Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-11-23
LITTLE LOCALS.

Wheat and corn have both advanced
: in price the past week. Today our local
dealers quote wheat at 90 cents and corn
at IS cents bushel.
| Mrs. Laura Brotherton, one of the
estimable women of ShepherdStown,
celebrated her seventy-ninth birthday
last Sunday, when her children honored
the occasion by giving special dinner,
with 70 candles as feature OF the dec
orations.
c. E. Keller & Son are engaged in set
ting out 5000 more peach trees on their
big fruit farm on the Maryland side OF the
river, opposite Harper's Ferry. They
have a fruit farm of $40 acres, on which
they have $4,000 peach trees and 5000
apple trees.
The corn show will be held at the Shep-
herdstown Graded School next week.
The prizes offered are 81. 50tor first, $50
for second, and $l.00 for third. The ex-
hibits will be judged on Tuesday, and
will be opened tor public inspection on
Wednesday. The acknowledgements
will be held Wednesday at Up. m. The
people generally are invited to attend the
exercises.
Four huge freight engines for the
Western Maryland Railroad, built at the
Richmond Locomotive Works, have
passed through Shepherdstown during
the past few days. A pair of them the
other evening were so big that they failed
to clear the granite curb at the passenger
station, and as iron ground against granite
there was shower of sparks that looked
like fireworks. No damage was done.
Morgan Stanley, of the Kearneysville
neighborhood, has bought the James H.
Coftinbarger farm two miles south OF
Shepherdstown, along the Halltown pike,
paying $95 an acre for the Isl acres that
if contains. This is an excellent farm,
desirably located, and has upon il a COM
Portable Westinghouse and fine, large
bank barn. J. E. Stanley, who now
lives on the Waugh farm, will take the
place the first of next April.
On Saturday, December I'd, at 100 p.
m. S. ]. Hodges, executor, will sell in
front OF the courthouse at Martinsburg
several desirable pieces of real estate
situated in Martinsburg. A double house
situated corner OF Burke and College
streets, one square from market-house, is
a we'll situated and desirable home. hav-
ing all modern conveniences and most
comfortable residence. For further par
ticulars see or address S. J. Hodges at
Shepherdstown.
Mayor u. S. Martin is experimenting
the work of grading the Line lot, purchas-
ed by the State Board OF Control for the
use OF Shepherd College. The limestone
rock that projects above ground is being
blasted out, and the entire lot will be lev
eled and sloped gradually down to Prin-
cess street from the terrace in the rear OF
the college building. This will be SPLEEN
did Improvement not only to the college
property but TO that end Of town as well.
DR.. Burwell took "Chis" Lemen to
Charles Town on Monday, where he and
DR.. Venning performed an operation for
the removal of diseased tonsilS that had
long troubled "Chis." While they had
him dead to the world they took occasion
to remove several adenoids which both
cred the youthful patient, and it is now
hoped that he will enjoy much better
health. Mr.. Lemen brought "Chis"
home Tuesday night, and he is getting
along firstrate.
Harrison's Nurseries at Berlin, Md,
have just sent us sample ofthe delicious
Jonathan apples raised by them. 1t was
beautiful TO look upon and just as good
as it looked-no wonder Eve took an APP
pie with which to tempt Adam. Harri-
sons Nurseries have splendid reputa-
ton in this section, where they have
sold so many thousands oftreeS, and they
desire to still further enlarge their busi-
ness here. We are authorized by Har-
riSon's Nurseries to offer their help, free
OF charge, to any person interested who
will write them, addressing Shepherds
town, w. Va, Department, Berlin, Md.
The Stewart 6 Raymond Lady Min
strel Company gave very interesting
performance Monday night in the opera
house. The programme was spirited
one and there wasn't dull moment in it.
We have never seen an aggregation OF
performers with more diversified talents.
They sang, they played on all sorts OF IN
struments, they did acrobatic stunts, they
were clever as MINISTRIES and mimlcs,
and there seemed to be no end to their,
powers of entertainment. Mr.. Stewart
was the musical star, playing wonderful
ly on the violin and accomplishing the re-
markable feat of playing well two comets
at the same tiTe.
A first-rate show is billed for the opera
house in Shepherdstown on Friday night,
December lst- "The Candy KID
musical comedy to be presented by the
B. NJ. Garfield Company. This is very
popular little opera and has pleased large
audiences in every part of the country.
A dozen artists are included in the cast,
and they render no less than twenty
clever songs that have made popular hits,
including "Senora," "Fi il, ""Reno" and
others equally pleasing. Among the
singers are Misses Leone Marble, Mayme
LaBrr, Lucy Dye, Ellen Boyle. Hazel
Case, Ella LaBurr. May Belts and Edith
Kline, and Messrs. William Bowers, Vic
Ross, VIM. F. Martin and ]. d. Tread