Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-05-24

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of the Virginia Military Institute to
preach.
A full force of hands will be put to
work on Dam No. 4, shortly.
M. John H. Blondel, of Martinsburg,
the old correct player, has been confined
to his room by serious illness tor several
weeks past.
Mr.. II. V. Daniels, of Harpers Fer
~, has been appointed U. S. Storekeep-
err at the Hannis Distillery, Martins
burg.
The ladies of the Lutheran church,
Martinsburg, will hold a strawberry and
ice-cream festival on Monday evening,
June 2nd.
The military companies of Martins
tinsburg have accepted an invitation to
attend The Decoration ceremonies at
Sharpsburg, Md, on the 5oth.
Col. J. Q. A. Nadenbousch has push
ed the repairs of the Hannis Distillery,
Mar,insburg, with much energy, and
has the establishment in running order.
The Rev. Mr.. Campbell, OF Berke
ley county, has accepted call from
the Presbyterian Church at Harpers
Ferry.
The appointment or Mr. Edmund
Chambers, Jr., as Agent of the b. ~ o.
r. r. Company at Harpers Ferry is an
excellent one,
Major Harry Sheets, the boss tramp
ing jour printer, paid us a visit this
week, on his annual grand ronnds. lie
is yet hale and hearty, although the
fros,s of 50 winters have passed over
his lead.
The Baltimore and Ohio Deer Park
and Oakland hotels will be opened
about June 18th. }
The new coal schntes of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad Company at
Cherry Run are expected TO be compile
ted by June 1st
Senator Frank Hereford has accepted
an invitation to deliver the address at
the commencement exercises OF Lonoak
Female College, Martinsburg.
We regret to learn that Mr.. Lewis
Garrison, an employee at the Cement
Mills, had one of his feet severely in
jured on Tuesday, by stone falling
upon it.
We are glad to learn that Mr.. Town
err Schley has entirely recovered his eye
sight again For some weeks he had
been almost entirely blind.
We learn that a very large Sabbath
School has been organized al Shepherds
School House, 3 miles North of town
Mr.. John o. Aglionby, Superintendent.
Rev. Mr.. Peters, and sister. of Mont
gomery county, Md, visited their broth
er, Mr.. w. II. Peters, of this town, last
week.
We had a pleasant visit from Mr.. j.
Shirley Smith, of Charlestown, agent
for the Wheeler e Wilson Sewing Ma
chine, last Friday. lie is clever gen
titman.
We regret to learn that Mr.. J. Fred
Kcplnger, son of Mr.. John keplinger,
near town, was paralyzed on Thursday
of last week lie was deprived of
speech, and also the use Of his right
side.
According to a contemporary it takes
twenty yards of dry goods to make
fashionable young lady's dress nova
days-six to wear ON her person, and
fourteen to carry in her right hand, up
under her elbow, or drag on the ground.
Hon. J. G. S. Blackburn will deliver
the Grafton OF Confederate Memorial
day at Frederick, June ).
Water your house plants with little
lime-water occasionally if you want 20
drive out the worms.
A leading feature of the observance
of Confederate Memorial Day at Win
chester on the 9th of June, will be a
reunion of Rosser's cavalry brigade and
the artillery.
a revival is in progress at the Meth
odist Episcopal Church at Frederick,
Md, at which Rev. DR.. Leech is pastor.
The altar is nightly surrounded by pen
itents.
Probably the oldest railroad conduc-
tor IN the United States, now in the
active discharge of his duties, is Captain
Lewis Barley, of Winchester, Va, ruiz
ming on the mail and passenger line Of
the Valley branch of the b. IL o. Il. K.
lie entered the service of the old Win
chester and Potomac Company in 1871.
The grave of Gen. T. J. Jackson, at
Lexington, Va, was handsomely and
deliberately decorated on the 10th of
Nav by one who has devoted herself 10
that service of love for many years.
A large tract of land, containing $500
acres, west OF Oakland, has been sold TO
Messrs. George and Buchanan Schley,
of IIagerstown, at s. per acre.
A darkey named his mule Walker,
"Kaze he swaps ends so quick you new
err kin tell which end to put de bride
on
The trouble with this country just at
present appears TO be, that there are too
many men with rich mems desires and
poor mems pockets,
His name was Wrath, and when he
asked his girl TO marry him she gave
him a soft answer, aud soft answer
turned away Wrath.
An old lady being asked to subscribe
for newspaper, declined on the ground
that when she wanted news she manu-