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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-02-18
HERDSTOWN JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. SATURDAY, FEB h 1887
4 Cruel Piece of Stupidity.

Not many days ago the heavens
opeued and the floods descended on
New York and its moral sister, Brook
lyu. The streets were deserted. Slant
ing sheets Of rain descended upon the
payements aud the whole city was
drenched. Men were at their work.
Women sat and sewed. In a pleasant
room in Williamsburg a happy little
lady busted herself with household mat
tiers, sang to the baby OF her knee and
laid plans perhaps for the little one that
was to be. A knock at the door,
Come in"
Enter officer, wet and cold and not
overpleasant. "Are you Mrs. Miller?'
said be.
Amazed, astonished, apprehensive
and alarmed, 81 am, said she. Show
ing her bit of paper on which was
scrawled the word, "Mueller," or "Mil-
ler," she knows not which, he said, is
this your husbands handwriting?' She
saw and said it was not. "We!l, any
way you must come to New York with
me.
"What for?'
"Well, you'll find ont when you get
over there Your husband wants you.
"But it is raining, and l have no one
to leave my baby with. Can't you wait
halt an hour?"
"No, My orders are to take you over
as soon as can
Visions of disaster to her husband
passed before the young wifes eyes.
She knew him to be delicate in health.
Was he in trouble? Had be been court
martialled by his regiments Had his
habit of cigarette smoking conquered
him, as predicted by the doctor?
Il don't owe anything anywhere, sir.
What can be the matter?
''If you did we'd have nothing 20 do
with it Come, must take you right
along"
With this Mrs. Miller, who was agi-
tated beyond conception; left the room
to dress for the trip. The errand OF
the officer was TO inform the wife of a
man who had dropped dead in Broad
street that she was needed In the station
house. Had he been thoughtful man
he might have taken the opportunity TO
communicate the fact to Mrs. MIllers
landlady, who remained in the room
with him. But he said nothing, and
presently Mrs. Miller, with her baby,
returned and together they started in
the tempestuous storm for the Grand
Street ferry. Still not hint as 20 the
nature Of his errand was vouchsated by
the gallant officer The neigbbors-ever
alert-saw part of this, and imagined
more. "Mrs. Millers arrested, said
one. Caught shoplifting," said another.
"The officer carried her off Immediately,
said a third, and by the time the trio
reached the terryboat it was duly set
tied in South Fifth street that she was
a regular "bad 'un." a pretty picture
they made on the ferryboat-he bluff
and silent, she faint and shaking. The
baby fortunately slept
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-02-18

The great project of ship canal to
connect the waters of the Delaware and
Chesapeake bays, which has been dis
cussed in Baltimore daily for some time
has had additional life and interest in-
fused into it by the reception of the
final preliminary survey made by Capt.
Thomas Turtle under direction of Col.
VIM. P. Craighill. This report, like
reports which preceded it, gives facts
which strongly point out the superior
advantages of the Choptank ur most
southern route. With this repor. at
hand there is reason TO believe that the
Maryland and Delaware ship canal bill
will be vigorously pushed in Congress.
Some 6eud attempted to wreck a
train OF the New York Central and
Hudson River road, Saturday. al the
bridge across the river at Dale, by driy-
ing piece of wood between the rails,
but the fiange of the wheel cut into The
wood, and the train passed safely.
Mr.. A. ]. Sillings, a former citizen
of Augusta, who bought a worn-out
farm of 271 acres at Bratan, on the
Virginia Midland Road, four years ago.
has just sold il at S35 per acre, 10 Mr..
Thompson, Rockingham gentleman
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-02-18
Hagerstown Advertisements.
One Price Marked in
Plain Figures.

