Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-04-22

The directors of the Morgan's Grove
fair have fixed September 7, 8, 9 and II
as the dates for the next fair.
The Shepherd College baseball team
will 60 to Charles Town Saturday to play
a game with the team Of that place.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Anti Saloon League will be held in the
old college hall next Monday evening a
100 O'Clock. All the members are asked
to attend.
Fine rains this week have been Of grea
benefit to wheat and grass and growing
vegetation in general. Trees and shrub
berry are coming out in leaf and BLOSSOM
and the beauties OF spring are about us.
A Jefferson County telephone has beer
put in the Lutheran parsonage in Shep-
herdstown for the use of Rev. DR.. Hath
cox and his family. Edward L. Reinhart
has also had a phone installed in his resi-
dence.
A stranger who has been working on
the new electric power line near town,
was arrested Tuesday evening and taken
before Mayor Martin on the charge of be-
ing drunk and disorderly, and was fined
$3.50. 1t is said that he was insulting in
his manner to- ward young ladies' on the
street.
One of the finest horses ever seen in
Shepherdstown, and one whose breeding
and pedigree are OF the finest, is a splen-
did Hackney stallion brought here last
week by ]. w. Dodd. He hopes to sell
the horse here, and we should like to see
SO fine an animal kept in the community.
II would mean vast improvement in
horse flesh in this neighborhood.
On the first page of the Register this
week may be found an exceedingly inter
estng article by Hon. George M. Bow
ers, United States Commissioner OF Fish
and Fisheries, on the subject OF the prop
agation of fish and what the government
is doing to cultivate and increase the vast
supply of food in the rivers, lakes and
seas. Our readers, old and young Will
enjoy this contribution.
w. M. Munson, State Horticultural, OF
Morgantown, W. Va, will be in Charles
Town April 9th, and will address the
fruit growers of Jefferson county on
better orchard conditions, better spray
ing, better pruning, better culture. Al
ter the address he will give a practical
demonstration of the work in the orchard
of ]. H. Dutterer, The meetings are open
to the public, and all persons interested in
the care OF orchards are especially urged
to attend.
During the past week the Register has
received many compliments on its i'm
proved appearance from friends here aud
elsewhere-verbally, by letter and by pub
lished comment. "B. and S., of Hagers-
town write us Hearty congratulations
on the Registers new dress. The old
girl has renewed her youth. She looks
as gay and gushing as an April bride in
her new Easter hat and spring suit. May
her continued existence be one long sweet
song. Selah"
The workmen who are taking down the
old railroad bridge have removed the first
span-that from the Virginia Shore-and
accomplished the job without accident.
The work is being very Skilfully done
under the direction of Foreman Facey.
The new bridge was built without the use
of false work or trestling, and the old is
being taken down without such help.
The great traveller is used, and skeleton
iron bridge, especially built for this work,
is put in place and the members OF the
old bridge hung from it.
There was very sudden rise in the Po-
tomac river last Friday, caused by tre-
mendous rain above Cumberland, and the
stream got beyond its banks in hurry.
Several scows and half dozen or more
skiffs were carried down the river from
Shepherdstown, big scow belonging to
w. H. Knode being smashed when it
struck pier of the new bridge. But for
timely warning by telephone, great loss
would have been caused at the power
plant in course of construction at Dam
No. 4. Word of the flood was received
in time to make everything secure, and
the only damage was the loss of some
coal, sand and small articles. The works
were flooded, causing some delay.
John Vim. Dodd. of Martinsburg, the
we'll known auctoneer, met with serious
accident last Saturday night. He had
been to Berryville, and returning to Shep-
herdstown on the 9 O'Clock train, drove
to MartinSburg, using his own team.
While going down hill just east OF the
cemetery at Martinsburg his horse stunt
bed and fell, jerking him from the buggy
and dragging him tor a snort distance
Breaking loose, the horse ran to town.
Mr.. Dodd walked to his home and ply
stefan was summoned, who found that
two ribs were broken, while he had num-
erous bruises and Commissions about his
head and body and sprained wrist. Mr..
Dodd will he laid up for some days,
though his friends hope that he will soon
be all right again. The buggy was de-
molished.
u. s. Martin has had water-wheel in
stalled and concrete dam built across
his property at the foot of Princess street,
near the river, and the water power de-