Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-02
tournament at swan Pond.

The tournament at Swan Pond, on Sa
urday iasr, passed of very pleasaniIy.gl'
ing high degree of satisfaction TO II
large company who witnessed II. ~
John ]. Henshaw was chosen Herald, an
BENJAMIN F. Harrison, Esq. Assistant
The following is a list Of the sIrce'Si"
Knights
Is,-Knight of Potomac. 7, Turner
2d-Knlght OF Sancho Plmza, 7. Wei
shanS
3d-American Eagle, Norman Bell
I 4,h-The Forest. WIN. J. iIen>eII
Miss Isabella Wysong. by, Knight o
Potomac. was chosen Queen Miss Ma
nv McQuilIiams. by Knight of Sanch'
Panza. lst Maid Of Honor Miss Susan
Mcdonald, bv Knight Of the American
Eagle. 2l Maid o! Honor Miss Ellen
REYNOLDS, BY Knight Of the Forest, 81
Maid Of Honor.
Andrew Z. Kennedy, Esq, then ad.
dressed the Knights in handsome man
'ner, after which he proceeded 10 crown
the Queen and Maids Of Honor, making
an appropriate address TO each of them re-
specuyeIy. He performed this beautiful
ceremony with credit to himself and 10
the pleasure and delight Of all who heard
Misunderstanding american.
THE MAsoNs.-A fact Illustrating the
tie which binds and the obligations resting
upon that "ancieni and honorable order,
the Masons, we have just learned with
sufficient accuracy 10 relate, and though
somewhat late, we think proper 10 men
ton it. A Mr.. Roby, of BrooksvIIIe,
Knoxbee county, Miss, to recruit his
health had visited Virginia, accompanied
by his wife. They had remained few
weeks in Henry coun V, at the hosplIabIe
mansion of an acquaintance, and on yes
terdav week came 10 Danvllle with the
view of prosecuting their Journey. MIR.
Roby's condition was exceedingly feeble
when he arrived there, and during the
night he died. A member Of the Mason
ic Lodge ascertaining that he was a Ma
son, measures were taken by the order al
once to pay the proper rites TO the remains
of their deceased brother. The widow
designed taking the body to her home in
the South for intrrmeni, and on Monday
morning it was placed in the cars for this
city. The Lodge attended it as far as
BarksdaIe's depot, where it was surren-
dered TO a committee of five who brought
it hither. Here il was determined. Mrs
r., conserving, to inter the body unit
next winter, when it can be better remOv.
ed to Mississippi. A body Of Masons o
this city joined the Geputalon from Dan
Vile, and the ceremony Of interment was
conducted in the most credltabIe manner
-Richmond Dispatch, 2lst uH.
/ Photography Cnder Uafer.-An En-
gIishman by the name of Thompson re
Gently took very good photograph Of !h'
rocks and weeds at the bottom of Wey
mouth Bay, in England. He placed bis
camera obscura in box, with plate glas:
front and movable shutter, TO be drawn
I'D as soon as the camera had been sunk
to the bottom. The apparatus was ther
let down from boat, carrying with II The
coIIodion plate, prepared in the ordinary
way. When at the bottom, the shutter o
the box was raised and the plate exposed
for a period of ten minutes, with sue
cessful result 1t is believed that thl:
method will prove a ready and inexpen
sive means Of arriving at knowledge Of
the condition Of piers, bridges, piles,
structures and rocks under water.
Nun and Team attacked By Bees
Mr. S. Hooper, residing near Mr.. Nc
Kissack' S Grove, Iowa, while driving his
team recently, was attacked by bees
They made The attack apparently in three
distinct strings about the size OF mans
arm, first attacking tie horses. One
horse, in endeavoring to exIricale himself,
broke blood-vessel, and died shortly az
ter the other is severely injured. They
next attacked Mr.. Hooper and those who
me TO his assistance. Everything was
that could be to eXtricale the uLIor!
= man, but not until Mr.. Hooper and