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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21

y AGENTS AND CANVASSERS
make from So to $50 per week selling
goods for Z. q. RIDEOUT Il CO., 10 Bar
clsy Street, New York. Send for their
Catalogue and terms. Aug. y, 80. y
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n OF 10 S.

Our Notion department cannot be eX-
ccllcd. Ladies Balbriggan Hose %, 30
and - cts. "a full line of Children's Hose.
Silk Para-ol- from $l.37 to 1928.
CARPETS FROM 22CTS. TO 910O.
Mems and Boys wear in Wool, Cotton
aides and Linens; Floor and Table Oil
Cloths II, 81, G-l; White and Checked
Mattings Al. 81; Window Shades and
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21

n1lV,S ORGANS IS useful
ID En- L i L - stops. sets reeds only
sos. Pianos 1925 up. z Illus. Catslog.
free. Address BEATTY, Washington, y j.
May II, 1851. ~
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21

GMIANTIY RFcoGNlzED.-As train
on the New York aud Greenwood
Lake Railroad wa, descending grade
Saturday, the engineer, Albert Rikcr,
saw n two-ycar-old son Of Chas. 4. Nc
Dowc}l, a New York banker, on the
track some distance ahead. lie applied
the air-brakcs and sounded the whistle;
bat realizing that he could not stop the
train before reaching the child, he
climbed out upon he cowcatcher, and
as thc train reared the child at a re
duced rate of speed. he leaned over, and
catching the little one, lifted it above
the rails and ont Of danger as the train
passed. The child had escaped upper
cciyed from the house and mounted an
embankment nearly Gfiy feet in height,
which could be climbed with difficulty
ley all adalt. The father gave the
engineer check for 5000.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21

q" Great reduction in all kinds Of Woolsn
Goods, Underwear, Hosiery, &C.. at the leading
Furnishing Goods Store Of N. +. FECHTIG y
CO., HaKeTstowr.
Sc Camprics, EdCiug. New Goods, just re-
cellei Gn VIII be sold cheap at ". L. FECH-
TIC * cos, Hsgerstown.
~ All Goods sold at reduced prices as we
VISA 10 reduce our stock. Call early and secure
bargains. Musns, brown and bieaCLed; new
goots at ". F. FEChTIG * cos, Hagerstown.
s@ NJ. +. FEGHTIG d co, Is the place TO
secure bargains They are selling all goods at
reduced prices, under the Baldwin House, Ha-
gerstOwp.
.53" Go and see those beautiful c2l0rei combs
and brushes, gents collars aud cuffs in fancy
boxes, japanese ware brackets. dolls, chi'dren's
sacks, mii;eus, gloves hsni erlhi,fs, g.. d., at
the lcaliug llsies' aud gents furnishing goods
store OF e. Z. Fachtig X Cos, usg-rs!oSn.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21

FISH! FISH. White Fish and Potomac
L Herring and Mackerel for sale by bar
rel or dozen.
y. 81. STRIDER, Unionville.
7 HAVE just received a full assortment
| of the Willimantic six Cord Spool Cot
ton, the best that Is made for machine or
hand sewing: also cabinet of Sewing
silk and Buttonhoie Twist which l oner
as cheap rs can be bought elsewhere.
y. ;. j. STRIDER,
Unionyille.
lust received from Boston over 200
y pieces Of different kinds of Laces and
ElgiIgs, III oue-third Of the usual cost.
y. ;. J. STRIDER,
UuiOuVille.
WE are Offering Winter Prints 1T cost.
II y. ;. !. STRIDER.
Unionyille.
HAVE 80 test Coal Oil for sale.
l y. :. j. STRIDER.
UuiUuVille.
April2 u
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21
CE.g-RCgE E>gggHCT0g,Y.
LUTHERAN CHURCU.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
REV. j. 4. ARMSTRONG, PAaToe.
Preaching in Shcpherdstown at 1880
4 ".
Prayer meeting, Wednesday evening,
: I. III.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21

see \ week in your own town. Terms
.UU and - cutht free. Address l..
uALLETT * Co, Portland. Maine.
$ To $40 PER PEI % aoy at s. 9o% Ss. SAM 1d
dress STINsON i CO., Portland, Maine.
March -, 1881 II
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21

