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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
Witchcraft in Georgia.

A curious case Of witchery comes
from a suburban county in Georgia.
An old negro woman who has been
gaining livelihood by digging herbs
in the mountains, asked for bread Of
another negro woman named Clements,
who lives alone with her children.
The Clements woman refused to give
the beggar anything to eat, whereupon
the root digger pronounced curse
upon the house and inmates. She re-
turned few hours later and told the
Clements woman to prepare to die, as
she would not live until morning. The
Clements woman started to pick up Il
stone to throw at the beggar, when she
was seized with terrible pains in the
back and side. She crawled to the
house, where she died in cohvulsions.
Poison was suspected, but medical
examination failed to reveal the exis-
tence Of any poison, either vegetable or
mineral. The Clements woman had three
children, all of whom are now i'll, and
it is thought may die. Over the door
of the negro cabin was found conjure
ball, consisting of red rags, hairs from a
black cog s tail, and crooked pins. The
negroes in the neighborhood are conf
dent that the woman was bewitched,
and threaten the life of the old root
digger, who defies them all.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
Proclamation.

President Cleveland issued the fol-
lowing Thanksgiving Proclamation on
Monday:
By the President ofthe United States Of
America. "A Proclamation.-The Amer
lean people have always abundant cause
to be thankful to Almighty God, whose
watclful care and guiding hand have
been manifest in every stage of the ma
tional existence, guarding them in time
of peril, and safely leading them in the
hour of darkness and of danger.
1t is fitting and proper that nation
thus favored should on one day in every
year, for that purpose especially APP
pointed, publicly acknowledge the good
ness of God, and return thanks to Him
for all His gracious gifts.
Therefore /, Grover Cleveland, Pres
ident of the United States of America,
do hereby designate and set apart Thurs
day, the twenty-sixth day of November
instant, as day of public Thanksgiving
and prayer, and do invoke the observ-
ance of the same by all the people of
the land.
On that day let all secular business be
suspended, and let the people assemble
in their usual places of worship, and,
with prayer and songs of praise, devout-
ly testify their gratitude to the Giver of
every good and perfect gift for all that
He has done for us in the year that has
passed; for our preservation as united
nation, and for our deliverance from the
shock and danger of political convul-
sion; for the blessings of peace, and for
our safety and quiet while wars and ru-
mors of wars have agitated and afflicted
other nations of the earth; for our Sc
curity against the scourge of pestilence,
which in other lands has claimed its
dead by thousands and filled the streets
with mourners; for plenteous crops,
which reward the labor of our husband
man and increase our nations wealth,
and for the contentment throughout our
borders which follows In the train Of
prosperity and abundance.
And let there also be on the day thus
set apart reunion Of families, sanctiied
aud chastened by tender memories and
associations, and let the social inter-
course of friends with pleasant remin-
iscence renew the ties of affection and
strengthen the bonds of kindly feeling.
And let US by no means forget while
we give thanks and enjoy the comforts
which have crowned our lives that truly
grateful hearts are inclined to deeds Of
charity. and that kind and thoughtful
remembrance OF the poor will double
the pleasures of our condition and rem
der our praise and thanksgiving more
acceptable in the sight of the Lord.
Done at the city of Washington this
second day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-five, and Of
the independence of the United States
the one hundred and tenth.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
The Mayor was Acquitted.

The city council of Wheeling, w. Va,
has adopted report of an investigating
committee declaring false the charges
of drunkenness, immortality and unlaw-
full conduct, brought by Chief of Police
Smith against Jacob w. Grub, mayor
of the city. This action was the occasion
of large popular demonstration Satur-
day night in honor of the mayor. At
half-past 10 a crowd of 1000 persons
formed in procession in front of the In
teligencer office, and headed by two brass
bands and accompanied by lavish dis
play Of colored fires, it marched 70 the
residence of the mayor. Mr.. Grub ap-
peared, in response to loud calls, and
was greeted with repeated cheers. The
crowd then picked him up and carried
him on their shoulders to the Academy
of Music, where Mrs. Grubb and several
lady friends had preceded them. a
mass-meetlng was held, at which con-
gratulatory addresses were made by sew
eral local orators. The festivities were
kept up until midnight, when the pro-
cession reformed and carried the mayor
back to his residence, where, after again
cheering him, the crowd dispersed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06

