Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-06-14
BRIEFS.

beginning July Is, and will be con-
Quoted by the Hon. Henry Houck OF
Pennsylvania.
Messrs. Chas w. Adams and
James s. Snyder, of Sharpsburg, hav-
ing been the lowest bidders, have
been awarded the contract under the
second appropriation of $4,000 for
the completion of the national road
way at Sharpsburg.
In order to increase the circulation
of the REGISTER we will send the pa
per from this time to January 1st,
1890, for one dollar. Just try it for
this length of time and see if you
won't get your moneys worth. Stop
borrowing, and subscribe.
Jack Barrett, the man-of-all-work
at the Entler Hotel, left for Johns
town few days ago to get employ
ment in the cleaning up of that de-
vastated city. A number of other
persons had intended to go, but all of
them backed out except Jack
Frank T. Keplinger, a native of
Sharpsburg, and employed as brake
man on the B. & 0. Railroad, was
killed by the cars in Baltimore on
Tuesday. Joseph McKane, of Hagers-
town, employed in the same way, was
killed in Baltimore on Wednesday.
The REGISTER desires to express its
thanks to Rev. Robert Douglas Rol-
Ter, the efficient secretary of the Epis-
copal Council, for his kindness in help
ing us get complete reports of the bus
mess of the Council. He is as clever
a gentleman as he is a capable secre-
tary.
The widow and children..of William
Grimes, who was killed by runaway
team on the Baltimore and Reisters-
town turnpike year or so ago, have
recovered $4,000 damages from the
turnpike company. Mr.. Grimes was
brother of the wife of DR.. G. F.
Russell, of Sharpsburg.
Mr.. b. F. Harrison, who takes great
interest in such things, has just be-
come the possessor of a precious
relic in the shape of an old flint-lock
pistol that saw service in the revolu-
tionary war. The pistol, which is in
perfect condition, was given to Mr.
Harrison by Capt. f. q. w. Herr.
Messrs. Geo. w. Show and Thomas
l.. Richard, who went from Shepherds
town about a year ago to conduct
the baking and confectionery business
in Hagerstown, have dissolved part
nership. Mr.. Show will continue the
business, and has employed Mr.. J. AL
len Staley to clerk in the store.
The wheat prospect is not very flat
tering at present. The continuous
wet weather, it is thought, will pre-
vent the heads from filling properly,
and this will certainly be the case
where the wheat has been knocked
down by the rain and winds. Har-
vest will be here in about ten days or
two weeks.
Mr.. f. III. Vickers, of this vicinity
was one of the disclaimers on Tuesday
night in the contest between the two
literary societies at the State Univer-
sity at Morgantown, and his friends
here will be gratified to learn that he
was one of the winners. He carried
off the honors for the Columbian So
ciety, of which he is a member.
Our esteemed contemporary, the
Harper's Ferry Sentinel is little slow
sometimes, but it gets there neverthe-
less. The issue for May 3lst turned
up last Tuesday. and last Fridays
paper came on Wednesday. If this
wasn't Republican administration
we should be inclined to think some
thing was wrong with the mails.
Last Thursday evening several
tramps went to the house of Mr.. Fin
nefrock, tenant on the farm of Mr..
j. Q. A. Kemp, near Breathedsville,
in Washington county, Md. Finding
the front door locked they went to
the barn, and shortly afterward Mrs.
limerick, who was in the house,
saw smoke coming from the barn.
She gave the alarm and the neighbors
came to her assistance and the fire
found in the barn was eXtinguished.
Next morning the barn was discover
ed to be on fire again, and in short
time it was burned to the ground.
Later in the day two men, giving
their names as George Kline and
James Wilson, were arrested and
identified by Mrs. Finnefrock as the
men who were at her house. They
have been sent to Jail to await a
hearing. The barn was insured for
$500 in the Changers Insurance
Company of Middletown.