Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-03-17

Lewisburg, W. Va, last week. de was q
fine classical scholar.
Robert Neville, Of Loudoun County,
Va, has recently purchased three Ehsi'sh
draught horses for $1,000.
Mr.. Charles H. Trail, our clever county
assessor. has been in this neighborhood
this week attending to his duties.
The third Congressional district Of this
State will vote for n successor to Hon.
John E. Kenna Oh the 18th Of May next.
The storm which Virgins lad proph-
e.ied for March 9th to 18th did not make
its appearance. That's just Virgins
luck.
The colored band of this place serenaded
Mayor-elect Harrison on Tuesday night
last. and Mr.. Harrison responded with
speech.
To-day, Saturday. is St. Patrick's Day,
but there will not be many potatoes plant
ed in this section to celebrate that im-
portant event.
Old Boreas just stood up OH his hind
legs and howled oil Sunday, reminding us
that winter is lingering in the lap OF
ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
MIR. Aaron Hehebowcr has sold TO MIR.
Thomas +. Shoemaker his farm near
Ripon, containing l6S acres, at sou per
acre, cash.-Spirit.
The first quarterly conference for Shep-
herdstown charge of the NJ. +. Church
will be held in Shepherdstown to-day,
Saturday, at 3p. III.
The Hagerstown Spoke Company has
expended 10000 recently in the neigh
borhood of Kimball, Page County, Va, In
the purchase of lumber.
Mr.. Daniel Ray, who has been working
at Mines, Va, home nursing an injured
hand, having had his fingers painfully
mashed some days ago.
Major r. w. Hunter has sold half in
tsrest in the Winchester Times, and the
paper will hereafter be conducted in the
name of "The Winchester Times COM
pany."
The bill reducing the postage on letters
to two cents will go into effect ON July
LIST. Persons contemplating writing let
tiers will save money by postponing 1t TIL
after that time.
We call attention to the advertisement
of Mr.. j. 5. Melvin, at Dutfields, in an
other column. He keeps everything usu-
ally found in well-regulateG country
store, and sells cheap.
Miss Annie f. Furley, daughter of Mr..
Richard II. Furley, of Jones y Roads,
won the valuable gold watch at the Bazaar
of Nations, AT Hagerstown. she having
held admission ticket No. 6,690.
Our OLD friend W. NJ. Entler, editor of
the Macarthur Ohio Democrat, has been
publishing sketches Of the bachelors Of
that place, but we have not seen any &C
count of himself yet. What's the matter,
Plutarch? Are you afraid to take your
own medicine?
The sale of personal property belonging
to Mrs. Virginia Williams on Thursday OF
last week, which was advertised in THE
REGISTER, was one Of the largest In this
noighborhood, amounting to within a
fraction of $4,000. High prices were re-
allied for the property.
Rev. W. G. Eggleston and Mr.. G. L.
Licklider represent the church in this
place at the Baltimore Annual Conference
of the NJ. E. Church South which is now
in session ut Charlestown. Mr.. Geo. 5.
Knott, near town, is also in attendance at
the Conference as delegate.
We return thanks to w. A. kearney,
NJ. D., Of Baltimore, and w. Il. Highbar-
ger, NJ. D., Of Sharpsburg, for Invitations
to attend the commencement Of the Uni
versity of Maryland School Of Medicine),
which was held in the Academy Of Music,
Baltimore, on Thursday, the 10Th inst.
Mr.. Alexander R. Pendleton, Of Win
chester, has purchased the Thornton PEN
dleton farm, "Fairview," 435 acres, in
Clarke County, for SAT per acre. 1t is one
Of the finest farms in Clarke County,
handsomely improved, and was sold sew
eral years after the war to Pennsylva-
Man for Sis per acre.
1t is reported that the dead body of John
Way was found in field near Summit
Point, this county, Tuesday. He had been
missing since February9. When found he
was lying oil his face, few feet from an
old straw stack, his nose buried in the
ground. A bottle containing a small
quantity of whskey was in his pocket.
Rev. j. r. Graham, d. d., Of Winches-
ter, Va, preached in the Presbyterian
Church in this place OIL Sunday morning
last, and those who failed to hear him
missed a clear, forcibls and eloquent e1-
position of that portion of the Scriptures
which refer to the sprinkling OF the door
posts with the blood of the paschal lamb.
F. j. Kimball, of Philadelphia, vice.
president of the Norfolk and Western
Railroad; Mr.. Bivian, Of Bivian & Gray,
of London, representing English stock
holders, and \ number Of other capitalists
and railroad officials from the North, re-
Gently made all inspection tour over the
Shenandoah Valley and Norfolk and
Western Railroads.
There were some good measures after
all passed by Congress. Among them
the new postal order bill, which allows
money in sums as small as fifty cents to
g tbo frxy for thA