Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-04-23
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Graded School for the month ending
April Sth shows an enrolment of 152
scholars. The average daily attendance
was lis.
Holy week services have been held in
the Lutheran. church every evening
this week. The Episcopal and Reformed
churches have also continued their
Lenten services.
An unusually heavy thunder storm
passed over this place on Tuesday even
ing. But the welcome shower of rain
did a vast amount of good to the grow
ing vegetation.
There will be delivered several eulo-
gies on the life OF John B. Cough in
the lodge room of Potomac Lodge No.
81, i. %. G.. r., this Friday evening. A
| full attendance of the members is de-
sired.
1t is proposed to mark the spot where
Gen. Jeb. Stuart, the dashing confeder-
ate calvaryman, met his death, with a
suitable monument. His ashes repose in
Hollywood cemetery. On Friday Gov.
Lee and several officers who belonged
| TO Stuart's command visited the scene
| of their old leaders, death and marked
! it.
| The Street Committee of the Town
Council are having the streets repaired
in various places. Unsightly rocks
have been blasted from the sides and
used in macadamizing places where
mudholes heretofore were numerous.
Judge 10. A. Metcalf, a former
Jefferson county man, has been re-elect-
ed Mayor of the thriving city of Pal
myra, Mo. He has held the office for a
number of years, and the people are re-
solved, evidently, to keep him there for
many more.
There is considerable interest in the
approaching corporation election in
Martinsburg, the Democrats and Re-
publicans making the issue on polit-
| zeal grounds. G.. o. Lambert, Esq,
the present efficient Mayor, will doubt
! less be reelected.
Messrs. G. w. and S. L. Humrck-
house are building dwelling-house
on their lot on High street, in Saep-
herds:own. 1t Is TO be neat and hand
some frame building, cottage style,
containing six rooms. They will either
sell or rent it when finished.
Our community will be glad to learn
that work has been resumed at the Po-
tomac Cement Mill near Shepherds
town. Some of the hands went to work
on Tuesday, and as soon as some of the
cement now on hand can be shipped
the full force will be put on.
We call particular attention to the
new advertisement, on the second page,
of j. L. Richard & Son. They have
gotten in full stock of millinery. dry
goods, notions, &C., for the spring
trade, and will give satisfaction in ev-
cry respect to those who deal with them.
Consult the columns of the REGIS
TER now and you will find out where
you can buy 10 the best advantage.
We may add here that the Shepherds
town merchants have stocks of goods
which. for quality and cheapness,
cannot be bought anywhere outside
of the large cities.
Robert Gassaway, the colOred man
who was shot near Ha9erstOwn short
time ago by gun which he had set as a
trap for meat thieves, has died of his
wound after undergoing amputation of
his leg. Being advanced in years, the
shock was too great, and he never rallied
after the amputation.
There is considerable excitement at
Charleston, this State, over the liquor
question. The county commissioners
OH Monday refused to grant licenses for
the coming year. The saloon-keepers
say they will sell liquor, come what
NAV, and the temperance people say
they will prosecute all who do sell.
At the county court this week, Mr..
Marshall Mccormick resigned his posi-
ton of Commonwealth attorney,
whereupon Judge Cook appointed Con-
rad KOwnsklr to fiji the uneXpired term.
MIR. Mccormick has held the office for
many years and was one of the most
brilliant prosecuting attorneys in the
State Clarke Courier.
The Smithsonian Institute, at WASH
ington, has uniforms OF all the differ
ent armies of the world except the Con-
federate uniform. Prof. G. Brown
Goode, of that institution, wishes to
have the collection complete, and is anX-
ious to get the uniform of commits
stoned officer and private of the Con-
federate army, either us loan or gift.
Professor GoOde promises that the best
of care will be taken for their preserva-
! ton anu Tue ONHtl van S0t '''"i '"'
whenever they are wanted.
Hon. Henry G. Davis was in Cnmber-
land on Monday, and stated that the
work of surveying the line for the ex-
tension To Cumberland of the West Vir-
ginia Central and Pittsburg Railway,
of which he is president, will begin
this week. The extension will be
known as the Piedmont and Cumber-
land Railway, and charters have been
obtained in West Virginia and Mary
land. Present appearances indicate
that the road will he built.
The Charlestown Spirit says that
Dan. johnson, colored, whilst cleaning
/ out an old cistern on the lot of MI.