Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-08-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Robert Garrett has been quite i'll in
New York during the past week.

Robert Garrett has been quite i'll in
New York during the past week.
There were $50 convicts received at
the Eastern penitentiary of Pennsyl-
vania last year, of which All had no
trade. There is nothing truer than
the old saying that the devil finds
work for idle hands.
A correspondent in the Scientific
american wants Congress TO appropri-
ate money TO have well bored 10, 600 or
&c, 900 feet deep to see what may be
gotten from that depth that may
prove of benefit TO the race.
1t is said that the coinage of the
three-cent piece has been discontin-
ued. This will be sorrowful news for
the fellow who has been dropping a
three-cent piece into the contribution
box with ten-cent look on his face.
May Brothers, Nurserymen, Roches-
ter, y. Y, are in want of good sales
men to sell their choice varieties of
Nursery Stock, either on salary or
commission. To the right men, steady
employment the year round Write
them for terms.
Jeremiah Staley, of Fayetteville,
Franklin county, Pa, a soldier of the
late war, on Friday was granted pen
sion for blindness contracted in the
service. The first payment will be
five thousand dollars, 10 be followed
by monthly payments of seventy-two
dollars each.
\ mass convention of the citizens of
the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
will be held in Middletown, Virginia,
on Thursday, August both, for the
purpose of devising further methods
for placing the merits of this country
before the people who wish locations
in the South. Especial provisions are
being made to have grand time.
The largest umbrella in the world
has been made in Glasgow for king
shut in the usual way and when open
is 21 feet in diameter. Ii is lined with
cardinal red and white, has a lot Of
straw tassels and border Of crimson
satin. The canopy is made of Indian
straw and the top terminates in
glided cone.
John Robinson, the veteran show
man, died in Cincinnati on Saturday
last. He was more than eighty years
of age. yet until within a very short
time he maintained a remarkable de
gree of vigor He has spent almost
his whole life in the management of
circuses, being succeeded by his sons
in the past few years. He had amassed
a large fortune.
\ Boston firm is at work on two
collins. which are TO cost five thousand
dollars each. They are made Of ma
hogany, deliberately carved, and on
the top of each is the coat-of-arms Of
the future occupant. Two silken ham
Knocks are suspended within the cas-
kets. These costly boxes are TO rest
in a mausoleum i'm a Boston cemetery
that will cost over one hundred thou
sand dollars.
General Philip II. Sheridan died
suddenly on Sunday last at Nonquitt,
Mass. whittier he had been taken
from Washington. His death was
caused by heart failure, and, while it
was believed that he would never
fully recover from the sickness with
which he has suffered for couple of
months, the end came very suddenly
The funeral, which will be military
one, is to be held on Saturday.
Legal proceedings in the case of Mr.
Thomas f. Claggett, son of the late
Thomas Claggett, of Frederick, Md,
against his brothers and sisters for a
share of the estate of nearly $500 600
left by his father, have been discon-
tinued in consequence of his accept
ance from them Of 100000 in satisfac-
ton of his claim. The estate had
been distributed among eight heirs,
and each agreed to pay over 1900.
Mr.. Claggett is now about so years of
age.