Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-22
LITTLE LOCALS.

formed US yesterday that Mr.. TAFT
VISIT to Martinsburg on Tuesday die
more harm to the party than good
Even the most partisan voters wer,
ashamed of the effort that he made.
The "Oherrymeade" farm belongings
70 the heirs of the late Mrs. Kate
hammond, has been sold by ]. T
Campbell to NJ. L. Copper, Of Win.
chester, for $4,000. The farm, which
Is n located near Middleway, contain,
226 acres.
An alarm Of FIRE brought out tn,
ire company Tuesday evening about
Six o'clock. A gasoline lamp in Les.
ter Wells's BARI shop got beyond
control, and for time there seemed
danger Of conAogration. 1t wa.
sxtinguished without Joss.
Miss Helen Miller Gould, the veal,
thy and distinguished philanthropist
with q party of friends from New
York, passed through Shepherdstowr
last Saturday, snroute from Winches.
ter to Gettysburg. They were re.
turning from an extended trip through
Virginia.
Mr.. James R. Richard, one o.
Shepherdstown's oldest and most re.
spected residents, went to DR.. Ven.
ning's hospital in Charles Town or
Tuesday to have an operation per.
formed on the thumb of one of his
hands. 1t had a sore upon it that
has given him trouble for long time
The extension of the electric light
line from the corporation limit to II.
W. Potts's place north of town will be
an advantage to the people who travel
that road. Mr.. Potts is having the
line built at his own expense, so that
ne may have light all the way to biz
home, but the general public will also
have the benefit of the Improvement.
Daniel Cook, a colored man % year.
old, was arrested at Shenandoah juno.
ton last Wednesday, charged with
robbing the store of o. L. Watson in
Charles Town the previous night.
Cook was so thoughtless as to leave
his hat in the store, and this led tc
his arrest. 1t was also found that he
had left lot of the stolen plumber
with friend. He was jailed to await
the action of the grand jury.
Great progress has been made in the
erection of the iron viaduct connect.
ed with the new N. & W. bridge al
Shepherdstown during the past week
The spans have been put in place a:
far as the canal, and work on the
bridge itself will soon commence. The
steam shovel that is eating up the hill
on the Maryland side of the river up.
set itself a day or two ago, but was
righted with very little damage.
At the meeting of the State Camp
of the Patriotic Order of Sons of Amer.
lea, held at Keyser, last week, E. Hin
ey, of Charles Town, was elected State
President, and Frank o. Trump, OIL
Kearneysville, State Secretary. John
W. Irwin and T. A. Ramsy, of Jsffer-
son county, were elected delegates to
the National Camp, to be held in Chat.
tsnooga. The next meeting of the State
Camp is to be held in Shepherdstown
in October, 1909.
Monday evening, November 9, IL
the date Miss Marion Scully McKib
bin, the daughter of Colonel and Mrs.
Chambers McKibbin, of Ellsworth
avenue. has chosen for her marriage to
Charles Schley. of this city, formerly
of Virginia. The wedding will take
place at s o'clock at the home of the
BRIDES parents. Miss McKibbin's en-
gagement was announced in the early
spring at tea given for her house
guest, Miss Virginia Schley, sister
of Miss McKlbbin's fance, and Mrs
Alan Cooper Stevenson, bride Of
last October.-Pttsbarg Post.
John q. Lemen, the enteprising
dairyman living near Scrabble, has re
Gently put up silo on his place l6
By 80 feet in size, capable of holding
$50 tons of snsilage. Mr.. Lemen fill
ed it some weeks ago, and now has al
ample supply of feed for the winter
he uses a blizzard cutter and blower,
which chops the green fodder into
quarter-inch lengths, and this is pack
ed very tightly in the silo. The cat
tie are very fond of this sort OF food
Mr.. Lemen is now milking 25 cows
and separates the cream at his place,
marketing the product in Cumberland
The Democratic clubs of Shepherds
town are busy these days, and besides
thoroughly organizing the voters il
each precinct, they have public speak
ing several times a week. Last Fri
day night h. L. Snyder made an ad,
dress in the club-rooms, and Satur
day night Hon. James NJ. Mason. Sr.
delivered a characteristic speech, II
which he dwelt at length upon thu
West Virginia debt question. Ihi'