Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-07
LOCAL ITEMS.


Saturday, eth instant to the Luray Caves, start
ing from Harrisburg, Pa, passing Shepherds
town ut SIS We received IN lnVitanon 10
"rycurL" with them, but we regret that We can
not accompany the party at this time.
Humrickhouse IL Wintermoyer have received
their new Spring and Summer Goods OF every
| variety and style; Ready made Clothlng ana
| Notions all of which will be sold at tie lowest
prices. Gail aud see them. Advertisement next
! week.
Miss Ida Kerney of smithfeld, we regret to
learn is quite i'll.
At the County Court on Monday last
Messrs. j. :. BragOnicr, John f. Smith,
! Gloon Moore and VIM. Burnett were APP
! pointed Commissioners of Accounts.
We hear a young lady being talked of
as candidate for School Superintendent,
but we will be ''tctotally dad-bustcd' and
! shot out of cannon if we will vote lor
her if she is not The nominee of the demo-
cratic county convention. "Ihcm'S our
sentiments"
Mr.. Joseph Slonebrakcr and Mr.. Adam
Linz, we learn, bonded as Magistrates
at the meeting of the County COnrI on
Monday last, for Potomac district.
James johnson, colored, at the Berkeley
Circuit Court, last week, was convicted
for grand larceny, and sentenced 10 the
pentcntfary for TWO years.
DIR. Simmons OF Chariestown, was at
WavncSbOro', Va, last week, prospecting
for Il location for opening Bank Ill That
town.
Mr.. Edward +. Shafcr, formerly of this
town. and ut present in the Grain lnSpcc-
ton Department, Baltimore, visited reld-
dives and friends in this place, last week.
Mrs. Rachel Snyder had the remains Of
her husband Mr.. John Snyder, who was
killed in the Confederate army, during the
late war, and three of her children, eH-
humed and removed from the graveyard
of the Lutheran church to Elmw God Gem
etcry, by Mr.. II. +. Cameron, undertaken,
las, week. IS
The Free Press is Informed that Mr..
VIM. Hcistcn, of Mildleway, has sold his
saw mill property in that place to Mr..
Henry Jennings of Frederick county, Viz
ginia, for the SUM OF 81 ,l75, cash.
Young Mems Meeting will be held in the
basement of the NJ. L. Church South, tomorrow
Sunday evening, at5}3 O'CLOCK.
The lazy lawyers at our bar-if any
such there b--will have Il pretty rough
road TO travel whilst Judge Faulkner
wears the crminc. Never having learned
the first letters of the alphabet of the
"kiiling time'' accomplishment himself,
he will not tolerate il In business connect
ed with his court. SO says the Martins
burg Statesman.
Alta special meeting ofthe City Council
ON Friday evening of last week recon- =
mendations for granting liquor license
were granted to d. NJ. Entler, Roht. j.
Kiul,aIl. W. A. Adams, and John c. Lam
bert for the sale of beer.
On the 18th of May the timetable of the
:. V. i. Il. will be arranged - aS to make
through connections with the Western
MARYLAND to Baltimore, and with the Cum
berland Valley and Pennsylvania Roads
to Philadelphia.
4 Ua"erstUwn mother was remonstTat-
inc with her eldest daughter, the other
dav. for refusing what she considered an
ELIGIBLE offer of marriage. cts no use
talking to me" exclaimed the recalcitraat
maiden, 81 wont marry no man who
scratches a match across the basement OF
his pantalooHS."
The missionary collection of the Luther
an Sunday School, for the month of April,
which was announced on Sunday even
ing last. amounted To $27OO This fund
goeS for the education OF Il boy India, ut
the Lutheran Mission School.
AT the annual Easter Festival Of the
Reformed Sunday School, held on Sunday
evening last, the collection of the school
for the last ten weeks amounted to $4,000,
which will be used for Ornamenting the
windows of new Church.
Mr.. c. d. Hyde, Agent for the 5, V. Il.
II. and Adams Express Company, at Ber-
,h.,,,,f1aI fInn-IlV NIGHT
last week, carrying with him sum Of
money which was in the express office at
the time, the amount OF which is UNI
known.
J. 5. Fleming has Just received large
stock of Ladies' shoes and slipperS-also
Gents and Childrens' shoes, at bottom
prices.
Mr.. John II. Duke has crectedat his mill
a paling saw and is now prepared to saw
all sizes of palings.
At the last regular meeting of the \. NJ.
c. A., Of this place, c. y. Licklider and
John O. AgliOnby were elected delegates
To represent this Association i'll the TWEEN
tv-fourth Convention of American Associ-
ations 10 he held in Clcaveiand, Ohio, May
25-29, 1881, with Mr.. y. ). cambridge as
Alternate.
Rev. j. c.. Bowman and IS. Rentch at
tended the Virginia Glasses, Reformed
Church, which assembled at Mt. Jackson,
Va, on Wednesday last.
City Council meets on Monday night
next, ut s o'clock.
During the past winter Miss Ada Gro
Mise, of SiarpSburg, pieccd quilt which
contains 40 pieces, and more than this
no two pieces Of the entire quiltare alike.
The Kanawha Valley, in West Virginia,
is looking up quite decidedly. lmmi grants
are coming iu-mostly of Ohio-and buy
inc land and laying it out into good farms
This is especially the case in Cabell coun-
t., in the region around Barboursvllle,
but obtains also III other counties. The
going price for land has been five dollars
Der acre, but there is All upward tendency
and lands are oil the advance.
Capt. L. c. Bamford, of Hagerstown,
has lust received $500, the amount OF
pension money in arrears due him from
the government for injuries received dur
inc the late war.
Mr.. John II. Thomas, of Springfield, O.,
formerly of Middlctown Valley, Frcder-
lex co., Md, is spoken OF as the democratic
candidate for Governor of his State.
The people of Campbell county, Va,
have heartily endorsed Il proposition for
the construction of Il railroad from Lynch
burg, through that county, to point on
the Staunton river near Broohncal.
A new corn-packing establishment is
about to be put into operations at Mechan-
icstuwn, Fred. Co.. Md, by stock COM
pany composed Of five citizens Of that
town.
Mr.. John T. Quynn, for the past 80 years
agent of the Baltimore ana Ohio Railroad
Company in Frederick city, Md, rendered
his resignation of that poSitSon on Monday
last, and has been succeeded by Mr.. VIM.
Il. Mullinix, former telegraph operator
AT Frederick Junction.