A correspondent of the San Francisco
Examiner writes from Lake View, Ore
gon: GA wonderful fish is becoming
numerous i'm Goose Lake. 1t has the
power to fill itself with air until it be .
comes like round ball. Of evenings
about shutdown they may be seen play
ing on the surface of the water. They
will swell up by taking in the air, and
the wind will blow them over the lake.
They reflect all the colors of the rain
bow, and when sporting over the lake
are grsnd sight. A hunter several
weeks ago saw crane swallow one of
these fish when i'm its normal condition,
but before the crane got more than fifty
feet up above the lake, the fish had taken
in enough air to explode the crane,
which, at the sound of a report like that
of gun, flew all to atoms, and the fish
came down lightly on the water, and no
worse off for its short ride in the air.
The fish is great curiosity, never hav-
ing been found, 1 believe, in other
waters" The last statement is anthem
tic.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
A CLEAN SWEEP.
Carry New York and
Virginia by Isig MajOrities.

Elections were held in eleven States
last Tuesday, but there were only two
States i'm which national interest was
conferred and where the result seemed
loubtful-Virginia and New York.
The Democrats carried both States by
large majorities. In Virginia the fight
was for Democratic Governor and
Democratic Legislature and against ev-
erything that savored of Mahoneism.
The result shows a complete and sweep
ing victory for the Democrats. Fitz-
hugh Lee is elected Governor over John
S. Wise by 20, 900 majority, while the
Legislature, on joint ballot, is Demo-
cratic by majority Of from 20 to 30
thus insuring a Democrat as a sue
cessOr to Malone in the United States
Senate.
In New York the Democrats have cleo
ted their State ticket by 1000 majority,
Hill and Jones being elected over Dav-
export and Carr for Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor. The Democratic gains
were in many counties much larger
than looked for. The prohibition can
didate received about 10000 votes.
Maryland elected the Democratic State
ticket by majority of about 10000.
The other States in which elections
were held voted as usual, comparatively
little interest being manifested. The
Republicans elected their State ticket
in Pennsylvania and made clean
sweep in Philadelphia.
In Washington county, Md, the fol-
lowing persons have been elected:
Democrats Stonebraker, Flory and
Armstrong, for House of Delegates;
Ankeny, for Commissioner; Oswald, for
clerk of court; billiard, for register of
wills, Downin, for county surveyor.
The Republicans elected Cost for Sher-
if; Stonebraker, Kemp, Spickler and
Cable, for Commissioners; Stake, for
House of Delegates. The turnpike law
was defeated.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06


WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 8, 1885.
Editors Register.-Quite an earnest
correspondence has taken place within
a few days between DR.. James G. We'll
ling. President of the Columbian Uniyer-
sity, and young colored man, named
Hart, who has been making an effort to
get into the University Law School,
notwithstanding rule adopted by the
authorities OF the same against the adj
mission of colored persons. Mr.. Harris
effusion is very lengthy and very learn
ed, quoting Shakespeare, Italian and
Latin. DIR. yelling replies in effect
that Congress having voted liberal sums
of money to sustain professorshfps in
the Howard (colOred) University, that
institution is the place to which MIR.
Hart should attach himself, more espe-
cially as the Columbian University gets
no help from Congress but is taxed for
its library and other property without
mercy. Hart rejoins Unexpectedly and
talks generally in threatening mood.
In late statement by Senator Cor
man, he explains the tardiness of the
President in making appointments by
the Instructions of the Civil Service
Law. Doubtless that law was enacted
for the very purpose Of obstruction III
case the Democrats should get into pow
err, but it so happens that the District
officers are not subject to that law, yet
the President has not appointed a single
officer here except to fill vacancy. The
Senator's reasons are not, therefore, en-
tirely satisfactory.
The newspapers do not fail to note the
contrast In some important respects be-
tween the speeches of Messrs. Sherman
and Foraker in Virginia, anG what they
spoke in Ohio.
1t is confidently said that Gen. Farms
worth is to be appointed Marshal of the
District of Columbia.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad, be-
tween Montreal and Port Moody, on the
Pacific Qength exceeding 5000 miles),
will be open throughout during the
present week. The work is said to be of
the best. Another bridge across the st.
Lawrence at Montreal is in contempla-
ton.
In we'll written proclamation the
President has appointed Thursday, No
vember Goth, as Thanksgiving Day.
He has reappointed ex-Civil Service
Commissioner Eaton for short period.
This is probably caused by the decease
of General Mcclellan, to whom it was
his intention to offer place in the Civil
Service Board.
Mr.. Sturgeon, the English evangel-
list, whilst speaking kindly Of the En-
glish established church, regarded its
disestablishment with favor, believing
State Churches to be unscriptural. He
considers the removal of the church sys-
tenn in England question OF time only,
and that not very distant.
The President yesterday left for Buff
falo at Z in the morning, by the Balti-
more and Potomac Railroad, in Pull
man car. He arrived there little after
midnight, accompanied by his friend
and former partner, Mr.. Bissell. 1t is
said that his intention was to vote and
return directly back to Washington.
Col. Lamont, the Presidents secretary,
left for Albany last night.
Yours, &C., JAD1s.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
Saving His Life.

