Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-08-12
LOCAL ITEMS.

The ladies of the ". Z. Church South will
hold a Dairymsid's Reception in Inc CoiIs s
yard on Friday and Saturday evenings, the 10Th
and 18th of August, lsS2
Messrs. j. Shepherd Lucas OF this vicinity, and
Richard Hackney of Washington, accompanied
! by Miss Aune g. Harrison OF this place and MISS
Katie Hackney OF Washington, started On
drive on Thursday, from this place 10 moore
! field Oh pleasure trip, 10 visit Miss Mary AL
| len at that town.
Let every one attend the Lawn Festival to-
night and patronize IL literally as the proceed.
will be used to the best interest OF the commu-
| nifty.
Messrs. Geo D. NcGlincy, D. 8. Rentch, r.
| D. Lamar, and others OF this county, delegates,
| attended The Democratic Congressional Conven-
,, ton at f. User on Friday.
The round house of the Norfolk and Western
and Shenandoah Valley railroads at k2anok,,
Va, is nearly completed. The recent block de
in freight caused By the )odng OF the car-hGlst
I at Roanoke, has been relieved.
Mr. Elmer W. Seiss, formerly agent OF The
Shenandoah Valley Railroad ut SharpsourS Sta
ton, has been removed to Roanoke. and Mt Ii.
s. Spapgler, agent at B.ntonv.li~, va mas
been transferred 10 the Shlrpsbur5 Office.
The Keedysyie, E,kle's Mills, Rohreravills
and other Sunday Schools will hold union PIC
mic a. Island Park, near Hlrpers Ferry, to-day,
Saturday, August II.
Tne decrease in the lsngth OF the Gays is now
quite perceptible, to tie delight OF coirting
young men, who can call earlier AMI leave later
Florida boasts a woman who ia the mother ot
tyrnty-.i light children. Sac ought 10 know Low
to cure colo in about three minutes.
Twelve new Shenandoah Valley stock express
cars passed through here Fr:day, bound South.
! Ncssrs Marion Hpnshaw John 7. Janney, W.
A. Kimer Gee. f. Evane, Andrew J. Criswe!l,
and others of BerE tiey county, are recon mend
cd fO- he HUUsg of Delegates.
The beet of Ice Cream, Lemonade, Cake, &c,
can be had at the Lawn festival, to-pight
Rev. Isham Randolph Finley died recently in
North Carolina, 81 paralysis, aged - year,. lie
! is well reme;n bercd at Washington, hnvlng been
pastor of the southern u. f.. Church in mat ci'y
about twelve years ago. de had few superloS
! III the pulpit.
! Il appears that the Government IA disposed to
/ place The water POWER al HarpcT's Ferry uu the
, shelf for the present, the price ut which IL Is
| valued by the Govcrnm@ut-s2 ,OOO-haying
! not been ffered in excharEe. 1t appears, also,
that the scheme 10 ger crate electricity Tor Bal
! timore ana Washington Mt that point contained
more Us tn an electricity.
Mr.. John Z. Kenua has been nominated for
Congress in the Charleston district in this state,
| by reclamation.
/ Mr.. VIM. l. Wilson, recently selected presi
dent OF the University Of West Virginia has been
! named by the Commissioner OF Agriculture as
! one of the commissioners or board To gather ag-
ricuiiural Inform lion for the department oil tue
/ government.
Hon. Ben. Wilson, of the first district, says he
! is not q candidate for reelection. Hon. Hanse
Good seems 10 have the inside track.
| There are two culored physicians in this State
| DIR. Anderson at Wheeling, and Dr.. Light at
/ Mariinsburg
A farmers and citizens excursion TO Luray
! Carerns will take place on Thursday, August
! l7th. special traIu will leave MarushuTg at
8 o'clock ani connect AZ Shenandoah junction.
/ The farmers Of Washington county, Nd, ard
! business men of Hagerstown will also unite IN
the eScursior.
The circus drew five thousand people TO L1ray
( on Saturday OF last week. VIII c the crowd We're
| waiting at the station, storm came ur, aud
not being room in the station house there was
no escape and the crowd had TO take the storm
"Allandale," enc OF the bsL farms in BerGe
| ley county, the propcriy of the late A. W. NC
| Cleary, decd, Is offered for sale. 1t contaius
33i acres and 20 poles Of the best quality OF lime
stone land, with splendid improvements.
