Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-04-12
Normal School Apportionmcnt mt.


Normal School Apportfonment.
Under the apportionment lately made
by the Board of Regents, Jefferson cou n
tv is entitled to fifteen normal pupils,
Berkeley seventeen and Morgan five.
Sections 8 and of tile "Rules and Rcgu-
lations" heretofore made by the regents
are amended so rs to read as follows:
"5th. Applications for appointment to
the normal department Of the State nor
nal schools shall be made 10 the superin-
tendent of free schools Of the county in
which the applicant resides; and said SUI
perintendent shall select such number rs
may be entitled to the privileges of the nor
nal schools in his county in the foregoing
apportionment, subject to the approval Of
the State Superintendent of Free Schools.
seth. When any county shall have
failed to make application on or before the
irst day of any yearly session Of the State
Normal School, or any branch thereof,
for the full quota of pupils assigned to it,
in the last apportionment Of the Board Of
! Regents, the principal Of any of the said
schools may then, or any time during the
year while said failure continues, fill up
the deficiency by admitting any duly GER
titled applicant from the State ut large,
with the privilege of attending during the
school year in which he or she has been
admitted, subject to the approval of the
State Superintendent: Provided, That no
county shall have in its combined repre-
sentation at oil of said schools, ut any ono
time, more appointments than are pre-
scribed by this apportionmcnt."
County News.--We clip the follow
ing items from the last Charlestown pa
pers:
From the Spirit:
Mr.. L. X. Ludwig, late Shenandoah
Valley Railroad agent at this place, has
been appointed train dispatcher, with
Headquarters at Mines, and Mr.. j. NJ.
Pendleton succeeds Mr.. Ludwig as agent
here.
An unoccupied building belonging to
Joseph Trapnell, Esq, was destroyed by
ire shortly after midnight Saturday
night. Loss about $3.50; insured in the
Continental, Washington 6 Alexander
agents, for 500.
Mr.. S. II. Markle, Of the neighborhood
of Middleway, had difficulty with Mr.
VIM II. Moore, in tho saloon OF the latter
in this place, on Wednesday afternoon
last, in which Mr.. Moore was painfully
shot by the former in the right arm. Mar
kle was held to bail by Justice Burnett to
appear before the next grand jury.
Mr.. r. A. Alexander, the efficient as
SCISSOR of our district, called upon us last
Thursday and listed our property for tax
alton for the current year. Whilst there
NAV be a scramble for other offices, we
have as yet heard Of no opposition to
Messrs. Alexander and Trail and "Uncle
Tom" Moore, and we imagine there will
be none, as it would be uphill work to
beat them.
One of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad
engines, OIL Monday of last week, set fire
to the grass in 4 field of Mr.. B. F. Ramey,
and the blaze ran nearly to Mr.. Ramey's
house before he, with the aid OF neigh
bors, could get it extinguished. Fires,
from the same cause, also occurred last
week on the lands of ii. B. Davenport,
Esq, Col. John Il. Gibson and others
along the same railroad.
Joseph Trapnell, Esq, has purchased
of Mr.. Henry Bitner the eligible two-acrc
lot known as the Carter House garden,
and occupying the entire square lying
between George and Samuel streets and
south of the Academy alley, for the sum
Of 1000. We have heard various sur
misses i'm connection with this purchase OF
something to be developed to the decided
advantage of the town, but Mr.. Trapnell
has not as vet made the object Of the pur-
chase public.
The valuable "Head-Spring" Mill Of
Messrs. Feagans & Haines, on the Bull
skin run, near the Jefferson Wooden Mill
of Messrs. j. J. Jobe & Co., was destroyed
by fire on Thursday night last, together
with several thousand bushels of wheat
and other stock. Loss probably from
$1,000 to 5000, upon which there is an
insurance of 5000. we understand, in
the Loudoun Mutual. The gentlemanly
and esteemed proprietors have the uni
yersal sympathy Of the community in