FARM BELLs-Amslgan Steel Farm Bells.
Also the celebrated farm bells which we have
teen selling during the last ten years 10 the cu-
lire satisfaction OF the farmers of Washington,
Jefferson, Berkeley, Frederick AID franklin
cOuutie-. MCKEE BROTHERS,, near the Mar
he; House. HageIst0wa.
HOLLY LUMBER and other hard woods for
scroll saving, cheap at MCKEE BROTHERS,
near the NAr6et House, HagerStJwr.
SAWED FEiLOES fer Brood tread Wagon
Wheels, Ut MCKEE BROTHERS, rear The MsI-
ket House. HaCe'sto"n.
BARB FENCE WIRE at MCKEE BROTH
ERS, HteerstCwa.
The Holly Saw, tie beat and cheapest Saw for
bracket and scroll work, in the market, at Me
Zee Brothers. near the Market House, HVgers-
town.
,ES" IT IS A FACT that the largest and most
Coiaplete stock OF Hardware, Cutlery, Tools,
Iron, Woodenware, Paints, Glass, OILS, Brushes
Whips. Rope and Farming Utensils, in Wash
ipg.On county, can be seen ct Mckee Brothers,
near TIE Market House. HaCr'stoun, Nd.
c<s~ RREECH Il MUZZLE LOADING DOU-
BIZ Barrel Guns, sixteen different patterns of
RgyOlycrs, our osu powder, shot, Caps, Car
tlidgcs, Powder Flatks, Shot Pouches, de-, &C.,
at Mckee Brothers, HagarstOwn, Nd.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21

All Rird Of groceries, quocnswarc, gas ware,
crdS. ware. +, ices, ,yc at az hEtLEI, uA2r''-
tgNr, Mi., at prices ,ant d.iy competitors I'll
kfnar ol yratrte taken in escharge AZ his4cst
market prices.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21

There is more capital seeking invest
mcnt in West Virginia now than ever
before. Thi, is particularly true in ref
erenee to railroad building. It is be
ginning to dawn upon the outside
world that there is more wealth in
West Virginia, in her minerals and her
unsurpassed timber than in any other
State IT, the Union. So men Of means
and energy are 70 longer focking to
the far West, but are seeking invest
ment in our own Stste. We have an
opportunity now, as q State, to get out
Of the woods and at bound to take
our place at the very fore front Of the
sisterhood of States. We can hasten
this state Of things by giving encour.
agement TO all efforts TO build railroads
and build NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Re
publican.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21

"WcMEN NEVER THINK" If the grabbed
Ole bachelor who uttered this sentiment
could bat witness the intense thought.
deep study aud thorough investigation of
women in determining ihc best medicines
to keep their families well, ami would
note their -agac!,y and wisdom in select
ing Hop Bitier> rs the best, and demon
S:gaiiug it by keeping heir tgmi!ic, in
perpetual health, at mere nominal cN-
peu,e, he would DE forced 10 acLnowlelse
that such sentiments are hasClc,s and
false .-PICAYUNE.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21

Builders. iigoer- And atb'Ts that Use nails
viii find a. 'arLe-t stock 10 Washington 60, -
BEHtHlEl"s mammoth store, j!aEnrs'uRn,
No. B,st calls ct low prices, At retail or whole
sNig, cheap.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21

rlenty locust blossoms, big corn crops.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-21

Mr.. John Farrin has accepted an Of
fer from Hagcrs'own, and viii ut once
remove his boiler shops 10 that place.
Mr.. Farm viii take with him all the
men in his employ here at present, and
will probably take some eight or ten
more mechanics from this place after he
gets fully under Roadway in Iagers-
town. lie accepts a position from a
company at nagcrstown which has pur-
chased property, and will run a large
foundry, machine shops and boiler
works, and build steam engines and
boilers. We very much regret to see
Mr.. Farm leave our city, but as the in
ducemcnts are such as to take him, We
wish him success in bis new field Of
labor. lie is q fiist-class mechanic.
and deserves suscess.-N ariin,Jurg
Iade2sudea.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-15
vi. CANTON. D. T..