The town of Peninsula, near Akron,
Ohio, was thrown into excitement. on
Tuesday, caused by the desperate effort
to keep life in the body of Anton Pfaus,
a German, forty years Of age. A little
boy, the son of Pfaus, was sent to drug
store for quinine, but the clerk By mis-
take gave him morphine. Pfaus' took
nearly five grains Of the deadly drug,
and soon after became violently sick
At last the neighbors were aroused, and
a desperate effort made to keep breath
in the sick man. Physicians attempted
to make him vomit, but his stomach re-
fused to give up its contents. The night
was spent in agony.
When the physicians arrived Pfaus
was being run up and down half mile
stretch as fast as two attendants could
drag him along. Every man, woman
and child of the town was upon the
streets, business was suspended, and the
course had the appearance of foot race
being held. AS soon as two men had
covered the course, two other men took
up the subject and trotted him to the
other end of the track. Fully one hum
dred men engaged in this exercise, which
was kept up for ten hours, when Pfaus
began to show slight signs of conscious
ness. Electric batteries were applied in
a vigorous manner, and occasionally
while making a run the sick man was
set upon his head and held in that posi-
ton for some time, then, falling into
the hands Of more excitable men, he was
rolled about on the ground and pounded
till his flesh was badly bruised. AT last
he began to utter sounds, and the first
words spoken were challenge to fight
the crowd, but his faithful friends hus-
tied his limp body over the street until
respiration was quite easy, when he was
taken from the street to his house, hay-
ing run many miles.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
General McClellan's Death.

General George B. Mcclellan died
suddenly about three o'clock last Thurs
day morning. He had been afflicted
with neuralgia for some time. When
the disease reached the heart the gallant
soldier soon succumbed. About six
weeks ago he returned to his pleasant
home, st. Cloud, Orange Mountain,
New Jersey, from his extended trip
through the West. He did not feel well,
and at once placed himself under his
physician care. TIE first part of last
week he appeared to be much better,
and was in very cheerful spirits, looking
forward with pleasure to reception
which was to have been held at his
beautiful home Thursday evening.
Wednesday afternoon the General COM
planned of acute pains in the left side,
which at times prevented him from
breathing. He retired early after visit
from his physician, and about 10 O'Clock
he became much worse. The family
were quickly summoned. a messenger
was despatched for a physician. The
General was conscious, but every few
moments would suffer severe paroxysm
of pain about the heart. The physician
could do nothing to relieve him. He
was seated in his chair when the end
came. The General held the hands of
his wife and daughter as he breathed
his last. The news of General McClel-
lan's death causes regret throughout the
land, for he was honored and respected
by all. President Cleveland sent a mes
sage of sympathy to the widow, and all
the flags on the public buildings at
Washington were placed at half-mast.
General McClelland was 50 years old.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06

ARue.Shaken Sufferers

who resort to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
experience speedier and more complete relief
than they can hope to do by the use of qui-
sufficient to have established high reputa-
ton for the Bitters. But the article is not a
specific merely for the various forms Of ma
larial disease, IL endows the system with
degree OF vigor, and reforms its Irregularities
with certainty that constitutes its best de-
fence against disorders OF the stomach, liver
and bowels, specially rife where the atmos-
phere and water are miasms tainted. Fever
and ague, bilious remittent, dumb ague and
ague cake are remedied and prevented by 1t,
and 1t also removes dyspepsia, constipation,
rheumatism, &c. Take this medicine on the
first indication that the system is out OF or
der. and rest assured that you will be CRATE
ful for the hint
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
nm. Am.r,ean ArrtcuI turi.t for No.

