Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-04-17
LITTLE LOCALS.

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only dollar year.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
win hold ar icecream festival in the hotel
parlor Saturday of this week, April 18th.
Delicious iceeream and home made cake
will be served, beginning at 2 p. m. All
| are cordially invited.
H. L. Wintemoyer has concluded to
discontinue active business for the pres
ent. and has sold his stock of clothing
and furnishing goods to Jones & Jolliffe,
who have shipped the stuff to Winches-
fer. MIR. WiRtermoyer's store is now
closed
The baseball team from the Frederick
High School will play the Shepherd COL
lege team in Shepherdstown Saturday
afternoon of this week. Game will be
called at 230. Admission Is cents. A
good game may be expected-go and
root for the home team.
The President on Tuesday sent to the
Senate the nomination OF ]. Garland
Hurst TO be postmaster at Harper's Ferry.
He will succeed w. L. Erwin, who has
resigned and will 60 to Brooklyn, New
York. Mr.. Hurst was recommended by
Congressman VIM. q. Brown.
Our friend H. NJ. Miller, of Woodland,
California, who is now touring through
the Holy Land, sends us card in which
he says: "Joppa, March 81. Have re-
turned from Jerusalem and are on our
way to Cairo, where we will be for five
days. Will ride up the Nile. We enter
the Suez Canal about a. m. tomorrow.
Senator w. E. Chiffon has our thanks
for copy OF valuable and interesting
publication recently issued by the gov
eminent, entitled Fifty Common Birds
OF Farm and Orchard" 1t has colored
plates OF the birds, with full description
of each, and tells of their usefulness to
the farmer or of their bad habits if they
have any.
From San Francisco paper OF recent
date we get the following item: I'D. N.
Magruder, formerly with Johnson and
Temple, of San Jose, and nephew OF E.
w. Magruder, now has charge OF the local
office of the firm of that name. We hope
d. N. Magruder will make as much of a
success as his uncle, as Redwood City
needs boosters"
While working in the old Entler Hotel
the other day Harry Brocksdorf, one of
the bricklayers employed by Contractor
H. B. Grimm, found fiftY-dollar bill
alongside one of the chimneys in the attic.
He felt mighty glad, and was thinking OF
taking little run over home to Sweden,
when some one noticed that it was a
Confederate note. II had probably been
there ever since the war.
Perhaps the Potomac river will be
made navigable stream and Shepherds
town folks travel by steamer to Wash
ington. The river and harbor act OF July
Is, 1912, provides for preliminary ex-
animation of the Potomac from Washing
ton TO Cumberland, with view to its i'm
provement, and Lieut.-Col. w. G. Lang
fitt, OF the engineer corps of the U. 5.
Army, will make the examination in
short time.
Bob Douglas, a young colored man,
got into fight in ShepherdStown last
September, and to avoid arrest skipped
out. He has been in Bakerton ever since,
and only ventured back last week. The
warrant had been kept in cold storage,
ana Sergeant Shipley promptly nabbed
him. Mayor Gibson gave him a trial and
fined him five dollars and costs, with
warning that any future offense would be
still more costly.
Workmen are making some improve
mentS 10 the Entler Hotel building
Strengthening up the window frames, etc.
Under one of the window stills the work.
men made curious find, including doz
en- or more pennies, some of them very
ancient and of peculiar design, besides
pins and hairpins, combs and number
of other articles that had accidentally
slipped under the sill or had teen put
there by children.
Sergeant Geo. H. Hagley, of Charles
Town, writes us that he will furnish GER
tficates to all delegates who wish to at
tend the twenty third annual reunion OF
Confederate veterans to be held at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, May 9th to 10Th. Plans
are being made for great reunion, and
it is expected that there will be very
large attendance. The rates OF fare have
not yet been announced, but it is pre-
sumed that they will, as usual, be very
10y.
Ii isn't often that the sun hides itself
for whole week in this favored part OF
Gods good earth, but il came very near
doing this the past week. Last Wed
nesday night the clouds gathered. and
there was hardly break in them until
yesterday. April showers fell almost
continuously, lively thunderstorm lend
ing little variety Monday morning.
Yesterday the rain clouds broke away
and the sun came out for few moments
at frequent intervals, and everybody is
hoping that real spring sunshine may
now prevail.
Miss Blanche Barnes gave very de-
lightful evening party last Saturday at
Sudley Place, 10 which seventy-five in
vitationS were issued. The guests were
entertained in the most agreeable style
by the hospitable hostess and the charm