over the wall Of the infantry barracks at
Catlebar, Ireland, but the lighted fuse
dropped out.
ONE hundred Jews who escaped from
Russia are on their way to the United
States. Over five hundred Hebrew work
men at the kieff' tobacco factory have
hcc',, ,a'aerea !A'~yIit town si,ilin a fort,
night
THE French government announces that
the military occupation of the city of
Iunis has become necessary. Minister
Roustan recommends that the French
force in the regency be raised to 10000
men.
In the ecumenical conference in Lon
don, Bishop Sim pson said the loss of chill
dren Of Methodists in America in favor
of other denominations was one of the
most disastrous facts connected with Me-
thoditism.
A HERDsMAN in the employ of Captain
O'Callaghan, of County Glare, Ireland,
was shot two weeks ago, and has died of his
wounds. Notices have been posted in the
vicinity cautioning people against attend
ing the funeral.
DANTzic is being handsomely decorated
in advance Of the arrival of Emperor
William to meet the czar of Russia. The
Emperor Francis Joseph has been invited.
Bismarck will be present, as also the
kings of Roumania, Denmark, and Sax
Ony.
THE perfect OF Constantine, of Algeria,
has received dispatch announcing that
sixty-one persons were burned to death in
lo,- lo
persons were wounded and 8S2 dwellings
destroyed. The value of cattle, grain and
other articles devoured by the flames is
2OO, 600 francs.
THE governor of New Mexico has or
ganized companies of militia at Las
Crbces and La Mesilla. Two companies
are forming at Socorro, one al Rincon,
one in the Black range, and one at Santa
Fe. The governor called on the secretary
of war for one thousand stand of arms
now at Fort Union and fair supply of
The course of the British consul at
Cairo in negotiating with the insurgents
is regarded as inexplicable. The imme-
diate cause of the outbreak was the ap-
poinlment of colonel of artillery without
the army officers. The consuls
of France, Austria Russia, and Great
Britain have had prolonged conference
with the khedive. Cherif Pasha is will
ing to act only as an Intermediary.
LIMERICK, Ireland, is in rotous con-
dition. Some English soldiers having
made insulting remarks about the pope,
were attacked by the mob with stones.
The police then fired upon the crowd,
wounding fifteen persons, some dangerous
ly. Yesterday morning the mob armed
themselves with view of attacking the
police, and tried by false report to lure
them from their barracks, but failed. A
large force of constables has been sent to
assist the Limerick police.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-15

JOB DEPARTMENT.
Having New Job Type
AND
A FAST JOB PRESS
We are prepared to do anything in this line with
NEATNEsS,
AND ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
Correspondence.
Correspondence solicited from all parts OF tbs
county, on all matter pertaining to local news,
All communications must be accom- panied BY the
writer's name, not ne cassary for publication, but
as a guarantee OF good faith.

death in Sanilac county alone, and as
many as one hundred more in Huron.
Thousands of families are homeless and
almost naked. The villages of Forest
Bay and Huron City, both. il ! Hnren
'!s-sts}::ty, %t'&,'i.ss i.ss%aG. an L,vns,,g News'
special from Sandusky, Sanilac county,
reports that the entire central portion
of that county is burned over, and
scarcely anything left. Twenty-three
dead bodies were found along the roads
in Moore, Argyle, Custer and Water.
town townships. Within fifteen miles
of Mindon, over 200 persons are known
to have been burned to death. The
latest reports increase the horror of
the disaster. The fire came with q hur-
ricane wind, Monday noon, and the
whole heavens seemed to be on fire.
The inhabitants thought of nothing
but to escape with their lives. Relief
trains and boats are forwarded from
here to-day. Provisions, clothing,
bedding and all necessaries of life are
needed. Thousands of people are des-
tltute and must be supported for
months. In parts of Sanilac county it
is feared pestilence will breed from
dead cattle, horses and sheep. Detroit
is emptying its stores of provisions,
loading them on boats and sending
them forward, the merchants hav-
ing met and decided to help all they
could.
A special from reputable citizens of
Lexington, says: Dead bodies are sent
in from all directions. 1t is now known
that over 500 were killed in Sanilac
county.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-15
FIRES AND CASUALTIES,

