Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-04-16
LOCAL ITEMS.

| fsrson County Mutual Fire Insurance company
will be held at Charlestown on Tuesday heA''
| the 10th instant
The supreme Court of this State, ct Wheeling,
Saturday last, rendered the following decision:-
! I Rose IL Co VS. J. B. Brown and vile, from
| Jefferson county. Opinion by johnson decree
| reversed and cause remanded.
Hon VIM. Mines and Gen. Wickham contem-
| plate building fine hotel at Waynesooro, va
Mr. Charles Fisher, brakeman on the " X
| r and who had his leg broken, near Wsynes-
horo' some weeks ago. was taken nome 70
! Hagerstowp, by his mother, on Tuesday OF last
| week. He is improving.
| Mr.. Henry Hill. colored, of this town, cut bis
| foot severely on " Wednesday last, while cutung
wood at the clearing of Mr.. d. w. Hendricks,
| below town. Dr. L. I. Butler rendered pro4es-
| sional services.
The Page Courier is responsible for the ioiloW-
ing: Two Young Baltimoreans, sons OF gente-
! men worth 81 O00 900 each have eng tged TO Work
| at the De Ford Tannery and will take thorough
| conrse of the trade. They will be here, so We
| are informed, as soon as the Work opens al Tue
ward. They will begin at the bottom round OF the
| ladder and stick until they are nass'rs Va 'ue
| trade.
Mrs. Rrovn the widow of John Brown, who
was hung AT Charlestowp, is IN Washington she
| is not in very good circumstances, and desires
! position under the government she Is mluu4e
| aged lady, of fair complexion
Rev A. B. Kremer, OF Emmittsburg, Md, mas
! accepted a call from the Reformed Church OF
Winchester, aud will enter upon bis duties aoout
, the lat of May. The charge also embraces Tue
| congregation at Giidleway, IN Jefferson county
| Nearly the whole of the amount required 10
! erect a monument to the memory OF tue a@hoy
brothers, in Stonewall Cemetery, winchester,
has been raised By the committee OF LADIES VINO
| undertook the work, and they are now eAahlh-
| ing the numerous designs when nave peeh su0
mitted for their approval.
The widow of the late Gen. StOuewall Jackson
and her daughter called at the City Hall, BAIL
more, Saturday aud paid their respects 10 MAJot
Latrobe.
Rev. w. u. Murklaud, of Baltimore, has ac-
cepled an invitation TO deliver the soaccalaureats
sermon at the commencement OF W ashlnS Ion anu
Lee University.
Tue best and cheapest Garden Seeds in town
at Gibson's Drug Store
Easter Egg Dyes-For sale at Giosons Drug
Store.
Opr old friend and patron Mr.. R. J. Hebb, near
Hagerstown, formerly OF this vicinity, PAID Us
pleasant visit on Thursday last, and sWelied our
pocket-book. Glad TO see him looking SO well.
MR. Kimball, of Philadelphia, president
OF the Shenandoah Valley Ri road, has trans
mitLed to Col Ii. Kyd Douglas, the COMMANDER
of the Hagerstown Light Infantry, voluntary
contribution of 500 for the beneh! OF the COM
pany, for which liOerGhly the company nave
| constituted him an honorary member
Young Mems Meeting will be held IN the
basement of the VI. Z. Church South, tomorrow
| Sunday evening, al 81 O'Clock.
Mess Mackerel, ten pound cans, for so cents,
at the store Of Baker " BiIlmyer.
! Communion services will be held at the Epis-
! copal Church on Sunday morning by Rev. Dir.
Leayell.
Mr. G. T. Hodges received boat load Of Cum
I III. 4 l. IN L
evening III, by Mr. Charles Armstrong.
The Berkeley Circuit Court, Judge Faulkner,
presi ling will commence on TueSdiy mex, the
| 18Th Instant.
Mrs. strother, wife of Rev F. A. strother,
pastor in charge of the NJ. Z. Church south, al
! Berryvlle, died q few weeks ago alter Huse'-
! ing Illness Of consumption.
The celebrated Stallion, young Talyho,'
| owned by Mr.. Joseph Randall viii stand Tue
nres,.nt season, at Martiusourg and at the pro-
prietor's stable near Bimyer's Mill. See bills.
