Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-09-12
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company with the Norfolk and Western
Railroad and the Roanoke Machine Works,
will make full exhibition of various
railroad articles at the Worlds Fair at
New Orleans.
Ex-Gov. VIM. L. Hamilton and wife
entertained large number of guests at
their home in IIagerstown on Monday
night, the occasion being their silver
wedding or the twenty-ffth anniversary
Of their marriage.
A few years ago Mr.. Jacob Zentmeyer,
of Hagerstown, patented farm gate. He
sold all his right and interest to gentle
man in Philadelphia for 800, and that
gentleman has since made between so, 900
and $25, 600 from the invention.
a couple of weeks ago q large number
of sheep were stolen from Mr.. Porter
field, of Berkeley county. Tuesday VIM.
Casper Redman and Charles +. Trueman,
two cOlored men, were arrested and sent
to Jail, they having confessed the theft.
il quantity of harness, saddles, brides,
&C., were stolen from the stable Of Mr..
Thomas Wysong, below town, on Tuesday
night last. The thief rode to the place on
Il horse, gathered up everything he could
find and escaped without any clue to his
identity.
Mr.. A. r. Unger, Of Morgan county,
! candidate for the State Senate from this
district, was I'm Shepherdstown Il few days
ago getting acquainted with our people.
We found him to be very clever gentle
man, and have no doubt he will represent
us worthily.
| We are indebted to the management of
the Valley Agricultural Association of
Berkeley county for complimentary pass
to the thirteenth annual fair, to be held
az Martinsburg. commencing Tuesday,
September 10th, and ending Friday, Sep
TENDER 10th.
| 1t has been terribly hot in this latitude
| during the past week. On Sunday the
thermometer was 81 degrees in the shade,
and on Monday and Tuesday il stood at
/ %. What makes the heat worse is that
the supply of ice in the town has become
almost entirely exhausted.
The following letters and postalS remain
unclaimed and not called for in the Shep-
herdstown pOstoffice: Miss Cora o. llarte,
w. w. Gold, Miss Maggie Holmes, S. A.
Hoffman, Esq, Miss Sophia A. Stubinger
Miss Cora Trice, Miss Jennie r. Smith,
! Thos. G. Webb, Charles Woody.
Mr.. VIM. Leigh, son of Major William
Leigh, of Falling Waters, Berkeley coun-
", student Of the Academy of Fine
1 Arts in Munich, Bavaria, was one OF three
! American students who received the high
est reward for the best work of the An
tique Glass at all exhibition held August
| 25lh.
! A dispatch from Wheeling, this State,
/ saws: "a most disastrous drouth has been
affecting Eastern Ohio and Western West
Virginia. Crops are perishing, and stock
is being sold at almost any sacrifice for
! lack OF food for them. The Ohio river 1T
| Wheeling is but little over two feet in
/ the channels, ant no boats can run"
! Tuesday evening Il boat Oh the Chcs-
! apcake and Ohio Canal, loaded with lime,
while nearing the aQucduct At Williams
port, was discovered to have water in the
! hold, and before the water could be reach
/ ed the boat bursted and sank crOSsways in
( the canal The boat was owned by VIM.
! III. Beard, of Williamsport, and valued at
$500.
4 Cleveland and Hendricks Club has
been organized at Middleway, this county.
| There are seventy-fve members, with
| Dr. A. Davis, President; John w. Gran
} than, President, and James w.
League, Secretary. The kabletown DEM
ocrats have also organized a club-thc
Kabletown Invincibles-withD ID. Ilefe-
bower President and J. IL. Llngdon Sec
rotary.
Samuel Horn, a fireman on 4 freight
train of the Western Maryland Railroad,
was run over and cut to pieces on Friday
night near Edgemont station. lie had
been sent back to flag an approaching
train, when the accident occurred. His
remains were found Saturday morning
mangled and cut up. They were collected
and placed in box, and afterwards sent
to his home, in Mechanicstown, for burial.
The barn Of Alonzo Berry, situated
about nile from Williamsport, Md, was
struck by lightning Monday afternoon
about o'clock and totally destroyed, to-
gcther with l,200 bushels of wheat, a
large crop Of oats and hay and farming
implements. A very valuable horse was
burnt up in the barn, and the wagon-shed
and work-house, with all the tools. The
wash-house ard corn cribs, together with
several other outbuildingS, were also con-
sumed. The dwelling was on fire, but
suffered no material damage. The loss is
about SC, 900, and there is an insurance Of
So 600 on the property.
Another RaiIroad.-It is now def
nitcly understood that the new Wander
bilt railroad has concluded to make IIa-
gerstown the point of connection with the
Western Maryland Railroad rs the last
link in the connection to Baltimore. This
news will be heard with qualification by
our citizens, as, in addition TO the in