Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-03-24

Quite a number Of persons from th's
place attended conference ut Chariestowh
the first OF the week.
Mr.. William il. Moore, an old and es-
teemed citizen Of lIarper's Ferry. dieo Oh
Sunday morning last.
1t would have taken q shrewd guesser
to foretell the kind of weather we have
had lately. 1t has taken in all the zones.
Franklin Ilollingsworth, OF Washing
ton County, Nd, has been committed to
Jail Oh the charge Of brutally beating his
wife.
Appropriate passion-week services have
been held in the Lutheran and Episcopal
churches of this town during the present
week.
Mr.. David Walker, of Berkeley County,
received "a severe kick on the head few
days ago by horse which he was about
to mount.
A number of changes Of residence Will
take place in town next week. Snoscrib-
ers will please let us know where TO SEM
their papers.
Bishop Peterkin administered the rite
of confirmation to four persons In the
Episcopal Church of this place OH Mon
day night last.
Quite a number Of persons commenced
gardening OH Monday last, but the cold
snap that followed is not very favorable
for early vegetables.
A Confederate war-horse, ridden all
through the contest by Major Grimsley
and others, has just died in Culpeper coun-
ty, Va, ageG u years.
Rev. A. &. Hopkins, ID. D., Of Charles
town, will preach in the Presbyterian
Church OH Sunday morning, and at kear-
neysville in the afternoon.
A Jet breast-pin, set in gold and with
pearl in the center, WAS lost on Saturday
last on the main street. The finder will
please leave it at this office.
Mr.. r. s. NJ. Hoffman is having curb
stones placed in position along his lot
near the depot, where he proposes to lay
first-class brick pavement.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ce.y Of the Nj. Z. Church South will meet
next Thursday afternoon, March Goth, at
four O'Clock at the parsonage.
Work was begun at the cement mills
below town on Monday last, but the
severe weather prevented Il continuance
of operations until warmer days.
Rev. Henry Baker, formerly resident
of this place, has resigned the pastorate of
the First Lutheran Church ut Altoona,
Pa, on account OF failing health.
The street committee have had number
Of new street crossings made this week.
The cistern at Wei.e's corner was also
given much needed new covering.
1t appears from the proceedings of the
conference of the NJ. f. Church South that
''local preachers" are out Of date. It's
"every man to his trade" nowadays.
Eight acres of timber was sold by Hon.
d. b. Lucas in Shepherdstown on Satur-
day last in lots of one acre each, and
brought an average of s4I.50 per acre.
DAME. B. Lucas, Esq, of Charlestown,
is expected to deliver the address before
the literary societies of Hampden Sydney
College, Virginia, at the commencement
in juno next.
The Sharpsburg Enterprise says that
passenger train oil the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad recently killed two valuable
cows belonging to Mr.. Moses Cox, near
Grimes Station.
The young ladies of the Valley Female
! College, Winchester, Va, attended the
conference at Charlestown OH Saturday
last, under the guidance Of Rev. J. z.
Hyde, the principal.
AS will be seen by advertisement In tflis
| issue, the firm of Licklider & Miller, sad
oilers and harness-makers, has been dis
solved. Mr.. Z. T. Licklider will continue
the business at the old stand.
Hon. John Blair Hoge has returned to
Martinsburg and resumed his law prae-
tice. His friends now speak of bringing
him forward as a candidate for clerk Of
the House of Representatives.
Nathan Golf, of Clarksburg, an uncle Of
Representative Nathan Golf, has been for
sixty years volunteer distributor of the
Bible. He estimates that he has distrib-
uted near twenty-five thousand volumes.
We learn that decree was granted at
the last term Of the Circuit Court for the
sale Of the house and lot of Mrs. Margaret
Z. McKevitt, deceased. Tho property
will be advertised for sale in few weeks.
We received communication from
Shepherdstown this week for The REGIS
TER, but as the writer did not send us his
name we cannot publish it. We cannot
insert articles sent to us unless We know
who is the author.
Special attention of the farmers is di-
rected to the advertisement in this issue
of Frazer & Bishops bone phosphate. Mr..
Towner Schley, who is so well and favor
ably known in connection with their phos-
pilates for some years past, is their general
agent.
The ladies of Montgomery County, Va,
are about to erect a monument in the
public square at Christiansburg, the
county seat, to the Confederate soldiers
from that county. The shaft will be sew
enteen feet high, and made Of Richmond
granite.
Tho Washington Annual Cnnfarenca