Mr. and Mrs. W. Taylor Powell have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Delia, to Mr. Alvey Flanagan. The ceremony takes place June 1st in the M. E. Church South in Shepherdstown.
Evidence Category: The Shepherdstown Register
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Bakerton Prized for Big Hogs
Our Bakerton correspondent writes us that he thinks that village carries off the prize for big hogs, and sends us the weight of fat porkers as follows: John Welsh, five that weighed 398, 356, 312, 309, and 266, average of 328. G. T. Trundle five, 370, 368, 332, 325, and 272, average of 333; Albert Rice four, 393, 357, 341, and 313, average 352 ½; John Welsh five, 376 ½, 336 ½ , 320, 300, and 278, average of 322; G. Newton Moler four, 318, 317 ½, 306, 294 ½, average of 309. Arthur Moler four, 383, 368, 349, and 337, average of 359; Isaac Kidwiler four, 411, 389, 352, and 351, average of 377. Robert Duke killed one that weighed 402, but we are asked to say nothing about the others. James Flanagan killed two very large hogs, one weighing 505 and the other 415 pounds.
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Jefferson County Apple Crop
The disposition of the apple crop now ripening in Jefferson county is a proposition that causing a good deal of discussion. The buyers are holding off and bidding very low when they bid at all, while the growers decline to accept the small prices that are offered them — a dollar a barrel or less. In the meantime the fruit is maturing, with no solution of the troubles in sight. Barrels are scarce and prices high, ranging from 35 to 45 cents each. There is a tremendous crop of apples in Jefferson county, some trees having as high as forty bushels upon them. John G. Flanagan has 60 trees which are estimated to hold 900 bushels. Newton Snyder’s orchard near Shenandoah Junction is a sight worth going miles to see. The trees are so full that the limbs are resting upon the ground, while other orchards are quite as prolific.
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Flanagan Yield On 10 Acres
James J. Flanagan, of Bakerton, made an average of 31 bushels of wheat on a ten-acre field. A mighty good yield for this year.
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Mantel Burns at John M. Welsh Household
The family of our friend John M. Welch, of Bakerton, this county, must have pretty good consciences, for they are sound sleepers. During the heavy thunder storm that passed over that section last Sunday night lightning struck Mr. Welch’s house. The electric bolt passed down the chimney and into the parlor, where the mantel was burned. Mr. Welsh and his family never knew a thing about it until the next morning.
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Welsh’s Calls To Register
We were pleased to have a call last Saturday from Mr. Thos. B. Welsh and Mr. Lawrence Welsh, of Bakerton, who paid their subscriptions to the Register.
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Damages Paid By Railroad
In the Railroad World. Railroad affairs are thickening up about Shepherdstown. Every option in Jefferson county necessary for the B. & O. cut-off has been secured except one, that from Benjamin Hartzell at Shepherdstown, and Major J. A. Hunter, right-of-way agent, is now arranging for that. This practically clears the way for the contractors, the amount awarded by the commissioners to J. L. Hauger having been deposited in bank and the privilege secured to go through his place. Mr. Hauger’s is the only unsettled damage along the entire line. The following are the sums agreed upon for damages by the land-owners named below:
A.S. Reynolds $2,500
Heirs of D. G. Moler 2,800
Geo. S. Knott 2,000
Mrs. Ella Lamar 6,300
John G. Flanagan 5,500
Flanagan heirs 600
Jacob S. Moler and heirs of Martha J. Moler 3,200
Potomac Building Stone and Iron Ore Co. 1,000
James M. Engle 10,000
Charles Smith 9,000
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Mrs. J. G. Flanagan ill with Malarial Fever
Mrs. F. P. Miller and her son Ross, of Mason & Dixon, spent last week with her sister, Mrs. J. G. Flanagan, of Bakerton, who has been ill with malarial fever.
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Flanagans entertained in Middleway
During the session of Presbytery at Middleway last week Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Coleman entertained Rev. Charles Scanlon, of Berryville; Mr. Speck and Mr. Bishop, of Berkeley county; Miss Flora Strausner, of Martinsburg; Miss Nannie Trussell, of Wheeling; Mr. M. M. Moler, Mr. William Flanagan and Miss Martha Flanagan, of this county.
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Trussell visits friends in Shepherdstown area
Miss Nannie Trussell, a daughter of Mr. J. M. Trussell, formerly of the this county, but now of Wheeling, is visiting friends in this neighborhood. Miss Trussell and Miss Martha Flanagan called at the Register office on Tuesday.