Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-06-18
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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad en-
ployees' annual excursion to Island Park
will take place on Wednesday, June %,
1886. Misses Jennie Smith, Ada Sher-
man and other prominent speakers will
deliver addresses.
Six comets have been discovered al
ready this year, and there are several
hundred acres ofspace yet unexplored.
Comets are so plenty this year that they
will be quite generally used for deco
rations at lawn parties.
At the last Circuit Court Judge
Faulkner held that the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company can rot be sued
before a justice, because being resi-
dent corporation and not having its
principal office here, process cannot be
served.
A cavalry officers reunion of both
armies-Union and Confederate-will
be held OH the battlefield of Gettysburg
on the 9TH of Jnly next. Gen. Bradley
T. Johnson, of Baltimore, and other
distinguished officers, are expected to be
present.
There was "man-bear" or "bear.
man" in town Tuesday on exhibition
neutrality-suspicious. man who haG
arms and limbs formed like bear and
other peculiarities of a very striking
nature. His managers reaped quite a
harvest of dimes.
A "satchel hustle" is the latest. 1t is
for the ladies. 1t has a compartment,
roomy and airy, in which night dress,
a gossamer, a comb and brush, toilet
articles, wrapper and bottle of soothing
syrup are easily carried. The hustle,
says an earnest paper, is much admired
and is all the rage.
The friends in this vicinity of Mr.. r.
J. Hebb, Of Washington county, Nd,
will take interes. in knowing that he
is farming on Il big scale this spring.
At one time few weeks ago he had
nineteen plows and harrows at work on
the farm of Mr.. Armstrong, near Ha-
gerstown. He was "getting there"
At the recent Commencement of
Hampden Sidney College Hon. VIM. l..
Wilson delivered the address before the
literary societies. The Board of Trus-
tees conferred upon him the degree of
LII. ID. 1t also conferred d. ID. upon
Rev. Geo. w. White of Moorefield and
A. B. upon F. n. McFaden of Harper's
Ferry.
Martinsburg had two brilliant we'd
dings last week. On Tuesday Mr.. j.
a. Crilly, of Alexandria, Va, and Miss
Ida NJ. Cunningham, of Martinsburg,
were married in the Catholic church,
and on Wednesday Mr.. Elijah w. Van
Metre and Miss Mollie A. Byers were
joined in the holy bonds at the Lutheran
| church.
The Twentieth Annual Convention
of the Baltimore Conference Sunday
School Society, M. f. Church South,
will be held at Wesley Grove, Nd,
commencing OH Tuesday evening, July
10th, 1886. Arrangements for reduced
rates over the Baltimore a. Ohio and
Shenandoah Valley Railroads have
been secured.
An exchange says as this Is the time
for the average small boy to stumble on
"poison vine" while nesting, &C., they
will, no doubt, be glad to know that a
handful of quick lime, dissolved in Wa
ter is a sure antidote. After standing
half hour, paint the poisoned parts with
it. Fhfee or four application will cure
| the worst cases.
An assembly of Knights Of Labor,
with about seventy-five members, has
been Instituted at Sharpsburg. Among
the officers elected and installed were
Levi Porter, ST., master workman;
John V. Myers, foreman; James A.
Hutson, recording secretary; James a.
/ A. Seaman, financial secretary; and
| Sheldon Myers, treasurer.
Mr.. William Butler has moved into
his new honse, erected on the site Of the
one destroyed by fire last year. The
new building Is comfortable and con-
venient one, and was built by Mr.. j. d
Derr. Mr.. j. r. Reyes, Of this place,
did an excellent job Of plastering on it,
and Dir. III. C. Marten did the necessary
tin work. Messrs. Chapline and Bast
were the painters.
Mr.. A. C. Hendricks, of Shenandoah
Junction, has made another invention.
This time it is Il buggy wheel composed
entirely of metal. The hub Is of brass,
the spOkes are of bessemer steel, ar
ranged like those of bicycle, and the
! tire and rim is of iron. 1t is said to be
/ o most ingenious affair, ana we hope
Mr.. Hendricks may have his eXpecta-
ton of "great things" realized.
Messrs. George w. Banks, Chas. j.
Miller and Walter Murphy took two
DAYS last week to make preparations
to catch the majority of the bass in the
Potomac river. The grand corral took
place on Saturday. The result was
| this: Number Of fish caught, 600, OOO,-
| 600; number Of bites, /; number of
lies, 1927; average cost of the trip,
| 81. 33; grand total, -, u!
Harvest il here. Some few farmers
expect to begin to cut around the edges
tomorrow, and on Mondey it is expected
that nearly all of them will be into 1t.
The crop is very good one, and the