Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-10-11
8 p IEFS.

NA'AAAe Oiut, tillS County,,
last Monday morning, after a long ill
ness, at the age of IS years. He was
one OF the famous John Brown jury
men.
The Reformed Church ofShepherds-
town has extended a call to Rev.
George Everhart, of Baltimore, to
fill the vacant pastorate at this place
Rev. Mr.. Everhart has the matter
under consideration, and will render
a decision shortly.
The Ardinger mill, at Williamsport,
owned by Mr.. F. T. Spigler, was
burned Saturday night. The fire is
supposed to have been of incendiary
origin. The mill has not been used
since the flood, and the insurance,
$4,000, will nearly cover the loss.
Officers of theBoonsboroa and Sharps-
burg Turnpike Company have been
elected as follows: President, A. ID.
Grove; secretary, w. F. Smith; treas
urer, Alexander Davis; directors, Hez-
ekiah Myers, NJ. E. Snavely, Joseph
Middlekauff, G. A. Pry, VIM. Thomas
and r. w. Grove.
Our friend Mr.. j. s. Fleming doesn' t
propose to get left in business if he
can help it, so he comes to the front
this week with a new advertisement.
You can get anything from him, from
a stick of candy to set of furniture
or sewing machine or a pair of first
class shoes or boots.
An exchange tells of a farmer who
prevents his COWS from jumping a
fence by cutting off their lower eye
lashes-making them think the fence
is three times as high as it really is.
This is equal to the method of fatten-
ing cattle by putting green spectacles
on them and feeding them shavings.
The readers of the REGISTER, espe-
cially those of the surrounding coun-
try, should note the live advertisements
of the Shepherdstown merchants in
this paper. Good Advertising means
that the business men are up with
the times, and when business men are
wide-awake heircustomers are bound
to be benefited. Shepherdstown is
the place for square, honest dealing.
Harvey Morgan, Of Williamsport,
Nd, was put in Jail Saturday night on
the charge of shooting Peter Ekis, Il
constable. in Williamsport. Mongan
and a man named Bowersock on Satur-
day night went into an alley in Will
Transport to fight out an old grudge.
Ekis was apprised of the fact and
went to arrest them, and while taking
pistol from Morgan it was discharged
and Ekis was shot in the leg. Mongan
claims the shooting was accidental.
The Secretary of State has granted
a charter to the Washington Building
Line Company, of Moler's p. o., JEFF
ferson county. Its charter is to ex-
pire ON September 1, 1899. Its capital
stock is $500, ten per cent of which
has been paid in, with the privilege of
increasing the same to $3.50, 900 in all.
Shares are 500 each, of which +. +.
Jackson, of Salisbury, Md, and w.
G. Baker, G.. w. Smith, Joseph ID.
Baker, and S. ID. Baker, of Frederick
CITY. Md hold one each
The Palmyra (Mo) Spectator con-
tains the following notice of the death
of former resident of Shepherds
town: John p. Eakle died at the home
of his son, n. w. Eakle, in Monroe
City, last Friday, of cancer of the
stomach, and was buried Sunday.
Mr.. Eakle was an old resident of Pal
myra, where he was well and favora-
blv known. While it was known that
he was gradually failing, the news of
his death was received here with con-
siderable surprise and much regret.
During the late flood on the Poto-
mac, a house car belonging to the
Western Maryland Railroad was
swept from the track at this place
and carried off On Monday last the
car was returned to this place on a
scow via the C. & o. Canal, having
been found six miles down the river
buried in the mud near what's known
as Lefevers Island by Mr.. Joseph
Shifiett, who will receive one hun
dred dollars from the company as his
reward for its recovery iliamspof
Leader.
We have been requested to publish
the following: The work on the new
Catholic Chapel is being rapidly
pushed forward, with the hope of fin
ishing it by cold weather, and the
members sincerely hope the good peo-
pie of this community will generously
come forward and assist them in so
worthy cause. Our pastor, Rev. L.
j. Wilson, will call upon them in per
son on Monday and Tuesday, the 14th
and 18th inst, and we trust he will
find the pocket books of the people as
open as their hearts.