Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-12-27
BRIEFS.

Hon. VIM. il. Wilson is to make an
address at the annual Jackson ban
quet at Philadelphia on January
9Th.
Senator Faulkner has introduced u
bill to pay the estate of A. III. Herr
the award made for the use of Hers
Island at Harper's Ferry during the
war.
Wednesday night Jack Barrett
fell asleep in the hotel door, and
when he awoke his watch was gone.
He recovered it next day from the fell
low who had taken it.
A Martinsburg youth thought he
ought to try some of his girls cook
ing before marriage. He ate din
ner which she prepared with her own
hands and hasn't been to see her
/ since.
A thief stole a wagon-load of corn
from the editor Of the Berryville
! Courier. Bro. Crown tracked the
wagon, caught the rogue, made
him acknowledge the corn, and re-
covered the property.
Last Saturday the members of Rev.
ID. NJ. Moser's congregation gave him
a donation. They left the parsonage
we'll stocked with almost everything
in the way of provisions. Mr.. Moser
has requested us to return his hearty
thanks to his generous friends.
Last Saturday nearly all the mail
for Shepherdstown, including the
daily papers, failed to reach here,
and did not turn up until about 10
o'clock Monday morning. We sup
pose it was the fault of some careless
or incompetent mail agent.
Mr.. Alvey Reinhart, who lives be-
low town, has invented and applied
| for patent for a gate-latch that he
has originated. 1t seems to be
very useful article and is strongly
commended by those who have ex-
amined it. Mr.. Reinhart is now can
wasting for orders for it.
Rev. DIR. Jacob Hawkins, of South
Carolina, sent to the Lutheran Church
here, of which he was formerly pas
tor, a lot of southern evergreens-
mistletoe, holly, pine and moss
which were used very effectively in
the decoration of the church. DR..
Hawkins sent his good wishes to his
old congregation.
Officers of the various Virginia ag
ricultural societies have agreed on
tie following dates for their fairs:
Wythe, August 25; Pulaski, Septem-
Der 2; Botetourt, 8; Lynchburg, 10;
Lexington, %; Stanton, 30; Wood
stock, October I, and Winchester, IA.
The Hagerstown Fair will be held
the week beginning October 2lst.
Last Friday night thieves visited
Mr.. William Buffers place on Sandy
/ Ridge and stole forty-odd chickens.
Sunday night they returned for the
balance of the fowls, and were seen by
| Mr. Butler. who was on the watch
| for them. They were two colored
men, but unfortunately he could not
recognize them. He fired at them
five times.
Mr.. Bemiss from Chicago must be
a gentleman of extensive business.
/ We noted last week that he proposed
| to establish furniture mandatory
at Charlestown. We notice by our
| exchanges that he is also negotiating
for a WOODEN factory at Martinsburg
and knitting factory at keyser.
| We hope all these enterprises may
| become prosperous and permanent.
Mrs. Ada Keplinger left for Atlanta,
Ga, last Saturday night in response
to telegram announcing the critical
illness of her sister, Mrs. Florence
Harp Licklider. wife Of Mr.. G. a. Lick
lider, formerly of this place. Mrs.
Licklider had been seriously ill for u
couple of weeks, and her condition
became so serious that her friends
here were notified by telegraph, with
Il request that Mrs. keplinger should
go to her at once.
/ The holders of the majority OF the
$500 600 repair bonds of 1878, or Bal
/ timore and Ohio Railroad interest,
are said to favor the appointment OF
a receiver for the canal, which would
carry with it its repair and mainte-
nance as waterway. Provision for
! the repairs would be made by the in
/ terest which wants u receiver. Such
! a disposition of the question would
| end for the time any movement for
| the sale OF the canal to u rival rail
road.
The week of united and universal
prayer by the Evangelical Alliance
| for 1890 will begin on January and
/ end on the 10th. These are the topics
suggested by the Evangelical Alliance
for the United States: Sunday, Jan
uary 9TH, sermon on The Church of
Christi" Monday, Confession and
Supplication Tuesday, Nations
and Their Rulers; Wednesday,
The Young Thursday, The
Church Abroad y Saturday, Thanks
giving" Sunday, sermons on the
Future Glory"
Rev. Il. NJ. L. Dosh, ID. D., all emf
nent clergyman of the Lutheran
Church, and for the past four years
pastor of the Burkittsville charge OF
the Lutheran church i'll Middletown