Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-08-09
BRIEFS.

W" recePtioH SATURDAY evening.
The ladies in charge say that it is to
be novel and enjoyable entertain
ment, and they invite everybody to
come.
Last Monday five cars of a freight
train dropped through the James
river bridge of the Shenandoah Val
ley Railroad, fortunately hurting no
person. The recent freshets had
wrecked the structure.
General Wade Hampton says he
would come to to Shepherdstown and
fish the balance of the summer il he
was sure he could catch bass like
the one described in the REGISTER
recently-a seven-pounder.
On the fourth page Of the REGIS
TER this week will be found list of
the officers and the various commit
tees for the Morgan's Grove Exhibi-
ton, together with the programme
for the four days of the fair.
The Berryville Courier cannot un-
derstand why the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad neglects to build a decent
shelter at Shenandoah Junction for
the accommodation of its passengers
1t is a most remarkable thing.
In response to query in the Regis
ter last week, New York friend sends
us paper showing that the. SER
penis is dead again. We shall miss
him greatly. By the way, did he
leave any young sea serpents?
Last Saturday night, at Leitersburg,
over in Washington county, Michael
Zimmerman and Robert Slick, who
had been drinking, engaged in
fight. In the scriminage Zimmerman
stabbed Slick, who died from the
wound Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. d. Moore, Of
Charlestown, were rendered recep-
ton at the Carter House on Thurs
day to celebrate their entrance upon
the sea of conjugal bliss" as the Free
Press says. May their voyage be a
prosperous one.
Mr.. Geo. w. Graham presented us
last Tuesday with specimen of
beautiful gray marble, taken from a
large deposit found upon the farm OF
Mr.. Samuel w. Strider, on the line OF
the b. & o. Railroad, above Harper's
Ferry. 1t is said to be both plentiful
and valuable.-Spiru.
Our esteemed friend Gustav Brown,
the Mayor of Charlestown, is one OF
the first of the progressive citizens OF
that place to introduce water from the
new water-works into his establish
ment. The fact that the Mayor is in
the oyster business, however, has
nothing to do with the case.
Norval E. Wilson, brother of the
Governor, has been appointed to
81 200 clerkship in the office of the
Commissioner of Labor, the new de-
partment created by the last legisla-
ture. Mr.. Wilson will have charge of
the Charleston, Kanawha, office. Mr..
Wilson is a native Of Harpers Ferry.
Mr.. Samuel Gatwell, said to be
from Harper's Ferry, suffering with
measels, went to Baltimore Tuesday
hoping to receive treatment at hos
pital. But no place would receive
the case, considering it to be con-
tagious disease. Mayor Latrobe fl
nally sent the sick man to the Marine
Hospital.
The rainbow reception will be held
this Saturday evening in the College
grounds, provided it doesn't rain. Ii
it should rain the reception Will be
postponed until the following Satur-
dav. Rainbows generally come soon
after rain, but in this case the ladies
are very anxious to have the rainbow
come first.
A private letter received from Con
gresham Wilson, now in England
saws he has attended a session of the
House of Commons, and was not par
ticularly impressed either by the
speeches he heard or by the appear
ance of the hall, which, he says. is
not as large as that of the U. S. House
of Representatives.
1t is probable that "John Browns
Fort will be disposed of by the Pa
per Company ere long. A Philadel-
mia company has been negotiating
with the Forts" owners, having
offered SO, 500 for the building, and it
is said that Washington capitalists
are thinking of making the Paper
Company an offer.-Harper's Ferry
Sentinel
The colored people had another
festival last Saturday night in the
western end of town, and it was even
more lively than usual. Men ana
women. irrespective of sex, got beast
" drunk. and fought and blackguard-
ed most shamefully. The respecta-
ble residents of that section wonder
how long these festivals will be al
lowed to continue.
Mrs. Emily Watson, relict OF the
late Thomas Watson, living on Lib
ertv street in this city, was found
dead i'm her bed on Sunday morning
about o'clock. The cause of her sud
den death is supposed TO have been
heart disease. She leaves five chill
dren, all grown, to mourn her loss.
She was SO years, months and days
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