Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-06-05
LITTLE LOCALS.

iOI iucoudy evening, june lUtl, 10 take
action looking to the celebration of West
Virginia's fiftieth birthday.
Fl. L. Snyder & Co. have for sale over
1000 acres of very valuable and desirable
Jefferson county farming lands, just placed
in Our hands. The price is right. In
quire for particulars.
]. c. Remnant has prize Buff Orping-
ton hen that lays eggs with his initial on
them. Mr.. Remnant exhibited to us the
egg and says he hopes soon to have a
flock of hens all laying eggs with his
trademark ] on each egg.
The marriage OF Miss Helen Link,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. c. Link,
of this vicinity, and Rev. John w. Link,
OF Strasburg, Va, will take place in the
Lutheran Church at Uvilla next Wednes-
day evening at 8 o'clock. A reception
at the brides home will follow the cere-
mony.
Mr.. George T. Sisler, of Charles Town,
who has been in the hospital the past
month. where his foot was amputated af-
ter being crushed under train, was able
to leave the hospital and is now at his
home. He hopes to be able to be about
in week or two, as he is getting along
very nicely.
We acknowledge the compliment OF an
invitation 10 the torty-second annual
commencement Of the School OF Law of
Georgetown University, Washington, D.
c., from Harry A. Baker, who graduates
in law next Monday, June 9th. Mr.. Ba-
ker is an old Shepherdstown boy, and his
friends here congratulate him upon hav-
ing successfully completed his course.
While Prof. Walter M. Duke was con-
Quoting an examination in his classroom
at Shepherd College on Monday there
was thump against the glass of one of
the windows, and he saw bird fall to
the ground outside. He went out and
picked it up, and found that if was a
rain-crow, one OF our shyest but most
beautiful birds. 1t must have struck the
window with great force, for The shock
had killed it.
Walter q. Nelson, as agent for the
heirs OF the late Logan Osburn, sold two
farms of the decedent near Kabletown,
the sale being at public auction at the
court house. The Avondale farm of 220
acres on which Mr. OSburn resided
number ofyears was purchased by County
Commissioner Daniel Heflebower at a
bid OF $945 per acre. The Drew farm
of l44 acres, adjoining Avondale on the
north, was sold at 500 per acre, Thornton
T. Perry becoming the purchaser.
In very loosely played game OF base
ball here last Saturday Shepherd College
lost to the Penn State foreSters, OF Mont
Alto. Both sides made number OF er-
rors, and although we had many chances
TO win the game, the ForesterS MAN.
aged to hold their lead, the final score
being II to II. Shepherd College will
play IFS last game OF the season here on
Saturday afternoon against the HagerS-
town Orioles. The game is scheduled
for four o'clock, in order that the memo
rial exercises will not be interfered with.
Captain Tom Moore, OF canal boat No.
6, says that there are some IRENE ndously
large carp in the canal this summer, and
he believes that they can be utilized in an
economic way. He says that while his
boat was being toWed through Big Pool
the otner day he saw an immense carp
alongside, and with the idea of seeing
what would happen he threw mule COL
lar at the fish. The collar slipped neatly
over the carp'S head and held firm, and
towin attached was soon drawn
taut. The fish pulled the boat along rap
idly, relieving the three mules, which
trotted along easily and happily. The
boat was towed by the carp four or five
miles, when it was stopped by a lock.
Captain Moore estimated that it weighed
about 300 pounds. Coming early in the
season, we regard this as fairly good
fish story.
Confederate memorial day will be OBJ
served IN Washington Cemetery, Ha-
| gerStown, on Sunday afternoon, June
9Th. Hon. Blackburn Smith, of Berry,
vile, Va, will deliver the address, and
the Rev. J., Poyntz Tyler. rector of st.
Johns Episcopal Church, will offer the
prayers. A double quartette, composed
OF some of Hagerstown's best singers,
will render the quartette called "Grand
Decoration Dirge," which was written
by the late Gen. Henry Kid Douglas, and
the music by Prof. Frederick Hahn, for
the dedication of Washington Cemetery
in 1877. The singers will be Miss Jess
Harper, Mrs. A. o. Keedy, Mrs. John B.
Carver, Mrs. Chas. ]. Sumner, Prof.
Rowland Davies, MeSSrs. John Davies,
Paul Powles and Joseph Robinson. The
procession will form at the B. & o. pas
senger station at 2 O'Clock and march to
the cemetery. headed by the Sjlverine
Band. The H. K. Douglas Camp of
Shepherdstown has been invited TO at
tend, and the Hagerstown association is
trying to arrange with the Norfolk &
Western Railway Company for special
round-trip fare from Shepherdstown.
Among The Churches.
Rev. c. c. Bush, of Charles Town,
| will preach in the M. E. Church South in