Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-12-05

slaughtered Il hog Oh MONDAY that cleared
537 pounds.
Tuesday marked quarter of century
since the hanging of John Brown, ir
Charlestown, w. Va.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad has
issued handsomely gotten up illustrated
circular of their route to the Worlds In
dustrial Exposition at New Orleans.
Trussell il Hess will give in trade AZ
cents bushel for corn and 40 cents bushel
for good large size potatoes. They have
Apples, Sweet Potatoes, Mince Meat,
Buckwheat, aud all kinds reasonable
goods at low prices.
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Beltzhoover, commissioner,
will sell the Unseld property in Shep-
herdstown, consisting of several houses,
and property in Bolivar, consisting of
number of vacant lots, at public sale. See
advertisement in another column.
Don't forget the entertainments for the
benefit of the new town hall next week.
Friday evening the comedy Cali that
gltters is not gold," will be produced,
and Saturday evening the novel aud beau
tiful "Mother Goose entertainment.
Both performances Will be held in the
College Hall.
Some very large hogs have beeu killed
in Shepherdstown this season, and there
are still some back counties to hear from.
Among those we have heard Of, Mr. Jos.
NJ. Stonebraker killed one that weighed
45l pounds. Mrs. Lee two which weighed
352 and 3. Mat Toliver killed one that
weighed 1901. pounds.
Alonzo Moore, Of Cumberland, Pa, put
OH an old pair of summer trousers and
found the right pocket unusually heavy.
lie put in his hand and drew out black
snake three feet long. Ladies who are in
the habit Of going through their husbands
pockets whenever they get chance
should make 4 note Of this.
by the latest schedule on the Shensn-
doah Valley Railroad we who dwell along
its line do not get the Philadelphia and
New York papers and letters until the
day after they are mailed, instead Of the
same day, is formerly. This is little
hard OH us, but we can stand it IL the New
Workers and Philadclphians can.
The Lutheran Sunday School will have
their Christmas entertainment this gear
on Christmas night, December %, at six
o'clock. The Reformed Sunday School
will have their entertainment Wednesday
evening. The Episcopal Sunday School
will have their ENTERTAINMENT in the
church OIL the same afternoon ut five
O'Clock.
A reduction of one hour in time per day
and ten per cent in wages has been made
among the employees Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company at Mt. Clare
and the other machine shops or the main
line and branches. This includes all the
various departments, except the bridge
department. The order went into effect
on Monday.
Editors and publishers of this State de-
string TO attend the Press Association
meeting at Martinsburg on the 10th of
December, and coming over the Baltimore
and Ohio, will apply for transportation to
j. G.. Pangborn, Assistant u. L. A., Bal
timOre, and send their application to l..
W. Morris, President Press Association,
Huntsville, w. Va, for endorsement.
The Gas and Water Co. recently erected
Il stationary iron tank, with Il capacity of
about 5000 gallons, ut the gas works, and
last week received b. the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad tank Of gasoline. Mr..
John ii. Bishop laid surface pipe of
twenty-one hundred or more feet from
the works TO the depot, and connecting
the two tanks, the gasoline WAS conveyed
to the tank ut the works in few hours,
without further trOublc.-SpirH.
While one of the heavy rliters which
are used in the construction of the new
Methodist Church at IIagerstown was
being raised into position Saturday MORN
ing, the guy rope attached to the derrick
became ioosehed, and the raftcr fell
against the west wall of the church, caus-
ing the top Of the wall to fall upon the
chapel, which is Immediately in the rear
of the church. The debris crushed through
the roof and flooring of the chapel, danl-
aging it considerably. The loss is about
81 900, and the accident will delay the
work on the church for some time. Sew
eral workmcn made narrow escapes.
There has been some gossip recently Of
an arrangement between the Baltimore
and Ohio and the Western Maryland Rail-
ROADS whereby the former can reach New
York by using the Western Maryland
tracks from lIagerstown to EdgemOnt;
thence over the Baltimore and Cumbcr-
land Valley to Shippensburg, Pa, from
which point, by building six-mile gap,
connection can be made with the new
South Pennsylvania to Harrisburg, and
from that point making the run over the
Philadelphia aud Reading and the Bound
Brook line into New York. The matter
has as yet assumed no definite shape.
The lightning Train Of the
WorId.-The express train which passes
through Shepherdstown ut midnight over
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, from
New York TO New Orleans, accomplishes
the distance between the cities named
400 miles-in exactly forty-nine hours,
making all stops, being an average of
twenty-eight and four-seventh miles per
hour. This is claimed TO be the quickest