WHAT IL MEANS.
The merchant who has but one price for
his goods and marks that price in plain fig
ures on the article he offers for sale, so that
his customers and the public can see them
evidently means to say to the people, look
at our goods and prices, they speak for
themselves and invite your patronage, all
tricks of trade are laid aside and business
on the fair, square principles are intro
duced by at once setting before the GUS
toner the best articles at the lowest prices.
IT MEANS that We are courting the
custom of the most experienced buyers as
/ well as giving an assurance to the ineXpe-
rienced that they are buying their goods
as cheap as the sharpest buyer.
ITMEANS that we are showing quality
and prices to every one as against all COM
petition, that we are always selling as
cheap as the cheapest and that none shall
undersell Us.
II MEANS that we are not playing with
customers at the game of asking one price
| and selling at another, charging one Gus
toner more than another, and taking all
we car get from the customer for an ar
ticle. In other words we never charge a
! penny more to any customer than we can
afford to sell the article at.
II MEANS, q confidence in our ability
to manufacture and buy goods at such
| prices as will enable us to mark them at q
selling price that at once asstires the buy
| er that they are as cheap or cheaper than
| he can find them elsewhere. This is SIM
| ply fair, square business and not inde-
pendence, as some people suppose, because
we refuse to "knock off something" when
they buy The fact is this plan means the
knocking off when the goods are marked.
II MEANS, a common sense, straight
| forward honest plan of doing business.
| While in measure novel to the citizens
| OF this locality, we have for the past 10
years strictly adhered to it in our whole
sale glove departments, coming in COM
petition with the glove products of the
world sold on every sort Of plan. We
have not only sold the same parties year
after year, but we are selling the largest
retailers i'm the United States and received
and filled during the past years the
largest orders ever given by any retail
! house in the United States with demand
for our work far beyond our facilities to
! produce. Outside of the common sense
view of this plan the practical and satis-
| factory working of it in our wholesale
I departments lnuuceu us soule 10 uiohlhS
since to apply it to our retail department.
The result has been most satisfactory in
every particular, largely increased busi-
! ness, pleased our customers, made us feel
| better, eat better, sleep better and enjoy
life better, conscious at the close of each
days business that we had dealt fairly
with every patron and that every penny
in our till was honestly ours. On this
plan we invite the attention of the eXpe-
rienced as well as the attention of those
not fully posted to our retail store as the
place to secure the best goods at the low
est
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-02-18
LIFE's BRIGHTEST HOUR.

Not long since / met gallant gentle
man who is assessed for more than a
million. Silver was in his hair, beneath
his brow, and stopped beneath his bur
den of wealth. We were speaking OF
that period of life when he had realized
the most perfect enjoyment, or, rather,
when he had found the happiness TO be
unalloyed. Il tell you, said the mil
lionaire, "when was the happiest hour
of my life. At the age of one and
twenty / had saved up $500. was
earning $500 year, and my father,
did not take it from me, only requiring
me to pay my board. AT the age Of
twenty-five i had secured pretty cot
tage just outside OF the city. l was
able to pay two-thirds of the money
down, aud also to furnish it respectfully.
| was married on Sunday-a Sunday in
June-at my fathers house. My wife
had come to me poor in purse, out rich
in wealth of womanhood. The Sab
bath night we passed beneath my
fathers roof, and on Monday morning /
went to work, leaving my mother and
sister to help in repairing my home.
On Monday evening when the labors
of the day were done, l went not TO
the parental shelter, as in the past, but
to my own home. The holy atmosphere
of that hour seems to surround me now
in memory. opened the door Of the
cottage and entered. / laid MY hat
upon the little stand in the hall, and
then passed on to the kitchen, our kitch-
en- aud dining room were all one then,
l pushed open the.kitcben door and was
in heaven. The table was set against
the wall, the evening meal ready, pre-
pared by the hands OF her who had
come to be my helpmate 10 deed as well
as in name, and by the table, with a
expectant look upon her
lovely and loving face, stood my wife.
/ tried to speak but could only clasp
the waiting angel to my bosom thus
showing to her the ecstatic burden Of
my heart. the years have passed, long,
long years, and worldly wealth flowed
in upon me and am honored and en-
We'd; but as true as heaven, / would
give it all, every dollar, for the JOY Of
The hour Of that June evening, in the
Iong, long ago."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-02-18
Hagerstown Advertisements.
Books and Stationery.