Elk Judge Hokp, of Keyser City, will probably
| be appointed COn1ulor to Japan, ana salary co.
| 600.
Delegate Cresar, of Randolph, is reported to
| have found his bill at the McLure House, wheel
| ing, fully settled at the time OF his departure
| snG a pair of dilmond earrings valued at sow
waiting bis order.
Wheeling turned ont thirty-fve thousand bar
rels OF malt hq uors and twenty six million cigars
last year, which made good deal OF iroth and
smoke.
Gov. Jackson IS appointed J. B. som~ryill",
of Brooke, James b Fowler oil MARION, ana Jas.
| w. Sinclair, of Fayette. a. Regents oil the stare
Normal Schools, and ex-Congressman John j.
| Davis As Commissioner OF the Yorktown Centen-
NAL, In place of Judg. g. w. Thompson.
At once the work will be commenced on the
building of the hotel at Luray, for the accommO-
dation of tourists, and by the lst OF May
through train OF Elstlake cars, in addition 70 the
! present trains from Philadelphia and New Iorb,
will daily leave Baltimore over the Western Mary
! land Railroad. and by the s. V. r. K. for Luray,
Weyer's Cave and the W aite Sulphur Springs
Miss Mary Walsh, a l7-year-olt daughter OF
! Hon. VIM. Walsh, of Cumberland, died Friday
| night after a long and painful illness. She was
an exceptionally bright and wirsome glIl, and
had recently graduated wi.h the highest honors
| from tue Academy of the Visitation, Whining
ton, Del
A convention of the Methodist Episcopal min
listers of Cum Oerland district, Baltimore Confer
| ence, will be held at keSser, May 70, Kew l. L.
| Waterman, presiding.
Josephine, aged 10 years, daughter of ex-Gov.
Matthews, of West Virginia, on Saturday morn
ing fell over q stair railing between the iourth
| and fifth floors of the Carrollton Hotel, Balu-
more, striking on the main landing oil the hrst
| floor; dislOcating the lower jaw.
Mr.. James T. R. Saffoll died at his residence,
near Burkett,yille, Fred. Co.. Md, during tue
past week, in the Slst year of his age. Policies
| on his life were only recently obtained by yarl-
Gus parties to the amount Of nearly s30,sOO.
! Tue Morgan county grand jury have found an
indictment az linst Jacob Ieier for the murder
last fall OF Jasper \. Largent. Ieer is very H.
! and ii is not known whether he VIII i've 10 De
! tried.
! Rev A. B. Darlington was installed pastor of
Berryvillv Presby tecin church on Saturday, 18Th
nit Rev. II. NJ. White, d. d., OF Winchester,
presided, proposed the constitutional questions,
! and Ive the charge 10 the pastor; Rev. A. Z,
Hopkins, of Charlestown, gave the charge TO the
| people.
Rev John Wade, of Grant county, in this
! State, who eloped with young girl, las been
! arrested near Cumberland, Nd and held for the
/ action of the governor OF Wet Virginia on a
! charge of abduction.
| A Conference of the Young Mems Christian
| Association will convene in CharlestoWn on FRI
| day, April 20.
Biz Lick (Va.) Presbyterian church has ex-
tended a call 70 Rev. w. Z. Campbell, Of Har-
| per's Ferry.
Now that we have new set Of City Fathers
| let us have our streets cleapei up. pavements
repaired, and xix up" generally.
Ifyou want nice and cheap Furniture call on
| Mr.. kogleschatz in this place. He has an excel
lent variety on hand.
We regret TO state that our old friend and pa
tron MIR. John Melvin Ian aged an respected cid-
zen OF this county, near Duiiields, has been quite
i'll with pneumonia, for some weeks past. We
trust that he will speedily recover.
! We are informed that our friend Mr.. Jane.
Bane, near town, has the best field OF wheat or
the pike, and If any of our farmers want
Sprouts" there is the place to get them, aud we
are also told that be is building a ten-rail fence
, in order TO keep the wheat from "getling away"
the coming harvest. So We are informed by q
neighbor of his.
Messrs Slnkman Brothers of this town, Car
rage Manufacturers, are turning out a handsome
lot OF Bugse' Carriages. &c, at their shops, aud