Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01
BRIEFS.

us there arc but four words in the Eli
glish language ending in "dous," viz:
Amphpodous, Hazardous, Stupendous,
Tremendous. Now Mr.. Spirit, tell us
how many words end with "eion."
MIR. Wan. +. Baker, Il native of this
place anu son of Mrs. Mary Baker, who
has been engaged in the dry goods bust
hess at Roanoke, Va, has bought out his
partner, Mr.. Isctt, and will hereafter
conduct the business on his own hook.
The following letters remain unclaimed
and uncalled for at the Shepherd>town
poSt-Ofiice March LIST, 1884: Mr.. S. Black,
Mr.. j. NJ. Cullum, Mr.. Poser l.. Engle,
Davis Sharp or IIadley, Mr.. Joseph Stith,
Mr.. John Sly, +. Keller, Miss Martha
Geary.
Mr.. George f. Evans was confirmed by
the United States Senate last Monday rs
postmaster at Martinsburg, by a vote of
twenty-four to twenty, thus putting al
end to long and bitter struggle. Mr..
Evans will succeed Mr.. j. y. Wisncr, the
present incumbent.
Mr.. Henry Perry, OF Frederick, Md,
recently applied 4 salve to eradicate 4
tumor over his left ear, which had been
troubling him for some time. The salvc
effected its object, but it also cat its way
into an artery, causing such flow of
blood rs to almost cause his death.
The Old Commonwealth newspaper,
which has been published in Harrison
burg, VA, for the last eighteen years, was
sold recently at public sale and purchased
bv the proprictors of the Rockingham
Registe, tor the sum of 81 900. 1t will be
merged into the Register hereafter.
The lIagerstown and Frederick daily
papers are engaged in running down the
carnivals held in the two towns. The
Frederick papers say that llagcrstown's
show was the tail-end of nothing, and the
IIagerstown papers say tho Frederick car
niyal could have been hidden in Il match
box.
We are informed that the recent public
sales of personal property in this county
haye Us general thing brought unprec
edcntcd prices. Horses have been sold
from $50 to 1925, sheep from IS to So,
and so on. Billy Anderson and Dan
Hehebowcr have been blowing their
bazoos to some purpose.
\ special jury was in Shcpherdstown
on Wednesday to view aud appraisc the
property of Mrs. +. ), Shepherd, Oh the
river front, through which the Sheuan-
doah Valley Railroad passes. Mr.. Geo.
NJ. BeltzhOover represents Mrs. shepherd
and Mr.. W. III. Travers the railroad COM
pany. The trial is set for next Tuesday.
Tho Martinsburg Statesman says: The
earliest swarm of bees that we have ever
heard Of was hivcl by Mr.. j. W. Thatcher
OH Wednesday, February 18th. 1t was
on the occasion of Mr.. Thatcher birth
day, which probably had something do
with the phenomenon. We understand
that Mr.. i. has the yemtureaome honey
makers securely housed in his cellar.
In letter written to her parents by
Mrs. ID. ). Orndortf she says that the cy-
clone, Of which we give an account else
where, struck the farm of her husband,
in Floyd county, Georgia, and created
great devastation. The windows and doors
were blown out OF the house, and every
thing that Was not most substantially held
TO the earth was carried oil By the tor
nadO
Rev. Father Thomas j. Wilson, for the
last twelve years pastor OF st. JOsPph's
Roman Catholic Church, Petersburg, is
to bc transferred to lIarper's Ferry. The
report of the transfer has greatly distress
ed his congregation, who are much at
tached TO him. lie has accomplished Il
great work in and around Petersburg, and
his departure will be regretted by people
of all denominations.
Mr.. George McGlincy, the junior auc-
tioneer ho formerly resided here, but
who has lately resided in Parkersburg,
has returned to this section, and is now
stopping with his father-inlaw near
Kearneyeville. Mr.. McGlncy relates
some rough experiences Of the flood in
ParkerSburg. His own dwelling was filled
to the roof with water, aud everything he
possessed was destroyed.
"Can you tell me what sort OF weather
we may expect during next month";"
Al, n, IA,
try paper, and the editor replied as fol-
lows: alt is my belief that the weather
next month will he very like your sub
scriptiOn bill" The farmer wondered
for an hour what the editor was driving
at, when ne happened to think of the word
"unsettlcd." lie sent Il postal note.
The Loudoun, Va, Telephone says: 1t
is rumored that the Water Gap Railroad,
projected from Chhrlestown, w. Va, to
Frederick, Md, is Il humbug of the deep
est dye, gotten up in the interest Of a few
land sharks, whose aim and object is to
secure the right of way through the Blue
Ridge at lIarprr's Ferry and shut out the
Baltimore and Cincinnati or any other
company that may want to go that way.
We have received from Palliser, PalliScr
& Co., architects and publishers OF Stan-
dard works on architecture, Bridgeport,
Conn, Il copy OF "Palliser's Useful De-
tails, :" Invaluable to the builder, mechanic
and all people interested in the building
arts-embracing variety of construc-
tional drawings for all classes OF work
exterior and interior. pertaining to the
erection of buildings of every dcscriptiOn.