The American Agricul turist for No
yember, 1885, il one OF the most brilliant and
varied numbers ever issued. The illnstra-
lions, numbering nearly one hundred are SUI
-periek to any which have hitherto appeared.
The articles are as usual adapted to the sea-
son, and include Stable Fittings for Horses,
an Obituary and Portrait Of Goldsmith Maid,
an article on an American Breed OF Polled
Cattle, Notes on Southern Farming, an arti-
Gle on French Pigs with Portrait, on Berk-
shires, on Fattening Swine, Movable Pen,
etc., Ice Houses and Filling them, Shropshire
Sheep, Sheep Pastures, articles on Winter
Care of Sheep, etc., Winter Rations Of Dairy
Cows, a Winter Dairy, articles on Dairying
and Butter Making, most Of which arc fully
flust rated. Then the subject of Quarantining
Cattle is fully described A Warm Fowl
House is described, and also the Dakota sys-
tenn of Wintering Fowls. Then there are the
valu able answers to inquiries in "Our Bas-
ket," the Animal Ailment Column, Sundry
Humb bugs exposed, etc. Price, sl.5O year.
Single numbers, 10 cts. Address, Publishers
american Agriculturist, 75l Broadway, New
York
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
DIED..

In Piedmont, w. Va, October 3lst,
1885, Mr.. WILLIAM LAMBRIGHT,
aged 50 years. Frederick papers please
oopy.l
In Martinsburg. October 34th, 1885,
JAMES GARFIELD, son of Henry H.
Havey, Jr., aged 4 years, 2 months and
9 days.
In Martinsburg, October oath, 1885,
CLARA BELLE, daughter of Henry c.
and Kate P. Young, aged II years and
8 months.
October 14th, 1885, at the residence of
her son-ln-law. Mr.. Fl. Chopper. near
Sharpsburg, Mrs. ELIZABETH r.
THOMAS, aged 70 years, months and
IL days.
Wednesday, August 26th, 1885, at the
residence of Daniel Nose, Sharpsburg,
Mr.. GEO. NJ. PENNEL, aged as years,
months and days.
Near Greencastle, Pa, October &c,
1885, Mrs. LAWRENCE, wife of Mr..
Geo. W. Lawrence, of this county, aged
about 35 years.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
State of West Virginia,
County of jefferson, sci


Clerks Office OF the County Court.
The following Is a list of deeds admitted to
record in said Office, during the week ending
October 81, 1885:
l. X. A. Hessey and others, Trustees of the
NJ. Z. Church South, to ID. $. Hughes Trustee
for Adam Young. Deed OF trust, dated Octo-
Der g. 1885, conveying a house and lot on Main
street, in Charlestown. Date OF record, Octo-
Der 20, 1885.
2. Henry Shepherd and wife TO Mary Grif-
nth. Deed OF bargain and sale, dated March
IL, 1885, conveying % acres, rood and 10 poles
OF land. Date of record, October q, 1885.
3. G, T.. Beller to Albert +. Cockrell, Trustee
for Edward Poles. Deed OF trust, dated Octo-
Der 90 1885, conveying personal property.
Date OF record, October %, 1885.
4. The West Virginia Publishing Company
to Forrest w. Brown, Trustee for X. $. Eichel-
berger. Deed Of trust, dated September ~,
1885, conveying personal property. Date Of
record. October %, 1885.
s. John Kane and wife and Thos. c. Green,
Trustee, to Maurice J. Kane. Deed OF gift,
dated October %, 1885. Date OF record, Octo-
Der 20, 1885.
g. w. A. Roper, lessor, to F. ". Moler, lessee.
Lease for three years from April /, 1856 les
sor's Stone House farm, dated October q,
1885. Date of record October 80, 1885.
7. T. G. Earnshaw and wife and others to
Forrest w. Brown, trustee Of Jefferson Build
ing Association, No. g. Deed OF trust, dated
October q, 1885, conveying a lot OF land in
Charlestown. Date OF record, October 20, 1885.
Teste T. A. MOORE.
Nov. Q, 1855. Clerk OF County Court.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06

