Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-04-03
LOCAL ITEMS.

On Tuesday last there was an eXcur-
sion of about thirty persons, over the d.
q O. Railroad, from Hagerstown to diff
erent points in the west, accompanied by
Mr.. ID. Bride, Travelling Agent OF the b.
& o. and o. Il NJ. Railroads. The party
was chiefly composed of persons along
the lire of the Western Maryland Rali-
road.
Mr.. VIM. f. Manuel, of this place,
moves OH Col. Marsh's farm, near Charles
town.
Rev. Luther l.. Smith, formerly of this
town, and Il graduate of the Theological
Seminary, at Salem, Va, takes charge OF
the Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church, Augusta
county, Va, this week.
We invite attention to the Drug Store
advertisement of Butler q Aisquith,
Cnarlestown, in another column. The
senior PARTNER, Dr.. c. Il. Butler, Is Il
practicimg physician in this town, and all
orders through him, from this section,
will be promptly attended TO.
Van S. Brashears, auctioneer for John
+. A. Remly, trustee of Benjamin Ed
monds & Son, sold the stone house and
lot of ground, on the eastern corner of
the Public Square, SharpsburS, Nd, on
Saturday, March 18th, for 81 $50. Pur-
chaser, Charles w. Porter.
P.B. Small, Esq, Cashier of the First
National Bank, llagerstown, and former
" one of the Judges Of the Orphans
Court, had most serious attack OF paral-
ysis, Wednesday evening last, and his en-
tire left side has been paralyZed.
President Kennedy, of the Cumberland
Valley r. r., in his report refers TO the
Shenandoah Valley railroad rs now APP
preaching completion, and officially an
nounccs Il connection between ii and the
Cumberland Valley railroad Il short dis
tance south of Hagerst0wn. He says 4
satisfactory agreement by the new compa-
nv has been made with his company, for
the use of depot and other facilities at
Hagerstown.
The rates of insurance are so low it is
remarkable that all property in the coun-
tv is not insured, in the Jefferson County
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Hundreds of
people in this county would be financial
" ruined if they were so unfortunate as
to lose their property by fire.
The death of Mrs. Buckncr G.. Ashby,
| of Scarlet Fever, last Saturday, near
Front RoyOl, leaves vacancy in her fam
! ily and community that cannot be filled.
She WAS a lady of beautiful traits of char
acter and attractive manners, and below
ell by all who knew her.
4 corps of engineers of the Shenando-
ah Valley Railroad is now engaged in
running line through Rockbridge cOlm-
! ty with Il view Off its extension towards
Salem, Va.
Boyd's Miniature Galvanic Batteries, 4
sure cure for Sick Headache, Rheuma-
| tiSnl, Neuralgia, Pains in the limbs, Ncr-
vousnesS, &C., &C., for sale ut this office.
Price only 80 cents.
Our young nephew, Clayton O. Kccdy,
Attorney ut Law, Frederick, Md, paid us
Il visit on Monday last. Glad to hear of
his prosperity III business.
Joe Spear, OF Martinsburg, the Boss
Peddler, is coming. See advertisement.
Hon. VIM. Mines, Jr., Priest. of the :.
! V. r. r., visited Luray Il few days since.
| Mr.. Mines was on business in connect
| ion with the =. V. X. r. and in Il speech
from the porch of the Rust House made Il
! very encouraging illusion to the work he
/ is now pushing to completion. The band
! paid their respects to him by sweet SER
| enade.
\ Kentucky paper remarks that the
! look of Intelligence assumed by the young
! lawyer is he sits in Il court should be put
! stop to. 1t is calculated TO cause the
! presiding Judge to lose confidence in him
! sclf-to make him believe lie does mt
! know anything.
a man who takes a paper and slides
! out without paying for tits guilty of theft.
! You cannot make anything else out of it.
| There is Il society in the city of New
! York, whose business is to take care of
! orphan OOys, and others who have no
] T. a, I,.i.. l,t ,,,,l
/ healthy looking fellows were sent to the
citizens of Martinsburg, for distribution.
Senator Davis is said to be the wealth.
| est man in this State.
| Earl of Bashaw is the name of prOmi-
| sing young trotting stallion, which will be
found advertised in another column of
this paper.
| Six and quarter cents each is what
! the inhabitants of the Moundsville peni-
! Tertiary live on per day.
The burden of prediction is that wheat
! Is to rise in price, some marking its quo
tation in June at ga bushcl.
Five young ladies of our town were adj
mittcd to membership in the Lutheran
! Church, of this town, and nine persons TO
! the Reformed Church, OH Sunday MORN
ing last.
We were glad to see our old friend Mr..
! VIM. G.. Butler, in town, this week. His
health is improving.
NJ. :. Smoker, Of Lancaster, Pa, is now
acting us time-keeper for MeSsrS. CofrOde
! IL Saylor, who have the contract for cree
ting the r r Bridge over the river, at this
place.
Mt. Nebo Lodge, a. T. & \. NJ. meets
on Monday night next, at s o'clock.
We had Il pleasant visit from Mr.. j.
| Ed. Duke, of Charlestown, on Wednes-
day last.
On Monday next an election will be
held for Councilmen of the Corporation.
Eggs are selling ut cents per dozen, in
| the stores.
Messrs. Reynolds Jones and Lewis Cass
Little have opened meat market in the
| Market house, in this town, and will fur
nish meat every Saturday and Wednes-
day.
Hon. d. 3. Lucas will address the peo-
! pie of Jefferson, to-day, Saturday, ut
Charlestown, on the duty and Mission
of the Democratic Party"
! The injunction against the Shenandoah
! Valley Railroad was dissolved by Judge
| Turner last week, upon the basis previ
ously proposed by the Railroad Company,
| viz: the deposit by it of IL sufficient sum
! of money with the Receiver Of the Clarke
Circuit Court, to await the final adjudi-
cation of the questions of damages in
controversy. Trains are running regu-
larry us before, between Shepherdstown
and RivertOn.
The Stockholders of the Agricultural
Society held meeting, ut Martinsburg,
and decided by majority vote Of the
stock, to authorize the Board of Directors
to issue so, 900 of per cent, preferred
stocks, for the purpose of relieving the
Association of all financial endorsements
and placing it at once upon sound and