Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-12-01
LITTLE LOCALS.


away TO buy goods.
H. L. Snyder 6 Co. have for sale a
fine farm of 80 acres, another OF 200
acres, and nice little place of Is acres.
Also two good business properties in
Shepherdstown, and the old Lutheran
church building, near the new station.
A new camp of the Patriotic Order of
Sons of America has just been organized
at Ripon, making the fourth camp insti-
tuted in Jefferson county during the past
two months. The P. o. S. of A. has
now nearly thousand members in this
county.
An interesting union thanksgiving ser
vice was held last Thursday in the Pres
byterian Church, the several ministers OF
the town taking part. A very excellent
sermon was preached by Rev. w. A.
Lyle, of the Methodist Church, and COL
lection for the poor was taken up.
Miss Ann Dechert, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Wilmer Lee Dechert, was mar
ried to Mr.. Henry Alexander Wise Hap
per, a Richmond insurance man, in Har-
riSonburg, Va, last Wednesday. The
wedding was an important social event.
The bride is relative OF the Misses Hout,
OF ShepherdStown.
Mrs. |. V. Johnson met with very
painful accident at the Entler Hotel last
Wednesday. While descending stairway
she slipped and fell, wrenChiug the liga-
mentS Of one OF her ankles so severely
that she has since been unable to walk.
DR. Banks gave her surgical attention and
she is now improving.
Mrs. Eliza Fraley, who lives near town,
reports another good record other Jersey
COW. From May 18th to October 10Th
the milk from this COW yielded 1863 pounds
of butter, which was sold at price ran
ging from IS to 30 cents pound, making
the total sum Of 1888. This is a very
fine yield. Mrs. Fraley offers the COW
for sale.
The big hogs are now being slaughter
ed and some heavy weights are reported
this week. Alexander Myers, living east
OF town, killed two on Tuesday that
weighed S20-the largest APO and the
ether 400. D. M. Schoppert killed two
Yesterday that aggregated OBS the heav-
lest being 800, the next 345 and the third
293.
There was a series OF showers OF rain
throughout this section last Monday, fol-
lowed at night by lively I II OF snow
for an hour or two. While the rain was
good for the fall wheat and helped to fill
up the ciSternS, there was not enough OF
it to help the springs or streams, and the
water question is still very serious. The
weather this week has been cold and
stormy.
Before you decide upon the present
YOU intend to send to an absent relative
or friend at Christmas time, consider
what an acceptable gift years subscrip-
ton to the Register will be. 1t will be
sent to any address one year for dollar,
and we do not know Of anything that will
give so much pleasure for so small an
amount of money. Send your friend the
Register.
Washington and Lee University at
Lexington, Va, closed IFS sessions last
Saturday until after the holiday vacation,
because the water supply had become
polluted and five or six OF the students
had contracted typhoid fever. Taylor
Bragonier, Will Snyderand Charles GhlSe-
lin, who have been attending this inStl-
tuition, have returned to their homes in
ShepherdStown.
Miss Blanche Barnes, OF the music de-
partment of Shepherd College, will pro-
duce in part the oratOrio OF St. Paul on
TUESDAY, December 18th. The choruSeS
will be rendered by students OF the COL
lege and local musicians, while soloiStS
from a distance will be engaged. The
principal part will be rendered by Mrs.
Waddell. OF Fairmont, who sang so &C
ceptably in Shepherdstown last summer
Further particulars will be given next
week.
The Kate Fuller Entertainment Com
pauy will give performance in the COL
lege auditorium on Saturday even ing,
December 18th. Miss Fuller, the reader
and entertainer, is a charming Southern
woman who has pleased audiences in
every section. Miss Margaret Daley,
the accomplished soprano singer, has an
unusually fine voice, and Miss Marion
Richardson, the pianist, isa young woman
OF the highest musical ability. Remem-
Der the date, December 18th.
Mr.. w. B HibbS, a prominent banker
OF Washington, has sent to Mrs. K. D..
Shepherd donation of $50 for the Vii
LACE Improvement Society, with his best
wishes for the success Of its plans look
inc to the erection of a civic centre build
ing. The society will make Mr. Hibbs
a life member, forthwith. During the
past week or two the funds of the society
have been increased considerably over
hundred dollars, and its bank account
is growing at most gratifying rate
The Register had an interesting letter
few days ago from Miss Rose Wylie, OF
Hot Springs, Arkansas, who lived with
her parents in ShepherdStown many
years ago, but who moved to the West
soon after the Civil War. Miss Wylle |
writes: Continue sending the paper, as
my mother looks forward to its coming
as one does for letter from old-time |
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