Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-10-26
sHARpsBURG NEWS.

Perhaps il would be wise for the traffic
COD TO sneak into our town very late Sat-
urday night again and set an example Tor
some OF the fast drivers. They have
been getting very reckless here OF late and
need looking alter
Ralph Smith made a round trip TO Bal
timore in his Car Sunday taking win MN
his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. VIC
tor Smith, and his aunt, Miss Alice VII
son. They spent the day with lneir
brother, Calvin Wilson.
Houston Carnahan is building new
wood shed and automobile shed combined.
He and his wife are taking care OF grand
mother, Mrs. ID. u. Otto.
Assessors Hess and Hoffmaster nave
been at work the past week. his as
sessinp seems to be rather bitter pill 10
quite a number in the way they are as
seSSed.
Master Rodney Marshall was hanging
ON 10 the rack OF the jitney bus while the
car was running at good speed, and
when he let 90 the result was he knock
ed out several front teeth.
Ms. Edna Highbarger went TO wash
inpton Sunday on The excursion.
a HaperStoWn man has been awarded
the contract for the furnishing and build
ing OF storage building on the cutsloe,
of the National Cemetery, south SIDE.
This building will be used by the super
intendent OF the battlefield for the storing
of various implements, etc. Strong OBJ
iections were made by Captain Cook, OF
The cemetery, and they may buy a piece
OF ground elsewhere.
Our ex-postmaster Lester Otto, was
in town on Saturday. He was at the
Frederick fair during the week demon
strating his furnace.
ThoS. q. HouSer, Of Washington. spent
a week at his home near the Dunkard
Church and William spent Sunday with
them. He came up on the excursion.
M. l.. Burgan is having put down IN
front OF his store and postotflce con-
crete pavement. George Beeler is doing
the work.
Samuel S. Stouffer has moved his stone
crusher TO the old camp-nleeting WOODS
near Keedysvile and will crush stone Tor
the Boonsboro and Sharpsburg turnpike
Company.
Quite number of eels have been caught
in the fish and eel pots on the Potomac
river the past week. William HouSer
caught nearly five bushels in one night.
Hiram o. Clipp and Frank H. Delaney
have been drawn by Judge Keedy to
serve as jurors for The November term OF
court.
DIR. Bushong has had installed in his
dwelling one OF the pipeless furnaces
through George Mongan, who has The
MIR. and Mrs. Andrew Syester, Mrs.
Meta Miller NicodemuS and Mrs. Nora
Blggs, all of Washington, came up in an
automobile and were the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. George M. Snavely. They
spent the day with friends and relatives
here.
John Johnson, Harry Gray. Mrs. Frank
Muse, Mrs. James Springer, Mr.. and Mrs.
David Coifman, Earl Coffman and his
sister Eva came up on the Sunday eXcur-
sion and spent the day here.
Henry Zimmerman, OF KeedYsville,
ard Patterson Roulette, near town, went
to Plttsburg in one OF Henry's Ford cars;
They made the round trip OF over 4OO
miles without miShap of any kind.
Iohn Farley is housed up with very
bad cold, disabling him from work.
Walter Weaver is looking after his corn
gathering. etc.
John Wright, who has been working at
the Antietam Hotel for the past couple OF
years, has gone TO the Bakerton lime
quarries and is working there.
Charles Swain, formerly OF our town,
tenant on the Frisby Doub farm near
Keedysville, has rented the Schaffer farm
near Boonsboro and will move there next
spring.