Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-06-18
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pounds 800, rscs;vsd . car.
lad of beautiful stone crooks anu 'A'' u
II, 49,, Green apple is getting ready for
INC :, wrcstle with the small boys
oinnsrds." W.,
m. colored band celebrated Whit
Monday by discOnrsing sweet music !"
-, ..,oo 4 W. Wilson, of the NJ. f.
o,".eh is preparing for an episcopal
lour of the world
y. lanes NJ. Ransom will be in Shep-
.Ds.tovn again on Monday and will
email, uS the entire week.
noor forget that you can get the
..rv hest Of lubricating, machine and
lard ard oil. at C. 7. Hodges.
The matrimonial market seems to have
Ian down TO a very low ebb in Shep-
s.,1.,ow. Girls, can't you wake the
~ The small boy spends most of his time
Lang the river now. Fishing and
hing are two delights Of which he
never tires.
The Shepherdstown Baseball Club
.oro-ed another defeat from the st.
lanes College Club last Saturday. The
score was 81 to 10!
The Jefferson County Teachers In
,;,n,s for 1886 will be held in Charles
,orn, beginning August l6, with Prof.
= Hodges as conductor.
Potomac Building Association No. 2
wil offer for sale several shares of stock
next Monday evening in Mr.. Beltz-
tooyer's office at S O'Clock.
Mr. solomon Boyer, Of Martinsburg,
died last week from the effects of malig-
p,nt cancer after a long and painful Ill
ness. He was - years of age.
A Cumberland firm has been awarded
the contract for the lumber to be used
in the repairs to Dam No. q. About
900 900 feet will be required.
The well.known "Claymont" proper
iva beautiful country seat near Charles
town, has been purchased by Mr.. Chas
Dawson, of Cleveland, Ohio, for IS 900.
Mr.. G. T. Hodges has received his
new Friek traction engine, and it ca
yorted around town in truly wonder
mi manner on Tuesday. 1t is a first
class machine.
State: Attorney +. W. Brown and
Hon. D. B. Lucas are in Parkersburg
this week, 20 look after the interests Of
Jefferson county in two tax suits with
the B. 4 o. r. X. Co.
The Charlestown Spirit is getting up
its reputation. This is the latest: "Mr.
Henry Otty, at Flowing Springs, has a
hen which laid two eggs inside of five
minutes, a day or two ago."
Among the patents granted by the
commissioner of patents this week was
one to Wm. II. KaricOfe, of l.eetOwn,
for corn harvester, and to w. z. Levi,
Of CharlestOwn, for boiler sweepers.
II. B. Davenport's flock of sheep was
raided on Sunday morning last by dogs.
F.ye sheep were killed and four injur-
ed. But for the interposition Of Mr..
HOfmaster his flock would have been
destroyed Free Press.
The boy who ten Gays ago could
scarcely speak above a whisper when
called on to say his "piece" in school
can now be heard at least ten squares
when he yells to his fellow baseball
players: "GO. now: you've got to 60.
Mr.. B. F. Rohrbaek, . well-known
citizen of Sharpsburg, is lying ut the
point of death. He has tuberculosis of
the knee joint, from which resulted
blood poison. Postmaster Morgan Mil.
Ter, of the same place, has also been
critically i'll.
Major II. Kvd Douglas delivered the
annual address before the literary soci-
cry Of Roanoke College this week. His
subject was Good Swords Make Good
PlOwshares." Rev. DIR. Hawkins, OF
South Carolina, formerly of this place,
delivered the baccalaureate sermon.
Mr.. George Keedy, while digging
ground for hedge fence, on his farm,
between Keedysville and Sharpsburg,
nnearthed an unexploded shell, that tell
At that point during the battle of Antie-
IAN. The shell weighed twenty-five
pounds aud the fuse was found to be in
good condition.
Sir. j. 5. Myers, agent, informs us
mat he has sold entirely out Of Cham
pion Self-binders The last order filled
W" one for Henry Shepherd, Esq, who
10" has three Champion self-binders
aud two Champion mowers. Mr.. Myers
nAd good season, and sold large num-
Der Of machines.
''S. Fleming, special agent of the
baltimore & Ohio Railroad, has made
arrangements to furnish to ladies trav-
ENG alone letters to all points West
anu South that will insure them first
''a's accommodations, reclining chairs,
"ll all the comforts and attentions
while travelling, free of charge.
by circular order from General
Ndhager Durham, of the Baltimore x
quo Railroad Company, the office of
uAs'er of machinery of the main stem
a''l'lon, from Wheeling to Baltimore.
n'' oeen abolished. The office has been
"e'd Tor several years by A. j. CrOm-
well. The duties will hereafter be per-
,O'med by Superintendent of Motive
rover Uayri,on