Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-05-01


COUNTY NEws.-We notice Messrs. IIor-
ace Beall Il Co., of this place are still a.
gent for the Celebrated and worldwide
popular Champion Reapers and Mowers,
and they anticipate large sale OF theri
this year. By another year they will be
able to furnish the farmers with an Au-
tomato Binder which binds the shcaf
with twinc.
Mr.. III. II. Milcy, of this county. receiv-
cd last week, ut Charlestown, via. Is. u
0. r. r., direct from Vermont, ten thor
ough-brcd Cotswold sheep.
Among the cases decided by the SUI
preme Court of Appeals, at Wheeling, on
the 18th inst, was Reed IL Roper vs..
Hedges ct. al, from Jefferson county.
Opinion by Raymond. Decree reversed
and cause remanded.
Messrs. Duke & Gallaher, of this place
who have put the tin roofing upon the
Depots already bIlt by Mr.. Holmes for
the 5. V. r. r., will also furnish the tin
roofing for the additional depOts contract
ed for by Mr.. H., mentioned by Ills last
week.
The barn and stabling of Mr.. John
Selden, about ~, miles south of Charles
town, together with seven valuable horses
two hunting dogs, carriage, harness, I'M
plements, lot of hay, &c, were destroyed
by fire about eight o'clock OH Friday
evening last. Mr.. Selden and the farm
hands had just left the barn few minutes
previous, and were 1T supper when the
fire was discovered. No cause for its or
igin can be OWNED other than the act of
inccndary. The loss is heavy one, cs-
pecially just at this season when farmers
need the constant service of their horses,
and the misfortune Of non-insurance at
tends it.
The undivided one-third share and ir-
terest Of John Gracy, i'll and to about Al
acres of land known rs the "Joseph My
ers Farm" near Myerstown, was sold on
Tuesday last, by John Sharpe, Trustee,
to John W. MrCurdy, Esq, ut S36 per
acre. Also, at same time, similar inter-
est in about ll3 acres of mountain land,to
same, ut 20 cents per acre.
The body of Mrs. Marian E. Keys, wife
of Manager III. Z. Keys, of the "Centcnn-
al Jubilee Singers" colored, and daugh-
ter of Achilles Dixon, of this place, whose
death we mentioned in our last issue, was
brought to Charlestown and Inferred on
Wednesday last, with the most imposing
funeral cortege of colored person which
we have ever witnessed.
The activity in building and improve
ment in Charlestswn has caused dearth
in the brick market, and three brick yards
the old one of Mr.. Hessey, and two new
ones, Mr.. Bakers and Mr.. Barrett's-are
in the most active operation to supply the
demand. Mr.. Baker has one of the patent
brick machines at work, with a capacity
OF 20, 900 brick per day.-Spirit.
General 4. G. Baylor, of this county,
for some time past in charge of a corps Of
Engineers on the 5. V. R. r., has resign
ed his position on said line and accepted
one on the +. Il. 6 w. n. &. r. Ron the
division between Morgantown and john
son city, Tennessee, his headquarters at
Elizabethton. Gen. Baylor is well upin
his profession-the best evidence of which
is that his services are in demand con-
stantly. He is not only popular with the
companies to which he renders service,
but esteemed by his brethren in the pro-
fession and by the public.-Free Press.