Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-08
LOCAL ITEMS.

o. f., of this place, to the Grand Lodge
of this State, which meets at Parkersburg
on the 25th instant.
Kerneysvillc Grange will meet on Sat,
urday, the 10Th inst, at 2 80 p. NJ. iuti
attendance is desired. D. keplbiSer DEC
4 collection was taken up on sunday
last. i'm the Episcopal Church OF TINS TOWN
for Tho relief of the sufferers in Michigan,
by the late fire.
Vincent Dorsey, colored, shot Crane
on Saturday last, in the wooGs belonging
to Mr.. Henry Selby, below town, which
measured feet inches from tip to tip OF
wings
Rev. r. c. Holland, Professor in Roa-
noke College, Va, has accepted call
from the Lutheran Congregation at Mar
tinsburg, and viii preach in said church
or Sunday the 9th inst, and will remove
there about the middle of November.
Mr.. James A. Adams, after summers
visit 10 Parkersburg and Berkeley springs,
has returned hssne here, very much rccu-
perased in health. His numerous friends
welcome him home.
Articles of Incorporation Of the Good
enough Silver Mining Company Of the
District of Columbia, Incorporated under
the laws of West Virginia, have been
placed for record in the County Clerk
office Charlestown. The mine Is situated
three miles from Pinai City, Arizona Ter
ritory. Ore taken from this mine assaytd
500 per ton. John NJ, Daniel, of this
county, is the representative Of the Com
pany for the State of West Virginia.
A large number of hands have been en-
ploved on the S. V. II. r., in blowing
rock and Strengthening the track, near the
Depot, at this place, during the past two
weeks.
Rev. s. B. Moore, of the Christian
Church. Hagerstown, preached the last SER
mon that the late President Garfield had
the privilege of hearing. which was de-
livcred in Washington City, on the l2th
day OF last June.
Mr.. alexander Butler, son of the late
WIN. Garland Butler, and freight con-
ductor on the b. Il 0. r. r., from Graf
TON to Parkcrsburg, visited relatives and
friends, with his family, in this town ana
neigh5orhood, during the past two or
three weeks.
Mr.. NJ. b. Baker of the firm of Baker 81
Billmver, is i'm the eastern cities purchas-
inga Fall and Winter supply of dry goods
and groceries.
will have another opportunity to go thro'
the Luray Caverns, which will be brilli-
antly illuminated for the occasion, in The
excursion party from Hagerstown, gotten
up bv Prof. Sechrist, of the Ilagcrstown
Light Infantry Band. This excursion Is
gotten up for the express benefit Of the
farmers and mechanics of Franklin,
Washington and jefferson counties, in the
three adjacent States. On the lith OF TINS
month, the Reading Academy of Natural
Sciences will give an excursion to these
celebrated caverns.
The dry goods and grocery store OF Jno.
NJ. Miller. in IIeG9eSvillc, was broken m
TO by burglars last Thursday night and
the safe robbed of upwards of $500 IN cash,
the thieves supposed to be the same par
ties who broke open the safe of the Han
mis- Distilling Company.
The beautiful tower of st. Johns Church
HagerstOwn, Md, Rev. Walter y. Mitch
ell, rector, is nearly completed. 1T VIII
De surmounted by large cross, ana VIII
be a striking object in the landscape. n
neal of bells will he placed in the belirey.
il will consist of four bells, one weighing
y 900 pounds, another 600, the third 600
pounds. and the fourth $50 pounds. The
bells are a present from Mr.. &. Z. Bald
win. of New York, who married Il daugh-
ter of the late Hon. j. Dixon Roman, OF
lIagerstown.
On last Thursday week the cornerstone
for a new Protestant Episcopal Church,at
Berkeley Springs, was laid. The bishop
of the diocese, Right Rev. George W. Ie-
terkin, Oiliciated.
The Rev. Mr.. Grammer has resigned
charge of the churches in Ashland and
LouiSa Courthouse. He has accepted
call to Grace and Trinity Episcopal
Churches. Fauquier county, Va.
DR.. ID. w. Prescott, of Edinburg, Shcn-
ardoah county, Va, fell dead u few days
ago from heart disease. lie married
Miss ROhrback of Sharpsburg.
Sixteen cars loaded with live stock were
received at HagerStown over the ,. '. *.
r.. on Saturday night last Fourteen OF
them were transferred 10 the W. ID. IL. H.,
and forwarded TO Baltimore, the remain
inc two went via the G. '. X. r., to Phil
adelphia.
Miss Eta Ray, daughter Of cx-Mayor
.Ionn II. Ray. of this town, started FOR Nc
braska, Il few weeks ago, on years VISIT
to relatives and friends.
vi ISIS EtIlc SilNutI VI htI lilsDui 10 iS-
iting Mrs. +. X. Weis in town.
Katie Johnston has retained home from
a visit of several months with her sister
Mrs. Thrush near Shippensburg, Pa.
Mrs. Jacob V. Poisal, with her family,
of Hcdgcsvllc, Berkeley county, is visit
ING her father Mr.. Henry HINES III this
town.
Mr.. TAYLOR Berry. native of this town,
has been nominated for State Senator, on
the democratic ticket, in Amherst county,
Va.
Lost, in Shepherdstown, on Monday
evening. Oct Bird, silver Chatelaine,
with fan attached. The finder will be re-
warded by returning it TO Miss Alice
Cook, Methodist Episcopal Parsonage.
Catholic services will be held in this
town on Tuesday morning next, the nth,
ut 10 o'clock, by Rev. Father O'Reilly.
Mr.. Charles II. Traynor ofTyrone, Pa,
paid us a visit on Wednesday. He was
here 10 attend the funeral of his sister,
Mrs. j. W. Grow.
Mr.. 4. III. Bates, of Philadelphia, has
purchased of Mr.. q. III. Tate, through the
Real Estate Agency of Mr.. V. Nj. Firor,
the "Belvidere" estate, containing about
POI acres and situated a short distance cast
of Charlestown, at $50 per acre.
Waldo p. Cot, an aged and prominent
citizen of Clarksburg, died Oh Saturday
morning the 18th nit, in his eighty-siXth
year Mr.. Golf was the brother of
Nathan Golf, Senior, and father of Hon.
Nathan Golf, Jr., late Secretary of the
United States Navy.
Among the Congressional Representa-
tives who accompanied the remains of the
late President to Cleveland, and attended