Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-06-12
SHARPSBURG NEWS.

Clayton Poffenberger, who is employed
in Washington, is home for few days
near the Dunkard Church.
Miss Alice NicodemuS, OF the Nicodem-
us House, has her face entirely covered
with poison. She just recently recover
ed from hard spell OF fever.
Cleveland Grice came up from Balti-
more last week to visit his mother, re-
turning the same day.
The first automobile passed through
Sharpsburg October Is, 1900 A record
on o. +. Reily'S door shows this.
There are but few persons who visit
our town who are aware that there are
many houses ard other buildings that
show holes where shells and cannon
balls pierced them. The Antletam Hotel
has five holes where missiles passed
through the heavy brick walls and never
have been filled in.
Mrs. Delaney Spong, WHO went TO
Garrett, Pa, to visit her diughter, Mrs
Charles Colbert, received 4 stroke OF par
alySiS and is now lying seriously Ill.
DR.. Charles +. Russell, formerly Of this
place, now living at lterndon, Va, was
here on MS annual visit, attending The
Confederate memorial day exercises at
ShepherdStown. The Doctor is looking
well.
Davis'S -go-round, OF hagers-
town, will be here al the union picnic Au-
gust 9th. They expect 10 have number
OF amusements for the occasion.
Mrs. Mary Carter spent week with
her sons, Harry and John, at WILLIAMS
port.
The Misses Reichard, OF Hagerstown.
spent week with Samuel Mumma and
family.
Charles d. Albert and his n-law,
Mr.. Coulter, spent several days last week
with o. T. Reilly's family.
Martin L. Hine, living on the Benner
farm at Burnside Bridge, lost by death a
fine cow and several others are sick. II
is supposed that they ate poisoned grass
along the government avenues.
Quite number Of the First Maryland
Potomac Home Brigade Civil War vet
Grams are arranging to 90 TO Gettysburg
to attend the great reunion OF the blue
and gray in July. They fought at Cups
Hill and Spangler's Spring. Quite
number reside in this place and vicinity.
Contractor Wolf, of Hagerstown, and
Mr.. Cobb, of Norfolk, were here looking
over the old City Hotel, planning to re-
model il during this summer. Some ex-
tensive changes will be made.
Wheat, hay and corn are looking very
promising. but there will be very little
fruit except berries. The potato crop is
very promising.
The street leading from the Lutheran
Church toward Burnside Bridge and the
one leading out to the Hsgerstown pike
have been graded up and resurfaced with
macadam and rolled, making very de-
cided improvement. Raleigh Sherman
has relaid his main street sidewalk and
also graded a portion OF The street at the
south end and sodded it and put down a
pavement, another big improvement.
Since Restricting with tarvia the road
in front OF the National Cemetery il is so
nice that Captain Cook calls This road
Pennsylvania Avenue. The Captain is
somewhat OF a road-maker
About D students from the War Col
lege went into lamp for several days on
Red Hill, near KeedYsviIle, and visited
the battlefield to make a study Of il. The
entire party numbered about 100.
Emory Summers, colored, who is en-
ployed by Hiram Clipp, was working in
their cornfield near the Michael spring,
when he was attacked by ground-hog,
which ran him up tree.
Miss Ercie Heck, who has been in
Roanoke for the past six weeks, has re-
turned home accompanied by her cousin,
Master Claude Wilmington.
Miss Louisa Griffith OF Alexandra, Va,
is spending some time with her aunt,
Miss Julia Hebb.
Pitts Farley, who has been mail weigher
on the N. &. w. Railway, has finished
his work and returned home.