THE best place to buy BOOKS, STA
TIONERY, WALL PAPER, WIN
now SHADES, MUSICAL INSTRU-
uENTS, Sterescopes, Spy Glasses, Pock-
Of Knives, GOLD PENS AND PENCILS,
ALBUMS, &C., is at the Book Store OF
w. l.. HAYS Il SON.,
Doors below the Baldwin House, Ha-
gerstown, Md.
Jan. 10, 1881. ~
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-02-18

A man on crutcbes, with one leg
swaddled, registered at ST. Louis he
tel as Col. Sarr, and bobbled TO bis
room He had the gout terribly, he
said, and for day or two kept several
walters busy attending TO bis numerous
and petulant wants. Then be remark.
ed that, jOst to kill time, he would like
to play poker with somebody. 1t Was
not long before professional gambler
came around to crafty him, and took
away 800. Another won $500, and
SO it went until about 81 1000 had been
carried away from the room. BY that
time all the gamblers in town were
wild to get at the victim. Then bis
luck changed suddenly, aud on one day
of high play the Colonel put himself
over $4,000 ahead. No symptom of
gout was visible when he paid bis bill
and departed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-02-18
They Mixed the Bab bfcs Up.

a young woman accompanied by
man, who TO all appearances was her
husband, was seated on the stoop of one
of the houses on south side of Pine
street, near Thirteen, Sunday afternoon,
crying bitterly. She was iuten,ly gazing
at a small bundle of humanity in her
lap, and every now and then she would
shake the bundle viudictively aud look
into the mans face with an expression
OF anger and sorrow.
Its girl. amt itf' Said the man.
Yes, sobbed the woman.
We'll, then, what more do you WANT
asked he.
4 want my bsby.
well, don't see how you are going
TO get it, seeing they're gone.
The explanation o. the above singular
conversation was this: Benjamin Olm.
stead, with his wife and baby were on a
short visit to ST. Louis when the small
pox scare affected them. Having conned
over the situation they determined to
vaccinate the precious darling, aud on
their way down 10 the Dispensary met
another two similarly bound. Mr. Olm-
stead believes that the other man said
he was from Pana, H., but he is not
sure. AT the Dspensary the Doctor
took the two babies into the rear room,
yacc;nated them aud returned them.
But Mrs. Olmstead swears that the
baby she got back is the other woman's.
They wele both girls and both dressed
very much alike. OF course, Mr.. Ohm
stead says one baby is as good as ar
other, but that is not Mrs O's position,
and probably will not be the other wo-
mans when her mistake is discovered.
Mr. Olmstead is going 10 Pana on the
chances that bis daughter has been taken
that way, and he hopes the other par
ties will write to him AT the general de
livery in Kansas City if he missed them
at Pana.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-02-18

WHooPISG CoUGH REMEDY. Roasted
Lemon is said TO be subdoe the whoop-
ing cough very effectively. 1t 10 pre-
pared ar follows: Roast alemon without
burning it. When hot cut aud squeeze
the juice upon sugar. Give teaspoon
ful as often as the cough is troublesome.
This is cure for any kind of cough
and perfectly safe 20 take.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-02-18
VALUABLE
TOWN PROPERTY
AT
PRIVATE SALE.

THE LARGE BRICK HOUSE AND
i LANYARD, on German street III
Shephcrdstown, and the LOT OR LOTS,
OF New street in said town, recently adj
vcrtised by me to be sold at public sale
are now for sale privately. Wishing to
make Il change am determined to sell.
Persons wishing to purchase any part or
all of the property, will please call on Mr..
G.. ID. McGlincy, who is fully authorized
to sell the same for me. Any bargain
made with him will be confirmed by me.
The title To all of the above property i'll
disputable, malicious reports to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
If the above property is not sold 1t
will be for rent.
WM. A. CHApLINE.
Nov. &c II
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-02-18
Sill V Err w A RE
GRANITE IRONWARE.

A large assortment of this handsome and
popular ware, and thousand and one
novelties especially for the holiday season.
Call and examine goods and price before
purchasing. All goods warranted As rep
resented. No charge for engraving goods
purchased Of me.
Dec. "a, 1881. If
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-03-23
APPLICATION FOR PATENT
Notice No. So.


