Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-12-16
=. - e. ---------- -
LOCAL BRHE ELS.

I JaCOD buIhIIHIt, OHC VI III" N'N0N
gems of Washington County, Nd, died on
Sunday last,
"Junebug" Stevens and Cesar Duke
will send upa balloon Saturday evening
next, December %,
The Episcopalians of Parkersburg have
raised 81 300 towards the erection Of res
idence for Bishop Peterkin.
Rev. ). y. Moore. pastor of the CHRIS
tisn Church, Hagerstown, has resigned,
anC. will move to indianapolis, lad.
Mr.. John ". Garrett was on Wednesday
| elected president Of the Baltimore ana
-, Ohio Railroad for the twenty-hitn con-
| aecutivc time.
The young ladies' of Shepherd College
propose giving an entertainment some
time during February for the benefit OF
the fire company.
BENJAMIN Harize!l was on Thursday
las. appointed agent for the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad At shepherdstown. Mr..
Sei.s will go TO Mines.
George W. Coleman. Of BoonsboEo',
Md, was killed by the cars at Berlin, on
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, on sat
urtlay night last.
The commission of Mrs. Logan, post
mistress of Hagerstown. expires on the
10th of this month, and applicants for the
position are numerous and anxious.
The Peabody Institute will convene IN
Wheeling on the goth OF this month, ana
will be in session four days. There Will be
a lecture every evening except Saturday.
The works Of the IIagcrstown Steam
! Engine and Boiler Machine Company
were closed Saturday. Additional stock
to the amount of $lO0, 900 is neeled to con-
tinue operations. About l25 hands are
thrown out of employment.
The general superintendent Of the Shen-
andoah Valley Railroad, Joseph ii. Sands.
now has his headquarters at Richmond,
Va, and by spring it is expected that the
executive officers of the Norfolk and
/ w cStprn IsalIIOIu w III uC liSI Z tiSO'
The last new moon of the year put in its
appearance last Sunday. Old Santa Claus
will have plenty of moonlight to distri1-
ute his gifts, and the young SWANS Will
have beautiful nights to take their adored
ones sleighing-if sleighing there be.
An old man was found frozen TO death
in the water station ut Cherry Run, w.
Va. Mon lay morning. The evening be-
fore he gave his name rs John Hopkins.
His remains were taken charge of by the
county authorities and buried near there.
Poster printing, sale bills, letter heads,
bill heads, statements, wedding and busl-
ness car,ls-in fact, everything IN the job
printing line. from the largest poster to
the most delicate card-cXecutcd In the
very best style and lowest prices at this
Office.
The ladies of the Elk Branch Female
Aid Society will give an entertainment AT
DuiIiclds on tho 2Gth and 27th OF Decem-
Der for the benefit of the church. The
| entertainment Will consist OF Chafaucs,
tableauX. &c. and we hope it will be lib
orally patronized.
We learn from the Mar;insburg States
man that during the wind storm on We'd
nesdav morning of last week rick of
straw was blown over on flock of sheep
upon the farm of Mr.. W. I. Stewart, near
that town. Mr.. Stewart discovered the
accident in time to save all but six.
A new weekly paper called the Progress
has been commenced at Peerysville, Nc
Dowcll County. w. Va. by Me>Srs. john
son d Anvil, proprietors. 1t will be non
partisan IN politics, and will seek to build
up the yet comparatively undevcloped
section in which it is published.
The new furnace at Mines, in Page
County, Va. will be put in operation Jan
uary ], 1888. The company purpose using
go tons Of ore, 100 tons of coke, and 30
tons OF limestone, producing 30 tons OF
pig iron per day. The ore is TO be supplied
by railroad from Fox Mountain.