Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-08-07

An exchange says that these are oos
lays and cat nights.
Read the advertisement OF barnhar'
3 Osbourn, agents for Ober's fertilizers
IN another column.
Three D. M. small boy taking advan-
race of the green apples; Top. m. green
apples taking advantage Of the small
hoy.
The Rev. James ii. Marsh, of the Bal
<timore Conference, NJ. E. Church, died
nj Middletown, Va, last Thursday al
an advanced age.
The congregation of the Waynesboro'
I,yaI Presbyterian Church have OK
tended call to the Rev. F. ). Brooks
of Clarksburg, W. Va.
The Potomac river was quite high on
Monday and Tuesday, tlfe heavy rams
having swelled it rapidly. A quantity
of DRIFT wood was caught.
LOST.-A black Gordon setter, about
one year old, legs slightly tan eolored'
A reward will be paid to any one re-
turning him to A. 5. DANDRIDGE.
Potomac Building Association No. 2
will offer for sale several shares of stock
next Monday evening in the room I'M
der the REGISTER office at S O'Clock.
A lady residing near Green Spring
Furnace boasts of a baby four months
old which weighs only six pounds
HaqerstOrn Herald. We don't think that
is much to boast of.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany is replacing all its wooden bridges
with iron ones. An order has lately
been made for four new iron bridges for
the Parkersburg division.
DR.. II. D. Small, physician of Ha-
gerslown, died at the residence of his
mother in that place Tuesday, OF con-
sumption, aged about 80 years. He was
q son of the late Peter B. Small.
Major Blunt has had storage shed
mt I'D on the bank of the canal opposite
the Potomac Cement Mill. A derrick
will also be erected, and the loading OF
the cement boat will be facilitated.
The sixth annual excursion Of the
farmers and citizens Of Washington
county, Nd, to the Luray Cave, will be
held on next Thursday, the 18th.
Rouud-trip tickets from Shepherdstown
are S2.25.
Mr.. j. A. Myers, Of the Sharpsburg
district, threshed some days ago from
SO acres of land nearly L. 100 bushels of
wheat, or an average of abou: 20 BUSH
els per acre-a good yield, considering
the condition of the crop.
Mr.. j. Allen Link, near Duffields,
threshed i'm one day with Mr.. Ambrose
Hendricks steam threshing machine
$50 bushels of wheat from 80 acres Of
ground. Mr.. Link used Ober's fertil-
izer in growing the wheat.
Ii is said that hereafter the pay car
will not be run over the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, but that all the employ
ees will be paid with checks distributed
by the local agents. This will effect a
great saving to the company.
The alcohol lamp of Mr.. Charles
BurscheIl, jeweler, exploded on Friday
last. whilst he was doing some soldering
work. and his face was very severely
burned, whilst he narrowly escaped the
aoss of one of his eyes.-Spirit.
About seventy-five teachers attended
the county examination held in Charles
town on Wednesday of last week.
County Superintendent Hess, assisted
by Messrs. Mn. NJ. Deck and Jesse a.
Engle, conducted the examination.
The Falling Waters Steamboat Excur-
sion Company have executed deed oil
trust to d. III. Bowers. This Is the COM
panv which has been managing Potomac
Isle. We understand that the isle will
still be kept up as an excursion point.
While DIR. Williamson was engaged i,
comBounding prescription In his drug
store at Frederick, Md, few days ago
the substaDce exploded. The Doctor
was badly burned and the drug store
completely wrecked. The building took
fire, but the flames were soon eXtin-
guished.
Near Pen Mar, last Saturday, Andrew
Geisman, while standing in his door
watching a storm, was struck by light
ming and instantly killed. At the same
place the electric fluid set house on
fire, but the rain extinguished the
flames before the building was entirely
consumed.
"Babyhood'' for August, filed with
valuable information for mothefs, as it
treats of the care and keeping of chill
dren, has been received from its pub
fishers, in New York. Among its con-
tents are number of well-wri:ten and
instructive articles by authors who
know whereof they write.
The Middleway lodge of Knights
of PytlIias have elected the following
officers for the current term: Jno. S.
Grantham, C. c.; J. B. Watson, V. c.. {:
j. ID. Packet, p, j. L. Smith, NJ. of
II. aud r. of S.; G. VI. u. l.. Smith, M.
E.; VIM. ii. Balm, NJ. A, j. w. Ware,
i. c.; j. B. Gruber, o. g.; and G. A.
Davis, Grand Representative.
Officers Beck and BenRer arrested
Jacob Snively, in HagerstOwn on Mon
day afternoon. on the charge of larceny