Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-04-30
local ITEMS.

pleasant excursion party Of fifty or sixty sdI's
and gentlemen from Cba;lestuwn, shepherds
town and other points on the s. Y K attetd
! ed the rendition OF the beautiful comedy Our
/ by the Thursday Cluo at Haserstown, on Frid'y
pight last
Mr. Jas W. Butt is erecting q commodious
frame building TOR Mr. samuel Baugher, on tue
lard of tie latter, short dist nee beyond the 5.
J V. r. on the Summit Point road from
! Challestown.
! Mai P. Z. Borst is getting out one hundred
! tons of magnetic irOu ore Tor shipment VIA ~
| K r., from his extensive nipes in Page county.
! DR.. 7. French Locke, Dentist, OF this county,
! has located at Woodstock, Va.
| Bishop Peterkil is expected to preach il z on
| Episcopal Church, ia CharlestowU, GU sundIy
Ii, Xt, May Is, aud will administer the nte oil
coufcIuatior.
! The Wheeling Register says that the Acts of
the last SEES. ion Of the Legislature will be ready
! for disribUl IN very short time; that tue
I Journal OF the House is now completed, but the
/ Clerk OF the Seuate has not inceXcd his journal
/ and II is not known when Il will be re-dr.
! Mr. Albeit Diehl, OF the Charlestown Marble
| Works, has recently erected, IN the Georgetown
I ID C. Cemetery, an elegant g,aulte monument
To- the memory OF the late Commodore Stri0iirg,
/ Of MGrliGs0urg,
! MI G.. Holmes has been awarded the con-
tract for building the RAilrOaI Hotel at Luray,
aud also to rebuild the sharps6uIg depot OF the
8. V L. K. The Luray no, !, it Is said, viii cost
about SIS, coo, aud Is 10 DC completed ny TIC Is'
Of August next.
David Fidinger OF Charlestown, we are pleas
ed 10 learn, has Ueen made SuUerintrnlen. vi
all the wafer stations on the '. K. Il.
The General Assembly OF the Southern Prcsby-
terian Church will hold its next session Ut
Stanton, Va, beginning May l9!h.
Mr.. Wortliug,on RlrdLr Adams Express
Messenger on The :. V. K. l. , who had Lis leg
broken about six week. az, sable 10 DC suOut
on c.u.chei.
re following is the list of letters remaining
in the Postotfice at this ilace:-Eizloeth DIX
lev JGo. Buudy, VIM. Beach, Basil ~. bn&Ioh'
Jonathan ". J Jhnsor, Jno. X. khleieIte7' que
POttre JAS ". Willard
The annual election Of NestrymeL OF Ilon a.
piecopaD Church, OF Charle5town, resulted III
the reelection Cf the following persons n g
White, d.. ". + Lippitt, {. Washington, D.
Il. McElroy David Howell, Joseph lraiheH'
John A. Washington.
Twenly-seven building lots located on North
NuIbe-ry street, Hage.sJoEu, owned by Go " .
K1rri- E.g. were sold on Sagu.GAy last at prices
TaLgiug IRON So to ISL.
TIE Shenandoah valley Railroad Is receiving
new freight cars almost every week. Inc! expect
heavy freight business, principally IL 1--we stoch'
The new Episcopal Minister is expected to ar
rive here about tue middle OF next month.
The County Court meets on the 2ud oil Way
next Monday at which time the comlEl'tee ap-
uoiutsd by the public meeting on the leI Instant
R,s u make lLe!r report 10 . meeting OF the cI-
iz.ns of the county. Tue citizans throughout Tue
county will noe tie !Ic', aud be present Ht inc
Court House in CnaIloslUSn OH tdAt day az = -
clock
|, is estimated that the cost of changing the
name ut the Atlantic, Mississippi ana 40 h''l-
6 1. ,is.,r I ha Gar
tiv,s, new books, g., will DC h!y-e4Sht luous-
AnG collars
Some thieves broke into the signal house NJ :.
=. and Va Midland crossing ~ RYesIon al : o.
clock A. NJ sunday and stole watch qua re-
yolyer belonging to Mr.. Markell, the "SIcuihan'
Frederick county, Va, is 70 vote My "l't on
q so 90 subscription ~ the Mar!insOur7 ~ 70
toLnAC L .iiroad.
Active prepqra,iors arc being made TO resume
opeiatiJLs AZ tac Autetatl lrou Works ~ al
early day
Mr.. J. W. Cri,tCudep, acting Division sup't.
Railway Mail Service III FirgniH, IS arranging
10 Orgauiz3 u Ill seryi,e on the Shenandoah VAL
ley Railroad from Waynesboro to hasersto"h.
Governor Jackson hiss commissioned TAos j.
West superintendent of the penitcntiary.
The Berkel County Woo Growers Associa,
lion will hold their Sleep SAo~ on the ls1n ana
l9.n Of May Lex, on the Fair Grounds at Mar
I.nsbuIg.
The if,t load OF blooms from Shenandoah Iron
Works passed through toT Baltimore on the !.
Y. r. K. on the 1.n ius'.
Last week 10000 railroad ties were shipped
from Page County via :. Y. 4 X. for PynusJi-
vaLi- E-i!rOld.
A State Fair Association has been formed Ia
Wheeling, and the mater ~ ho'ni"R the nfsi i"iT
next fall taking practical shape. we nave ho
doubt it will be . grand success.
N,l.r ba. laan MIA ~
the mGl train of the Shenandoah Valley K. i.
Mr. Fred Keisecope, who has been running as
Express Messenger on the I. Y. L. r., for two
wears past las been transferred TO the s. v L.
L., bet = cen Harrisburg, Pa, sgd Wsynesbofo',
We invite attention to the advertisement OF
Mrs. {. +. Thomas, Chlrl,stoWD, In luis Issue
She ket ps AZ excellent ASSORTMENT VI hILIhoiy
ana Fancy Goods.
The ii thunder shower OF the season passed
over our town on Tuesday last, Ibe 18th in-taut.
Wheat, grass, and garden things generally are
growing rapidly.
Passenger and freight trade have increased
very much 90 The :. Y. T. H., spce the compile
ton OF the road 10 Waynerbo,o', Va. eTsk
business i, expected this summer.
Rev c. Beard, who has been pastor OF the
WayucshO~o', Va, paslOrate, Lutheran Church,
for q YEAR, has resigned his office az pAstor OF
that part known ~ Salem charge
M. T. ". Muzzy of Philadelphia is visiting
the family Of COL. John +. sch'ry, Lear this
place.
Mr.. Geo. Il. Yon'z, who has been engaged in
a Paper Mil at Portland, SaUe, for some two
months, has returned aud viii engage In the
Paper Mill AT this place again which Is about to
be- resumed.
The Avalanche" published by ]. W. Wamp-
Ter u Go, is = spfightly Paner Jnot started at
1 4, N.,,,s w IL.
Our farmers are now busily engaged in piCw
ipy and doing farm work generally. Tncy viii
be busy sctt of people from now until after
harvest in tling the soil and Lu-bApdinE Their
crops.
The Ladies Auxiliary Association will meet at
the Room of the Y. Vi. G. 4. h'-t Thursday in
every mort commencing with May 9Th ct / L.
NJ. An members are rcque5tet TO be present..
Mr.. Peter Bvsl, railroad contractor, was here
this week. lie expects 10 commence work above
Wayucsboro, Va, IL few deyf.