Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-10-18
BRIEFS.

Inc Maryland Synod of the Luther
an Church which recently met in
Martfnsburg will meet in Washing
ton next year in October
Rev. Frank Price, who will shortly
go to Japan as missionary, delivered
an interesting address in the Presby-
terrain Church of Shepherdstown on
Wednesday evening.
Messrs. Funk & Ray, of Winches-
ter, have sent to Mrs. Cleveland,
wife of ex-President Cleveland, an
antique mahogany sideboard suppos-
ed to be over a hundred years old.
The Kennedy lot to be sold next
Saturday by Special Commissioner j.
f. Engle is one of the most desirable
building sites in the town. 1t is sus-
ceptible Of handsome improvement.
Now is the time to subscribe for the
REGISTER. You can have it from
this time until the 1st of January for
20 cents. Nearly three months for
one quarter. Just try it and see how
you like it.
The young ladies and gentlemen of
Hagerstown gave very pleasant hop
on Tuesday night. Among those who
were in attendance were Miss Mar
gle Boteler and Miss Sallie Shepherd
of this place.
Mrs. Mary Hanen, who came here
last week from GAINESVILLE, Ohio, to
attend the funeral of her brother, Mr..
George T. McChan, recently lost her
son in the same way in which Mr.. Nc
Chan was killed.
The Protestant Episcopal House OF
Bishops adopted a resolution that the
revision of the Book of Common
Prayer shall be finished by the end of
the year 1892, and that afterwards no
more revising will take place.
A special term of the Jefferson Cir
cult Court will be held on the goth of
October, when decision in the rail
road case will be rendered The reg
ular term of the Court will begin on
the third Tuesday of November, the
10Th.
Arrangements are being perfected
for the erection of 200 hotel at
Waynesboro', Augusta county, Va,
to be called the Waynesboro City
Hotel. Thirty of the leading citizens
there have subscribed $4,000 each to
the enterprise.
Prof. Chas. H. Spessard, principal
of the public school of Hancock, Md,
was brutally beaten with club by
Brinham Wolfkill last Thursday.
Prof Spessard had whipped one of
Wofkill's children. Wolfkill, who is
assistant burgess of Hancock, was ar
rested and held for court.
The Democratic county central
committee of Washington county has
selected Mr.. Geo. l.. Winter, of Ha-
gerstown, as nominee for county COM
missioner, in place of DR.. G. E. S. Nc
Kee, who refused to accept the nom
itation for that place. Mr.. Winter
is confectioner and well-known
citizen.
Mr.. Edward 0. Leech, who is a
brother Of the wife of Rev. II. G. Nc
Daniel, of Shepherdstown, has been
appointed Director of the Mint, a
responsible and lucrative government
position. Mr.. Leech is also brother
of Rev. S. V. Leech, of the M. E.
Church.
Miss Minnie l.. Rodrick, eldest
daughter of Conductor, Jacob Rodrick
of the Valley Division of the b. y o.,
was married in Lexington, Virginia,
on Wednesday night, October 9th, by
Rev. A. NJ. Cackley, to Mr. Henry b.
Holmes, Agent at the place of the U.
S. Express Company. 1t wasa church
wedding and largely attended.
Some lawless persons, about IL
o'clock last Friday night, took a
large store-box from Mr.. Hagley's
corner and threw it against one of
the windows of Mr.. Reininger's tail
oring establishment, breaking the
large plate glass. Mr.. r. was in his
shop at work, but was unable to de-
tect the parties, who at once ran
away. Charlestopn SPIRIT
Capt. J. F. Smith, of Middleway,
this county, by reason of physical IN
trinity, superinduced by old age, was
unable to meet with the Grand Lodge
of Knights of Pythias at Huntington,
last week, but his brethren OF that
beneficent order were not unmindfui
of the absent brother and presented
him and his son, Mr.. j. Rufus Smith,
with Past Grand Chancellor Jewels
for their long and faithful services as
officers of the Grand Lodge.
Last Saturday night Bill Blue,
well-known colored man, awoke the
people OF. the lower part OF the town
by yelling murder at the top OF his
voice. A number of persons went to
see what was wrong, when Bill said
that a negro youth named Will How
ard had hit him in the head with
stone. Bill was pretty badly hurt,
and bled like beef. Howard de-
MED the accusation, but his word
doesn't go very far. No arrests.
A few nights ago thief visited the
premises of Mr.. Edwin G. Engle, two
miles south of Shepherdstown, and
broke open the granary, corn-crlo'
carriage-house and smoke-house. The