Notice is hereby given that G. J. John
ston, whose postoffice address is Saw
tooth City, Alturas county, idaho Terri
tory, has made application for United
States patent for the Hidden Treasure
lode and mill site claim situate in Saw
tooth Mining District, Alturas county,
Idaho Territory, consisting OF Fifteen
Hundred linear feet of the lode, and
surface ground Six Hundred feet wide,
and five acres for the mill site, being
lots No. AS "a" and As 1-B," and described
in the field notes and plat Of the official
survey on file in this office. with mag
netic variation at eighteen degrees east.
as follows: Commencing at the discov-
cry point for the mining claim-Lot No
As As, So degrees E., along center
line of claim 1900 feet to s.. E.. end line
of claim thence NJ, 26 degrees E., 800
feet to post No. l. thence N. sc degrees
w, 1900 feet to post No. 2, thence S., rs
degrees W, 800 feet to post No 3, thence
S., Sc degrees e., 1900 feet to post No 4,
thence N, 26 degrees E.. 600 feet to post
No !. the place Of beginning survey Of
exterior boundaries, containing an area
of 20.46 acres claimed. From post No
4, u. s. NJ. NJ, No. bears N, so degrees
and 81 minutes w, 1852 feet distant, and
I from post No. of Lot As "A" post No.
of Lot rs s.B" bears N 36 degrees and
Ii minutes E., 1861 feet distant.
And for the mill site-Lot No. As ssB:'
Commencing at post No 1. northeast
corner of mill site. S., So degrees w.
484 feetto post No. 2, thence S., degrees
! E., 450 feet TO post No. 3. thence n, s8
degrees T., 484 feet to post No. 4, thence
N, Q degrees W., $50 feet to post No |.
the place of beginning survey of the
mill site. containing an area of five acres.
From post No. 3, II. S. NJ NJ, No bears
4 S., IS degrees "a minutes w, 526s.6 feet
distant, md from post No. 3 of mill site,
/ Lot As s.B.' post No. 2 of mining claim.
Lot As ga bears S., 36 degrees and Ii
minutes w, 1921 feet distant.
The said mining claim being of record
in the office Of the Recorder of said
j mining district at Rocky Bar, in Alturas
/ county. idaho. The nearest known
/ locations being the Webfoot, Oregon,
/ Alabama and Wisconsin.
i I direct that this notice be published
i'll the Wood River MINER and Ketchum
KEYSTONE, the newspapers published
nearest the said mining claim, for the
| period of sixty days.
JOHN B. MILLER,
Register
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-03-23

From post No..1, o. s. NJ. H., No bears n 50
degrees and 81 minutes w, 1892 feet distant;
post No Z of the mill site bears n. ~ degrees
and - minutes W, 3494.4 feet distant from post
No. OF the mining claim.
Description OF the mill site: Commencing at
post No. as the initial point, thence 8, AZ de-
grees f., 435 8 feet to post No. 2, thence N, 48
degrees 3. 500 feet to post No. 8. thence N, -
degrees ", 1858 feet to post No. 4, thence $, 4s
degrees W, 500 feet to post No. /, the place Of
beginning of surface bounds, containing an
area applied for Of acres; no conflicts From
post No. 2 U. s. M. NJ Nc. bears s, 50 degrees
and 30 minutes W. 4ooss feet distant; from post
No. of the mill site, post No. of the mining
claim bears s, "a degrees and SO minutes E,
3494. feet distant.
The said mill site and mining claim being OF
record in the Office OF the Recorder OF said min
ing district at Rocky Bar, in Alturas county,
Idaho. The nearest known locations being the
Hidden Treasures" "Oregon," "Cargill'' and
WISCONSIN lodes.
direct that this notice be published in the
Wood River MINER and Kctchum KEYSTONE
the newspapers published nearest the said min
ing claim, for The period OF sixty days.
JOHN b. MILLER,
Register
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-03-23
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Notice No. "a.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
BOISE CITY, Idaho, Feb. 8, 1882.


Notice is hereby given that G. j. John
ston, whose postof6ce address is Saw
tooth City, Altnras county. Idaho, has
made application for a United States
patent for the Rebellion lode mining
claim situate in Sawtooth Mining Dis
trict. Alturas county, Idaho Territory,
consisting of 1900 linear feet OF the lode.
and surface ground 600 feet wide. being
Lot No 46 and described i'll the field
notes and plat of the official survey on
file in this office, with magnetic varia-
tion at Is degrees east, as follows:
Commencing at the discovery, thence
N, 26 degree E., 1873. 5 feet TO post No. 1.
thence w. 1900 feet to post No. 2, thence
s., rs degrees w, 667 feet to post No. 3,
thence E. 1900 feet to post No 4, thence
n 26 degrees E., 667 feet to post No /,
the place of beginning of surface bounds
containing an area OF 30. 66 acres; no con-
fiicts From the discovery, q. S. M. NJ.
No 1, bears S., IS degrees and A min
utes W., 2356.4 feet distant.
The said claims being of record in the
office of the Recorder of said mining
district at Rocky Bar, in Alturas county
The nearest known locations being the
Webfoot, Alturas and Coleman.
/ direct that this notice be published
in the Wood River MINER and Ketchum
KEYSTONE, the newspapers published
nearest the said mining claim, fer the
period of sixty days. JOHN B. MILLER,
Register
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-03-23

