Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-12-14
BRIEFS.

| died last week in Washington at the
residence of his son-in-law, Mr.. Frank
| Castle. Mr. Chambers was &C years
old.
Nobody will be annoyed at the
Bazaar during the Holidays by having
persons poster them to take chances
in this or that article. This nuisance
has wisely been avoided by the man
ayers.
Rumor says that half a dozen we'd
dings will take place within the next
few weeks in the neighborhood of
kearneysville. We know of one yonng
fellow who says he is ready but her
pa amt.
The newly elected Sheriff of Berke-
ley county, Chas. II. Miller, has quail
| flied and executed bond for 1925, 900.
His deputies are James Smith, Har-
vey Miller, James w. Mcdonald and
ID. G. Simmons.
Mr. II. II. Boyd has purchased
"Norborne Hall at Martinsburg,
from the heirs of JAS l.. Randolph,
deceased, paying $4,000 for the prop
erty. Mr.. Boyd will lay off into build
ing lots part of the estate.
Mr. William Henrietta killed his
pen of four hogs last Saturday. They
weighed respectively $50, 352, 342 and
900 pounds, the last being a last
springs pig. Walper's Cross Roads is
| hard TO beat for its fat hogs.
Some young men from Martinsburg
who We're probably drunk behaved
very badly on the streets of Shep-
! herdstown last Sunday. One of them
was placed in jail until he cooled off.
/ They all should have been heavily
| fined.
Henry Martin, the colored man who
raised rumpus on an excursion train
of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad
/ last summer, was tried in HagerstOwn
/ last week. After the testimony was
all in the State confessed a plea of
not guilty.
/ Governor Wilson has appointed,
among others, DR.. |. ). Tanner and
/ Messrs. Henry Is. Davenport and Is.
! ID. Gibson, of jefferson county, TO rep
resent West Virginia at the Southern
| Immigration Convention to be held at
| 4 lah
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Kearfott,
were rendered an elegant reception on
| Tuesday evening at the home of Mr.. j.
! p. kearfott, near kearneysville, on
| their return from their wedding trip.
1t was a gathering entirely of the
young friends of the couple, and was
an occasion of great enjoyment.
The members of the Episcopal
| Church gave their popular Rector,
| Rev. L. r. Mason, surprise donation
on Wednesday evening. Useful arti-
of almost every description were sup
piled in the most liberal fashion, and
the kindness of his Pensioners was
no doubt highly appreciated by Mr.
Mason.
G. w. Brown, jeweler of Charles
town. carries line of jewelry, silver
ware. &c, that is seldom seen outside
of the cities. He has an especially at
tractive lot Of goods for the Holidays,
/ g.. l., - lNS
ton to give him call. Mr.. Brown is
! thoroughly reliable, and will misrep-
resent nothing.
A dead hog was seen ON Wednesday
morning lying i'll the field i'll the rear
of the PRESBYTERIAN church OF this
place. which had been stabbed i'll the
regulation style and whose entrallS
had been removed. 1t is reported TO
have been "a black hog, weighing
about 100 pounds How did ii get
there is the question.
Mr.. Jerry Morrison, of Knoxville,
while walking along stone wall
bordering on the canal near Harper :
Ferry, last Saturday night, i'll some
way fell over the wall into the canal,
about twenty-five feet below. Timely
assistance was rendered by Mr.. Albert
Spencer and others or he would proba-
bly, have been drowned.
We can state positively that the
schedule on the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad will be changed next sun
dav. There will be changes in but
two passenger trains. The train that
masses ShepherdStown for The north
at II a. Ill. will arrive three minutes
earlier. The south bound train that
now passes here at 6.52 p. III. will be
several hours earlier, arriving at 3 20
p. III.
John W. Gattrell, son of the sheriff
for Washington county, and deputy
sheriff. was convicted of assault and
battery in the court at Hagerstown
on Wednesday When the jury in
the case was dismissed, after Its de-
ciSiOn John Walters remarked 10 enc
of the jurors that the jury was crazy
for rendering such verdict. The
juror reported Walters to the court
and the court committed Walters TO
Jail for three days for contempt OF
court.
The Mission that has been conduct
ed in Trinity Episcopal Church. Shep-
herdstown, for the past ten days, closed
on Thursday evening. 1t was nota-
BILE for the interest taken in it by all
the people of the community and for
the practical good it has accomplished
for the cause of religion. The Mis-
sioner, Rev. Mr.. Christensen, of Penn
svlvania. is A minister of zeal and OF