Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-10-06
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.
We have never filled the columns of
The REGISTER with duns TO Our subscribe
ers, nor do we wish ever to nave to do so.
But we take the opportunity this week to
request all who are indebted TO uS for
subscriptions, advertisements or job work
To make settlement during the coming
month. Those OF our subscribers who
pay during this month will DO placed on
the advance-paying list. With the first
of November we begin our New Year,
and we have obligations which we must
meet with money. We have Il great many
unpaid subscriptions as yet, us well rs
bills for advertising, &C., and that these
be promptly paid is what we ask. We
hope that we will not have to publish this
notice in vain.
Press AssOciatiOn.-Thc annual
mccting of the West Virginia Press As
sociation will he held in Parkersburg
Tuesday and "Wednesday, October 23d and
2Ith. On Thursday, the 10th, the assoc
citation will leave on the Il. & O. for Pied
mont, from whence an excursion will be
made TO the Eik Garden coal regions, and
the following day will start for New
York, via Pitisburg and Philadelphia,
anu return via Baltimore and Washington.
We are mighty sorry we cannot partici-
pate in the pleasures that we are sure are
in store.
Patent ssrnnted.-Mr. Richard T..
Andrew, Of ShcpherdStown, has been
granted patent For 4 frc-cscapc, and he
received the papers last week. The fire
escape is certainly 81 good thing" and is
80 pronounced by those who hove cXarn-
iucd it. The escape is an iron ladder,
which is wound around Il reel that is
placed under the caves or cornicc of the
building inside the wall, and works in Il
simple and ingenious manner. 1t can be
lowered or raised by the pressing of but
ton, and as it is of iron is not only strong
and safe but indestructiLlc. Mr. Andrew
has Il great amount of inventive talent,
which we hope will prove of substantial
benefit to him.
There is law in our State that Compels
all hotels of more than two stories 20 be
furnished with Horoscopes, and proprie-
4. l,.-
ing items from the last CharleStown pa
perS:
From the Spirits
Henry johnson, colcred, was arrested
by Deputy L. ). Marshal Slower last Tues
day, and taken to Clarksburg, on charge
of violation of the internal revenue laws.
Past Grand V. NJ. Firor has been chosen
Representative of Widely Lodge, of this
place, to the Grand Lodge of West Vir-
ginia, l. O. O. F., which will meet in
Wheeling, on the 23d instant.
The pocket-bOOk of one of our business
men, containing about 800, was found,
one day last week, by Mr.. George DOoley,
and restored 10 the owner, who was fOrtu-
nate that it fell into honest hands.
McssrS. Il. 5. LeiScnrimg, Geo. Kelsey
and VIM. II. Brown have put up Il private
telegraph line connecting the post-ofilce,
Major Kcarslcy's store and the store of Mr..
Brown with the Shenandoah Valley depot.
Mr.. Daniel l.. Bedinger, who spent the
summer here OH Il visit to his uncle, Hon.
Daniel B. Lucas, has been elected princi-
pal of the Clarksburg High School, at
Clarksburg, w. Va, and has entered upon
the duties of this responsible position.
From the Free Press:
Mr.. Rein Shugart was taken suddenly
i'll at his home in this place on Sunday
morning and died Tuesday afternoon, in
the Gath year of his age. He has been in
declining health the past year and his de-
misc will not DC surprise to his friends.
Mr.. ShugaIt was one Of our best citizens,
substantial man, of irreproachable char
acter and highly regarded by every one
whose esteem was worth having. For
many years he has been 4 consistent mem
Der of the NJ. L. Church South, all official
member frequently representing the con-
gregation in the church courts. lie leaves
three daughters and seven sons to revere
the name OF an aaectionate and indulgent
fatl,ar