Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-01-24
Jan. 18th, 1880.
TESiPLAR.

County NEws.-Capt. Barley. tho
the oldest conductor in the United
States, is as proud Of his new cars as a
boy of his first pair Of red top boots.
We are Just waiting to see how he will
deport himself when the B. 81 0. puts
up a first class depot at Charlestown-
which it surely will do shortly. The
need of commodious and comfortable
one is on the lips Of eyerybody.-Frse
Press.
On Tuesday morning, about 3 o'clock
a party of seven horsemen, strangers
here, stopped at the City Hotel and
aroused the landlord took them
in. They were well mounted, over.
coated and supplied with revolvers, and
professed to be en- rOuieto Williamsport,
Mar, land. They tarried but few
hours, but before taking their depart
ure a couple of them visited a store to
procure pistol cartridges. One of them
carelessly handling weapon, it was
discharged, sending a ball thro his hand.
Dr. j. ID. Starry rendered the necessary
alNShtiOu.
A fcndish attempt to wreck train
OIL the S. V. II. Il. was made few
evenings ago. Mr. B G Washington
was on his way home ust after dusk,
and discovered several pieces of heavy
timber lying on the track just south of
the Summit Point road, and Mr.. Thos.
Dobson aud colored man happening
along about the same time, removed
them, aud that iii the nick of time, for
a construction train running on fast
time was already in hearing, and but
for the opportune presence OF these men
a serious accident and loss of life would
most probably have occurred. Two men
were seen by the gentlemen above mem
toned going out the railroad toward
Berryville, but they did not know or
could not distinguish who they were.
Wildey Lodge, l. o. 0. F., of this
place, paid out tor the relief of sick mem-
bers, during the past six months, $751;
so
A portion of the dwelling of Mr.. A.
II. Wiiherspoon, near Ripon, was en-
tered few nights ago, whilst the in
mates were asleep in another part of the
building, the secretary of Mr.. w. was
broken open and robbed OF about thirty
dollars in money, and silverware and
other articles carried of.
Fruilless efforts have been made for
years 10 recover lost treasure, said 10
be s4,S00,00O, lying in the British Ship
Hussar, which was sunk in the vicinity
of He'll Gate, East River, New York,
during the American Revolutionary
War. The chief difficulty of recover
ing the treasure heretofore has been
that the vessel has been covered with
considerable depth of mud. 1t is now
proposed, we understand, Icy MIR. Henry
Rohrer, of this county, who is enlisted
with other parties in the matter, to con-
struct pump that will draw the mud
from the vessel and allow the divers to
recover the treasure. If successful, Mr..
Rohrer will receive per certage which
will amount to 100000. He is now
in New York engaged in the enterprise,
and it will be gratifying to his friends
here should he be so fortunate as to
triumph in his undertaking-one which
has baffled the efforts of numbers of
parties for many years.
The following Depot Agents have
been appointed on the line of the S. '.
r. Il: Shepberdstown, p. V Reich;
Shenandoah Junction, Samuel Trimmer;
Charlestown, J. &. Cassel; Berryville,
C. D Hyde.-Spirit.