Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-12-16
LITTLE LOCALS.

tereSted.
II. M. Turner has had an artesian well
bored on his Oakland farm, west OF town.
The well was sunk to depth OF 1872 feet
before sufficient stream of water was
struck.
Shepherd College will close the fall
term next Monday, and will not reopen
until January. During the vacation ex-
tenSive repairs will be made TO the heat
ing system Of the building, which is not
satisfactory.
The ministers of Shepherdstown will
hold meeting in Shepherd College gen.
eral office Saturday, December 18th, at 3
p. m, TO arrange for the union week Of
prayer services recommended by the
Evangelical Alliance.
The Norfolk & Western Railway will
sell holiday excursion tickets at reduced
rates on December l6, II, and IS, %, q,
"a, p and 81, and January l, good until
January 6, 1910. Round-trip tickets will
also be sold to Washington.
Joseph Turner killed two hogs this
week that weighed 4l0 and 345 pounds.
George Sanbower butchered four that
weighed ,404 pounds, and H. Kyd Jones
killed three good ones-their weights
being $50, 344 and $40 pounds.
The music department OF Shepherd
College gave very interesting recital in
the college auditorium last Friday even
ing, when the pupils of Miss Blanche
Barnes, the popular teacher OF music, &C
quilted themselves with much credit.
One day last week some unknown per-
son shot large steer belonging to John
n. Shackleford, who farms the Butler
place, south OF town. Mr.. Shackleford
thinks it was done by hunters, as he had
heard them shooting where the steer was
afterward found dead with wound under
IFS shoulder.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. David Miller will Gel
citrate the fifteth anniversary of their
marriage on Monday, December 9th, by
holding golden wedding reception at the
Reformed parsonage in Shepherdstown.
The hours named are from two TO four in
the afternoon and from seven to ten in
the evening.
The Norfolk and Western Railway will
soon change the passenger schedule. 1t
is reported that train No. ii, due at Shep-
herdStown at S04 p. H., will arrive about
an hour earlier than at present. There
may be other changes, as there is d strong
sentiment in favor OF bringing No. 27 back
to its old schedule and have it leave Ha-
gerStown at instead of 6 p. m.
We were pleased TO have call yeSter-
day from our friend Samuel F. Hebb, of
Sharpsburg district. He had his fall
butchering few days ago. and his big
geSt porker weighed 520pouldS net. The
hams weighed 46 pounds clch and the
shoulders A pounds. We think Mr.. Hebb
told lis about the hams SO as 10 make H. M.
Miler'S mouth water, away off in Califor-
MIA.
II is said that Governor GlaSScock in
tends this week to appoint Superinten-
dent for the School for Deaf and Blind at
Romney, to succeed James 7. Rucker.
Among the names presented for the Gov
ernor's consideration are those of Rev. H.
|. Stephens and Prof. Lorain Fortney, OF
ShepherdStown; Prof. j. D. Muldoon,
of Keyser; Prof. Henry T. Wirgman, OF
Shenandoah Junction; and w. r. Hill, of
Romney. =
The long-looked-for rain has come at
last, and ClSterns and ponds have been
repleniShed. Last Monday rain began to
fall early in the morning and came down
steadily all day, ceaSing at nightfall.
While if was not enough to increase the
volume ofthe streams very much, it was
OF vast benefit, and relieves at least TO
some extent a situation that was becom-
ing serious. The rain was general
throughout the East.
II. L. Snyder & Co. have sold for H. c.
Getzendanner his farm OF about 80 acres,
two miles west OF Shepherdstown, near
Billmyer'S Mill. Prof. J. D. Muldoon,
principal of the Preparatory School at
Keyser, formerly of this place, bought it
for $500 Prof. Muldoon expects to de-
velop this place as "a fruit farm. 1t already
has upon it an orchard of ten or twelve
acres, the trees of which are now ready
to come into bearing, besides several
hundred trees planted last spring.
The town was plunged into Egyptian
gloom last Saturday night soon after
O'Clock. to the annoyance OF merchants
who were busy With holiday trade and
the people in general. One of the large
transformers recently installed at the west
end of town to take care of the current
from the plant at Dam No went wrong
from some unknown cause, ana thouSh
Manager Carter did his best to avoid the
trouble it burnt out and was made en-
tirely useless. The local plant was not
in condition to be at once put in opera
ton, so darkness prevailed until the fol-
lowing night, when it was again started
up. II will take several weeks to get a
new transformer and put il inplace. The
loss to the Shepherdstown Electric
Light and Power Company is consider
able.
The lines of the Jefferson County Tele-
phone Company are being extended both
north and south of ShepherdStown, and a
of new subscribers are to be added
in the near future. A line will be built
from town to the end of the Shepherd
Grade, and extended also to 10 L. Wal
ner,s taking in the residence OF Col. Nv.