Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-04-29
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mr.. C.. 4. L3mar, merchant, OF Moiers a
Roads. has jlst received a large aud fine stock Of
Dry Goo de, Groceries &C.. which lie Will sell al
| the lowest prices. Give bin Call.
Hon. VIM. h. Travers, COL Peter B. Borst and
| others were engaged In Q case before Judg' Byrd
| at Luray on Tuesday. Not feeling right well
| Col. Borst asked permission to retain his seal
whilst addressing the Court. He had not been
speaking more :han fifteen minutes when he lei
from his chair aud expired. de was the first
President of the 8. V. r.. and subsequently In
terested In other railroad schemes. He was 81
years Of age
The work so successfully begun and still car
! ried on by Miss Jennie Smith and her co-labor-
ers II Martinsbure. is reaching out all along the
line of the 81 y Railroad with good resnlts.
The conversions at MartinsbuIg number over
two hundred. AT Keyser, daring two weeks
preceding April Some hundred conversions have
| taken place, and at Piedmont, eighty-two con-
| versions have occurred. At Cumberland, the
] work was successfully inausuratcd by Miss
| Smith, the Yourg Mems Christian Association
of that place assisting.
A fashion journal says that plump girls are
no longer popular" Correct; it's the slim girls
with plump fortune that Low takes the cake.
Special attention is called to the adIer kemeut
of I. Homsher, of KearDeysviDe. He has just
! returned from the Eastern Cities With large
| and varied assortment OF Dry Goods and Grocer
les Being an experienced merchant his selec-
lions are always the best and his goods can be
relied upon, and in addition to himself bis oblig-
ing and accommodating son Frank can always
be found ready to show goods.
Mrs. Nancy Hoge an aged and beloved lady Of
Martinaburg, and the mother of Ror. John
Blair Uoge, and sister 10 Hon. Andrew Hanter
of Charlestowp, was buried or Sunday lsst
DIR. Wilson Gray REGISTER, for tie last SIX years
vaccine agent for the State Of Maryland. died ~
his residence in Baltimore last Saturday morning.
aged about 80 years. Though comparatively q
Young man DR.. REGISTER had already acquired
distinction in his proie .sior, and his early death
will be sincerely mourued by his professional
brethren and his large circle of friends
The regular monthly meeting Of the Board of
Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company was held at Camden Station, Balti-
more, on the 18th inst the President, Mr.. John
w. Garrett, in the chair. Seini.snnual cash div
idends of i've per cent. were declared on tue
stock of the Main Stem and Of the Washington
Branch, leaving surplus OF upwards OF 500 OOO
OF net earnings, which are being applied Tor pur-
poses of construction.
One of the work shops of the West Virginia
Peni,eniiary was burned last w ednesday night.
Loss on bui ding $1,000, covered by insurance.
Loss Of Webster Wagon Co., from $4,000 TO
$40 OO0 in stock anG machinery, also covered by
insurance.
Mr.. Hiram D. Brown o native OF Clarke coun-
ty, Va, aged about 70 years, died suddenly, OF
hemorrhage of the lungs, 10 lis room al the
Howard House, Baltimore, on Sunday night
week.
It Is reported in Washington that Ex-Secreta-
nv Blaine, Gen. Tom. Ewing, Of Ohio, aud Sena-
tor Davis, OF West Virgins, nave formed u Gym
dictate 10 purchase The Warrington Il Ohio L. K.
Mr.. Adam c. Snyder, of Lewisburg, Greenbrl,r
county, has been appointed, by Gov. Jackson,
Judge OF the Supreme Court of Appeals, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the death OF Judge
Patton.
Snow fell over an inch deep between Baltimore
and Washington on Sunday,two ncees in Wash
ington city, and hail storm, are reported plehti-
fully in the South.
Ex-Gov. Smith Of Virginia, in Temperance
speech in Baltimore last Friday, said he had not
taken a drink OF liquor for sixty years
On Saturday last full car load Of Grail Rakes
arrived in Hagerstown via IL . Il Il, from the
Newark Machine Company, OF Newark, Ohio,
consigned TO John w. Emlneri, the general
eastern agent.
The Hagerstown Preserving Company on Sat-
urday shipped two car loads of canned apples to
juGbiDg house in Chicago. Thrre ware Coz
cases, containing "a cars TO the case, making an
aggregate of IA. 400 cans.
The Wheeling Intel!gencer is advised that
Senator Camden, who has just returned from
New York, has made all arrangements for the
money necessary to build tue liver railroad
terprise now awaits only the completion OF the
rights Of way, most of which have been secured
The Valley Convocati1n, Prote TAFT Episcopal
Church, began its session in Zion Church
CharlesIown, on Wednesday evening ;ast-open-
ing sermon By the Rev. l. Mason, OF shep'
herdstown. Services were continued the rcrAa n
der Of the week, morning and nigh, during
which sermons were preached by Rev Oscar
Bunting, of HarrisOnhurg Rev. y Il Bryan, OF
Wildwood: Rev. j joiner, of Wildwood; Rev.
X Hubbard, of Winchester; and Rev. j Page, OF
Wickliff.. There were also present Rev. X ID
Roller, OF Marlinsburg; Rv. Walker, of
Luray; and Rev. s Gibson, Of Mddleway.
Young Mems Meeting Will be held in tn,
basement of the NJ. L. Church South, tomorrow
Sunday evening, al 3H O'Clock.
The cattle-house of Mr. G. NJ. stable near
WarreDton junction, FauQuier county, Va, was
set fire to By colored man last Sunday night
week, and the house, seventy head OF cattle
which were being fed for market, q lot of MI
chinery, provender, etc, burned. The cattle
were worth at least $50 per head, and the cattle
house was one of the fi1est il Fauquier county.
There was a slight insurance on tue hous', but
the cattle were uninsured.
Mrs. Taylor McAbee and nephew were in a
boat in the Potomac near Harper's Ferry, n few
DAYS ago, when the bottom OF the boat z .ve way
and precipitated them int, fifteen feet of water.
Fortunately, the husband of Mrs. McAbee-Mr
TAYLOR McAocc wcll-knOwn engineer of the
Valley Branch of the Is d y K R-was on the
sLorc, and jumped into the riv,r and brought
both Of them safely out Of the water.
On Tuesday of last week the following gentle
men were elected Veslrymen Of Oh (Epi7c"pa)
Church at Charlestowu-N White and DR. W
Lippitt Wardens; BE a.hiugton, J MrE:-
roy, w Washington, WIN. BesIl, Chew,
A Alexander, Joseph Trnpuel, aud David How
ell.
Mr. Baker Kea,fott, re.idIng near Newcom-
ers Mil, in Berkeley county, bid about 40 cords
OF wood destroyed by fire on Monday LAST. Some
of bis neighbors were burDiug underbruNh and
carelessy allowed the fire TO get into Lis wood,
1t was cut and ready for delivery.