Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-09-03
BRIEFS.

else-punch the fire and edit a paper.
Mr.. j. p. Kearfott, who lives near
Kearneysville, raised this year 1900
bushels of wheat on 6S1s acres OF land
an average OF about &c bushels to the
acre. Can anybody beat it?
Our enterprising little friend, Ned
Line, has the right to sell papers at Nor
gan's Grove next week, and will fur
nish the dailies to all who want them
at all early hour as possible.
The Hagerstown fair will be held this
year on the 10th. 20tlI, 2lst and 22d of
October. 1t will be as good as usual.
The faces are expected to be particularly
good.
The Changers picnic at Williams
Grove has been i'm full 'Iast this week.
The attendance of visitor, has been very
large, while the exhibit of machinery
is greater than ever before.
Mr.. II. NJ. Mace, elocutionist, of WASH
iDgton, and some of our local singers,
gave very enjoyable entertainment in
Billmyer's Hall last Friday evening.
The Good Templars got up the enter
tainment.
A man named George Stein fell
through the trestle work Of the Shenan-
doah Valley Railroad at Shenandoah
junction last Sunday night. Although
he fell more than twenty feet, he escap-
ed with slight bruises.
Mr.. III. Weinberg, of the firm of Low
enstein Bros. q Co., Hagerstown, has
gone to the Eastern cities to purchase
for the firm fall stock of goods of the
latest styles, including piece goods, hats,
caps, and furnishing goods.
c. c. Watts, Esq, the newly ap-
pointed u. S. District Attorney, was in
town last Thursday, and Mr.. Flick
formally turned over to him the books
and papers pertaining to the office. The
transfer was made in the most amicable
and social manner.-Stdiesman
The Potomac Cement mill below
Shepherdstown has been shut down,
and will probably not be started up
again for couple Of months. The
cause is the lack of demand for cement.
While the mill is closed the dam, which
is pretty badly torn up, will be repaired.
1t is stated in railroad circles that a
movement is on foot to extend the Cum
berland Valley Railroad, by way OF its
Potomac and Martinsburg extension,
from the latter place to Winchester.
The ground has been gone over recently
by the proper officials, and il is under
stood the matter is assuming definite
shape.
We are under a load Of obligations to
our old friend William Anderson, OF
Harper's Ferry, for splendid cap OF
honey made by his Italian bees. The
honey was not as pretty as that crazy
Quilt Mr.. Anderson had on exhibition
at the Cross Roads, but it makes much
better spread" Accept our thanks,
friend William, and may you never be
stung by your bees.
Mr.. ii. II. Harley, of Darkesville.
died early Tuesday morning at the
house of Mr.. Ward Stewart, of paraly-
sis. He was in Martinsburg on Satur-
day and at night started to walk out
home. He did not reach home, but on
Sunday evening succeeded in getting to
Mr.. Stewards, and complained Of being
sick. On Monday morning he was
taken with second stroke and died
Tuesday morning at o'clock.-&ates-
man.
Otis Davis, of Keyser, Il brakeman on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, met
with horrible death last Saturday
night, near Lltamount. He fell from
an east bound freight train upon the
opposite track and was so stunned as to
be unable TO get OIL, when TWO SECTIONS
of No. 3 west bound passed over him,
literally cutting him to pieces. lie was
about % years of age, married, and
leaves wife and two children.
There is law in Ohio which was
passed for the convenience of travellers.
1t says that in every railroad station
blackboard at least four feet long and
two feet wide must be hung up in con-
spicious place; and on it the agent or
telegraph operator must write ten min
utes before any passenger train is due,
the fact whether it is OH time or not; If
late, how much. A fine of ten dollars
is the penalty for each neglect. What a
blessing such a law would be in this
community.