Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-02-06
BRIEFS.

most bottomless. To-day they are
about as solid and about Is rough as
roads can well get.
The Democratic Club will hold its
regular meeting in Firemen's Hall
Saturday evening at o'clock. All
are invited to attend:
The report of Superintendent OF
Schools Morgan shows that the
amount received for the support OF
free schools in West Virginia the past
year was 81, 1868, 1884.
The dispute still goes on in the
newspapers as to what company fired
the last shot at AppomattoI. For
tunately there is no disputing that
the last shot icas fired.
The wheat market has taken a lit
tie boom during the past week, and
longberry 10 quoted in Baltimore at
S1.O7 a $11O. Our dealers here have
paid a dollar 4 bushel this week.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has secured control OF the
Pittsburg and Western Railroad, and
the latter will he hereafter operated
entirely in the interests OF the b. and
o.
The birthday of Sidney Lanier was
celebrated in Baltimore Tuesday
night by the Woman's Literary Club.
The poets widow and his two sons,
Harry and Sidney Lanier, were pres
ent.
Give the REGISTER a call when
you want job printing OF any sort.
You will ind that we can generally
do it as we'll and as cheaply ~ you
can get it any other place, be it town
or city.
AL friends Of temperance and good
government are invited to meet Ia
the Y. NJ. c. A. room at the College
this Friday evening at 7.SO o'clock for
the purpose OF consulting about the
coming corporation election.
There will be meeting OF the La
dies Auxiliary to the Y. III. Z. A. In
the Association room on Friday after
noon, February 18th, at o'clock.
As there will be the annual election
Of officers a full attendance is re-
qested.
Mrs Duncan Mcfarlsne gave a pro-
gressive euchre party in Philadelphia
last Thursday evening to Miss Meta
Schley, of Shepherdstown. Miss
Meta also assisted in tea given by
Mrs Maofarlane last week to Mrs.
Horner, of Baltimore.
The appeals from Judge Alvey's de-
sision in the three canal cases were
argued in the Court Of Appeals OF
Maryland this week. A conclusion
will be reached very soon now AID
the decision announced 1t is need
les. to add that the result is most
anxiously awaited.
The coolest snap OF the season fol-
lowed after the rain Of Tuesday.
Wednesday the weather was pretty
cold, but Thursday morning it was a
great deal colder. The thermometer
at the REGISTER Office went down to
10 degrees above zero. The ground
hog is getting there.
An apportionment bill introduced
in the Legislature last week made it
appear as though Jefferson county
was to be allowed only one member
of the House OF Delegates. 1t now
transpires that this was the result Of
q clerical error. We are still to have
two members ~ at present.
The operators OF the Shenandoah
and Potomac Pulp Mills At Harper's
Ferry are endeavoring to secure OPP
tons on large lot OF pine timber on
mills Their timber supply from the
W. Va. Central Railroad is only suf
fcient to keep them in operation two
days per week.
Rev. William Thomas Bennett, who
was born in Shepherdstown in 1906,
died in Mschaniesburg, Illinois, on
November %, 1890. He and his broth
er, Van s. Bennett, left Virginia in
1884. In 1S49 Rev. Mr.. Bennett en-
tered the ministry OF the NJ. E. Church,
and continued in that connection up
to the time of his death.
The Hagerstown Glass Works,
which were recently built in Corbett's
addition to Hagerstown, were almost
entirely destroyed by fire Saturday
night The fire originated in the
hattening room, and in a short time
the whole OF the main building, which
was built Of wood, was in flames.
There is no water in Corbett's addi-
ton, and the fire took its own course.
Loss about $50, 900, insurance Sl2, 900.
Our mail facilities continue to GO
from bad to worse. Monday the Bal
timore Sun failed to turn up. No
Wheeling Register for this week was
received until Wednesday. And up
to the time of this writing, Thursday
morning, not a solitary paper has
been received from Charleston, the
capital of this State. There has
never been such a wretched state of
affairs in regard to mail matters with
in our knowledge.
Mr.. and Mrs Jacob Fsrrell, OF Shop
herd.town, celebrated the fiftieth an
niversary OF their marriage on Wed
nesday. Owing to the death of Mrs.
Rogers, a relative OF the family, the
observance OF she occasion was