Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-26
BRIEFS.

their gardens IN out OF the cold THIS
week when the March winds were blow
ing.
Mrs. F. r. Newcomer, of Berkeley
county w. Va, died suddenly of paral-
ysis Friday las: at the residence of her
son-in-law, Rev. DR.. Jeffries, in Louis
Vile, Ky.
The announcement that P. II. Bar
NUNS circus will exhibit in Hagers-
town Wednesday, May 4th, will cause
JOY to the hearts of some OF our old
"regulars."
The situation in the Cumberland min
ing region remains unchanged. The
miners are firm in their demands, while
the companies steadily refuse to grant
the increase in wages.
Farmers have availed themselves OF
the fine weather Of the past two weeks
by turning up the sod in every direc-
ton. Indications are that large acre
age will be planted in corn.
The Franklin House at Hagerstown,
was sold at public sale on Tuesday 1t
was bought by Mr.. VIM. Gassman, a
HagerstOwn grocer, for Sl9,O25, who
will go into the hotel business.
1t is rumored that the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad will be sold in Phila-
delphia OIL the LIST day of April. The
Pennsylvania Railroad, it is UNDER
stood, will be one of the bidders.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany has been surveying at Harper's
Ferry, with the view of avoiding the
short curve at the entrance to the Poto-
mac bridge and dispensing with the
necessity of the present trestle work
along that river.
Tie Good as Gold" theatrical COM
pany gave an entertainment last Thurs
day night. The actors were very good
ones, but the play, GA Double Life
vas regular Observation-Disclosures af-
fair. highly sensational, and not alto
gether suited to a refined audience.
The freight and passenger depot on
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, at
GreenviIle Station, in Augusta county,
Va, was burned one day last week. 1t
is said to be the work of an incendiary.
The telegraph outfit was consumed, and
nearly everything in the building.
Last Thursday, Miss Alice Hottie and
! Mr.. Benjamin F. Hottie, of Woodstock,
Va, we're married on the bridge at
Harper's Ferry. The groom was Is
wears old and the bride of still tendereI
years, she being but sixteen. They had
eloped because stern parents objected to
| the match.
The Baltimore american of last Sun
day contained an interesting sketch OF
the life of Rev. j. Il. Eossiter, formerly
of this place, accompanied oy likeness
of the gentleman. When MIR. Rossiter
became pastor of the church where ht
is now. there were 1874 members. Now
there are 1854 members.
Fayette county prohibits the selling
| of liquor through all its borders. Mich
olas, or the contrary, grants license
Gauley river separating the two coun.
ties. Parties living on the edge, II
Fayette, have rugged up endless wires
over the river, BY which they send the
cash across and get whiskey in return
by the aerial wire line.
One of our subscribers came in thu
other day and remarked that lately
his paper had been very wet. W.
asked him how that was, and he sale
he didn't know unless it was because
there was so much due on it. W.
forgave him for the pun when h'
poked five-dollar bill at us, and hi
paper will not be damp again for some
time-and we are damp glad Of it.
AT the municipal election held in Ha
gerstown on Monday Mr.. II. j. Hahn
the Democratic candidate for Mayor
was elected over Joseph G. Roulette
his Republican competitor, by l02 ma
ioritv. John I'll. Middlekauff, the pres
ent Democratic councilman, defeated
George l.. Fisher, the Republican can
dida;e, in ward No. ,, by 70 votes, ant
John Waltemyer, Republican, was de
feated for council in ward No. 4 b!
Isaiah Hartle, Democrat, by 81 major
ity. The total vote cast was 1922.