Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-07-26
BRIEFS.

1875, Knights of Labor. for the ensn-
ing year.
The infant daughter of Mr.. M. A.
Snodgrass, of Martinsburg, died last
week, aged five months. Mr.. Snod-
grass, who in a short time has lost
both wife and child, has the sympathy
of the community
Remember that the Ladies' Town
Hall Association will sell refreshments
in the College yard during the concert
on Saturday evening, the proceeds to
be devoted to the town-hall fund.
Patronize the ladies literally.
The annual Harvest Home of Mt.
Wesley congregation, NJ. E. Church,
will be held on Thursday, August sth,
at Jones's Spring, about three miles
west of Shepherdstown. The public
is cordially invited to be present.
Rev. w. l.. Ould has rendered his
resignation of the pastorate Of the
Presbyterian Church in Frederick,
Md, which he has filled for the past
three or four years. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Ould will leave in the fall
A reunion camp meeting of the
colored churches of this and neigh
boring counties of Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia, will be held on
Conococheague Island, beginning
July 81 and continuing for two weeks.
Theodore E. Mace, the freight
brakeman who was so badly hurt on
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad last
week, died of his injuries in Hagers-
town on Saturday. He was 30 years
old, and leaves wife and two chill
dren.
A valuable horse belonging to G.
ID. Van Meter, near Kearneysville,
was stolen Sunday night from the
colored camp-meeting grounds at
Shenandoah Junction. The horse
has not been recovered nor the thief
caught.
Messrs. J. and Il. J. Fahrney are
building a wheat elevator, with ca
pacity of twenty thousands bushels,
at their place of business at Spiel
mans crossing, on the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad. The motive power
will be furnished by water.
Superintendent Flickwir, of the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad, was at
Shenandoah Junction on Wednesday.
We hope he was convinced that some
sort of shelter for passengers there
is necessity, and that proper &C
commodations will soon be provided.
To destroy the English sparrow,
grasp it firmly by the legs, hire boy
to hold it's head down on q smooth
block of wood and with keen hatch
ct cut its neck in two. IL the blow
misses the sparrow and cuts off the
bows fingers, secure another boy and
proceed as before.
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Beltzhoover, Trustee,
last Saturday sold a lot OF the Shep-
herdstown Manufacturing Companys
property, consisting of drills, plows,
supplies for the same, hardware, lum-
Der, etc. Most Of the stuff was
bought by the farmers Of the vicinity
and by the syndicate that bought
the shops some time ago.
Arrangements have been made for
the early construction of the new
Episcopal Chapel at Duflields, and
the contract for furnishing the lum-
Der has been awarded to Messrs. VIM.
Phillips & Sons, of Charlestown. Mr..
VIM. l.. Davis, of Rochester, n. Y, is
the architect, and will superintend
the construction of the building.
A basket meeting, under the auspices
of the United Brethren of Vancleves-
Vile Circuit, Rev. w. o. Ewing, pas
tor. will be held in Mr.. Richard Hen
derson's woods, near Zoar, beginning
Saturday evening, August 18th, at
S.OOp Ill. There will be an all day
meeting on Sunday Notraffic allowed.
Some prominent ministers are eX-
pected. Public cordially invited.
Hon. b. ID. Gibson, in response to
a letter of inquiry, is informed by
member of the Legislative Committee
on the gubernatorial contest that in
stead of secen, rs heretofore reported,
only t,Co votes for Fleming were
thrown out in this county. The
names of these are given, and one OF
them at least was as good and legal u
vote as has ever been cast in this
county.-Sptrit.
We hear of many bass being caught
in the Shenandoah river this year, so
now those terpsichoreans who were
so thoroughly Disguised by the past
two years sport in that river can
again try their luck. Parties from
Washington, camping at Shannon
dale, have caught great many
during the past week, some of which
weighed as heavy as a lbs.-Charles-
to,en Democrat Terpsichoreans?
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
branch of the Y. NJ. G. A, held its
eighth annual excursion to Harper's
Ferry Tuesday. Camp-meeting servi-
ces were feature of the day, and
were conducted by the Rev. F. L.
Little, the Rev. Joseph Kelly, Miss
Jennie Smith, Miss Addie Sherman
and Mrs. S. III. Martin. Twenty-Five
hundred persons were present from
Baltimore, Washington, Cumberland,
Winchester, Martinsburg and inter
mediate points.
The good people of Uvilla will have