Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-11-09
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(colored) Baptist Church, were baptized
by immersion at the Town Mill on Sun
day afternoon. rx "
A fracas occurred on Saturday. night,
between Gus. York and Amanda Sum
minis, colored, in which the former cut
the latter with knife, inflicting slight
wound just above the right breast.
The man has not been apprehended.
Charles Davies, ESQ.,, of Harper's
Ferry, has accepted pressing invitation
to deliver before the students of the
West Virginia University, on the 5th
of December, his interesting Lecture on
Richard Bripsly Sheridan; the Wit,
the Dramatist, and the Orator.
2 The Free Press says: On Saturday
evening last, while BERTHE, youngest son
of Edward Tearney, Esq, was driving
in buggy from the Ferry to Bolivar,
the harness became entangled. While
the gearing was being re-arranged, the
horse took fright and darted of, throw
ing master BERTHE under the wheels,
which passed over him, bruising him
considerably but not seriously. The
buggy needs repairs.
The protracted meeting at the Al. Z.
Church South, in this place, which had
been in progress nearly four weeks, was
closed On Wednesday night last. TWEEN
tytwo persons protessed conversion
during the meeting
The Rev. S. q. Ferguson, of the NJ.
f. Church South, of this place, COM
menced Protracted Meeting at
Browns Crossing on Sunday afternoon
last.
William Burnett, Esq, was appointed
Commissioner IN Chancery, by Judge
Hoge, previous to the adjournment OF
the Circuit Court, in place of st. Geo.
r. Brooke, resigned. Mr.. Brooke leaves
to take his new position as Professor OF
Law at the West Virginia University,
in few days.
We are requested by friends OF MIR.
J. 3. Engle, who think that the state
ment of the difficulty between him and
Mr.. Morrison, as published in the Shep-
herdstown Register, does him injustice,
to state that he only drew a pistol and
fired upon Mr.. Morrison after he had
received two blows with club from
him. We give the statement in justice
to Mr.. Engle as we have previously
copied the notice as it appeared in the
Register.
Eleven large hogs, We understand,
were taken from the pen of MIR. w. b.
Conrad, near Ripon, on Wednesday
night last. Two of them, however, we
learn, were recovered, Zone found on his
own premises, and the other near Ber-
ryville,) and the thieves-supposed to
be two negro men--were tracked with
the hogs toward Winchester. Later.
We learn that eight more of the hogs
were recovered in Winchester, where
they had been sold for twenty-five dol
lars The thieves escaped.
The work of track-laying upon the ).
V. II. r., towards the Clarke line was
resumed last week, and the work con-
pleted to that point. Mr. J. NJ. Smith,
bridge Luilder,is busy with large force
of workmen Fastening the completion
of the bridge and tressling-an So foot
span bridge, and 700 feet Of tlesslng-
mt the crossing of the main-stem of the
il. .S O. r. r., near Duffield's Depot.
After this is finished, track,laying will
he advanced towards Shepherdstown.
The Engineers, we understand, have
located the route from Shepherdstown
TO Bedington, in Berkeley county
Spirit.
TIE LATE CAPT. BIAzER.-We no
tice that Yellow Jack numbers among
his victims Capt. Richard Blazer, and
our exchanges in noting his death, add
that he 'net and vanquished" Mosbys
guerillas on one occasion. The said
Capt. Blazer did meet Mosby's men at
one time, and somebody was most deci-
dedly vanquished, but it happened to he
Blazer. The following graphic account
of the ''vanquishing" we take from Maj.
John SCOTS partisan Life with Mos
by" After describing the encounter
Will anu IOul VI bidASi y SOthihahu az
Myerstown, he continues:
''But how farrell it with Capt. Blazer
Even after the frlitless effort ut Myers
town he had attempted to restore the fight
but his efforts served only to delay his
own retreat and render useless the fleet
ness of his horse. lie was singled out by
four mon, justly ranked among the best
soldiers in MoSjy's command-Sam Alex
ander, sgd Ferguson, Cab NladduX and
the terrible Powell. But the superiority
of Furguson'S mare, Fashion, one of the
tleetest and hardest animals in the baItal-
ion, enabled her rider to pass in succession
all his competitors in that headlong pur-
snit, and placed himself by the side OF Bla-
ger. Then rising in his stirrups he struck
Capt. Blazer !, blow with his pistol, which
brought him To the ground. There was
one man who proposed to finish the work
whicl, Ferguson had begun, but, with the
chivalry of 4 true warrior, he stool up in
defense of his capture"
SO was Blazer biaSsd by the now Rev.
S. q. Ferguson, pastor of the NJ. Z.
Church South, of this town.
Maj. Scott, in the work from which
we take the above, pays a high tribute
to Capt. Blazer as brave and efficient
officer, and We only publish this article
TO correct the mis-statements quoted
above. -ChnrhsfoWn Spirit.