A FIRE at Arcola, H., is said to have
inf 'cted a loss of 100000. --....
FIFTEEN sunstrokes are reported from
New York, two of which proved fatal
A SAFE weighing three tons fell from
third-story window in lower Broadway,
New York. and several persons barely
escaped being crushed to jelly.
THE Blue mountains south of Reading,
Pa, are on fire for distance of ten miles.
Rattlesnakes fleeing from the flames have
actually taken posse of hotel on the
summit.
ELI SLATER, Wisconsin youth who
went to Saratoga with Charles l.. Colby
and family, Of Milwaukee, was drowned
in Saratoga lake, or committed suicide.
THE propeller Skylark, from Benton
harbori' with a cargo of fruit for Chicago,
in passing through the canal between Ben
ton Harbor and St. Joseph, struck log
"a blind pile"-and sunk. No lives were
lost.
ELLlCE SWAMP, which embraces some
thousands of acres in the vicinity of Strait
ford, Ont, has been on fire for ten days.
The destruction of property has been very
great. The farmers residing near the
swamp have suffered the loss of their en-
tire property, Buildings. crops, and cattle.
A GIANT powder packing-house, two
miles from Marquette, Mich, was blown
into splinters and scattered over an area of
twenty-four acres. Eleven men in the
building were torn into fragments of the
average size of mans hand. The shock
was plainly felt for eight miles.
The Chicago express train on the Bat-
more and Ohio road ran into the Cumber-
land accommodation at Thornton. John
Vines, baggage-master on the express,
leaped from his car and broke his leg.
On the accommodation train Miss Nellie
White, of Wheeling, was fatally scalded,
and eleven Others were seriously injured.
The sufferers are being cared for in pri-
vate residences near the scene of the acci-
dent.
FOREST fires in Huron county, Mich,
have destroyed the towns of Bad Ak, Ver-
ona, Port Hope and Huron City, and it is
believed that one hundred lives have been
lost. Twelve corpses were brought into
Port Hope. The people of Verona buried
themselves in their gardens. The town of
Sand Beach was shrowded in darkness all
day.
In an attempt to torpedo an oil-well
near Bradford, Pa, four men were instant
lv killed, one fatally injured and two Sc
riously hurt. The report was heard for
seven miles. One of the victims was
William Bunton, wealthy oil-producer.
Charles Rust was hurled three hundred
feet, and his head and limbs were torn
from the trunk. Two men standing eight
feet from the exploding glycerine were
not hurt.
TIE destruction of life'and property in
Michigan by forest fires is appalling to
contemplate. It is believed that five hun
dred persons perished along the shore of
Lake Huron. The damage in Tuscola
county is estimated at 100000. In HUI
ron and Sanilac counties there are over
1000 destitute families, the burnt region
covering an area thirty by fifty miles,
and the fortunate village of Minden is a
centre of refuge for sufferers from all
quarters.
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TEIEGRA.PHIC.
Condensed for Convenient and
Ready Reading.
WAsHTN,G.s'T7.C 20

THE day that the president left Wash
ington for Long Branch was set down as
the dullest day of the season. All depart
ments were closed by order of the district
commissioners, who issued proclamation
making it a day Of PRAYER. Scarcely any
business was done, nearly all the stores be-
ing closed.
THE withdrawal of 80 many of the COM
Panions of the president in his long sick
ness gives rise, naturally, to much specu-
lalion and gossip. 1t will not be Just to
he surgeons to say that the breakup is
due to any professional differences or bad
feeling. The group that remains is suf-
ficient to give the president the attendance
that he needs, and it is desirable that no
superduous associates be retained.
The commissioner of Indian affairs at
Washington has received dispatch from
Tiffany, of the San Carlos agency, Arizona
Territory, that the Apache massacre was
not nearly as bad as at first reported. Cap
tain Hentig and ten men were killed
General Carr. he says, is not killed. Gen
eral Mcdowell has telegraphed the ad-
lutant general that Captain Hentig and
seven men were killed, and that Lieuten-
aAV Noluou was WouluSU III lile 2ttdCk Oh
the fort.
AGENT TIFFANY of the San Carlos
agency, Arizona Territory, telegraphs the
Indian bureau that everything is quiet at
his agency. He says he has Lieut., Glass
and one company Of regular troops there
and that he is fully prepared to defend
the agency in case of attack and to main
tain order Lieut.. Glass adds to the tele-
gram few words saying that he feels
able, with the assistance of the agent, to
defend the agency.
Mr.. DUDLEY, commissioner of pensions,
denies that he has any intention of rec
ommending to congress change in the
laws making proof of confinement in
rebel prison sufficient ground for PEN
sion without further evidence for disabili-
ty. He claims that our pension laws are
already more liberal than were ever known
elsewhere, and declares that he has no de-
sire to see them 20 farther in that direc-
tlon. The commissioner also says that
the duties Of his Office are restricted to
executing the pension laws already in
force, and he does not propose to recon-
mend changes of any kind to congress.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-15
Milwaukee Marker,

