Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-09-24
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dalton.
We are indebted to the managers for
complimentary ticket to the Winches-
ter Fair which will be held October u,
Is, IA and 10. The fair this year has
many attractions, and will be largely
attended.
Mr.. w. A. Adams wants us to notify
the public that he will have splendid
LOT of fresh oysters on hand Saturday
morning. We advise our readers to
give Mr.. Adams call if they want
something good.
Robert c.. Thornsburg, builder and
contractor, of Hagerstown, has received
tho contract for the erection Of the new
hotel in course Of construction at that
place by ex-Gov Hamilton Oh the site
of the old Antietam house.
Mr.. w. =. Licklider has gotten in his
fall stock of groceries, boots and shoes,
hardware, queensware, &C., and as he
has gotten them to sell he invites
public inspection of his goods. He will
meet all competition in prices.
VIM. ii. Lafevrc and Calvin r. Tice
had dispute about fish-pot in the
Potomac river, below Falling Waters,
n Berkeley county, and the upshot of
the affair was that Lafever shot Tice,
painfully wounding him in the arm.
In the Supreme Court at Charles
town last Saturday a decision was an
nounced in the case of Norris ct al. VS..
Lucy Baylor's adm'rs ct al, from JEFF
ferson county; opinion by johnson;
decree of Circuit Court reversed and
cause remanded.
Rev. VIM. L. Ould, pastor of the
! Presbyterian church, assisted in the
morning service OH Sunday last, for the
! first time i'm the last nine months. We
are glad to learn that the reverend gen.
tleman's health is much improved
Frederick Examiner.
The coal shipm ents by the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Canal up to date show
considerable decrease as compared with
those of the corresponding period last
year, and this, too, though the freight
! charges were as low if not lower than
those on the railroad.
By letter received from Mr.. james
w Ryan, formerly connected with the
paper mill Ut this place, we learn that
he is at present located in st. Louis,
where he has been engaged in business
since last spring. Mr.. Ryan has many
| friends here who wish him success.
The Southern Methodist church has
been undergoing general cleaning up
and renovating this week. The pulpit
is also to be changed 50 as to improve
the acoustic properties, and the choir
will have place beside the pulpit sim
! liar to the arrangementin the Lutheran
| church.
The first through train over the new
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was run from
Philadelphia last Friday. 1t was an
excursion of Knights Templar bound
for St. Louis. They stopped off at
Shenandoah Junction and went to Luz
ray Cave by the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad.
The Roanoke Machine Works in Ro-
anukc, Va, are building 10 consolida-
ton engines for the Norfolk and West
ern road These engines have 20 by 81
inch cylinders and 50-irch drivers. The
boilers are &c inches in diameter, and
the fire-boxes are AZ inches wide and lO2
inches long inside.
James Coyle, Il young farmer who
! lives about four miles west of Charles
town, was thrown from colt Monday
morning while riding along the street
lie was considerably bruised OH the
left arm and shoulder, and badly in
iured in the hip. lie received medical
attention, and after some applications
|
his home.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad is
reported as doing handsome business
at present. Both freight and passenger
traffic is steadily increasing, and the
excursion business this season, especial
~ to Luray and Natural Bridge, has been
very satisfactory and considerably ahead
of any previous season. The freight
business is also very heavy and steadily
increasing.
Two hands (Mr. Rodrick, white, and
Albert Smith. colored,) upon the farm
of Mr.. A. ii. Tanquary, near Summit
Point, got into difficulty one morning
last week, and the result was that Mr..
Rodrick received several cuts and bruis-
es upon the head with the fork handle
in the hands of the other man. DIR.
Davis, of Middleway, rendered neces-
sary medical aid.-Spirit.
The Martnsburg Herald last week is
sued "trade edition." which was an
evidence of enterprise that we take
pleasure in noting. The paper con-
tanned portraits OF the leading citizens
and business men OF Martinsburg, pic
lures of public and private buildings
and a complete description of the town
! and county. The business advantages
of the place were set forth in an attrae-
tive way, and we hope that the result
| will be boom both for our enterpris-
ing contemporary and for Martinsburg.
Pleasant w eddinE.-A pleasant
matrimonial event was consummated
last evening, September 9th, in the mar