Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-12-04
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at Charlestown. Many of our citizens
remember that occasion very distinctly
The Shepherdstown postoffice was
draped in mourning and the flag at fire.
mems hall hung at half-mast as mark
of respect to the memory of Vice-Presi-
dent Hendricks.
At the meeting of the Lutheran West.
ern Maryland Conference in Hagers.
town on Tuesday, resolutions were
adopted condemning the purchase and
reading of Sunday newspapers.
A special jury was in Shepherdstown
on Wednesday looking at the river-front
property concerning which there is a
suit between Mrs. E. S. Shepherd and
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Com
pany.
Sam Hopewell, colored boy about
fourteen years old, was scuffling with
some other boys at the railroad depot
on Wednesday, when he was showed of
the platform, the tall breaking his col
lar-bone. DR.. r. NJ. Marshall gave sur
gical attention.
The Supreme Court of Appeals, at
Charleston last week, reversed the case
of Daniel Heflebower VS.. Louis F. Dea-
trick, from this county, and gave judg-
ment for plaintiff; opinion by Woods.
In the case of VIM. Phillips & Sons VS..
John w. Roberts ct al, decree of court
was reversed and cause dismissed Opin-
ion by Snyder.
Mr.. James Orrick. delegate from
Cumberland to the Y. NJ. e. A. conven-
ton at Martinsburg met with a singular
accident. He was smoking a cigar
when a loud explosion took place in the
cigar, and piece of metal struck him
in the eye, inflicting quite n painful
wound. He brought the cigar from
Cumberland.
The Western Maryland Conference,
Lutheran Church, which embraces
Washington county and parts of Frank
lin county, Pa, and Berkeley county,
w. Va, began Monday night in Trinity
Lutheran Church, Hagerstown. Rev.
Bergstresser, of WaynesborO, Pa, was
elected president, and Rev. j. Bobst, OF
Clearspring, secretary.
Four hundred and eighty-nine boats,
carrying 80, 49l .02 tons of coal, cleared
the port OF Cum 5erland, on the Chesa-
peake & Ohio canal, during the month
of November, bringing in revenue OF
about 1900. The shipments for the
corresponding period OF 1884 aggregated
81, $50 tons. The probabilities are the
canal will close about the 18th inst.
A new Methodist Episcopal Church
was dedicated at Romney, Va, last Sun
day by Bishop Andrews, of Washing.
ton, and Rev. l.. T. Waterman, of Bal
timore. The editice is of wood, thirty
two by forty-six feet, with belfry. and
cost seventeen hundred and fifty dol
lars. \ balance of $7l1 due on the
| building was subscribed Monday. Rev.
ii. G. Mcdaniel is pastor.
William ISer, aged about thirty, died
last week from lOckjaw at the farm OF
Elias Brumbaugh, near Hagerstown
While playing a game of ten-pins in
HagerStown he ran splinter under his
nail and into his finger up to the second
joint. When he thought the injury was
nearly well, he was seized with lockjaw
and died after great suffering. He was
| to have been married on Sunday.
On Monday the upper gates Of the
| lock at canal tunnel, at the head of the
seven mile level, were struck anC
knocked out by the boat Nita X. Phelps
on her return "Trip 10 Cumberland. The
lower gates. which were closing, were
washed out by the Sudden rush Of thu
water from the upper level. The boa
was kept in the lock by throwing GU
! the tow line. The level WAS emptied
navigation being interrupted until Wed
nesday night.