Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-06-19
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mr.. RltndTV I4iiiIII, bCiph loNH nv
with painful accident on Monday last,
by running knife blade through his leg.
Or. w. L. Manning OF this town dressed
the wound.
Miss Bette Morgan daughter Of Col.
W. A. Morgan pear town, met with
painful accident by being pitched from 4
wagon while returning from fishing eX-
cursion. We are glad to learn that she Is
recovering from her injuries.
Mrs. Virginia Moulder of Alexandria,
widow of the late VIM. MoulGcr, of this
town, visited this place this week.
Our young friend Lieut.. Walter II. Sta
ley, student Of the Virginia Military IN
stitute, will accepJ our thanks for an III.
vitation 10 attend the commencement OF
said institute, OH the first OF july.
Mrs. Will II. Harmer OF Washington is
spending the summer vacation with her
relatives in Bolivar.
The Democrats of the Second District
will hold their convention to roommate a
candidate for Congress, ut FairmOnt, on
Monday, July 2Gth-:wo days before the
State Convention, at Martinsburg.
Mr.. f. c. Williams, Jr., Druggist,
Marlinsburg, is putting up Il nice frame
cottage residence on his property, on the
Schoppcrt road, just outside the corpor-
ate limits Of that city.
Rev. ID. NJ. Moser, of the Lutheran
Church of this town, will preach ut the
NEWTON II school House, above Scrabble,
on Sunday afternoon, June 2'th, at .
O'clock.
An editor who thinks he knows all
about farming says i'll speaking about
straw berries, the best way to raise them
is with q spoon.
We learn from the Spirit that the
dwelling of Mr.. W. j. Gr.ntham, near
Middlcway, together with his barn AMI
other outbuldngs, with their contents,
were nearly all destroyed by dire on Sat
urlay last, involving loss OF $1,000 OF
81 1000.
Fifteen hundred lambs have been ship
ped eastward, by Mcssrs. Oscar NJ. Lucas
and W. ). Merchant, within tie last few
weeks from CharleStown.
About eighty additional lahorers, prin-
cipally Italians, passed up the :. '. X.
Il. on Friday, to work on the Southern
portion Of the road.
Hon. Daniel B. Lucas has returned home
from attendance on the meeting OF the
Board of Regents OF the West Virginia
University, ut Morgantown.
Cadet Z. ). 5. Avis, of Charlestown, in
the final examinations at West Point NIL
itary Academy, stood twenty III the grad
uating class of lifty-thrcc.
r. c. Custom, Esq, of NJ organ, is sup
ported for the Judgeship OF This circuit,
by Il Morgan county contributor to The
Martinsburg Statesman.
A new postoncc has been established at
Boyceyiilc, in Clarke county, between
Bsrrvyille and Wildwood, with Thomas
IL. Sprint Us postmaster. Its known as
Boycc.
Col. Henry b. Davenport, of Jefferson
county, il seems, will be made Il cahdi-
date for the State Senate against his Will.
No wonder that Il gentleman SO pleasant
" situated rs he is, revolts against the
lnirc of politics but he is too good Dem
TO resist the peoples wishes. 80
says the Martinsburg Statesman.
Mr.. Murphy, Il stone cutter, employed
on the Bridge here, has been quite i'll for
several weeks, but we are glad TO learn
he i. improving under the treatment OF
DR.. Manning.
The beautiful young lady graduate may
in subsequent years, forget the title OF
her essay, but she will always remember
how her sweet white dress was made and
trimmed.
The State Council, Episcopal Church,
adjourned at Parkersburg last week, to
meet in this town i'll June next, lSnl.
The West Virginia State Sunday school
Convention will be held III ClarkSburg
June -, % and 81. The committee ali
nounCc that Us this is to be mass coz
yen,ion all Sabbath school workers are
invited and will be considered delegates,
so appointed or not.
4 Nebraska widow went out upon the
highway to rob travellers and get money
to BUY seed wheat, but the first pa>ser
to bca wldoWcr and she COM
promised by marrying him.
Girls, beware Of the young man who
eats onions. Hes around.
The ice cream season is upon us. Girls,
amt you sorry tits leap year:
Drunkenness places man asmuch below
the level OF the brute us reason ciGy&tea
him above them.
\ York woman cured sitting hen by
placing red-hOt glass egg in the nest.
Hens know when not TO SET is well as the
man who gets up off tack.
Don't borrow your neighbor's news
paper. Like tooth brush, every man
wants his own.
Hon. W. II. Flick, Of MartinsbUrg, viii
probably bethc republican candidate for
Congress. So it is said.
\ letter from Roanoke College to the
IE.pntpb cor the rT,It,-
uatinv class tWoarC already engaged III Il
permanent field of labor. Mr.. l.. l..
smith, of Eoonsboro, Md. is serving Ut.
Tabor Congregation, Augusta county,
Va. lie is very promising young maA
and is doing good work in one of the
richest portions of the Nation"
The Census enumeratorS have begun
their work and young ladies ages must
now he made known.
Edward l.. Herring, prominent Citi-
zen OF Miudlctown, Frederick county, Md,
died on the lSt inst, in the 6lst year OF
his age. He was Il son OF Henry Herring,
long Post master of that town.
Large quantities of rails and motcrial
are stored at the junction of the {. '. II.
X. and the 5. V. X. r., which will soon
be used for track-lHying. Then "look
out for the locomotive when the bell
rings" So says the Sharpsbnrg Enter
prise.
The beauty ola man parting his hair in
the middle appears to be that it gives both
ears an equal chance to flap.
On the evening of the Sth inst, ten
year-old son of Mr.. Robert BOtcler, near
Jefferson, Md, was thrown from horse
but fortunately escaped serious injury.
\ farmer says that the recent rains
were worth thousand dollars TO him.
Glad to hear it.
One thousand emigrants passed up the
B. 81 .. K. X. in body last week. This
is the fifth installment of the kind.
LIST Thnrsdav af an early konr tic residence