Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-08-24
BRIEFS.

gust 9th.
The Lutheran Sunday School will
hold it's annual picnic on Thursday
next, August 3Gth. at Lemen's Spring,
to which all the families of the con-
gregation are invited to come.
Don't fail to attend at Morgan's
Grove on tomorrow, Saturday. Au-
gust 25th, and help get the grounds in
condition for the exhibition. There
will be large kettle of soup on hand
for the workmen.
Mr.. Geo Cross, of this vicinity, has
been down in Virginia purchasing
some Holstein cattle. Mr. Cross in
! tends to devote some of his time to
raising good stock. His example should
be followed by others.
Mrs Catherine Rentch, the mother
of ID. 5. Rentch, our postmaster, was
ninety-three years Of age on Sunday
last. She is still able TO move about
the house and garden alone, and her
pnySlcal nealtn Is SOOu.
Our schools are all filled with good,
| Woodworking teachers and the pat
rons should see to it, that they are
supported in their efforts to build up
our free schools to a still higher stand
ard by encouraging them and sending
their children regularly.
The Changers 18th Annual Inter
State Picnic at Williams Grove, Pa,
will begin August eth and continue
six days President Cleveland is ex-
pected to attend. Fare from Shep-
| herdstown via Shenandoah Valley
Railroad, S295 for round trip. Tick
cts good for six days.
The Third Virginia Battalion, con-
sisting of Company f, "Winchester
Light Infantry" Company G, An
derson Guards" of Woodstock, and
Battery c., of Staunton, with Wood
stock Band, are i'll camp at Island
Park. Captain Joseph n. Mutton, of
| w lllClleSlcI, IL Ill CoInillulluO VI 'iiV botN
| talon.
\ number of gentlemen are now
registered at the Taylor House, VIII
Transport Among them are Gen.
Wade Hampton, Col. j. NJ. Elliott, of
/ South Carolina; Gen. Bradley Il.
Johnson, of Baltimore, and w. II.
Harrison. They are out on fishing
| trip, and will be joined soon by Gov.
! Thomson, of South Carolina, and
| others.
A little after midnight on Saturday
morning last the family of Mr.. Daniel
! Summers was driven from their
| dwelling, mile and half northwest
of Williamsport, by the discovery
! that it was on fire. 1t was a two-story
| frame and was entirely consumed,
although some of the furniture was
saved. The cause of the fire is I'M
! known.
The Lutheran Reunion at PenMar,
on Wednesday, was very largely at
tended. The day was rather cool,
owing to the late rains, and some
were thereby kept away. The crowd
was estimatedz at from 5000 to 10000
people. The Shenandoah Valley Rail
road carried over 300 people on its
excursion train of whom ninety-three
were from Shepherdstown.
Gov. Wilson and his staff, composed
of Coils. j. q. Hurst, of Jefferson coun-
ty; Harlow, of Greenbrier; +. Russell,
of Hampshire; Frazier, of MARSHALL
| Finson, of Cabell, and Sinclair, of
Fayette, accompanied by Col. Ford
of the end w. Va. Regiment, all i'll
full uniform, attended the meeting OF
the Ct. A. r. held at Gallapolis, Ohio,
on the Sth Gov. Wilson made an ex-
cellent speech. Col. Hurst returned
home last Friday.
Emma Steel, aged about 10 years
met with an accident near Fairfield,
in this county, on Monday last, that
|
had started down the road to meet
some child companions, when she
came to a sycamore tree up which she
! climbed. She fell from the tree upon
a pile of stones, by which she sustain
ed a fracture of the skull and broke
her thigh. She fingered in agony un.
til Tuesday evening, when death put
an end to her sutferings.
The crib, granary and shed, all at
tached, situated on the farm of Mrs.
| Maria Tucker, miles west of Charles
town, were burned Friday night al
half past 8 o'clock. The contents OF
the buildings, owned by j. w. Taylor,
who resides or the farm, were burned,
consisting of wheat binder, drill, bug
CIV. sc. The buildings were insured III
the jefferson Co. Mutual for 5000, and
the contents insured in the Peabody,
of Wheeling. All in Washington X
Alexauder's agency,-Sptrt.
While laying out the body of Ru
dolph Paulsgrave, of Hagerstown,
who had died couple of days ago, a:
was supposed from natural causes, it
was discovered that he had been mys
teriously cut in the neck by some
sharp instrument. Coroner Ditnel
summoned a jury of inquest, and
after hearing the testimony, n verdlc
of suicide was rendered. The gasf
was large, and had been produced b!
a razor. He was in the siXty-seventi
year of his age. 1t is thought tina
illness led him TO commit the deed.
Messrs. Baker and Hurst, we under
stand, contemplate the improvement
of the Shannondale Springs property
which has so long been out of genera