
usual scholastic honors were conferred
upon a Jefferson county student,
Robert Edward Lee Strider, son Of
Isaac II. Strider, Esq, Of Leetown,
took the degree of Bachelor of Arts
and Master of Arts. In the literary
contests, Mr.. Strider was awarded the
Colonial Danes prize, offered by the
Richmond Chapter, the theme Of his
essay being, "Women in Colonial Vir.
ginia.
There are two belled buzzards max.
ing music in this section at present.
w. G. Moler, of the UvilIa neighbor.
hood, has recently seen both of them.
The first was an old and rusty looking
bird which had a small sleigh-bell
hung to its neck by means of a little
chain, and the other was apparently a
younger one with a bell of different
tone. Holly Moler few weeks ago
caught buzzard in a trap on his
place east of town, and let it 60 after
he had fastened bell on its neck.
Contractors have been here during
the past week looking over the work
at Dam No. 4, with view to bidding
upon the completion of the electrical
power plant there. Shoaf q Brubak'
err, the Pennsylvania contractors who
started the job and worked along in
termittently for year or two, have
given up the project entirely, and
the owners are now seeking to let the
contract to new men. Shoaf & Bru-
baker have part of the foundation
walls built, but vast amount of work
is yet to be done.
1t isn't often that you see horse
carried along the highway in buggy,
but that was the strange sight wit
messed in Shepherdstowu last Friday.
Nelson Osborn, of Ripon, brought q
tiny little mare and her colt to Belle
vue farm, near this place, and as the
distance, some fifteen miles, was toe
great for the colt to travel afoot, the
little fellow was brought along in the
buggy. 1t appeared to be quite com
Portable in the vehicle, resting between
Mr.. Osborn's knees. The colt weighed
only 60 pounds.
One of the features in connection
with the opening Of the new Lutheran
Church in Shepherdstown in the week
from August % to August 9th will