Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-07-24
BRIEFS.

Inc CatnollcS OF MartlnSDufS ana
other points along the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad will have a picnic at Is
land Park tomorrow, the 25th.
The thermometer in the door of Mr..
w. Il. Lemen's store OH Tuesday regis
tered los degrees a: three O'Clock. And
it was hanging in the shade, too.
An English physician says a man can
stop fit Of sneezing by crawling down
stairs head first. A shorter and more
complete cure is jumping out of three
story window.
The Town Council of Charlestown has
laid the corporation levy at 80 cents on
each 800 of real and personal property,
capitation tax, $3.50, dogs 81, and gyps
So. The assessor reports for taxation
this year $429, S45 of realty, 1887 1894 of
personality, 275 white males, 40 colored
males, 127 dogs, and gyps.
Our esteemed friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry C. Nicely, will celebrate their
silver wedding at their home in Balti-
more on Friday evening next, July
3lst. Although we may not be able to
accept an invitation to be present, We
wish them at least another twenty-five
years of happy life together.
Rev. c. o. Isaac, of Sharpsburg, will
preach in the Shepherdstown NJ. Z.
Church Sunday at 1870 a. m, and Mr..
McLaren will preach in Mr.. Isaac's pull
pit at the same time. This is the first Of
series of pulpit exchanges which the
pastor is arranging for the summer and
of which due notice will be given.
The Board of Education of Charles
town district has reduced the salaries of
teachers holding No. l certificates from
$50 to $50. The levy for the teachers
fund was fixed at eight cents, and for
the building fund ten cents on the hum
dred dollars. All the school property
in the district was ordered to be insured
for five years.
Tuesday evening John Kalabaugh,
residing near Garfield, Frederick
comfy, Md, was struck by the Blue
Mountain express of the Western Mary
land Railroad near Cavetown and had
one foot torn off and his leg seriously
mangled from the knee down. The ac-
cident occurred while he was hurrying
across the track to hold horse while
the train passed.
Mr.. John w. Grant requests us TO say
that he has been annoyed as long us he
will stand it by persons who abuse the
privilege of getting water from his
pump. He has no objection to persons
using the pump in moderation, but those
who have made themselves nuisance
will be denied the privilege unless they
do better. The pump is private property
and should be used and not abused.
Cyrus Butler, colored, aged 80, was
arrested at Williamsport, Md, Monday
night by officer Lang, for an attempted
assault on the eight-year-old daughter
of VIM. Redmond, colored. He was
committed To the Washington county
Jail for the action of the grand jury in
default of $500 bail. The otfense is al
legged to have been committed on Satur-
day last, and the charge was made by
the girls mother.
1t has been stated upon excellent au-
thority that the cement rock down the
| canal, which Mr.. Samuel Preston has
leased, bids fair to prove 4 bonanza for
! that gentleman. che has been offered, I"
says our authority, "sl6,O0O for Il one
half interest, but does not wish to sell
OH these conditions" Mr.. Preston is a
poor, yet industrious man, and none
could wish him more luck than We
WiHiamSpOrt Transcript.
There having been some dispute as to
which is the longest bridge in the
world, a correspondent was thus an
swered by the Scientific american, one
OF the highest authorities on such mat
tiers: "Parkersburg, w. Va, has the
longest bridge in the world, its length
being 2,l47 meters; (6,97S feet, or a
| fraction over one and one fourth miles, ;
/ but the New York and Brooklyn bridge is
the largest, having the longest span"
At Westminster, Md, on Monday last,
Henry Kuster, an old German, was
struck and instantly killed by the Pen
Mar express train. He was walking
along the track. and it is supposed that
he thought it was the noon train, and
that he could easily get out of the way.
The train was running at the rate OF
fifteen miles an hour, and in stepping
from the track the cylinder of the en-
CINE struck him, throwing him ten feet
in the air, and killing him.
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