Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-10-21
LOCAL ITEMS.

The flock of sheep belonging to Mr.. Jonn w.
Hill on the SCHNEIDER farb, below !own, was
damaged by dogs on Sunday night OF las. Wees Ee'
six were killed and some fifteen WOUNDED. Dog
gon the dogs. -,
The Rev. F. N Woods, of Martinsburg, Will
preach ip the Presby terrain Church at this place.
on Tomorrow (Sabbath) morning at III ocloch'
and at night in the Kearneysviile Church.
Miss Anna Warner is visiting friends in Wash
ington city.
Mr.. Elisha 8. Snyder is building large resi-
dence and store room combined, at Scraooie'
which is said to be q large and nne ouhding'
Mr.. G. r. Hodges brought the first job 10 the
Shepherdstown Manufacturing Company 10 oe
repaired, in the old shop, and also brought the
first in the new shop. Col. Halliday, the super
iutendent, says, bring along your ]oos-he has
now plenty of room in the new buhning-anu
can do all kinds of repairing, anc as soon as Tue
Foundry is finished he can manufacture ali
kinds of machinery.
Winchester Presbytery held an adjourned
meeting in the PRESBYTERIAN Church at Harpers
Ferry. on Saturday, October 7tb, present SIX
ministers and one ruling elder. The object Oh
the meeting was to ordain and lnstaii MI VIZ
d. White pastor Of the Church in Whlch fIeso1
terry met. Rev. F. NJ. Woods presided ano pro,
posed the usual questions TO the candidate anu
10 the congregation; Rev. j. A. Scott, u. ",
preached the ordination sermon; Kew. a. u
Hopkins, d. D. delivered the charge 10 the new
ly ordained pastor, and Rev. +. NJ WOODS tnas
to the congregation, after which the fresoSteiS
adjourned.
Did YOU ever see a woman mail letter? She
will undertake to drop il into the box, then she
draws IL back and scans the direction; tries the
stamp TO see if it Is on fast; scrutinizes the
gummed side and runs her fingers overl once or
twice; then gives ii one or two sudden jerks,
which sends IL rapidly into the box. She then
peeps iu TO see if il wen through
A pretty girl in Sweden turned up her nose at
her poor BIZ deserving lover and 1t froze IN that
nositiou. Now she doesn't know whether to re-
tire from the world or hire out 10 stand In some-
body's hall as hat-rack.
There was o good display at the Winchester
Fair last week. The competitive drill between
the companies of the 81 Va. Regiment, on
Wednesday, resulted in the first piize being
awarded TO the Harrisonburg Guards. the second
TO the Winchester Light Infantry, and the third
to the Warren Light Infantry.
One of the most interesting religious gather
ings ever held in our town, says the Charestown
Spirit, was the Convention of the Young Mems
Christian Association of Maryland, West Virgin
10 and the District of Columbia, which began its
session here on Thursday night last and con-
cluded on Sunday night
In the recent competitive examination for the
Miller Scholarship 1T the University OF Virginia,
in which there were eleven competitors, the first
scholarship was awarded to Thos. Perry Lippitt,
son of Or. ". +. Lipptt of Charlestown.
Mr.. Robert Bolts (son of the late Col. Lawson
Bolts, of Charlestown,) was recently elected q
member of the Corn and Flour Exchange OF
Baltimore. Although but tweDty.one years of
age, Mr. b. stands high in business circles in the
Monumental City.
Mr. William LaDgdon, q highly esteemed cti-
zen, died at his residence at kabletown, on Fri
day night last, aged about ~ years.
The Cave Hotel property, at Luray, Va, has
Tyt,,, rlya IF N.uy Ma lat fnr
S!,525.
Ger Meem, OF Shenandoah county, Va, has
sold lis fire flock Of Cotewold ewes, 81 in all, TO
NJ. W. Williamson, OF Rockingham county.
Messrs J. w. IL Harry Snyder, of the Govern
ment printing Office, Washington city, are visit
ing their mother in this place.
DR.. c. X. Kemper, of Woodyiile, Rappahan-
mock county, Va, died few days ago. He was
n we'll known surgeon in the Confederate SER
vice.
The next term of the County Court of Jeffer-
son will begin on Monday, November 9th. Cir
cult Court November 2lst.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad siding at
| Charlestowp has been extended five hundred ieet
and will now furnish standing room for fifty
cars.
with mill attached, on the farm Of William Ca
Their on Back Creek, in Frederick county, Va +,
was destroyed by fire. Loss $1,000; insurance
S., 800. Cause unknown.
The office of Superintendent; Sands, Of the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad, was removed from
Hagerstown to Roanoke on Monday last.
Burglars visited Harrisonburg, Va, few
nights ago blew open several safes and Iihed
them. On last Sunday night they were In Wood
stock would opened safe there aud 1t is sup
poeed have pushed their scheme 10 greater ex-
tent, but some young men OF the town were up
Iiu a very early hour in the morning. Their
4 ,.loI thar, il
signs. They took possession Of o truck at the
depot at Woodstock and on il ran TO Harper's
Ferry and ried a safe there the same night.
The Grand Jury, Circuit Court, of Berkeley
county, returped tue following indictments on
Thursday of last week: State VS.. john Sullivan,
grand larceny; same W.. Elias Copp, petit larceny
same va, Hiram Pulpus; same VS.. John Butt, fel-
ony; same Vs. Daniel Morgan, burglary; same VS..
Jerry Handy, felony, End larceny; same We.
Giles Holmes, petit larceny; same We. Charles
Grim, not u true bill; same We. Isaac K. Wilcher,
petit larceny; same VS.. John Fravel, felony.
Stonewall Jackson's army horse, called Little
Sorreli" is twenty-six years of age, and is still
kindly cared for by General Jackson's father-in-
law, DIR. Morrison, of Lincoln county, n. Z. 1t
is the horse on which Gen. jackson received his
death wound.
Az q meeting of the directors of the Baltimore
aud Ohio Railroad, last week, cash DIVIDENDS OF
5 per cent. for the fiscal half year were unan-
imously declared on the stock of the Main Stem
aud Washington Branch, payable November /.
Mrs. Anthony Turner died suddenly, at her
residence in Martinsburg, on Tuesday OF last
week. She had been sick since Saturday, but II
was thought not seriously. Her unexpected de-
mise was great shock To her large circle of rel
atives and friends in town and throughout the
county. She was buried on Thursday.