Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-04-10
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tractors want all the hands they can
get.
The Camp of Confederate Veterans
of Shepherdstown has been notified
that Sunday, April Goth, has been Sc
lected as memorial day for General
Joseph f. Johnston, with the request
that such services be held at o'clock
in the afternoon.
A spirited team of horses attached
! to carriage in which Hon. f. Boyd
Faulkner was riding ran away i'll
Martinsburg one day last week. The
carriage was dashed to pieces against
a curb-stone, but Mr.. Faulkner es-
capped with a few bruises.
A Western editor has invented an
| Internal machine which he places in
all envelope and sends to those who
refuse the paper after taking it
five years without paying for it. The
machine explodes and kills the whole
family, and the fragments that fall in
the yard kill the dog. Beware
We understand that our friend Mr..
j. NJ. Hendricks again won the prize
at Mr.. Will Taylor's dinner last week.
From what we have seen of Mr.. Hen
bricks feats in gastronomy, we are
confident that the honor was WORTH
ly bestowed. But We'll bet that Geo.
Sperow can beat him eating soup.
On Tuesday, just before dinner
time, Mr.. g. w. Hawn fell from a
scaffold on Mr.. Ben Hartzelrs new
building, where he was working. Be
sides being Jared up considerably,
Mr.. Hawn broke one of the bones OF
his left wrist, which will incapacitate
him from working at his trade for
while.
Governor Jackson, of Maryland,
has announced his intention OF APP
pointing Col. Henry Kyd Douglas to
fill the judicial vacancy caused by the
death of Judge Syester. Col. Doug
lass friends in this section are great
ly pleased to know that such an hon
| or awaits him.
Shaulter Trussell, the little son Of
Mr. J. \. Trussell, is u lucky or an
unlucky boy, just as you may wish to
take it. He WAS unlucky the other
! day because he got mixed up with the
| Cement Mill team, and he was lucky
because the only injury he sustained
was bruised ankle, caused by the
! hoof of one OF of the mules.
Mr.. j. ID. Billmyers feed store at
/ Buena Vista was burned out one day
! last week, and considerable stock
| of hay. corn, potatoes, etc, was con-
sumed The fire originated from
defective tlue, and got start while
Mr. Billmyer was temporarily absent.
! He had an insurance, we understand,
of $500 on his stock, which will prob
| ably cover the loss.
Mr.. Thomas ). Schoppert, a former
resident of Harper's Ferry, was killed
by train on the b. Il o. Railroad at
Elysvile, Md, last week. He was
crossing bridge over the Patapsco
river, when the locomotive struck him
and threw him into the stream be
| low. The stream was very high and
the body of the unfortunate man was
carried away and has not yet been
found.
1t has been many a year since the
ground has been a thoroughly satur
ated with water as it has been in the
last ten days. The immense snow OF
the eth and 2Sth, with the rain on
| top of it. made Il tremendous lot OF
water. For an entire week the water
| rushed down Princess and Mill streets
in Shepherdstown-much to the
Measure Of the children, who sailed
/ their boats i'll the streams-and did
not stop until Wednesday OF this
week
Tuesday evening Mrs. John W.
/ Grant received dispatch from Wash
| ington saving that her oldest broth
| er. Mr.. Benjamin \. Miller, was lying
at the point of death at his home iii
/ that city. Mr.. Miller was former
resident of Shepherdstown, but has
| lived in Washington for many years,
| having been connected with the Post
/ Office Department for about forty
wears. Miss Amanda Miller and Miss
n H.
/ ington on Wednesday.
The Board Of Public Works of this
| State has appointed all the assessors
| of real estate under the new act. The
/ assessor. for jefferson county are
Messrs. f. Hess Reinhart and a. IL.
| Tanuuary, and for Berkeley county
Messrs. l.. 5. Howard and David n.
| Beard. Speaking for the assessor for
/ this district, Mr. Reinhart, we will say
that no better man for the place could
he found in this county. He Is not
ONLY a gentleman well qualified TO NIL
the responsible position, bet he Is
man who will do his duty in every re-
spect. The appointments OF the other
! gentlemen are also consider ed to be
eminently good ones.
! The Tow Council of this place will
have a good deal Of esponsibllity'up-
on it this year. The people expect OF
il that it will aid in every way our
prospective boom, and there are sew
| eral matters that will be pressed upon
its consideration in the event thatthe
movement now on foot is success
One of the preliminaries is to have
clean and decent,looking town. SO
we think it would be an emlnentIy