Edward G.. Balm, messenger of the
National Metropolitan Bank, Of Wash
ington, ID. c., left that institution early
last Friday morning to make his usual
daily collections from the other city
banks. In few hours he returned and
informed the cashier that he had lost
the wallet containing the money he had
collected, which amounted to $40, 100.
Before informing the cashier of his loss,
Balm drew from the bank $500, which
he had on his deposit there, and handed
it to his sister, to whose house he had
gone as soon as he missed the money
and who accompanied him back to the
bank. The money was in 500 and $50
notes. Although Balm claims to have
lost the pocketbook containing the col
lections, the general supposition is that
it was stolen from him by some clever
pickpocket. He claims to have taken
the pocketbook from his inside coat
pocket and put it in the hip pocket Of
his pantaloons while in the city postof-
flee, where he went to get the mail
when he had made all his collections,
and to have missed it after he had gone
about one block from the postoffice. Balm
has been in the employ of the bank only
a few months. He is cousin of the
Balm Brothers, of the defunct Exchange
Bank, of Norfolk, Va. He vas taken to
police headquarters and put through a
severe examination, and then allowed
to 60. The bank officials have offered a
reward of 81, 800 for the recovery of the
money.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
Never Give Up.

II you are suffering with low or de-
pressed spirits, loss Of appetite, general
debility, disordered blood. weak consti-
tuition, headache, or any disease of a
bilious nature, by all means procure a
bottle Of Electric Bitters. You will be
surprised to see The rapid improvement
that will follow; You will be inspired
with new life; strength and activity
will. return; pain and misery will cease,
and henceforth you will rejoice in the
praise OF Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty
cents bottle by DR.. ]. G. Gibson.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
Miraculous Escape.

w. w. Reed, druggist, of Winchester,
Ind, writes; "One of my customers,
Mrs. Louisa Pike, Bartonia, Randolph
Co., Ind, was long sufferer with Con-
sumption, and was given up to die by
her physicians. She heard of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, and
began buying it of me. In six months
time she walked to this city, distance
of six miles, and is now so much i'm
proved she has quit using it. She feels
she owes her life to it," Free trial bot
ties at DR.. J. G. Gibson's Drug Store.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06

When the disorders of babyhood at
tack your baby use at once DIR. Bulls
Baby Syrup. Price 25c.
The period of late suppers and conse-
auent indigestion draweth nigh. DIR.
Bulls Baltimore Pills is specific for
Indigestion. Price % cents.
Dairy-men and stock-raisers all buy
Days Horse powders it is the best in
the market. Try it.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
FOR SALE.
A good chance TO obtain q nice. quiet,
yet NOT lonely home.

r OOK HERE, CHILDREN I'VE sell very
j 4 cheap Copy Books with copies and with
out copies: soft Scratchers for pencils and
ruled ones for pens; papers in tablets and pa
pens In sheets and half sheets: black, purple
and red Inks; Lead Pencils and feneils IN
fiffy different colors for drawing; Pep-hold-
ers. Slate Pencils, Blotting Paper, Erasers,
and anything you want In the stationery line
as cheap as you can buy IL anywhere
BAKER g. AcAURRAN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
MARRIED..

At the residence of the brides moth
err, at Kearneysville, October %, 1885,
by the Rev. j. E. B. Rice. Mr.. ISAAC
H. MARTIN to Miss ANNA NJ. WILL
LIAMS-both of this county.
In Charlestown, on Wednesday, Octo-
Der %, 1886. by the Rev. w. G.. Eggles-
ton, Mr.. JOHN HOUGH and HENRI
ETA BENSON.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
CORN WANTED.

WE want Corn now in exchange for boots,
w shoes, gum boots, mems, ladies and
childrens gum shoes, mems and womens
wool-hned Arctics and Alaskas, coal, salt, tar
rope, DC. AS soon as corn becomes dry
enough to ship in car, we shall want all we
can get and pay highest market price in
CASH. Just received pure mountain buck
wheat, roller and self-raising buckwheat, raj
sins, currants, citron, n. o. syrup, maple su-
cheap for cash or trade.
f,TRUSSELL & HESS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06

E-Johnston Kalsomine for
N sale. The only preparation OF the kino
that has stood the test Of time.
BAKER & NcNURRAN.