Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-25
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o'clock.
At called meeting of the Winches-
ter Presbytery held at Harper's Ferry
recently, Rev. H. G. V. Campbell was
ordained as pastor of the Harper's
Ferry and Berkeley Springs Presby-
terrain churches.
Mr.. Pry Cost, a former Shepherds
town boy, has just been elected assist
ant burgess of Keedysville, Md, at a
special election At the regular cleo
ton there was tie vote between Mr..
Cost and Jeptha Taylor.
Mrs Williams Castle, the wife of a
well-known farmer residing short
distance south of Boonsboro', Wash
ington county, fell dead while walk
ing across the floor at her residence
on Saturday evening. She was about
fifty years old.
Hagerstown colored folks are excl
ted over a recent grave robbery in that
place short time ago. The body of
small colored child was taken from
grove and dropped behind fence
by the ghouls, who were evidently
frightened from some cause.
Mr.. Oscar NJ. Lucas, a well-known
citizen of this county, died on Tues
day morning, aged about fifty years.
He was a brave soldier during the
war, being in the artillery service of
the Confederate army. His wife and
his father and mother survive him.
Bishop Wilson and Rev. Young j.
Allen, of the NJ. E. Church South,
have been appointed by the Mission
airy Board at Nashville as delegates to
the General Missionary Conference
which meets in London in June.
Thence they will go to Japan and
China.
Last Friday morning Mr.. VIM. +.
Deck, the blacksmith at the Cement
Mill, while carrying drills to the
quarrymen slipped and fell down
over the rocks for a short distance
hurting himself considerably. He
| fractured couple of ribs and other
wise bruised himself He is getting
along very well.
"Shannondale Springs and farm
1S9 acres, was sold at public sale on
Tuesday, Col j. Garland Hurst, pur-
chaser, and only brought S32.75 per
acre. We don't know what the peo-
pie with money to invest were think
ing about to let such property go at
such a figure OF course, Col Hurst
is TO be congratulated Press
At the last meeting of the Demo
cratic Club resolution was adopted
TO change the time of meetings so as
to make them on the second Satur-
! dav at three o'clock and the fourth
| Thursday evening at eight o'clock III
each month. The change was made
so as to enable the country members
to attend at least one meeting month.
A delegation of ladies recently
waited on the managers of the Hagers-
town Fair and made a request that
the sale of Intoxicating liquors on the
grounds be stopped The managers
for indiscrilninate whiskey selling is
making the Hagerstown Fair grounds
an ugly place for ladies and gentle
men.
Hon. VIM. L. Wilson, of this Con-
gressional district, and Hon. John E.
Russell, of Massachusetts, spoke
| in Martinsburg last Thursday even
ing. Mr.. Wilson spoke on the gener-
al subject of the tariff, and Mr.. Rus
sell specially discussed the free wool
clause of the Mills bill. Both gentle
men acquitted themselves most cred
itably.
The county commissioners of Fred
erick county, Md, have passed all or
der requiring the Baltimore " Ohio
Railroad Company to station fagmen
at several dangerous crossings i'll that
county. We think an order of the
same kind at several points in Jetfer-
son and Berkeley counter would be
very beneficial-notably at Dutiields
and Flagg's Crossing.
A man who gave his name as G. b.
! Henderson, of Blair county, Pa, was
arrested at Hagerstown the other day
on a charge fhorse stealing. He was
taken before magistrate, where he
confessed his guilt. The horse was
stolen from Mr.. ID. X. Appenzaller
of Chambersburg, Pa. Henderson is
only about % years of age, but he
seemed to be an old offender
There is a probability of the b. 4 o.
Railroad shops at Harper's Ferry
being removed from that place be-
cause the site occupied by them be-
longs to the Pulp Mill Co., and is need
ed for their own uses. Unless other
property suitable for the purpose can
be obtained, the necessity of removal
will be upon the company. 1t is
| hoped efforts now making to secure a
site may be successful.
A coroner's inquest was held few
DAYS ago by Justice Gallaher on the
body of the infant found i'll the Shen-
andoah river near Bloomery. The
iurv found that the said child was
born of Lacy Wiltshire, and that we
are unable to decide from the evidence
whether the child was born dead or
alive, and that the body of the said
child was thrown into the river by the
said Lacy Wiltshire or by some one
for the said Lacy Wiltshire.