Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-05-08
LOCAL QEf.NS.

inst completed the renoy.li g and nnkirg anew
The stabling and carriage apai luiehts oi MI D.
+. Graves.
All ladies who are interested in arranging Tor
the Memorial Day Exercises oi Juue ISL are TO
ou.stel To meet at The reside &C of Mrs. joseph
II. Stonebraker, this Saturday evening al o.
clock.
Mr. Chipley Wysong, son Of Mr.. Thos. Wysong
neas town, is now employed IN business with
Messrs. Jn0 Shilito Il Co., Cincinnati Success
to YOU "Chip."
Jno. G. Unseld has just returned from the city
with full stock. Qdl and bee hiu.
We hope our Council will take into cousidera-
ton the question of preventing COWS aui olher
cattle from running at large within the corpor-
ate limits. 1t would not only be Il beneh' 10 lhe
town, but protection TO the cattle.
Mr.. VIM. II. Fayman, OF New York, Is visiting
relatives and friends, in this Place.
Michael O'Shea an employee offs. '. il. X had
his hand severely torn al d mutaied Whilst MT
ing a heavy weight on the wUIns, last Monday
DR. w. L. Manning OF this Place reId I'D surg
zeal aid.
Young Mems Meeting tomorrow. Sunday
In the Lutheran Church, ut S}2 O'Clock.
We were glad the other day 10 zee Mr.. Meal
lister, the highly esteemed Master Mechanic oil
the y. V. X. l. here, having recovered from The
effects of his I'M urie3 from the fall OIL The brldSe
at Riverton, some months since.
Mrs. Mines, mother of Mr. Wa Mines, j.;
President OF The s. V. Il. X died Ia Plilaiel-
phia, on Monday last.
Ascension Day services were held in The Ep!s-
copal and RetOrm,G Churches, III tai, place on
Thursday.
City Council meets on Monday Night next ut
S O'clock.
The authorities OF the s. V. K. K. have leased
for . short while we understand one Of the To-
comoliyes of the G. Y. r. T. II Yves brought
here on Monday evening Iast. MIR. PenlZ Liier
Is the eng ineer.
MIR. B. F. Graves is having his large resi- 'ence
Ia this town Handsomely painted. Mr. M u.
Bast assisted 10y his brother Win III anu Mf.
VOTES, Is doing the work. We are SlId to sed
this work of improvement going on by our cil!'
zens il not only improves The property, but en-
hances the attractiyeness OF our town
Kern,ysville Grange, p. of IL. vii mett in
their Hail Oh this Satuldiy evening" III O'Clock.
Our young friend John Fayman, has provided
himself Il handsome new wagon anu las IN.
scIibs d on the sides OF the bed cry Express
and with which he will always be Oh band 10 do
hauling anywhere about town, OIL tie most lcA-
sonablc terms.
Hon. A r. Bete,er David BillmyCr ana Jno IL.
ZiLtle Eos, attended the meeting "i the 8 v.
K. Il. Company at Winchester, on Wednesday
last
The Cement Mills below town are turning out
about $50 barrels of Cement per d"y.
Mr.. Summer proprietor Of the Paper NH, and
son, arrived here on Wednesday last
We learn that much interest is beng taken In
the candidacy t'y the friends of Mr.. 5. b, Neil OF
this place Tor The Office Of States Attornty OF
Jefferson, and that he will be heari supported
Messrs. Best Il Co, have established branch
Office in Sharpsburg, Md. Friend Jacob look
after the Shcphetdstown boys when they come
that way.
Tue Hagerstown News reports bass having
been caught in the Potomac at Wiiliin!spoit, ly
Mr.. Benj. ArGngcr, which weighed len pounds
tour ouIces
The Baltimore G,z:tte has "thromn up the
sponge" as one cent paper. Inc inanuiactnf-
ers monopoly was too much for The Gszette, und
it will hereafter be sold for two cent?.
Our esteemed young friend Mr.. Edward Riggs,
Page to Speaker Randall House OF R.prtsenta-
lives at Washington, will accept our thanks for
Public Documents.
The fredericksburg and Carlisle bands vii Gu
teltain the citizens OF their respective towns with
open-air concerts, during the summer mouths
As Shcpherdssown has an excellent band could
il not make arrangements 10 initiate our neigh
bors over in Pennsyly2nia'
Mrs Maria J. Moore, aged 65 years wire Of
Mr., Thomas A. Moore, Clerk of orr County
Court, died at CharlestowD, on Wednesday.
i fire occurred at harrisburg Sunday alter
noon last, the stable of Col NadenbUush being
burned, and the house occupied by RI. An hnty
Chambers, the Lutheran Church and other bull
dings partially damaged.
The Free Press says. 1--WE are Informed
the friends of Hon. Jno. Blair Noge will
certainly present his name TO the Con-
grcssional Convention for nomination. 1t
is likely the fences of both Mr.. Martin
and Mr.. Lucas Will need looking after"
The annual strcwing Of flowers on the
graves of the dead Confederate soldiers in
StoneWall Cemetery, Winchester, will
take place oa Saturday, June 5th-thc 9Th
of June this year falling OF Sunday. The
committee in charge of the erection of the
statue in the Maryland lot in the Gene
terry have invited Spencer G. Jones to de-
liver the Grafton on the occasion. Mr.
Jones is clerk of the Court of Appeals of
Maryland, and was an officer in the Con-
federate Maryland line during the war.
Attic services OF the Market St. VI. L.
Church, Winchester, on Sunday last, 81
G5O was raised 10 pay of the debt OF the
church.
Mr.. Michael Sigler, near Scrabble, aged
about 10 years, We learn, received slight
stroke of paralysis, the first of the week.
Miss Lille Kerney has returned from
in Accomac county, Va.
We are informed that a citizen, near
Dullields, one day last week, killed II
snakes, and he said it wasn't very good
day for snakes either.
1t is pretty generally conceded that n
large majority ofthe delegation from West
Virginia, to the National Republican Con-
vcntion will be for Blaine.
Dn,. n " Hollis filled the DulDit of
the PRESBYTERIAN church il. Gerard>town
last Sabbath Before lie had concluded
the services, he was seized with faint
ing tit, and fell to the floor of his desk.
He was assisted from the pulpit and taken
to the residence of Rev. Mr.. Wilson. and
has been quite feeble since.
Mr.. Abraham Williamson, of Berkeley
county, was in the act of mounting his
horse ut the store Of Messrs. Licklider u
Mckee, Vancleavesville, when the ami
nal made sudden start, causing Mr.. W.
to fall heavily to the ground. His head
and shoulders were very much bruised.
His escape from death is almost miract.-
lous, as lie is one of the Oldest citizens III
the county, being in his seth year.
Willie, bright three year old son of
John ID. Thompson, of Hewelsville, War
rem county, in playing around the garden
ignorantly ate wild parsnaps, from which
in six hours he died.
Mr.. c. X. IIardesty says there are in the
neighborhood of 10000 lambs in Clarke
county, this spring, most of which would
be shipped to market during the next few
months. The wool clip, he says, will DC
the largest ever known in the county.
Memorial Day at Charlestown will oc-
curon Saturday, May Doth.
The West Virginia Grand Lodge, !. 0.
Good Templars, will meet in Charlcstown
in September next.
1t is said that Mr.. j. w. Wisncr, Of
Martinsburg, OF the Independent, will