Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-29
LOCAL ITEMS.

Coiope, vii lam p. Cfaehill. OF Chsriestown
vss among The officers of Gen Haurorks ttan
at Yorktown Iast week. Col. n. u -iCraigniI, Oh
I'vnchhurr, was also at Yorktown, upon the
stsff of 31v. H0lidar. Both are soHs OF W. N.
Craighill, E,q., Of Charlestown.
Mr.. George Brent died at the residence OF his
daughter, Mrs. DIR. Wilson, In Mar'iDshnrp, ON
Tuesday last, 10 the S6th year OF his ag mr.
Brent was QUE Of the oldest il not the oldcs! riti
zens OF the county. F..
The u,pepper, Vi-gi, l., ExoOueut says: "Rsv.
j. P Stridvr, f the II erbytcrian church a. the
Mace has received call To the First Presbyteri
an Church OF Savannah, and also call 10 The
Second Presbyterian Church OF Norfolk. we
have not heard whether he will accept either
The, town of Boonsboro is 90 years old, bLring
been founded bv George Boone, anatlve OF REIN
syly mia in l7SS The remains OF both Mr..
Boone ard lis wife lie In the old church yard of
the Reformed Church Of that place The grave
nj Mr.. Boone is marked by plain slab Of mar
Bile. whilst thai Of Mr.. Boone has but flag
stone. 1870.
Dip,he, ia has been prevailing in Freferick for
somc time past to an alarming extent. During
the past two weeks between thirty and forty
deaths have occurred in that l!y. The clsrase
Ia almost wholly confined to the children below
The age OF twelve years.
Mr.. Baker Kearfott, auctioneer, cold the
Henry Campbell land on Tuesday, in from, OF the
Court House in harrisburg. Miss Fannie
Campbell bought eighteen acres at s2o per ac'e,
and ninety-four aud quarter acres at GU per
acre. Mr.. John Burns purchased four acres at
Sl2 per acre
Col James NJ. Schley, Of Cumberland, Demo
cratic candidate for Congress In the sixth Maiy-
land district last fall, was married in Washing
ton oD Tuesday morning nj o'clock u MRS.
Guy Allen. Mrs Allen lived on Capitol Hill, In
that CITY and Col. Scblcy WIS her attorDty and
conf ,ental adviser in early life. She Is reported
worth 500 0u0, and is an attractive woman
Colonel schley is Is years oil age.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Society will meet
at the rooms of the Young Mems CHRIS
tian Association, on Thursday evening
next, the Sd of November, at 4 O'Clock
p. m a.,
county home of Mn. Robert j. Glass near Wiz.
chester, on WetnesdAy night last. to witness
the marriage of her daughter, Mis- Sadie Glass,
to Mr.. Dudley Miller. Tie Rev DR.. HUBBARD
performed the marriage ceremony, after winch
there was al elegant aud o)untiiul entertain
ment
Rev. C. 8. Lidgamelter has been called to the
pastorate Of the Presbyterian Church at Pooles-
vile, Md.
An exchange ststes that a twelve year old girl
in Waynesboro' had all her plans perfected for
an elupement aud had her clothes hidden in
convenient place, when the plot was discovered
and she was ANONYMOUSLY cut III Hull hSi "
mantle and foolish dreams.
Rv. l. A. Mann, pastor OF the Lutheran
Church in Middltown, Nd received an official
communication notify ing him that the Board OF
Trustees Of North Carolina College, located Mt
Mt. Pleasant, in Cahatrus county, had elected
him President of the Colltg ; and urging his ac-
ceptan.e of the position.
Mr.. F. NJ. Darby. a prominent lawyer OF Ha:
gerstown, was married to Miss Ella V. LelD OF
Baltimore, on Wednesday last
The winter timetables OF the Shenandoah
Vail and Western Maryland Railroads took
effect on Monday last. See tables Ill another COL
umn.
