Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-01-20
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pupils enrolled. Shspfierd College hoids
its own.
1t is said TO be dangerous experiment
to try to raise family without goou
newspaper.
John G.. Shirley, of this county, Is the
engrossi,s clerk of the House of Delegates
of dis State.
\ disease called the "black measles is
prevailing ut Hancock, Md, and several
deaths have occurred.
VIM. Chaney, of Hagerstown, was kick
ed in the face by mule last week ana
seriously injured.
Rev. Mr.. Sherrird. Of Berryville, Va,
preached in the Presby terrain Church on
Sunday morning last.
The Page Nsrs has been enlarged from
"A six 10 a seven column paper, and much
improved in appearance.
\ oeolos cal survey of this State Will
be made during the coming summer under
the direc lu Of the government.
Bslloting in the Legislature Of this State
for United States Senator will commence
OH Tuesday next, the 22d lust.
The ministers OF the Reformed Church
OF WIshil gton County will hold con-
vrniion 1T SharpsGurg on the 10Th lhst'
Mr.. Charles Il. Hardesty shipped car
Load of cattl. from Summit Point last
week which averaged / ,5l5 pounds each.
Hartesty's history of the State is now
being delivered in Berkeley County, and
tie history of Jefferson County will soon
be ready.
The United States Treasurer has ordered
the coinage Of Il new five cent nickel
piere, laroer and thinner than the one
now in use.
The river has been frozen over the last
week, and nearly all the ice-houses have
been filled. The ice was sufficiently strong
TO furnish skating.
We call attention to the advertisements
of the Baltimore Daily and Weekly Sun in
this issue. The Sun is reliable and ell
ergetic newspaper.
Madam Rumor says that several more
Of the lads and la>sies OF The Shepherd
College alumni will ere long enter into
the cOnnubial state.
Charles;own is agitating the question of
a permanent water supply. 1t is proposed
to issue Londs 10 the amount OF $lO,OUo 10
raise the necessary funds.
Six converts to the Free Will Baptist
Church were baptized in the river ut Vii
Transport last Sunday, although the Their
momet.r WAS down 10 zero.
The man who sits down OH the icy pave
ments 50 hard that his gum shoes fly TWEEN
" feet in the air generally wishes that
the streets were laid in ashes.
Mr. Charles W. Adams, Of Sharpsburg,
ex-tax collector, has associated himself
| with Messrs. j. w. Stonebraker & Co. in
! the manufacture Of fertilizers.
Henry Hale, an employee in Fits
spoke works in Martins burg. had the Sec
ond and third fingers of his right hand
taken off by circular saw recently.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Young Mems Christian Association will
be held in their room on Thursday next,
the 18th of January, 1T $50 o'clock.
The man who captured Cumberland re-
Gently turned up near Connellsville, Pa,
the other day and apologizcd to Conductor
Driscoll for his conduct OH the train.
The slippery sides of our pavemcnts
have been uppermo,t during tue week,
and it required skillful balancing to keep
the center of gravity in proper position.
Judge A. +. Raymond, who recently
resigned the chief judgeShip of the Court
of Appeals of this State, is the latest adj
| dlijon TO the list OF Senatorial candidates.
The Shepherlstown Manufacturing
Company placed in their machine shop
this week an immense iron planer. They
are equippinS the building with first-claSs
machinery.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Of
the NJ. f. Church South will be held next
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Mr..
David llout's.
Rev. Mr.. Lcinbach, of delaware, preach
ed in The Reformed Church on Sunday
morning and evening last. We learn that
the congregation have invited him 10 be-
come their pastor.
The Hagerstown Herald and Torch has
been sold to Mr.. James g. Mcdowell, for
many years an employee in the Govern
ment Printing Office. We wish him
abundant success.
We wish persons throughout the county
would send us regularly the news each
week of their localities. No long commu-
ncationS, but short, plain statements of
the happenings.
The Page Courier of Luray, Va, reports
that an expert who has been prospecting
! on the Blue Ridge, in that neighborhood,
has found good indications of silver, cop
per and gold.
The january LaGies' Floral Cabinet
New York; opens its twelfth year with
many things TO please lady readers, espe-
cally those who cultivate flowers in doors
or il the garden.
The contract for State printing for the
ensuing year has been awarded to the
Clarksburg Ne,cS. w. j. c. Dulany &
Co., of Baltimore, the present contractors,