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

at StauntOn. ' a., Soou lIoih may i'lh ="
the Both, inclusive.
The b. & O. II. II. Co., we understands
will run excursion trains from Washing
ton to Island Park, uarper's Ferry, May
30th.
left here to commence their work on the
:. V. r. r., ON Monday last. Their con-
tract for grading 10 miles commences 5
miles south Of Waynesboro', Va. MesSrs.
]. IL. Schoppert, Robert w. Grove and
Robs. Helferstay, and others, accompanied
the contractors.
Our streets have been nicely cleaned up,
under order of Mayor Duke, and we con-
oratulalc the Mayor for his official interest
50 far.
The annual Floral Decoration" will
fake place at "Elmwood Cemetery" Satur-
day, June 18th, at Z. NJ.
Mrs. Rachael Martin, wife of 5. II. Mar
tin, Esq, Clerk of Berkeley Circuit Court,
died suddenly at her residence i'll Mar
tinsburg, OH Monday OF last week.
The colorcd people will have the benefit
of excursion tickets from liagcrstOWh and
Front Royal, and intermediate points on
the 5. V. Il. r., to Pigeon Hill, near Der
ryViilc, from the 4th to the 9th OF June,
with q special train on Sunday, June . L,
TO attend 4 Three Days Meeting under the
auspices of ShilOn Church, OF ChariestoWh
and other Baptist Churches.
The Haunis Di-tilling Company at Mar
tinsbUrg pays al average OF S2,5OO per DAY
revenue 20 The government.
The dogs have been doing some damage
among The sheep i'll Opequon District,
Berkeley county. VIM. II Mcdonald lost
4 number 10y dogs OH the night of the ION
inst. and Harrison Tabler had his flock
visited on the night Of the 18th InSt-tWO
or three killed and Il number wounded.
Some Of the lambs were crippled and Will
not live.
The Methodist conference which met At
Portland, Me-, Il few days ago adopted Il
resolution to the effect that it Is unchf!s-
tan 10 solcmmizc Il marriage between per-
sons either of whom has been diyorccd,eN-
cent fora breach of the seventh commands
mant. Such parties Will still have the civ
il magistracy to apply to, and the business
OF unmating and rcmating will 90 on UNI
rCstrictcdly "a usual.
Emerson Gaylord, of Chicopee, Mass,
State Senator for the last two years, put
$4,000 into the Gaylord Manufacturing
Company at Chcopee eighteen years ago,
from dividends and sale Of his original
stock, which lac has just closed out, more
than 5000, 600. lie now rctiIes from active
business.
\ Young man of our acquaintance, who
had parted wijh his girl, burnt up all her
love letters Il few days ago, and was sur
prised TO find that the chimney wouldn't
draw. Upon ascending to the roof he
found il was covered with 4 thick coating
of tatly.
Mr.. John \. Young, of the Marble
Works, at Martinshurg, paid us Il pleasant
visit on Monday lat. lie has purchased
the interest of Mr. Turner in the works
and is now running the business on bis
own hook. Mr.. Young Is 1irsi-cla,S
workman and will guarantee all work
coming from his establishment.
Our Young friend Mr.. r. Davis Shep-
herd. who has been engaged i'll business "a
New York for some months past, has re-
turned home here on a visit. Glad TO see
him looking 50 well.
4 nice gentle rain fell here all day on
Tuesday, and the consequence Is that veg
citation, generally, is growing rapidly.
The thief that stole the twelve sides of
bacon from the editor ofthc Sh"pheri!a;own
would saw: "a soul so small that ten
thousand of them could dance on the pint
of . cambria needle and never lose their
step. SO says the Front Royal Avalanche.
II i sometimes said that the apprentice
~ DtI UCt =, en- "
one WAS employed in one ofthc down town
shops with such i'll success that the court
plaster trade became very active, and his
employer said: Johnny, You have missed
your vocation. You'd 10 better at open
ing oysters"
Spades are trumps with the gardeners.
The old veteran "FairfaX," the first en-
CINE used upon the :. V. Il. r., Is now in
the shops here for repairs, and will be put
on the road as Il Passenger engine.
The new time table for the S. V. r. r.
will appear in the next issue of our paper.
A lady witness in scandal case declined
TO answer Il qucstiOn. The counsel pressed
her. Why will you not answer? he asked
at last in despair, "Bccause it is not tit to
tell decent people" Wen, then" said the
lawyer, with impcnctrabe calmncsS, "stcp
up TO and whisper to the Judge"
During the recent visit to Hagerstown Of
the railroad magnateS, Mr.. G.. {. Baldwin,
president of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad. presented St. johns Protestant
Episcopal Church in Hagorstown with a
check for $500, and Mr.. q. {. Clark, of the
firm of Clark, Dodge q Co., of New York,
gave check for $3.50 t. the same church.
The State Council of the Episcopal
Church will meet in this place on the Iirst
of June. \ minister and laymau from each
Church in the State will be present.
Rev. Mr.. Mason, the new Pastor of the
Episcopal Church, will arrive here some
time during next week.
Judge j. j. Jackson is now holding L.
5. District Court at Charleston, kanawha
county, and is playing havoc with the illic-
il diSIillers i'll that end of the State.
Henry Ward Bccchcr on Sunday morn
ing united with Plymouth Church rs now
mCmhCrs-l3O women and Is mCn-must
Of whom he baptized. Mr.. Beechcr stated
explicitly before the ceremony that he did
not consider baptism at all necessary Ordi-
nance. Ii carried with it nothing apostolic
al or holy.
There will be a total eclipse of the moon
on the llth and 18th of June. Visible here.
Senator Camden, of this state, is at the
Arkansas Hot Springs.
For some time past one Of the pulling
couundrums of the day was "Who is Pres
idemt, Garfield, Blaine, or C0nkiing?'
Judging from the way things worked in
Washington it looks very much as if his
name is Garfield.
Keno-Tea, specially, at Gibson's Drug
store.
s8~ At the School Election on Tues
day last, in Shepherd District, Geo. NJ.
Beltzhoover was chosen President, and
j. NJ. Hendricks and J. N. Kephart,