Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-07-02
BRIEFS.

break was repaired in couple OF days,
and boats are again running. Presi-
dent Baughman and Paymaster Gambril
paid of for the month of May last week.
The culvert on the road leading to
the Cement Mill, which was built
year or so ago't to replace the one wash.
ed out, is falling to pieces, and making
travel at that point dangerous. 1t Was
a poor job in the first place. A bridge
with guard rails on either side is ne
cessity there.
Mr.. Geo. Shipley, the son of Rev. j.
l.. Shipley. formerly the pastor of the
NJ. f. Church, South, of this town,
graduated ut the Randolph Macon Col
lege in Greek and Mathematics, and re-
ceived the prize medal for attaining the
highest point Of excellence in his math.
ematical studies.
The Free Press says: "rhe Secretary
of War and Maj. Lydecker think the
fish way at Potomac Great Falls should
be completed. SO think we. Not at all
a wonderful coincidence of thought.
Great minds run in the same channel"
We hope that the bass will also run in
the channel referred to.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Company has the thanks Of this COM
munity and the travelling public for the
fine new walk it has made at the depot.
Heavy timbers, filed in with cinders,
make walk that is safe, ayr cable and
permanent, and is a vast imp ovement
over the old board walk.
The Rainbow Tea to be held this Fri
day evening and Saturday evening on
the College Grounds is something new
to Shepherdstown and all should see it.
The sight will be worth your presence
and the object worth your patronage.
Remember that there viii, be served ice
cream and cake, lunch and chicken soup.
The ounce crop will be small one
this yeer. Some sort of blight has
attacked the trees, and the ends of the
limbs wither and die. BY some persons
il is believed that the damage was
caused by the seyerteen-year locusts
singing the branches last year, and
that the Matching of the eggs kills The
limb.
Saturday while John Humbird and
his son Jacob b., of Cumberland, con-
tractors oil the Piedmont and Cumber-
land Railroad, were driving over the
line, near Piedmont, in buggy, they
were attacked by a hive of bees. which
swarmed OH the horses head, inilicting
stings from which the animal died in
short time. The Messrs. Humbird es-
capped with painful stings.
The work of rebuilding canal dam
No. 6 is progressing rapidly. 1t Is
hoped that if there is no interference
by the elements the reconstructed dam
can be used for feeding in about three
weeks. The work is under the general
direction of Samuel d. Young, of Cum
berland. The men are given every en-
couragement to be energetic. The
watermen receive 81 per day; the car
penters $l.75, and the laborers, $l.25.
The total number OF men employed is
l75.
The Roanoke Machine Works, Roam
oke, Va, paid out to employees, on Fri
day of last week, the enormous sum OF
S35 ,S2l IS, wages for one month only.
This money is paid out by only one es-
adjustment. The aggregate OF wages
paid by the manufacturers of Roanoke
city reaches at least 800, OO0.00 month
paid to men who are bound to spend 1t
there, thus putting into circulating in
Roanoke city the large sum of nearly
one and one quarter millions of dollars
annually.
The beautiful new observatory on
Mt. Quirauk ut Pen Mar is about COM
pleted. A large globular mirror has
been fixed atop the tall flagstaff sur
mounting the tower and ut the distance
of mile looks like a star at midday ana
and has fine effect. The new observ-
atory is entirely (or nearly so) OF
wrought iron in the form of angiebaIs,
and is very staunch and beautiful In
structure and reflects great credit on
the w. NJ. r. X. Company, as it fills a
want long felt-a high tower, easy OF as
cent, suited to look from in every direc-
ton and safe and durable.
The Library Magazine for July has
been received from its publisher, >. Is.
Alden, Philadelphia. Its contents are:
The Factors of Organic Evolution, Old
Cures for Hydrophobia, Deep Sea
Soundings in the Atlantic, The Statist-
les of Population, Scores and Iailies'
Nj d Acting on Body. Miss Edge
worth's Novels, Is the Ocean surface
Depressed? Nell Gwynne, Rumming
Birds, The Nightingale and the Mock
ing Bird, The Pre-Raphelite Brother
hood, Some Condolences of Literature.
Whence Came the Comets! why
Waste Dog Skinsi Books and their
Authors, and Literary Notes and Com
ments.
Lectare-The Kearneysville Young
Mems Christian Association have ar
ranged for course of lectures during