Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-09-19
BRIEFS.

The Martnsburg Herald says that while
a young couple from Vanclevesville were
driving home from Shepherdstown last
Saturday evening they encountered, as
first thought, somebody's pet kitten. But
they came home smelling pretty loud.
All the members of the Cleveland and
Hendricks Club of Shepherdstown are
requested to attend the meeting of the
evening, the Goth instant. Business of
special Importance must be transacted.
The price of wheat continues exceed
ingly low. The price offered at Shop
herdstown ranges from rs to 80 cents a
bushel. As it costs the farmer from G5 to
20 cents to raise the wheat, it will be
easily seen they are not getting rich this
year.
The Republicans Of this county did not
nominate ticket ut Charlestown last
Saturday, as was expected. Rumor says
that they will endorse the Democratic
and concentrate their efforts to elect the
men they put on it.
Passengers on the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad report that the mountains in the
ncighborhood of Luray, Va, are on fire.
The view from the cars at night is de-
scr;bed us being beautiful beyond express
eli hnc in hut
section for many months.
The Sunday afternoon meetings of the
Young Mems Christian Association will
he held at their room in the College build
ing instead of in the NJ F.. Church South,
as heretofore. The meeting will be held
ut half-paSt three O'Clock, and the public
is cordially invited to attend.
Among the eXcursionists to Penmar on
Monday was 4 lady, who soon after her
arrival upon the grounds complained of
feeling unwell and repaired to the hos
pital tent, where in a short time she gave
birth to Il fine young boy. The little
mountainecr was promptly christened
"Pcnmar. "-HagerstOlcn odd Fcllow.
Rev. W. F. Roberts "a native of this
county, and for the past two years in
charge of Il congregation at Snow Hill,
Nd has been appointed missionary at
the Hull Street NJ. u. Church, Locust
Point, Baltimore. The Baltimore papers
speak of him as ga young and energetic
man, and forciblc speaker"
A Cleveland and Hendricks Club has
been organized ut kearneysville, with tho
following officers: President, V. G..
Moore; Vice-PresidentS, John Barry,
Thomas Tucker; Secretary, y. +. Hess;
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer, Frank
UomShcr; Marshal, W. +. Thomas; As
sistant Marshal, NJ. L. Miller.
Mrs. G.. w. Moler has kindly been en-
gagged in collecting contributions of
money and other articles for the relief of
the family of Mr.. Grim, the man who was
injured by the powder explosion at Flan-
agan's quarry couple of weeks ago. She
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by the charitable people Of this neighbor
hood.
The Town Council of Charlestown, ut 4
special meeting held Thursday night,
agreed to appropriate the sum of 500 each
to fit out with needful apparatus the two
fire companies of the town. Also to give
the Independent Company the use of the
present engine-housc, and to build for the
Citizens Company an engine-house not to
exceed 800 in cost.
The Solicitor of the Treasury will make
another attempt to sell the lIarpcr's Ferry
property on October 22d next. The limit
at which the property can be sold, as fixed
by the act of Congress, is 100000. The
Treasury people seem to think that the
Baltimore and Ohio Company will event
ually take the property, as no one else
appears to banker after it.
The protracted drought has made water
in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal very
low, and unless there is rain soon naviga-
ton may be seriously impeded. 1t is re-
ported that at some points on the canal
only lightly-loaded boats can pass, and
that near Dam No. G a number of boatmen
have tied up, not caring to drive to Cum
bcrland and go out without full loads.
West Virginia is entitled to six scholar
ships in the Peabody Normal School at
Nashville, two of which are now vacant
one for the State at large and the other
for the Third Congressional District.
Competitive examinations will be held on
the Goth of the present month, one ut
Grafton to fill the vacancy for the State at
large, and the other at Charleston to fill
the vacancy for the Third District.
Jack Terrill, a brakeman on the Shen-
andoah Valley Railroad, was killed in the
freight yard at Milnes, Va, last week. He
was assisting in making up train at that
place and in coupling the cars was struck
by log that projected over the end Of the
car. The blow was so violent rs to break
his neck and to result in instant death.
He was resident of Staunton, Va,
whence his remains We're taken for inter
ment.
GLOW glorious it is to be engaged in
purely intellectual occupation" muir
INJURED 4 Boston maiden, gazing raptur-
ously into the admirilg eyes of country
editor; "your own mental faculties are
tools, and the whole universe for 4 work