Thirteen Peerless farm engines from the Gel
ser Works at Waynesboro, Pa were shipped
South Friday via Shenandoah Valley RAilFoaf.
Recently engineers in The employ OF the shen-
audoah Valley Railroad Company have made
surveys OF The land bordering HagerstoWn iiHI
on the north and west and the owners OF some Oh
the properties surveyed have been interviewed
In reference TO the sale Of their lands. 1t would
appear that the management OF tue SHENANDOAH
Valley Railroad are calculating upon an lnde
pendent outlet from that city toward the norm
and HIrrisburg.
lis sad that Hon. James Ferguson is anxious
~ looking to contingency that may aIlse
whereby he Can Le ''scooted" Into the oited
States Senate by the votes OF Prohibi'ioalSts
that will occupy seats Ia the next legislature.
Rev. Thomas Payue, of South Carolina. was
recently married 10 q young lady only eleven
aud half years old. He Is no! tie author OF
"Common Sense"
Col. Frank Silgers, lear Darkesville, raised GA
thirty three acres of upland, an average OF mir
! ty-one bushels of wheat per acre. he attributes
this unusual yield 10 the action OF lime.
fashion writer of the female sex says: "lu
dress we are nothing but tnonkeys.' The writer
! may be an eXcepuoa; but who ever saw mon
key attired III Il corset, twenty-dollar hat, sew
! enteen-butiOu gloves, lot OF ial;e hair, ana
several hundred dollars worth OF dry goois.
Candidates are blooming ard will soon ripcn.
! We have fiitteling prospect Tor an ABUNDANT
crop of them. We don't think The crop was H.
/! Jured by the late spring irosIs.
Tho Corner Stone Of the pew United Brethren
! Church 10 course of erection in Mddletown,
Md, will be laid with appropriate ceremonies on
! Saturday, August l9.h.
Over 800 persons visited the Caverns at Lnray
during July.
Mr.. W. l.. J ,nes, jeweler, OF Marttnsburg, Of
fers the following special premiums 10 ne COM
pete6 for at the coming Agricultural Fair. For
best FIVE pounds Of butter, pair OF handsome
butter knives, In Cases. For best nit cake, a
silver cake basket.
There were over $500 passengers to the colored
Camp Meeting held al BedIDstOn Sunda'. The
passengers were picked mp nj all points between
Harrisburg aud the Camp Ground. TraiCs were
run to Marliusburg every hour from the CAMP,
an6 many per: oas took advantage OF 1t and got
their dinners in the town. TIE order about the
Camp wgs no. OF the b,s. kind we a!e informed.
SO says the Hagers;owa News.
On Monday morning Gf last week, william
Gray of Sharpsburr, employed on tue Shenln-
doah Valley Railroad ballast trair, rec wed
severe cut upon tie head. While tie train was
running snu.h o: CbarlCsLown Gray vas IooElug
down tee track when his head came In contact
with a cattle rem cutting gaah aoOut five
inches long 10 the side of his head. He was taken
. home ana his wound, which is no: Of serious
character. was dressed by DR.. Russell.
TIE Warren Memorial Association, OF Front
! Royal Va. have ex'eaded an invitation TO the
HageIstown Light Infantry Company TO partic-
ipate IN The ceremonies of tie uLvcing OF me
monument recently erected ia The cemetery at
that place 10 the memory of .be Confederate
de.d. Thursday, August p, is the date hxed
for the unveiiine.
A gallon of water poure on pallful OF wal
nut leaves " III make a safe wash for horses and
cattle, aud save them the aupoyance OF fles.
We are glad. says an exchange, that hoops
have come back into style again. We always
did abhor the pin back, or pull-back; II always
made Us stutter to walk with them, taking such
short steps that the heel OF one foot never got In
advance OF IN e toe of the other. Now they can
stride easily Ter u loose brick and can get mp
over curb sloae Without getting down on their
knees.
Mrs Elizabeth Sheerer, widow OF Capt. ". [.
Shrersr who passed away a lew years ago. died
at ter resii-nce in Chsrltslu1n on Thursday
.an.nir.r last Enr We LIS MI Shecrer has been