Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-09-07
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Association No. 8 will meet at the REG
IsTER Office next Monday evening at
7.30 o'clock, at which time several
shares of stock will be offered for re-
demption.
Rev. Charles Ghiselin, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church of this place,
has received a call from a congrega
ton at Marion, in Southwest Virginia.
Mr.. Ghiselin has not yet come to any
determination in the matter.
The Chesapeake and Ohio canal
shipments for August were the heavi-
est of the season, aggregating 1851
tons. The total shipments to date
this season are 172, 1926 tons, an increase
of 1884 tons over corresponding pc
riod of last year.
John Williams, colored, charged
with stealing the gold watch and
chain of Mr.. Newton Webb, of Har-
per's Ferry, was apprehended in Win
chester, and taken to Charlestown by
policeman j. s. Fuller last week. The
watch was recovered.
Louis Kohler, of Washington coun-
ty, tried to ride on Western Mary
land Railroad train the other day on
an excursion ticket that was out Of
date. He resisted the efforts of the
conductor to put him off, was arrest
ed, and will have to go before the
grand jury.
The United Brethren in Christ will
hold campmeeting at Shenandoah
Junction, beginning September 18th
and closing the 12th. A number of
prominent ministers will be present.
On the grounds there will be accom-
modations for all who come. The
railroads will run excursion trains.
Mr.. j. ID. Billmyer, as will be seen
by advertisement in another column,
will hereafter conduct the store at
''Billmyer's Corner" He will carry
full line of groceries, provisions, dry
goods, notions, etc, and will make
every effort to please his customers
New goods are being received daily
now.
The September Wide Awake' has
been received from the publishers,
the ID. Lothrop Company, Boston.
There is no magazine in this country
that is superior to wide Awake, >
and every child that can read should
be provided with it. 1t is an educator
morally, physically, intellectually and
every other way. The price is So 40
year.
The Republicans of Berkeley coun-
ty met in convention at Martinsburg
Saturday and nominated the follow
ing ticket: For Sheriff, Charles II.
Miller; for House of Delegates, James
f. Kitchen and George w. Buxton;
Prosecuting Attorney, George w.
Feidt; County Commissioner, George
p. Riner. Assessors-First District,
II. S. Butts; Second District, John ID.
Gordon.
The other day while Mr.. r. L. Wy
song, of Duffields, was grazing his
horse in field, with the bride Topped
around his wrist, the animal became
frightened and started to run. MIR.
Wysong could not get his arm loose,
and was dragged all around the field
bv the horse. He was bruised some
what and had his face badly skinned,
but fortunately received no serious in
juries.
''Old Sam" the war-horse of the
late Dudley Pendleton, and purchased
of him by Capt J. p. Dorsey in 1866,
died on the 23rd of August, aged %
wears. Capt Dorsey says he had been
in constant service since he bought
him, up to within two weeks of his
death. "Old Sam was mustered in
to military service in the year 1862,
and served his owner of that day faith
fully until the war closed.-BerTyciHe
Courier
The following are the teachers ap-
pointed for Harper's Ferry district for
the present scholastic year: Bolivar
Graded School, Mr.. s. w. Lightner,
principal, assisted by Mr. j. r. Barn
house and Miss Rosa McGlone; Camp
Hill, Miss Kate Chambers; Harper's
Ferry, Miss Alvernon Cross; Silver
| Grove, Mr.. Albert Cockrell; Millville,
Miss Rose Cockrell; Halltown, Miss
Bette Chaplain; Keller's, Miss Jessie
| Cockrell; Oak Grove, Mr.. Jesse Engle.
Rev. r. C. Holland, president of the
Lutheran Synod of Maryland, pub
fishes his official notice in the Lutheran
Observer that the annual meeting of
the synod will be held in Cumberland,
Md, commencing on October 4th.
| The synod had selected Martinsburg
as the place of meeting this year, but
as Mr.. Holland, the pastor there, has
accepted a call from a church in
| CnarleSUOn, -. W., anu VIII SiOSS H'S
ministry at Martinsburg the middle
of September, it was thought best
not to meet in a church without pas
| tor.
An unusually eloquent and attrac-
tive number of speakers have been Sc
cured for the Morgan's Grove Exhibl-
I ~ n 10 ~
r, Boteler of Washington and Hon f.
Boyd Faulkner of Martinsburg will de-
liver addresses; GA Friday Hon. j.
Randolph Tucker of Virginia, Com
missioner of Agriculture Norman j.
Coleman of Washington and Hon. A.
X. Syster of Hagerstown Will be pres
emf. and on Saturday Hon. James n.
| I,nOcomb of South Carolina will make
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