Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-04-17
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Tuesday LAST
LEG BRoKEN.-Mr. J. C. Holmes, of
this place, fell from a scaffold at Mid
dletown station on the Valley Branch
of the B. & o. r. r., where he was
erecting Depot building, on Thursday
afternoon last, and had his left leg
broken. He was brought home the
next day, and is now doing as well as
could be expected.
THROWN FROM BUGGY. Mrs. Ma
thaniel Myers, with her daughter, Mrs.
Welsh, and two children of the latter,
were thrown from buggy near the
gardens of Mr.. VIM. Hopkins, on Wed
nesday morning last, and all more or
less injured.
CHURCH CoNTRAcr.-The contract
for the erection of the new Episcopal
Church at Ripon, in this county, was
awarded by the Building Committee
to Mr.. ]. G. Holmes, of this place, and
work upon the same will be commenced
shortly.
ANOTHER INJUNcTIoN-Deputy U.
S. Marshall, Towner Schley, few days
ago, served another writ of injunction
upon the President of our County Court
and the Sheriff of Jefferson county,
restraining them from the collection of
taxes from the B. & o. r. r. Co., for
the year 1874. The former injunction
granted by Judge Jackson, of the U.
S. Circuit Court, who also granted the
present one-was for taxes for the year
1878.
RuNAwAr.-A horse belonging to Mr..
G. ]. Manning ran away OH Thursday,
carrying the cart to which he was at
tacbed down Charles street, across
Main, at a lively rate, but he was
stopped before he had occasioned any
damage beyond scattering his load,
! consisting of a pillow and some other
! things, over the street.
BANK DIRECTORS, The stockholders
of the Bank Of Charlestown, at their
annual meeting heiG en- Monday Of last
week, reelected the old Boal;It OF d.
rectors, as follows Jno. w. Granthan,;
Jno. w. McCurdy, Charles Aglionby,
NJ. w. Burr, Isaac H. Strider, Jno. J.
Lock and Jos. Trapnell.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN
The Rev. John G. Hammer, a Baptist
clergyman of advanced years, died sud
denly at his residence near Summit
Point in this county, of paralysis, on
Tuesday morning of last week. A
change in his utterance, whilst in con-
versation with his family after break
fast, was noticed, and directly thereaf
ter he fell from bis chair in an insensi-
bic condition, and died in the course of
several hours. His brethren of the
Masonic order accompanied his remains
to Edge Hill Cemetery, in this place,
on Wednesday, and inferred them with
appropriate ceremonies.
ANOTHER DEPOT CLosED-Duffields
has been added to the list of B. & o.
Depots in this county where the agents
have thrown up business-the company
not reimbursing them for the commits
sions disallowed by the State law.
MEAT HOUSE RoBBED-The Meat
House of MIR. Frank Hoof, about l2
miles from Charlestown, we learn, was
broken into few nights since and
robbed of about dozen pieces Of
bacon.
SALUrARr CHANGE PRorosEp.-Our
county authorities have recently pro-
cured number of suits of of prison
irons, such as will be suitable to apply
to prisoners at labor upon public works
it being the intention of the members
of our County Court, and especially its
worthy President 10 discontinue the
practice hitherto in vogue of support
ing worthless characters at the public
expense, and instead, when offenders
are convicted of minor offences under
the grade of felony, to apply the ball
and chain and compel them to earn their
board at hard labor. We hope the
measure will have a salutary effect.
Burglars effected an entrance into
the store of Messrs Trussell 81 Lucas
on Friday night last, breaking the heavy
plate glass in the open front, as in the
former case, and entering and opening
the doors of the ware-room in the rear,
made their exit therefrom with large
quantity of goods, comprising cassi-
meres, cottons, flannels, shoes, gloves,
groceries, DC, &c, of much value
probably to the amount of several hun
! dred dollars. The depredations of
thieves and burglars in this community
have become unbearable, and some
means should be devised to put sum-
mary end their operations; but just
what should be done we are not prepared
to say. A sharp look out on the part
of property holders, however, will do
much toward defeating like repetitions.
CURIOUS SEoUEL-Since writing the
above a curious sequel appears. A
bundle containing small batch of the
goods of Messrs. Trussell & Lucas and
a piece of the flannel stolen from Mr..
Jacob b. Brown the week previous,
was found on the sidewalk On Lawrence
street, near the store OF Messrs. T. &
L., yesterday morning. We hope this
may lead to clue that will reveal the
whole affair, and end in bringing the
parties to justice.
PREsBrrERr OF CHEsArEAKE.-This
religious body met at Warrenton, Va,
on the 3Ist of March. From its report
we observe that communication from
| Rev. A. G.. Hopkins, Chairman of the