Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-09-08
BRIEFS.

the 18th instant.
We are informed that DIR. J. n. Ste
phens, of Kearneysvillc, is lying quite i'll
and not expected to recover.
The Improved Newark, Grain, Seed and
Fertilizer Drill for sale by Janney
Downey, at Martinsburg, w. Va.
The Kcarneysvillc Sunday School pic
nicked ut Island Park OH Saturday last.
A most pleasant day Was spent by both
young and old.
Rev. B. +. Fox, colored, of this place,
has been summoned rs juror OF The
United States district court, which is now
i'm session in Wheeling.
There will be no excursion from Shop
herdstown 10 Mont Alto, as has been talked
of, owing to the fact that it was impossible
to make satisfactory terms.
The dedication of the Mountain View
Cemetery at Sharpsburg will take place
to-day. Saturday, ut p. M, ut when
there will be interesting exercises.
Prof. Joseph McMurran has resigned
the presidency of the Board OF Education
Of Shcpherdstown district. The County
Superintendent will fill the vacancy.
The Braxton Democrat says it does not
want 4 man for Governor who parts his
name i'm the middle. This Squelches l..
BOYD Faulkner and +. Willis Wilson.
The Potomac River is very low at the
present writing, ard the water is As clear
As crystal. Some good strings of bass
have been hooked lately by our spOrtsmen.
Instead of the regular services in the
Lutheran Church Sunday evening meet
ing Of the American Bible Society will he
held. to which the public is cordially i'll
vited.
A good rain is very much needed ut the
present time. The ground is very hard,
and some of the farmers have been
obliged to stop blowing until 4 rain shall
soften the earth.
The lawn party held last week by the
ladies of the NJ. f.. Church South was
both pleasant and pecuniarily successful.
About nnety-fivc dollars, clear Of all
expenses, was realized.
The date of the Lutheran reunion All
nounced to be held on the Seminary
Campus. i'm Haeerstown, on the llth of
September, has been postponed to we'd
nes,lay, September 18th.
Ii is said that beautiful flowers can be
kept fresh by mixing Il little carbonate OF
soda with the water in which the flowers
are placed. Common saltpetre is likewise
used for the same purpose.
Mrs. Margaret L. Horton and Miss Eu-
genie Laskcy, amateur artists of Washing
ton City, are stopping at llarper's Ferry
sketching and painting some Of the beau
tiful mountain and river views there.
The new postal notes were placed III
the post office here on Monday, but there
is not very great demand for them. Two
notes were called for the first day, and
ONLY about half dozen have been used so
far.
The oity people who have been sojourn-
inc in the country during the summer
months are rapidly taking their home
ward flight. Last Tuesday about twenty
persons left this place for their homes in
the city.
Rev. Givens 3. Strickler, ID. d., of At
lanta, Ca, has been elected profeSso: In
Union Theological Seminary, Va. Our
soldier BOYS will remember him us Capt.
Strickler, of Company | of the Fourth
Virginia Infantry.
One of the friends of THE REGISTER
living at Kabletown, in RENTING his sub
scription, says: "THE REGISTER is always
welcome visitor and highly appreciated;
long may it prosper" And long may
you wave, friend {.
The managers picked out the right sort
of day for the Masonic reunion at Island
Park on Wednesday. The weather was
pleasant, and there was good sized
crowd on hand. A fair delegation went
from Shephcrdstown and vicinity.
The shipments on the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal for August were the heaviest
of the year. During the month SCI boats,
carrying SO, go tons of coal left Cumbcr-
land. This is large increase over the
corresponding month of last year. The
revenue was about $50 200.
A correspondent of the Hartford Times
describes the natural advantages of Har-
per's Ferry for manufacturing purposes.
1t possesses q great water-power, is rail-
way center, is near the great coal and
iron mines, and offers extra inducements
in the way Of n cheap living.
Mr.. James ii. Smith, residing on Tusca-
rora, Berkeley county, bought farm of
l6O acres in Kansas for 81 600, from 20
acres of which he raised this year 2,l73
bushels of wheat or 81 bushels per acre.
He sold his share for $500, which is 80
per cent on the cost of the farm.
Rev. j. NJ. Z. Atkinson, ID. D., late
president of Hampdcn Sidney College,
Va, died last week ut his residence OH
College Hill. He resigned the presidency
Of the college some months ago, and Rev.
Richard McIlwaine, ID. D., of Petersburg,
Va, was elected to fill the vacancy.
'rIa sIEtchorD of the Martin sburo Tu1e-
pendent gives lengthy notice of our
friend, Mr.. w. l.. Jones, the leading jew
nlnr of Mnrtin shurn Mr. Jones ccrtainlY