Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-04-02
E,fIforfuI Isrcvitfc9.

Rev. Meade NJ. Woods, Of Norfolk, Va,
has accepted the call of the Presbyterian
church at Galveston, Texas.
The year of the Cars birth and that of
his death are expressed by the same fig
ures-lSlS and 1881.
Various persons residing in Baltimore
are being supplied daily with drinking
water from Frederick city.
false impression has gotten abroad
that Mrs. Garfield is the only woman who
lived to see her son president OF the I'M
ted States. Mrs. Jesse Grant, the mother
of Ulysses is, we think, still living, D"o
certainly was when L. 5. was first inaug-
urated.
Efforts are being made for the erection
of Il commodious town hall 1t Harrison
burg, Va.
The United States Court meets in Rich
mond on the 4th of April, at which time
both Judge Bond and Hughes will he
there. The sale Of the atlantic, Missis-
sippi and Ohio railroad will, it is under
stood, be confirmed, rs no opposition has
yet been developed.
Here is severe prayer test-Mr. Miller
the new Senator from California, rose in
one of the Moody meetings in San Fran
cisco and asked prayers for himself in
his cndcayor to lead Il Christian life III
Washington.
A tornado, with hail and rain, passed
over Southwest Missouri OH the night OF
the 18th ult. At Galena, small place
near the Missouri line, fifteen buildings
were demolished, two persons MORALLY
wounded and six injured severely. a
large tabernacle was destroyed. Several
buildings were blown down at Joplin.
81 wonder, uncle" said II little
girl, if men will ever yet Hive to be 900 or
1000 years old?" mo, my child" re-
sponded the old man, THAT was trleG
once, and the race got SO bad the world
had 20 be drowned"
One of the daughters Of Gen. Robert T.
Lee has never married, and it is reported
that her afiianced, who was an officer IN
the rebel army, was, during the campaign
in Tennessee, hung by Gen. GARFIELD rs
spy.
It Is said tina: the locomotive which Is
to make ninety miles III Ninety minutes
between New York and Philadelphia has
been finished at Altoona, and mado trlai
trir, i'm which mile was made i'll so many
seconds less than minuc, that the engl-
neer said he could make the ninety miles
in less than ninety minutes and leave the
furnace door open.
A Salt Lake City Mormon married di-
vorced woman with three little girls, all
under the age of seven. When the girls
grew up he married all three, thus be-
coming the husband of four women,
though he had but one mOther-in- law
that mother-in-law being his own wife.
BAY City CoUNcIL-An adjourned
session of the City Council was held in
the Council room on Monday evening
last, Mayor Byers presiding, with a
quorum of members present.
On motion it was ordered that the
report of the Finance committee be laid
over until next meeting.
On motion it was ordered that the
furniture belonging to the corporation
now in the Jail be removed to the COM
Gil room OIL the 1st day of April as the
term OF renting the Jail expires on that
day.
The following bills were passed and
ordered TO be paid: VIM. l.. Arthur
s6.OO; Dorsey Turner *l.00; John Ste
vens Sc 90; VIM. Weise sl.S7; WIN. l..
Arthur SlS.2S; VIM. L. Arthur and
Lewis Garrison S32.3s; Jeptha Winter
moyer 1926; Conrad Snyder 1924;
John K:dwell S420.
On motion Council adjourned TO meet
on Thursday night, March 3lst, at l-2
o'clock P. NJ.
Report of Finance Committee will be
published in our next issue.