Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-03-06
BRIEFs.
The ides Of March are come.

Shspherdstown sent pretty good
sized delegation to Washington to see
the Inauguration.
In MARYLAND last week a man walked
six miles to pay his subscription to
paper. A remarkably good example.
We are under obligations to our friend
John Hawkins, of Newberry, s. c., for
some interesting English newspapers.
4 Mr.. John F. Keller, Of Shepherds
town, has been granted a patent for an
Improvement In the mechanism Of his
grain drill.
The Washington Conference Of the
A. NJ. Z. Church met In Washington on
fyrhursday, the 9th instant, with Bishop
wylie presiding.
Mr.. Thomas X. Starry of Charlestown
was stricken last Saturday with some
thing in the nature Of partial paralysis,
3 producing blindness.
Mr.. Ellsworth r. Hill, near town,
shot and killed a hawk a few days ago
that measured five feet and four inches
from tip to tip of wings.
The new steam fre-engine purchased
by the corporation Of Shepherdstown
from the Silsby Company arrived here
On Thursday morning.
1t is said that the young men of
Sharpsburg do not need dash boards to
their sleighs. They just put up their
feet, which answer the purpos1 admira-
bly,.
State Senator j. S. Melvin had his
pocket picked Of his pocket-book, con-
tanning 500, his railroad ticket and some
papers, while coming home from Wheel
ing last Saturday.
The Baltimore Conference Of the NJ.
E. Church began ito annual session yes
terday at the Eutsw street church, Bal
timore. Bishop Randolph ). Foster, Of
Boston, presides.
Mr.. Geo. w. Hammond, living near
Kearneysville, was paralyzed on Tues
day last, and we regret to learn is lying
In Il precarious condition. His whole
right side was affected.
Vice-President Hendricks passed
through Martinsburg last Friday on his
way 10 Washington. A large crowd Of
persons ass embled at the depot TO see
him, to whom he made short speech.
Mr. Albert Il. Hill had his sheep fold
raided by dogs last Saturday night,
causing considerable damage to his flock.
He succeeded i'm killing one of the dogs
and one dog got away unhurt. Farmers,
look out for sheep dogs.
If our paper is not as newsy this week
as usual we hope our readers will make
allowance tor us, as we attenled the in-
auguration at Washington, and were
necessarily absenta couple of days. The
"devil" had charge Of the office.
The Spirit says that gentleman of
= uamden, N. j., is negotiating with
Messrs Musselman & Son for the pur-
chase Of their property in Charlestown,
for the purpose of establishing a plan
ing mill and sash factory there.
Ats meeting of the State Board Of
Health, i'm Wheeling, last week, DR..
Reeves resigned the position of Secre-
tary, on account of i'll health, and DR..
Il. \. Harris was chosen in his stead.
DR.. Z. Il. Richardson, of Charlestown,
was elected President.
In a skating rink at Winchester, Va,
last Saturday night, Miss Lizzie Forhey,
aged IS years, who had been skating
for some time, stopped to have her
skates frightened by gentleman friend,
when she sank TO the floor and died in
a few moments. Physicians pronounced
heart disease the cause Of her death.
The many friends in this neighbor-
hood of Rev. j. s. Lefeyre, assistant at
DIR. Leyburn's Associate Reformed
Church, Baltimore, will regret to learn
that his health is not very good. He
has been granted leave of absence for
two months, and has gone to Thomas
ton, Georgia, where he will endeavor to
recuperate.
The courts have decided that "no
boundary fences can be made of barbed
wire without the consent of the parties
owning the adjacent land, and any
man who puts up barbed wire fence
along the highway renders himself liza
BILE for all injuries resulting u stock
passing along said highway. Farmers
will 90 well TO make note of this.
Baltimore Conference of the NJ. E.
Church South will meet at Salem, Va,
on March llth. Bishop Parker will pre-
side for the first time over this confer
ence. 1t embraces two hundred minis
tiers and four laymen from each OF the
districts. In territory the conference
includes the greater part OF Maryland,
the Valley of Virginia and part Of
West Virginia.
In the case of George +. Winters, in
dicted for the murder Of Albert Fahr-
ney, in Hagerstown, in October last, the
jury, after being out thirty one hours,
found verdict of guilty of manslaugh-
fer with letter 10 the court, signed by
the jurors, asking the imposition OF as
light a sentence as the law would per-
nit. He was sentenced to three years
in the penitentiary.
Last Saturday was the date fixed for
the sale Of the bonds Of the Corporation