Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-04-28
BRIEFS.

week, owinS 10 TIE he2Vy raius ouhu"y
and Monday.
! The late Jonas Davis. Of Boonsboro, in
, his will bequeathed 5000 to the Lutheran
| Church in that place.
Mrs. Fague, editor of the keyser Echo,
has been appointed postnistress at Keyser.
We are glad to hear it.
The Singer Sewing Machine Company
want an agent in this vicinity. See adj
verliseunent in another column.
Tie members of the Baptist Church at
Martinsburg have extended a call TO Rev.
J. K. Harrison, of Glade Spring, Va.
There wa, spiteful little snow squall
on Tuesday, the last Of the season, we
hope Ice was formed Tuesday night.
The Mountain View Cemetery Asso-
ton" has been organized in Sharpsburg,
Nd, and has filed articles of incorpora-
ton.
4 freight train on the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad killed COW belonging to
Mr.. George Show early on last Sunday
morning.
The heirs Of John Marshall, deceased,
have sold sixty acres Of land near kear-
neysyille to Mr.. Jacob S. Osbourn for $50
per acre.
Ii is said that Gucks are plentiful on the
Potomac River. Large numbers have
been shot in the ueighborhood OF Han
cock, Md.
Read the new advertisement Of Mr.. n.
8. j. Strider, Uniouville. He has COM
plete store, and is worthy of the public
patronage.
Rev. Richard McIlvaine, of Baltimore,
formerly of Petersburg, Va, has been
elected president of Ilampden Sidney
College, Va.
The peach, pear and plum trees are out
| in full bloom, and if the bloom is any in
dicatioa of the amount Of fruit we will
| have an abundance.
Nothing livens up a property so much
as paint, and it wouldn't hurt number
! of properties in town to be treated 10
! coat or two this spring.
Governor Jackson has appointed Major
Thomas Norton and BENZ. Fisher to rep
resent West Virginia at the annual exhi-
| bition ut Denver, Colorado.
The Antietam Iron Works, few miles
| below this town, on the Maryland side,
arc again in operation. The first iron
was turned out last Saturday.
Lowenstein Bros, Hagerstown, will
give number Of pumpkin prizes" this
| fall. For particulars read their adver-
| tsement on the third page Of this issue.
Col. A. X. Boteler went to Philadelphia
this week to attend meeting of the Board
| of Directors Of the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad Company held on Friday. 27th.
The wife of Mr.. Richard Mauzy, editor
Of the Staunton Spectator, died last week,
after long illness. She was sister of
Ex-Governor Il. NJ. Matthews, Of West
Virginia.
Mr.. Ii. c. Getzendanner, Of Summit
Point, is agent for the "Acme" Harrow,
| one the most perfect implements of the
| kind we have ever seen. Read his adver-
| tisement in another column.
We have just received sample copy Of
a new song, entitled, Put your arms
around me, dear" Any lady who desires
to try it can do so by calling at our office
we mean the song, of course.
Last week cattle car passed through
| this pl ace on the Shenandoah Valley Road
loaded to the top with chickens in coops.
The rOOsters kept a lively Growing. The
car came through from a Southern road.
Miss Bette Gallaher, the second daagh-
ter Of Hugh l.. Gallaher, Esq, of Waynes-
boro', Va, was married on Thursday Of
last week to Mr.. John B. Levy, promi-
nent and popular business man Of Louisa
C.. Fl.
Mr.. Donald Mclean, prominent
lawyer Of New York, and Miss Emily
Richie, eldest daughter of Judge John
! Richie, of Frederick, Nd, were, married
In the Episcopal Church at Frederick last
| TUESDAY.
Owing to the continued wet.weAther
during the month Of April the farmers of
this section are much behind with their
spring work. a great deal of land yet
remains to be plowed for corn, and it will
be late before it can be planted.
Bishop Whittle, Of Virginia, will sail
for Europe April 80, accompanied by his
wife and daughter. The visit will be
made for the benefit Of the Bishops
health. Bishop Peterkin, of West Vir-
ginia, will fill his appointments.
On and after May the internal revenue
tax on tobacco and snuff will be reduced
one-half, from sixteen to eight cents per
| pound, and on all tobacco and snuff in
unbroken packages, on which the old tax
! has been paid, the excess will be refunded
by the government.
| iOn Tuesday last tho $50 p. m. passen-
ger train on the Western Maryland Rail-
road from Shippensburg, ran over man
named Henry Lizer, a resident Of Ha-
gerstown. His head and one arm were
severed from his body, and life was e1-
tinct when the man was picked up.
A number Of farmers in adjoining
counties are taking great interest in the
propagation Of the fish known as the
German carp. We would like to see our
| jefferson farmers make a move in the