Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-07-03
LITTLE LOCALS.

tions will next be put in.
William E.'Reed & Son, the Charles
Town grain dealers, have bought the
elevator and grain business of Symons, &
Johnson at Gaylord, Va. They now
operate five grain elevators in this county
and Clarke.
On account OF heavy rains up stream
the Potomac river has been a bit too
cloudy for bass fishing the past week.
Charlie Myers caught carp on Monday
that weighed some twenty pounds.
Miss Jessie Hoffman, who has been a
faithful teacher in. the Shepherdstown
Graded School for several years, has
concluded to give up school work and
will not be candidate for reappoint-
ment.
DR.. Frank d. Byington, formerly of
this county, who has been on the medical
staff OF the Pension Bureau in Washing
ton for the past twenty-three years. has
been promoted to the position OF chief
clerk Of the bureau.
We hope that our friends will keep in
mind the fact that we cannot publish COM
lnunications or other news items unless
we know from whom they come. We
have had several letters this week that
we could not use because they were I'M
signed.
A very valuable two-year-old colt be-
longing to Robert L. Van Metre, on pas
ture at Robert Lemen's place above town,
got caught in a barbed wire fence one
day last week, and was cut so badly that
it had to be killed to end its suffering.
Next Thursday, July 10th, the voters
OF Charles Town district will vote upon
the proposition TO issue $35, 900 OF bonds
to construct bridge across the Shenan-
doah river at Bloomery. The campaign
over the project is warm, anditis queS-
ton what the result will be.
The Charles Town baseball team play
ed here last Thursday, and our boys de-
feated them by score of 6 to 2. Shep-
herdStown's battery was Myers and Ship
ley, and the visitors got but three hits off
of Myers. A return game will be played
at Charles Town on Friday.
A mad dog owned by Walter Fields,
of Mercersburg, Pa, ran amuck between
that place and Williamsport, Md, one
day last week, and in its ten-mile race il
bit two children of Fields and Charles
Mills, of WilliamSpoTt, besides number
OF dogs and cattle. 1t was finally killed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert C.. Burton, of Bal
timore, have announced the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Katherine Word
Burton, and Mr.. Bernard Manning, OF
Sumter, S. c. Miss Burton is very
charming Baltimore girl who occasionally
visits Miss Margaret Potts in this place.
Washington Lloyd. laborer employed
at the quarries al Engle'S, this county,
was instantly killed Tuesday afternoon
by the explosion OF quantity of dyna-
mite. His body was literally blown to
pieces. The unfortunate man, who was
40 years old, leaves wife and one child.
While running his new touring car at
a good rate of speed from Winchester to
Berryville on Monday, California tour
ist named Walters had narrow escape
from death when the machine caught fire
and was destroyed. Walters barely eS-
capped with two suitcases. The automo-
bile represented an investment OF s, 500.
Rev. c. Sydenstricker has made another
step toward recovery, the plaster cast
having been removed from his broken
hip few days ago. There is every hope
that the fracture has knitted all right, and
from now on it is believed that Mr.. Sy-
denstricker willrapidly improve. Hew
able to sir up yesterday for the first time.
c. Frank Gallaher took with him TO
Gettysburg this week the tattered battle
flag of the Second Virginia Infantry,
Stonewall Brigade, which was followed
during the Civil War by so many soldiers
from this section. This flag was re-
turned to the old command by the War
Department at Washington several years
ago.
II has been remarked here that there
has never been seen such remarkable
display of fireflieS as is witnessed early
each evening. AS the darkness draws
on at the close OF day these curious insects
arise from the grounds in uncounted
thousands, and the air is brilliant with the
tiny sparks of light. In town and coun-
try the beautiful sight has attracted much
attention the past week or two.
The teachers institute for Jefferson
county will be held this year at Harper's
Ferry, beginning on Monday, August p.
The instructors will be be Prof. L. L.
Friend, of Charleston, and Mrs. Harriet
Lyon, of Huntington. The Berkeley
county institute will be held at Martins
burg the week beginning August 18th,
and the instructors will be Prof. L. L.
Friend and Miss Anna S. Cummings.
FredL. Weltzheimer is the latest Shep-
herdstowner TO suffer from the ever
prevalent appendicitis, and he is. now in
the hospital in Charles Town recuperat-
ing from an operation. For the past
month Mr.. Weltzheimer has been suffer-
ing more or less, with symptoms OF ap-
pendicitis. Last Thursday his condition
became so acute that his physician, DR..
q. w. Banks, hurried him to Charles
Town, and it was done none too soon.
The patient was found to have very
pronounced case OF appendicitis, and a
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