Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-02-06
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9, 1855



Potomac Building Association will
offer stock for sale next Monday.
All the ice-houses in town have been
6nsd or ut least all that were wanted
filled.
FOR SALE.-A good driving and
riding horse. Apply 10 Fleming
Snyder.
We are under obligations to State
Treasurer Thomas O'Brien for copy
of his report for lss3-A.
The boys have been enjoying them
selves for the last couple Of weeks skat-
ing OH the canal and river.
VIM. ]. Melvin, son Of State Senator
Melvin, has entered the Cadet Corps at
the West Virginia University.
We call attention to the vigorous
communication in another column on
the subject of local option. 1t 10 to the
point.
We call attention to the advertise
ment OF the Baltimore American in this
issue-one of the best papers in this
country.
Mrs. Mary Laley died at Harper's
Ferry on Monday Of last week at the
astonishing aye of one hundred and
seven years.
Strips of newspapers placed in shoes
keep the feet remarkably warm and
dry," saws an exchange. Well, nov,
what isn't newspaper good tor.
The 'Mountain Retreat" farm Of Mr..
John w. Grove, near Harper's Ferry,
was sold by Messrs. Forrest w. Brown
and E. w. Bedinger, to Capt. Geo. w.
Green, at ST. so per acre.
Rev. Mr.. Howard, the evangelist, who
conducted such successful revival at
DuffielGs, is meeting with equal success
at Zion Church. There were over fifty
lnauirers at last accounts.
During the next $50 years there can
be only one total eclipse Of the sun, that
of August 18th, 1899, which can be seen
in England. We are afraid we will not
get to see eny more total eclipses.
Mr.. Geo. Anderson, of Charlestowh.
recently stuffed sausage twenty-nine
feet in length. Wouldn't some OF the
half-starved idlers like to get at one END
of that sausage and begin to chew
Fleming & Snyder, real estate agents,
sold few days ago lot Of ground ad-
Joining the Shenandoah Valley Rail-
road, near the river, belonging to the
Messrs. staley, to Jos. l.. Cookus for
$3.50 cash.
On the 4th OF January, the Jersey
COW, Princess End, owned by Mrs. Z.
Nj. Shoemaker, Baltimore, dropped n
bull calf. On the Sth OF January 1t was
sold TO Mr.. L. j. Cooper, Of Pennsyl-
vania, Tor $4,000.
Last Monday was grounding day,
and as the sun was shining nearly all
Lay there was no reason why the g. d.
could not see his shadow. So If the
old adage holds good we will have six
weeks OF bad weather.
The rumor is denied that Mr.. Lewis
G. Stanhope has resigned AS superlh-
teLdent of the upper division oil the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. On the
contrary, Mr.. Stanhope says he has no
intention Of resignlng.
Trinity Lutheran Church, Hagers-
town. have chosen as pastor Rev. Thos.
a.. Pritchard, of Phillipsburg, n. j., to
MI the vacancy caused by tho resigna-
ton of Rev. DR.. Mcknight. Mr. Pritch-
ard is said 70 be all able man.
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Belrzhoover, special COM
missioner, sold on Monday tract OF
about sixteen acres of land belonging OF
the daughter of Mrs. Sophia Hendricks,
deceased, near Kearneysville. MIR, WIN.
Fulk bought it, paying $32.76 per acre
The stockholders of the John Stephen
son Female Seminary, last Tuesday,
chose the following directors for the
ensuing year. Rev. DIR. A. c. Hopkins,
Hon. w. fl. Travers, Gustav Brown,
Col. John Il. Gibson and 8. 5. Dalgarn.
Spirit.
Major Jas. Law. Hood, our recently
elected County Commissioner, took MS
seat upon the bench Monday. with MaJ'
WI. Il. Lewis, reelected, and Isaac
III. Strider, ESQ, holding over. M.
Strider was chosen President for the
ensuing year.
The Rose!le Manufacturing Company
last Tuesday elected as directors, Hon.
w. II. Travers, Gustav Brown, J. b.
McElroy, Maj. Jas. Law. Roof, John
II. Bishop, Albert Diehl and c. F. Gal
laber. The directors met on Saturday,
and elected Hon. w. II. Travers Presi-
dent. c. Frank Gallsher Secretary, and
Gustav Brown Treasurer.-Spira.
An infant child OF Mr.. Chas. Fogle'
residing near Liberty, Frederick coun-
~. Md, was burned to death in horri-
BILE manner last week. Mrs. Fogle, the
mother. had placed the child in Its GRID
near stove, in order to keep it warm,
and then left the house to go on brief
errand. On her return the cradle was
in flames, and its occupant almost
wholly consumed.
As Mr.. Benjamin F.. Kibler, of War
rem county, Va, was driving his four
horse team from Bentonville, last week,
his horses became frightened at Hook
mans crossing by a train on the Shen-
andoah Valley Railroad, aud ran OH,