Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-04-24
LOCAL ITEMS.

Alexander, QeceaSeu, III DuMelus, oh
Wednesday next, the 18th of April.
We had pleasant visit on Wednesday,
from Mr.. w. w. Wentzcll, Cigar Manu-
facturer, of Harper's Ferry. He manu-
features the best of brands; and is alsoa
very clever gentleman.
Mr.. Vim. Reich and wife, of Frederick,
Md. visited their son, Mr.. i. V. Reich,
agent of the 5. V. r. Il. Co., here, last
week, stopping at the Entler Hotel.
Mr.. Joseph Briner, of Altoona, is the
car inspector of the 5. V. X. K. Co., ut
this place.
Read the Mayors Proclamation in this
issue.
RI. Magruder has just returned from
the East witha fine assortment OF Soous.
Messrs. Best & Hoppock. contractors
for grading the 5. V. X. X. from mere 10
HaSerstown, paid off their hands on we'd
ncsday, amounting to about Ten thousand
dollars. They also moved their head
quarters TO Sharpsburg, Nd, on Thurs
day.
Our young friend Mr.. ID. S. Eichelber-
ger, Jr., and first-lieutenant OF the Mar
tinsburg Statesman, and MIR. Cunning
ham, of Falling Waters, called to see us
on Monday last. There seems to be con-
siderable attraction for our young friend
of the Statesman, somewhere III tiic
neighborhood, and not star about mere.
During the past week we had pleasant
visits from Hon. James Ii. Grove, and Mr..
Thomas Lock, of Summit Point, and VIM.
B. Daniels, Esq, Of Dutlields, prominent
gentlemen of our county.
Mrs. NJ. L. Harrington has returned
from the city with splendid stock OF MIL
lnery Goods, and invites the ladies 10 call
and see them.
Messrs. o. II. Kemp, Thos: c. Grove,
NJ. w. Miller, Geo. w. Wolf, Thos. Chap
man, Joseph l.. Roberts, Eugene Baker,
w. w. Wentzell, Hon. Jas. III. Grove,
and J. w. Mitchell, firm friends of The
Register, for substantial aid during the
past week, have our warmest thanks.
Bishop Pinkncy administered the rite of
confirmation at st. Pauls, SlarpsburS, on
Tuesday Evening, April llth, and Mrs.
Margaret Miller, Miss Maud Blackford,
Miss Leila Blackford and Mr.. Aaron Good
were confirmed.
We had very pleasant call last Thurs
day from Mr.. Henry st. j. Shepherd, OF
jefferson county, w. Va. Mr.. ). was here
Oh business connected with iertlllZcr
attachment for grain drills, of which he Is
the patentee. We are glad to hear he is
meeting with success in Introducing them.
SO says the Mechanicsburg, Ohio, Herald.
We have been sorry to hear many little
bows who are almost too little to be visible
swearing like troopers on our streets This
should be stopped.
l., f,in N
Ill.,, who has twenty-three wives. In
stead of being put OH the pension rolls lie
was sent to prison.
The premium of 81 for the largest carof
corn raised in Morgan County III the year
1879 was paid to Mrs. VIM. Barker.
One of our young friends informed us
that while making garden one day last
week he 'discivered" 4 number of potato
bugs tramping aroundi in good health.
Mr.. VIM. Updcgraf is building new
Glove Factory upon property III liaSerS-
town recently purchased for that purpose.
The building will be large, and l2o hands
will be employed.
Open your cellars and remove the debris
is an Injunction that should be heedcdby
everybody now.
Rev. S.V Leech, of Frederick, has been
awarded the prize offered by the publish
ers ofthe New York HOmiletic Monthly
for the best tract on "Rcasons why an
Ungodly Should Become Christian
Man."
4 fine Italian marble monument, II
feet in height and costing about 81 ,OOo,
has been placed in the cemetery at Bo0ns-
boro, Nd, over the remains OF john Nc
odemus. The monument was ordered ana
paid for by the Board of County Commas
sioners because of the handsome donation
to the county by the deceased OF Il large
farm upon which to erectan almshouse.
A fortune is still awaiting the man who
can invent machine that will jerk the
bones out Of a cooked herring IL fast as
man wants to eat the fish.
Col. ii. Kyd Douglas, of lIagerstown,
Md, is prominently spoken of for Con-
gress in his district. The contest for the
Democratic nomination, it is said, will be
between him and Hon. Vim. Walsh, OF
Cumberland.
When Boston girl is presented with
bouquet, she says, 'Oh, how dcliclouSly
sweet its fragrance iinpregnateS the en-
tire atmosphere of the room down.
East girl simply says, 1T smells scrump-
tious.'
fla little girl who is sent to the store
should accidentally swallowa ten cent
piece there is terrible row in the house.
But the head of the family can go out
three or four nights in the week and swal-
low dollar each time and nothing Is
said.
The Maryland and Cumberland Valley
railroad, seven miles in length, branched
off from the Western Maryland railroad
near Smithburg and running to Wayncs-
boro', Pa, will be completed and ready
for trains by the middle of May.
Mr.. Carter Shepherd has been prospec-
ting oil his farm, near the Shenandoah
river. Clarke county, for iron e,and has
discovered few feet under the top soil
what promises to be large deposit of val
liable iron ore. There is also on Mr.. Shep-
herds farm Il large vein of white clay,
known as kaolin, which is used in the
manufacture OF fine porcelain, pottery
and paper.
Seven Counties in Maryland already
have local prohibition, and the present
legislature passed bills for its submission
to the people in eight more, including
Washington and Frederick counties.
The Grand Jury at Washington ID. c.,
returned an indictment one day last week
against Ambrose Falliott, a druggist, for
in causing the death of
Miss Susan Wheeler of BoOnsboro. Bail
was fixed at $1,000.
When a girl is twenty she feels very
easy on that score. It's only when she
scores another that she begins to wonder
who invented wrinkles.
Mr.. c.. w. Adams, of Sharpsburg, Md,
has been re-appointed collector of State
and county taxes in Washington county.
He had already served two terms.
The Morgantown Post favors Il combi-
nation of the Republican and Greenback
strength in the approaching elections to
be held in the State.