Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-11-20

4 Prepared and sold by Henry NJ. Billings,
Druggist, Shcpherdsiown.
O.. FIRE FROM A MACnINg.-On We'd.
neAday ST moon last, says tie Spirit,
vhlt.t the machine o! Mes>r-. NARROW &
Anderson. was engaged in lhreshing the
crop OF wheat on Tie w alnul Farm Of
the late Dr. ". f. Alexander. near Hall.
Town. core Of the journals of tie ma
chine became heated. and in a shoyt time
burst ort inIo an ineAtInguI4hahfe fame.
Befors the fire was arrested, i, had de-
sroYed some twO hurdIei hu,l els Of
] wheat 10 10 II tons Of hay, 80 bushels
Of oat, in stack. % to 80 bushels Of clio
yer sesI, aud a large ol OF straw and lod-
der The lhresher Of the machine was
also destroy cd, but the horse power sus.
/ tanned lrule or 20 damage. The wheat
buancd belonged 10 Or. john 4. S!tai}h,
Tie present o~n'E e he farm, aud Mr.
Solomon Fleming, former tenant. The
provenJcr and clover seed were Jointly
he property OF Dr.. S and Mr.. t. D..
Bower, ihr present ,enaut, upon when
tie loss falls ~i,h nres, wei. it, The l.t.
Ter had maje ample provision for biz stock
: DUNG the winter, which las Ueen thus
swrpl away IN few ur., leaving bin
with lnIe to 60 upon (or the long, dreory
/ months that a!e before him.
The stockholders OF The Seneca Mining
aid Manufacturing Company Of Maryland
held their seml a9nuh meeting last week
/ a I've Seneca stone quarry and nils, N
Montgomery county, Ne. Thi. proper
~ passed into the hands OF the present
/ Stockholders about two years sgn, si?ce
which time eighty four thousand dollars
have been expend IN opening qusrr,es
and building additional mills for saving
and dressing the stone which il valuable
for bull ing marenal and tagging pUrpo.
sts. The Smithsonian Institute rs built
of thi- srone, aud The beautiful psvemen;
10 front OF The Tieasufy exteDPion, is
from these works. The qnsrfles aud
mi!l. axe Immediately On The line Of the
Chrssuesk, and Orlo Canal. I've iy.lOuf
mites from : ashinpInn.
G5GuDLy's LApy's BooK.-Fhe De-
GENDER No. 81 rai> excellent and eminent.
" ropul r Periodical is real gen, and
splendid Holiday present 1t contains
Two Sierl Pl.Ie,; tao Christmas Places /;
colured plat" of a Cushion in Bead-work,
auI sno:ncr large sitei of Embroidery
Patterns, Wh,IsI in the Literary Depart
- ri,,lt
Ju., as We ere going TO press says the
M,rin+burp Star. We hear that a COW
srdy assault WIS made upon II. Wand
ling, postmaster at North Mountain. on
lat Monday evening. Waading is said
to be ba!ly hu.t. We have not tie pat
iiculars.
An exchange mentions that in four
spor.eIy populated counties OF lows
Cherokee. Clay, O'Bden and Bnena VS.
ia, many of the people are destitute house
lass aud starving.
4 colision occurred between two trans
on the Western Pacific railroad, on Sat.
urdsy morning last. near Oakland. by
witch | persons we're killed and twice
that number wounded. Among the form
er was Judge B ldwin, Of tho u. 5 Dis
tricl Court OF Nevada. The accident is
ascrlbed to negligence of tie switch tender
al the connection Of the Almeda and
Western Pacific road.
The Alexandra Gazette says. an IN
fortunate woman. young and good look
ing, who says she was driven away from
her home in Willisnspo'I. Maryland. by
he, step mother. arrived here lie" Gays
ago on canal boat without money or
clothes, and has been wandering about the
city in dest.:u!c coudIuOn ever snce'