MILWAUKEE,, Sept. l3.-Flour Scarce and
flrm Wheat - Excited and advancing; No. 2
hard, nominal; No. 2, 1.29 for seller September;
l.3o for seller October; 1872 for seller November
l.34 for seller December 1875 for seller Janu-
ary; No. B. 1.l9H: No, and rejected, i.;;.as;;- az;
nal. Corn-inao.ive- No. 2, So. 0ats-Inact.
i've and firm; No. 2, 40. ye-Steady and firm;
No. ], l.O3h. Barley-IIigher; No. 2, SO for
seller September; 80 for seller October Proyis-
ions-Higher. Mess Pork 10 65 for seller cash
and September; 1870 for seller October. Lard
Prime steam, l2.l3 for seller cash and September;
ll.25 for seller October Live Hogs-Highor;
63Oa6 80. Freights-Wheat to Buffalo 3A.
Recepts-Flour, 5,245; wheat, 3 ,599; barley 49,
600 shipments-Flour, 5,453; wheat, $4,000;
barley, 14,20O.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-15
CRIME.

CHARLES F. MILLIMAN, provision-deal-
er of New York, had a fight in his stable
and fatally stabbed Marcellus Walker.
THE trial of James and Walter Malley,
for the murder of Jennie Cramer has COM
menced in New Haven. Both pleaded not
guilty.
AT Sparta, Tenn, T. ]. R. Swafford kill
Ell his father-in-law, named James Scott,
and Eli Paul and wounded son of the
latter. Scott was acting as peacemaker.
and was accidentally shot.
HENRY TODD. a colored desperate from
Kentucky, had battle with detectives in
the streets of indianapolis, and was shot
through the head, .eg and arm and club
bed until he surrendered.
Nlss HATTIE HoLCoMB of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, has sued Police Judge Harris,
for $4,000 for breach of promise and Sc
duc:ion. and papers for criLiir ir.ai IF piiffGGceed-
;cEs ,.:.s.ve been issued.
MARY HARLENSrEIN, young Jewess of
New Haven. caused ex-Mayor Shelton
and DR.. Henry Brown to be arrested on
charge of seduction and attempted abor-
ton. They declare that hlackmail is the
object.
IT is said that several of the Missouri
ans arrested on suspicion of perpetrating
the Glendale train robbery were strung
up to trees to force them to confess. John
Hand is the only one likely to be held for
trial.
THE trial of the Malleys for the murder
OF JenTie Cramer, has commenced at New
Haven. Walter Malley's father visited
the suspected boys at the Jail. Over one
hundred persons have recently called to
see Blanche Douglass, but she will hold
no interviews.
WILLIAM F. MARTIN, the man sentenc-
ed to be hanged at Lebanon, Mo-, who was
released by the jailel 5 niece, and recaptur-
ed in her company at Pine Flats, Tenn,
sprang from a car window, in fetters, at 2
o'clock Saturday morning, and made for
the woods. Sheriff Goodhall sent the
woman to Lebanon and started in persuit
of the murderer.
> A MAN giving the name of H. c. Hunt
signed the firm name of Cripperly, Cole
d Haselhurst to check on the United
National bank of Troy, N. Y, and secured
81 ,404. The cashier at first declined to
honor the check, but the forger returned
with it stamped correctly. The sharper
has not been caught.
GOVERNOR CRITTENDEN went to Kan
sas City, and held conference with the
Chicago and Alton officers as to the best
means of catching the train robbers.
Three of the number were arrested near
the scene Of their crime by the sheriff of
Saline county, and have been fully identi-
fed. There names are Greed Chapman,
Samuel Chapman, and John Burglar. and
they reside not twenty miles from Inde-
pendence.
A SERIOUS disturbance on the levee at
New Orleans originated in epithets be-
slowed upon the drivers of cotton-hoats.
A police sergeant was beaten with clubs,
and fred on the crowd, killing a negro
named Hawkins. Bullets flew thick
around the officers and the entire force
was called to the scene by the alarm.
Women shot at policemen from the win
dows, and the newly engaged laborers
were forced to quit work. The militia
were ordered out just as the rioting
ceased. Several cotton bales were set on
fire.