Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-09-12
sHARPSBURG NEWS.

The 10th New York Veterans to the
number of Us will arrive at Autietam
Station about 80 a. m, on the morning
OF September 18th, where carriages will
be waiting to carry them to their monu-
ment on the New York State grounds
near the Dunkard Church, where they
will hold their reunion exercises. The
Boousboro Band will furnish music for
the New Workers at their monument:
After the exercises are over they VIII
proceed over the battlefield and back TO
Town, where they have been assigned to
the hotels and boarding houses. Alter
dinner they will return to the station and
90 to Harper's Ferry, where they will
make short stop, and thence proceed to
Washington. The citizens and num-
Der OF other veterans of the Blue and
Gray from other organizations have Sc
cured the services of the Rohrersville
Band. They will hold exercises at some
Mace. either in the town or some point
on the battlefield, after the New Workers
hold their exercises. Quite a number
are arranging to be here on this occasion,
hut the full programme isn't complete
vet Come and hear and see what is to
be done on the field after so years have
expired. - a.,
The Register correspondent from this
place enjoyed the auto trip very mucll
on Monday with the editor, who was out
looking up some tickers-not the kind
that lust says "tick-tick-tick," but me
kind Thai says ''tick-tock Textbook" He
believes in having plenty OF time-keep-
ers, and the older the better. 3,
The McGraw Hotel bar will be closed
for at least twenty days, owing TO the
death of Mr.. McGraw. This makes the
other saloon regular Spencer monopoly.
| guess il would be better for the town
if there was none, and then there wouldn'
be so much disturbance at times.
Miss Annie Ramsburg has been SICK
with typhoid fever. Miss Mary Cramp-
ton and several others are down with It.
The pupils OF the public schools OF this
place will hold festival on the public
school grounds on Saturday evening tor
| the purchasing of large telescope and
number OF books for the teaching OF bot
any and zoology. -
Miss Rosa Lee Marker. OF Washington,
is here visiting relatives and friends.
The HagerStown Free Library auto was
in our town on Tuesday and removed the
Iohn P. Smith curio collection to HagerS-
town for the library. Mr.. Smith Willed
il to that institution. :,
The corner stone of the Red Mems hall
was laid last week without any special
ceremonies. The brick-layers are NOV
ing right along with il now.
lanes Snyder bought OF Alex Arm
strong, Jr., the home farm containing
| $50 acres for $4,000. II is situated neal
Moburn school house. -,
Miss Helen Gloss has gone to Wash
ington, to attend college.
VIM. FyA Jr., OF Steelton, "a, was wa;
here on short visit last week. Ills
father, Alonzo Fry, formerly lived here.
John F. Schamel sold to VIM. y. COX
and sister, Mrs. Mary Fries, the house
that Mr.. Schamel resides in. They vii!
both retire from farming and Mr.. SchameI
intends moving to Hagerstown.
John Grayson, of Washington, spent
several days at his home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garfield Jackson and
children, of Washington, after spending
ten days here have returned home:
|. Harvey McGraw, wife and three
children, from near Philadelphia, and
Frank White, wife and daughter Mary
from near Wilmington, Del, were here
to attend the funeral OF J. K. McGraw:
F. E. Goldthwait, Mrs. LOOMS, Mrs
Oleana and Mr.. Lounsberry and son, al
of Brooklyn, New York were guests o.
Mrs. o. T. Reilly. They will remain
here for several days and will go iron
here to Harper's Ferry, where they Wi
meet other comrades on the l4th and l5tf
and hold their reunion OF the 9th New
York Battery.