Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-19
BRIEFS.

in the REGISTER office
The young ladies and gentleman of
this vicinity will give an entertain
ment in Billmyer's Hall on the first
Friday and Saturday evenings in
May, for the benefit of the new Town
Hall.
The distemper is among the horses
of this county to alarming extent
this season. Over fifty fine horses
of Mr.. F. ]. Manning have had it, and
several of his valuable thoroughbred
colts have recently died from it,
Democrat
A movement is on foot, with Messrs.
Geo. G. Thomas, Of Berryville, and
Mr.. Baker, of Summit Point, at its
head, to connect and utilize the vari
Gus unused telephone lines in the Val
ley, from Staunton to Hagerstown, as
telegraph line.
The Harper's Ferry Sentinel says
that there has been discovered in the
Blue Ridge mountains, about a mile
above Harper's Ferry, large veins OF
silver, lead and copper, and also a
white mineral used in manufacture Of
paint. A mineral engineer from Bal
timore is conducting the research.
We are very much pleased to note
another promotion Of Mr.. John p.
Hess, a Jefferson county man. Mr.
Hess has been raised to the position
of Chief Clerk of the Relief Depart
ment of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road, lucrative and responsible po-
sition which he is in every way fitted
to fill.
A few days ago dynamite blast
was exploded at Antietam Furnace,
near Sharpsburg, which threw a
heavy piece of brass couple hundred
yards. In descending to the ground,
the missile scraped the front of Mrs.
Champions bonnet, as that lady was
walking along the road, and struck
and killed dog in front of her.
Sheph erdstown is getting rep
uation for big fish Last week John
Jones caught two carp at the dam
below town, one of which weighed
10 and the other III pounds. A few
days afterward Kyd Jones caught
ten-pounder, which afterward got
away from him. Ohio Kretzer caught
a carp on Tuesday that weighed III
pounds. All the fish We're caught in
nets.
DIR. 4. S. Reynolds has purchased
from the heirs of r. ID. Shepherd the
tract of land lying north of the
Martinsburg road, just west of town,
containing in the naigborhood of 20
acres. We understand the price paid
was S57 so per acre. Messrs. u. i.
Licklider and E. I. Lee have bought
from the same parties the tract of %
acres south of the road, paying $50
per acre.
The grist and sawmill belonging to
Mr.. J. l.. E. Vanmetre, situated sew
eral miles north of Berryville, was de
stroyed by fire on Tuesday morning
about 5 o'clock. The loss was several
thousand dollars. on which there is
no insurance. The fire is reported as
originated from failure to stop the
burrs from running the previous eve
ming, and the friction thereby pro-
duced set fire to the machinery which
resulted in the loss mentioned-Be1Ty-
riUe Courier.
The Senior class of Shepherd Col
lege gave very good exhibition last
Monday evening TO well-filled house.
Messrs. Frank Mcdaniel, Harry AL
len and Melvin Davis delivered ora
tions, Messrs. Sam. Davis. and Alva
Reinhart read essays, Misses Lucy
Schoppert and Agnes Beltzhoover
PLAYED instrumental solos on the pi-
ano. and the whole class joined in u
song that closed the entertainment.
We hope they'll soon have another
entertainment.
The Court of Appeals at Richmond,
Va, has just decided that the general
mortgage creditors of the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad Company are to the
extent of S1,550,000 entitled TO the
benefit and security of the first mort
gage. 1t also decided that the Car
Trust has no lien upon the property
and franchises for rent of their cars,
and that Kimberly and Clark, as
holders of income mortgage bonds,
have no security but that of the in
come mortgage.
In 1890 every farmer in the United
States will be visited by paid and
accredited officer of the government,
and asked TO give statistics OF his
farm, crops, stock, etc, for the pre-
vious year, which is the present one,
1889. To be prepared for the census
taker, begin now to keep accurate ac-
counts of all farm operations, and
keep III up through the year III 'hie
way only can the agricultural statis-
ties of the census report be, made to
have any practical value.
Charlestown girls are not to be tri-
fled with by tramps. a gentleman OF
this persuasion called at the home OF
Mr. Thos. f. Sublette last Tuesday,
and finding no one there but Miss
Bessie, his thirteen-year old daughter,
attempted to enter without perinis-
sion. The young lady thereupon ran
up stairs and securing a rifle and pis-
tol, confronted the depredator with
these deadly weapons and directed
him to vamose, which he did, not
,+o,1;no, u,on tho ordar of his going