Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-04-02
BRIEFS.

On Monday nign'' "HN
S. saturday night :. ou.,,o, has
PEI .,.eted pastor ofthe Baptist ehurch
!, Nsrtinsears' -. .,,,,. h..
"'O w. On this week. This is wrong,
ga "a should be stopped.
'D. Ann RawIins, formerly OF
MIS- ,.s,own, died in San Francisco re-
,,r at the age of 70 years.
' ,ountv assessors will soon be
l .,nd asking their questions as their
s ,ISss1 began yesssrday-April ISL
81 Fl. Kyd Douglas delivered his
, wv, on "The Southern Volunteer"
iS HaserstOwn last Monday evening.
lame, E. Barnhart is having a
~ stable erected on his lot on New
ne" Can't H. F. Barnhart is doing
the work.
Fresh cocoanuts. oranges canned
...,s confectionery, peanuts splen-
~, .oon five cents cake), &C., at J.S.
Jennings. C...o BOARD Of
u.rh for the second Congressional
n n'.,-ic, will be held in Charlestown on
April 18TH
n,rino the past couple of weeks there
~ heeu hundred cases of pneu-
n "'onia in sharpsburg and the immedi-
ate vicinity
Yesterday was moving day, and
.o,s. Of families changed their places
s.a.iJence. Fortunately the weather
va. very favorable
Raw W. J. Barnett, pastor OF the
.oIored Baptist church here, Immersed
fonr candidates in the icy waters OF the
potomac last Sunday morning.
NJ Rentch has started a circulating
r,-r Won can hire books at low
n,icss He has over 200 volumes on
hand and will add as the trace de-
mands.
About eighty panels of fence belong
inc to MIR. McGarry, near Shenandoah
JnortiOn, were destroyed By fire last
rsat II is thought to have been started
BY uamps. ,
Another journalistic effort is to be
made in sharpsburg, Nd. Mr.. Lee Gray
ann formerly of Luray, Va, will
shortly start paper to succeed the de-
funct Enterprise.
One day last week Cleveland Marker,
,,wo.vear. old son of Mr.. Ezra Marker,
Of sharpsburg, was painfully but no.
seriously scalded by falling into ket-
lie Of boiling water.
A Berkeley county farmer says he has
killed in the last ten years, on his place,
1000 or !, 200 dogs. at a cost of $3.50 or
$500. aud last year he lost 80 sheep by
sheep-killing dogs.
Mrs. Catharine Z. Lambert, of Mar
tinsburg, mother Of Mayor c. .. Lam
bert, died recently, aged about seventy
twOyears. The remains were taken 10
Frederick, Md, for interment.
Last Saturday Mr.. S. II. Higinbotham
lost fine mare ard Mr.. In. Renner a
fine young horse by death. There seems
to be an epidemic of collie among the
horses in the Ripon heighborhood.
Never skip the advertisements when
reading newspaper. They show just
what live business men are about, and
everyone who has trading to do will finG
it pays to trade with those who adyer-
.ise.
Trussell & Hess are having their lot
on the corner of Princess and Washing
ton street surrounded by fence. The
old frame dwelling-house, which has
been landmark for hundred years
nearly, will be demolished. IT,
Agnes Turner, colored, residing in
Falling Waters neighborhood, Berkeley
county, was taken to Martinsburg few
days ago and lodged In Jail, charged
with the murder of her infant son few
days ago. She will be tried at the April
term of court.
Last week fifteen boys from New
York, sent by the Children's Aid Soci-
ETY., arrived in Stanton, Va. They
were a fine, healthy looking lot, and
were taken by farmers of the county as
assistants. There was quite Il rivalry be-
tween the parties applying for them, anu
each found home without difficulty.
The Franklin House, Hagerstowh,
purchased last week at public sale by
Mr. Vim. GasSman, has been sold by
That gentleman to Mr.. Charles II. Her
bert, who has been in partnership with
Mr. James Mclaughlin in conducting
The Baldwin House. They will dissolve
partnership and Mr.. Herbert will con-
uuct the Franklin House and McI.augh-
hn the Baldwin House.
Rev. Mcl.areD, the newly appointed
pastor of the NJ. +. Church, preached
"aiull house Sunday afternoon. In
us frSt sermon lie made very favor
a'le impression upon his audience. He
was assisted in the service by Rev
l'aacs, the former pastor. The latter
gentleman will move his family TO Eli
'oU city, his former home, during the
present week. Boonsboro Tunes.
The old Honeywood Mill Site, at Dam
NO ., on the Potomac river, has been
>o'd 10 Maryland company who expect
"uiIlize the splendid water power there
'Or manufacturing purposes, but it has
"O' as vet transpired what particular
"rShch of industry WILDE started. We