Mr.. Emanuel Staley was the delegate who ac-
comp.uied Rev. j. G. Bowman 10 the meeting OF
Reformed Syuod ~ Waynesboro, Pa, last week,
NJ. Samuel Eumrckhouse has made several
fine chairs for tire pulpit OF the Re" rm.d
Church, in this place. Taey speak well f1rhs
ability ~ master mechaulc.
Tie fue rairs we have had during the past
week have caused tie newly sown wheat to grow
rapidly, and the fields present green ard
thrifty appearance.
Mr.. william T. McQui!kiu intends making
q pleasure tip to Texas, XL week He will Wis
il the city IF Waco, IN that State. May good
luck attend him, aud a safe return home.
We L.arn that fortune is awaiting the God
FREY Hageley heirs, All ong whom are our young
D.. i.
Fl. Hayeley of Charlestowr, in Germany. a let
ter was received here to that effect, from New
YORK. last week.
We had pleasant visit from Mr.. j. T.. Hag-
lev, merchant of Dnfisld', on Wednesd " las,
and to whose advertisement We call Affection. III
apothe- column. NJ. Hlgl yis clever gentle
man and reliable ousiue:s ma. Call aud see
HIM
II may rot be generally known, but II is fact
,k,,t 81, "a vistn Ire
has among lis members one who clAips Mar
tinsburr, w. Va, a. his birthpl &C.. We ret-r
to Prof. Charles Porte fl I'D Krsuth, D. d. LII.
d mem DER of the Old Testament Revision Com
miILee who was b 'rn M.,rcn 18th, 1873, IN ms
city. DR.. Krauth ranks to-day among the most
eminent scholars Of this couLtry. So says the
Martiusburg Herald.
TIE people of Boons5oro and vicinity have
for weeks been watching, rs it were, At The bed
side of two Of It's number who have oecn sorely
afflicted With typhoid fever. ll'v. e. II. Beck
ley and Miss Cora Nicodemus, daughter OF j. a.
Nicodemus. These two have been lin2err
through weeks Of The most inieuse suffering, the
reports from the sick chamber sometimes bring
ing hope and then q aiu fear.
Capt y A. Peters, the Democratic nominee
for Sheriff uf Wash Co, Nd, has been relieved
by the B. q o. r, r., from duty as conductor on
the Washington County Branch, situation
which he has held Tor ten or tweive years
An engine and severa! fiat-cars arrived
at Big Lick Tuesday for the S. V. K. K.
They were put upon the track and are
now hauling rails, cross-ties, etc., Tor con-
structing the toad. The work is pro
crossing rapidly, northward, towards
Waynesboro', Va.
On Friday evening Of last week, as Mr..
Geo. w. Green, in company witha youny
lady,w standing ut window of his DIM
ing. room, in Harper's Ferry, negro man
discharged revolver with the evident In
tention of shooting Mr.. Green, though If
that was his purpose he fortunately miss
ed his aim. The negro was arrested ana
taken before q magistrate. He claimed the
weapon was discharged accidentally,
he was bound over to APP
pear ut Court.
The present proprietors of the Caverns
of Luray, the Luray Cave anG Hotel Co.,
have been in possession OF the properly
five months up to the 18th inst, last Fri
day, and during that time twelve thons-
and persons have visited the cave. The
hotel bids fair TO be great success.
The Carlisle (Pa.) Herald, abiding to
the death of Mrs. Notfsinger, referred to
in this paper last week, says "the widow
continued to live in that (this) vicinity,
latter the death of her husband) in the
hope that she would be able to raise her
children, and give them good education.
She worked early and late to secure this,
and it was while in the midst of her work
on Thursday last that she was struck
down-not by the blow of an assassin, but
by Him who doeth all things for some
purpose. Her death was quite sudden.
OF stout and robust build, she WAS The
last that would be picked out as an I'M
healthy person. Still, death is no re-
specter of persons. ,El:.
"Her body was placed in charge of an
undertaken and prepared for removal TO