Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-05-07
LITTLE LOCALS.

ingtou, ID. u, formerly Of this place,
announces the engagement of her
daughter, GRACE Amelia, to Mr.. Aaron
Benjamin Zahn, of Denver. Colorado.
The wedding will take place in June.
The town clock has not been run.
ming the past week, but Mayor Sohley
states that it will be soon thoroughly
repaired and put in first. class order.
The faithful old clock is greatly miss
ed when it fails to sound out the
hours.
The Martinsburg Evening Journal
was year old last Friday, and it eel
ebratsd its birthday by issuing a spe.
cial twelve-page edition. The Jour.
nal IL most enterprising paper and is
a credit to the community in which it
is printed.
G. j. Burner has opened a jewelry
repair shop in the Lambert building
on Main street, next to Lines cloth
ing store. Mr.. and Mrs. Burner, who
came here from Luray, Va, have tax.
en- rooms in the dwelling of the Miss.
90 Markell.
Announcement is made of the en-.
gagemsnt Of Miss Ida May Barr,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lester A.
Barr, of Washington, to Mr.. Herbert
Lee Alexander, of Martinsburg, form
erlY ofthis county. The wedding will
take place in June.
Secretary E. T. Licklider is max.
ing arrangements for the annual pic
mic of the Tri.State League of Odd
Fellows, which is to be held at Island
Park, Harpsr's Ferry, on August 4th.
The B. & o. Railroad promises to give
good accommodations and lowrates this
year.
Walter NJ. Duke, formerly Of this
county, for several years principal of
the public school of Hedgesville, has
been engaged as instructor in the
commercial course of the Martinsburg
high school, succeeding W. A. Way
uant, resigned. Mr.. Duke has en-
tered upon his new duties, his school
at Hedgesville having closed for the
term.
A few days ago several horses be.
longing to Charles Derr, who farms the
j. G. Tabler place near Duff elds, es-
capped from a field and got on the B.
& o. Railroad tracks. They ran for a
considerable distance along the tracks
until one Of them broke its leg, either
by being struck by train or getting
it caught between the ties, and it had
to be killed.
Three prisoners were lodged in the
town jail or Monday for being drunk
and disorderly, and were later found
guilty and fined by Mayor Sohley.
One of the prisoners had revolver in
his pocket, and when the town author
tiles got through with him Magistrate
Moler put fine of $25 and costs on
him for carrying concealed weapons.
The total cost OF his days sport was
about $50.
These deeds of transfer of real ss-
tate have been filed for record in the
Office of the county clerk since our
last issue: Jacob S. Myers to Mil
lard 81. Crawford, house and lot in
Trussell's Addition to Shepherdstown,
for 81, 500; Allen Cole to Henry
Hunter, house with half acre lot near
Kearney,ville, for 1915; jaime, E.
Watson to Bates Watson, a tract of IS
acres, three mi es northeast Of Mid.
dleway, for 81, 900.
This has been week Of rain, so far.
Starting early Monday morning, the
sun has kept himself resolutely be-
hind lowering clouds and showers have
fallen almost necessarily. Last night
and this morning the rains were very
heavy, and as We 90 to press there is
no sign of clearing. The rains have
been very beneficial, for the ground
had gotten quite dry and the farmers
needed it. The wheat and grass are
growing splsndidlY.
Miss Margaret Ellen Show, eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Show,
of Shepherd.town, and Mr.. Edgar
Leroy Starry. formerly of Harrisburg,
Pa, were married last Monday in
Danvills, Pa, by Rev. Joseph E.
Guy, a former pastor of the Reformed
Church of this place. After spending
few days in Harrisburg, Mr.. and
Mrs. Starry will return to Shepherds.
town, where they will make their
home. We extend to them our sim
cere good wishes.
William Melester came mighty near
losing his meat one day last week.
He had started from his home down
the river to bring calf to town to
butcher, and when be got to the bridge
he discovered that there was no veal
in his wagon. He hurried back, and
found the calf in the possession of sew
eral Italians, who were rejoicing that
they had captured toothsome piece
of fresh meat. They sorrowfully sur
rendered it, and Mr.. Melester tied it
more securely and eventually deliver
ed il at the butcher shop.
There was queer sort of phenom-
enon Tuesday afternoon. About
three o'clock, while the rain was fall
ing mistily, as it had been for day
L.. Lea. q hrillinnt Aanh of