Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-04-17
LOCAL ITEMS.

of Eastman Business College, Ponghkeep-
sic. n. V, is the clever assistant of L. III.
Hughes. agent of the ). V. r., X. ut
CharlestOwn.
Mr.. Nelson, of Clarke county, Va, is
assisting Mr.. r. l.. Magruder, Druggist,
i'm this place. He is an experienced drug
gist, and a very clever gentleman.
VIZ. w. G. Booth, has been assigned
for the present, by the Union News Com
pany, News Agent OH the >. V. R.R.
passenger train.
Mr.. Sitter of Mount JOY, Pa, succeeds
Messrs. G.. A. Beck and w. G. Lellew, as
agent OIL the S. V. passenger train. Mr..
Beck takes charge ofthe ;. V. X. K. de-
not ut Bentonville and Mr.. LeHew that
1t Front Royal.
By the fire at Dufficlds OH Saturday
last. the Masonic and Temperance orders
lost all of their Regalias, Furniture, &c.
Mt. Nebo Lodge A. +. & \. NJ. will meet
in their Hall OH Monday night next, ut
O'Clock.
Miss Miller, Of Georgetown, is visiting
Miss Nellie Reynolds, i'll town.
The Directors of the Jefferson County
Mutual Fire Insurance Company Will
meet at CharleStown on Tuesday next, the
Goth of April. A full attendance of the
Board is desired.
One of our best friends Of the Register
wrote us postal last week as fOllows:-
Please mail my paper hereafter to kear-
neysville-my family seems TO miss the
Register more than all the other half doz-
en- papers we take
We invite attention to the new adver-
tisement of Mr.. John +. Welshans and
Dir. Daniel \. Hill. They have opened
new stocks of Goods, and they invite the
public to call and deal with them. They
are both old and experienced merchants.
We learn from the BoonSboro' Odd Eel
low that last week Gov. Hamilton had the
remains of his father and mother removed
from the burying ground ofthe Reformed
! Church in that place, where they had lain
for near half century, and reintcrred
them in Rose Hill Cemetery, 1T llagers-
town.
Mr.. Jos. Bowers, formerly n student of
/ Shepherd College, was stopping ut the
Entler Hotel, during this week. He was
looking well.
Mr.. b. +. Graves, contractor for grading
the ). V. X. X. through town, is now en-
gagged in cutting through Frog Hol-
! low"
The Shcriffs of the counties in Mary
land, along the C.. 4 o Canal, last week,
had a time of eScortng boats and boat
men through their respective counties,
protecting them from the assaults ofthcir
| fellow bOatmen, who were dissatisfied
with the amount allowed for shipping.
The handsome lettering over the door
of Mr.. John +. Welshans' New Store, is
| the handiwork of Mr.. ID, Bowlcy, of Win
chester. It's skilltully done.
| The Assessor of the Corporation, is re-
quired this year to swear all persons that
! they will render just and true statement
of their personal and realty to be ASSESS
| ed.
The Martinsburg tiremen have accepted
an invitation to participate in the fire.
mems parade at Chambcrsburg on Thurs
day, May 18th, and will go in full uni
form, taking with them the steam fire en-
CINE.
We learn that Mr.. Neil Berry, the pop
ular salesman ut ID. w. Undertakes
Martinsburg, will leave for Altoona, Pa.
in few days, where he expects to reside
in future. lie will be missed.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad now
being built will be 1873 miles long, ~ miles
from ShcpherdstOwn to Front Royal; IL
miles from Shepherdstown to Hagers-
town: % miles from Front Royal to Lu-
raw, Page county; % miles from 1uray
Iron Works; 80 mics from the Iron Works
to the Chesapeake and Chic railroad ut
WaynesbOro'.
Somehow, says an exchange, the Indies
don't seem to grasp the leap year as they
should. They ought to fly around and
thnir tinnn nd nj tha hnNG
who have to do that sort of thing three
years on the stretch. Leap year was de-
signed expressly to give the boys a finan-
cial rest as it were, and they need it too.
There is burden Of care in getting
riches, fear in keeping them, temptation
in using them, guilt in abusing them, sor-
row in losing them, and burden OF ac-
count ut last to be given up concerning
them.
1t has been long known that fishes re-
turn to about the same place in the same
rivers each year 10 spawn, but it is re-
cent discovery that they go up the left
hand side of the stream and in coming
down take the opposite side. Fishermen
NAV be benefited by remembering this.
An item has been going the rounds of
the press to the effect that the Postmaster
General had issued IN order requiring all
mail matter to go through the Post Office
and that no letters or papers could be
mailed on railroad trains. The statement
is now cOntradicted, us no such order has
yet reached the POstmasters.
"Nomen are admitted to the bar in
some States. Men are admitted to the bar
whenever they can raise ten cents"
The Maryland Chassis, Reformed Church
will meet at Funkstown, Md, on the 10th
of May, next.
The Loudoun county Republicans in
structcd their delegates to the Staunton
Convention to vote for Blaine delegates
to Chicago.
Senator Hereford has gotten through
the Senate the House bill appropriating
$4,000 to Greco public building 1T
Charleston, VIVA.
Mr.. Speese, of the City Hotel, Charles
town, we learn has rented Hotel in
Iagerstown. and wilremove there short
ly.
Hon. B. +. Martin has been confined to
his room i'm Washington by an attack of
rheumatism from which, his friends Will
be pleased to learn, he is recovering.
The Maryland Legislature adjourned at
midnight an Monday. Gen. j. Wesley
Watkins, Of Baltimore, was nominated
and confirmed us acknowledgement of the
State, in the place of Col. Harry GilmOr,
rejected.
The contract for the building of the
new Capitol building at Charleston, in
this State, has been awarded to Mr.. Shep-
pard, of Wheeling, at sl50,OO0.
The Parkersburg Sentinel says Mrs. j.
y. Camden'S diamonds were stolen from
that lady while at Arkansas Hot Springs.
Mr.. D. s. Ren.ch, agent for the S.