Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-02-27
BRIEFS.


School, House on Sunday afternoon at
half-past two o'clock.
Bishop Peterkin preached In the Epis-
copal Church of this place Sunday
morning and evening last.
A special term of the Supreme Court
of this State will be held in Wheeling,
commencing on March 10th.
Snow-drifts greatly interfered with
the moving Of trains OH the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad this and last week.
Our jour and devil went up to Mar
tinsburg last Saturday, and took in the
skating rink. We suppose they aston
ished the natives.
The Potomac river at Dam No. was
frozen sufficiently solid last week TO al
low four-horss wagon loaded with
corn to cross on the Ice.
Mr.. Eugle, an old resident Of Mar
tinsburg, aged about 60 years, was
struck by coasting sled a few days ago
and had his skull fractured.
Another big snow fell on Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning-the
seventeenth of the season, according to
the diary of an "oldest inhabitant.
Mr.. Jacob Thomas, a farmer residing
two miles from Martinsburg, was found
dead in his room last Friday morning.
His death resulted from heart disease.
Not a drum was heard, not the toot OF
a horn, in celebration of Washington's
birthday in Shepherdstown. The neg
lect was probably caused by the
weather.
The March number of "Our Little
Ones" has beeh received from the Rus
sell Publishing Company, Boston. 1t
continues to be favorite magazine
among the children.
We invite attention to the new adver-
tisemsnt of Me.srs. w. F. Finger & Co.,
Hagerstown. They will retire from
business this Spring, and great bargains
NAV be obtained of them.
Geo. ID. johnson purchased recently
a tract of land, containing about 10
acres, known rs the Miller farm, join
ing his farm, near Stokes school-house,
this county, for the sum of $500.
The president of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal reports that the payroll for
the month OF February, 1885, will be
about five thousand dollars less than for
the corresponding month last year.
A DufRelds man during the absence
of his wife attempted TO COOK steak for
his breakfast. He got along all right
until he discovered that the lard he had
put in the frying pan was soft soap.
The candidates for membership in the
colored Baptist church were not i'm
mersed in the Potomac river last Sunday
as had been announced. The weather
and water were too cold. and the bap-
tizing will take place in April.
Mr.. James Prendegast, formerly mas
ter mechanic of the machine shops of
: The Shenandoah Valley Railroad at
Shepherdstown died in Martinsburg
last Thursday, aged As years. He has
recently been residing in Roanoke, Va.
We return our thanks TO Mr.. Frank
W. Muzzy for several very interesting
Florida papers. Mr.. Muzzy, with his
family, is spending some time in the
.Iand of Flowers" and he writes that
they are all enjoying themselves i'm
mensely.
The February number Of the West
Virginia Educational Journal is at
hand. IL is the official medium of COM
munication of the State Superintendent
and the teachers and school officers OF
the public schools. This makes 1t use
Sul to every teacher and school officer.
Ills expected that about fifty minis
tiers and lay delegates of the Baltimore
Conference, NJ. f. Church South, will
tarry for night in Charlestown en-
route TO Salem, the seat of the Confer
ence. The time will be Monday night,
March 9th. Rev. j. l.. shipley will see
10 their entertainment.
On Friday night ice quarter OF an
inch thick formed ia well at Sharps-
Burg filty-seven feet below the surface
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OF the ground. The ice Was broken with
the bucket that hung in the well, and
part of the coating was brought up in
the bucket. The thermometer register
ed a temperature of 10 degrees below
zero.
p. A. Il w. Aid, of Carlisle, Pa,
made an assignment Tuesday. The
greater part of their Indebtedness hav-
iny been funded in coupon bonds, Sc
cured by mortgage, but little monetary
Inconvenience Is anticipated. 1t il said
ah. assignment includes large inter-
est in The Anlietam Iron Works, near
SharpSb1rg.
For short time only! Call at the
great sale OF Clothing, Dry Goods, NO
fions, &C., &C., &c, which arrived from
New York, and will open Tuesday,
February oath, in Shows Store Room,
Shepheydstown. Call and see how goods
are sold and You will admit that you
have never seen snch bargains since
Shepherdstown has been in existence.
St. Baltholomew's Episcopal Church,
at Leetown, has just been very much
beautified by q memorial window
erected in loving memory of DR.. Chas'
H. Stephen, for many years vestry-
man of that church, and Rey. Lewis w.
Balcb, ID. D., the chief mover in It's
lie rho Gift