Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-06-20
sHARpsBuRd NEWS.


Quite a number of our town people at
tended the firemen'S meet in Hagerstown
last week. A great many OF the hremen
came down in autos and went over the
battlefield. o.
Harry Myers bought from Stat Grim
seven Angora goats that he has at his
home,in this place. He intends selling
them again. - H.
ers Keedysville, the fine driving mare
that A. r. Renner owned when ne was
living.
tack of neuralgia this week. Mr.. Early
has been getting il for number OF years,
and il seems that he cannot be relieved
of it. =. .D
Harvey Bomberger and wife, OF Boons-
boro. spent Sunday with Victor Smlth S
family near Burnside Bridge.
From what we can learn, Charles Sny-
der. from near Burnside'S Bridge, tarm-
er. will get the position as superlntend-
emf of the battlefield. Mr.. Snyder is an
honorably discharged U. ). soldier; nav
ing served about five years IN the lnfan-
try and seven years in the Navy Depart
ment He is son OF Andrew Snyder,
Considerable damage was done TO the
trees in the National Cemetery by the
storm of Sunday evening last. No trees
were blown down, but a great many
limbs were broken off.
VIM. Delaney is painting the IRON
fences around the monument grounds On
the battlefield for the Superintendent,
Captain Cook. n
K. F. Delaney, Frank H Delaney
and Foster Mongan have gone to Baltl-
more and Annapolis to attend the meet
ing of the Sons OF Veterans OF the u. A.
CAPTAIN Cook oft the National Cemetery,
has a force of men at work on the ave-
nues, making repairs and doing some
new work TO culvertS, etc.
Ii begins to look as If our town is 60
ing to be chock full OF old veterans on the
5Oth anniversary OF the battle September
18th. Quite number have already en-
gagged quarters for several days during
that week.
H. B. Snowman, of Baltimore, is here
spending some time with his sister, MISS
Sarah Snowman. Mrs. Smith has gone
TO near Hancock, Nd, with her daugh-
fer, Mrs. Gertrude Brooks, who was
here visiting at her former home.
The storm of last Sunday evening
PLAYED havoc with various kinds OF trees
soulheastof this place and IN the vicinity
of MillerS Saw Mill, where many trees
were uprooted and some twisted oil.
The barn on the Charles Line farm was
blown down, and the wlnd-pump twist
ed around. The storm did great deal
of damage, but the rain was a godSeno
to the whole country around. VIII
make the early potato crop and give, the
corn good start. 1t did very little DAM
| age TO The wheat.
It looks as if the hog cholera has struck
our town at last. Elmer Boyer has 300
pound hog that its symptoms are like hog
cholera, and Mrs. VIM. Fisher has one
sick. This town is full OF large hogs Tor
this years killing, but this disease can
soon clean them out.
Mrs. Lottle Irwin has gone to Altoona,
| Pa, to visit one OF her brothers, VINO mao
to have one of his legs taken OFT.
George Poffenoerger lost by death a
| fine COW. They were all in their pasture
field, and this one was found when hunt
ing her where she had got into a sink
hole, breaking her neck.
Philip Grove, N. & w. Railway agent,
| has gone on a vacation TO the CatSklll
mountains,
Mr.. Phillips, the Red Mems hall con-
| tractor, met the building committee on
Tuesday evening to arrange for the build
ing or rebuilding OF the hall under the new
| specifications.