the snow as gracefully as the spot
less swan glides above the crystal
waters.
And we fitted.
Just at that moment the right
shoe started toward town while the
left one ran to meet it, and great
heavens, we shot straight out like
circus leaper, and landed half way
down the hill on the back Of our
neck. Then began a series of high
and lofty tumbling as never be-
fore attempted by any living artist.
We rolled, slid, bumped and tossed
down that side hill at the rate Of
forty knots minute, looking for all
the world like windmill, turned
loose. To cap the climax we heard
one Of the fair damsels remark oAint
he daisy? Don't he look like a
runaway hay rack?" We didn't
give a care what we resembled then
After seeing fourteen moons and
myriads Of dancing stars all about
us, we skipped over across the can
yon and landed with a crash astride
a Quakenasp tree. We were bruised
and not feeling wellwhen our friends
came up with an OK cart and carried
us off home. The remainder Of the
snow shoes made good fire that
night and with seventeen yards Of
porus plaster. to our backs, we re.
vived, mentally resolving never tc
trust ourselves on q pair Of snow
shoes,
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-03-23
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Notice No. 81.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
BOISE CIEY. Idaho. Feb. q. 1890

Notice is hereby given that c. J. Johnston,
whose rostoffice address is Sawtooth City, Al
turas county. Idaho Territory, has made appli-
cation for United States patent for the Wis
consin lode and mill site, situate In S&wtooth
Mining District, Alturas county, Idaho Terri
tory, consisting OF Fifteen Hundred linear feet
of the lode, and surface ground six hundred
feet wide, for mining claim and five acres for
the mill SITE being Lots No. AZ A and 40 B. and
described In the field notes and plat of the off,
cial survey on file in this Office, with magnetic
variation at 10 degrees east as follows:
For the mining claim--Lot No a A: Com
mencing at the discovery point s., GA degrees E.,
along center line OF claim 1900 feet to center of
S. E. end line OF claim, thence No, 26 degrees
f., 800 feet to post No. /, thence N. ,e4 degrees
W, 1900 feet TO post No. q thence S., rs degrees
w, 800 feet to post No 3, thence s., GA degrees
E., 1900 feet to post No. 4, thence n, 26 degrees
E., 800 feet to post No. l. the place of beginning
survey of exterior boundaries of claim, contain
ing an area of 20.66 acres. From post No. 8, u.
S. Nj. M. No. /, bears n, SO degrees and 81 min
utes W.. 1922 feet distant, and from post No 2 of
this claim Lot No. AZ AL post No. of the mill
site Lot No. ~ b. bears N, degrees and 20
minutes E., 46b1.6 feet distant
For the mill site-Lot No. 10 B Commencing
at post No. /, magnetic variation Is degrees e.
s., % degrees W., $50 feet to post No D. thence
ST. 65 degrees E., 4s4 feet to post No, 8, thence
n, Is degrees e., 45o 'eet to post No. 4, thence
NJ, 65 degrees W., 484 feet TO post No L, the
place of beginning survey of mill site, contain
ing an area of five acres. From post No. of
mill site, u. s. M. NJ, No. bears s., 90 degrees
and l6 minutes W.. 6o3o2 feet distant, and from
post No 8, Lot No ~ b., post No. OF Lot No
40 A., bears s., 5 degrees and 20 minutes w.
1851 6 feet distant.
The said mining claim being of record in the
office of the Recorder of said mining district at
Rocky Bar in Alturas county, Idaho. The near
est known locations being the Hidden Treasure,
Alabama and Cargill.
direct that this notice be published in the
wood River MINER and the Ketchu1n KEYSTONE,
the newspapers published nearest the said min
ing claim, for the period OF sixty days.
JOHN b. MILLER,
Register.