Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29
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she celebrated her fiftieth birthday
with a reception.
At Martinsburg, Tuesday, a game
OF base ball was played between the
home team and the Hagerstown club,
which resulted in score Of Z to in
favor Of Martinsburg Batteries
For Hagerstown, Shank and Hellane;
for Martinsburg, Rider and Pitzer.
A colored man giving his name as
Aleck Jackson, of Vanclevesville, was
arrested at Harper's Ferry, some days
ago, charged with stealing cattle
from Chas. w. Engle, near Bruins
wick. He was taken to the Freder-
lex Jail, and it is said made a confes-
sion.
Mr.. Howard Santman, aged twenty
two years, eldest son Of G. w. SAINT
man, ticket agent for the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg,
died last Sunday night at his home,
after a short illness, of consumption.
Mr. Sandman was a promising young
man.
Great quantities of suckers and
other fish have been caught near
Shepherdstown this week. The fish
have been crowding into the tail race
at the Cement Mill, and all that was
necessary was to set net and then
get boy to wade in and chase a
school into the net.
Do not wait until after dinner to
come to town on Decoration Day, but
come in the morning and take your
lunch with the ladies. Just think of
it-lunch and good cup of coffee for
twenty-five cents. Then strawberries
and ice cream at usual rates. How
good all this sounds after our hungry
| springtime fare.
Messrs. VIM. R. Deck and Thomas
Garrison, of the Potomac Cement
! Works, are rather proud OF their
work with the steam drill one day
last week, when they put in 70 feet in
the 10 hours they worked it. They
saw that this beats the record in this
locality, but if any of the men at the
stone crusher or at the Antletam
works can equal this they think they
can do still better
Mr.. Solomon Thornburg, aged
about seventy-two years, a well known
resident of Berkeley county, died
Monday night of consumption, after
a lingering illness This has been
sorely afflicted family, four children
having passed away in the last twelve
months. From this blow Mr.. Thorn
burg never recovered. The deaths OF
two of his chldren-a daughter and
son-occurred within few weeks OF
each other.
Mr.. b. A. Garlinger, Jr., has in his
possession a thoroughbred Durham
COW of which he is justly proud. lie
kept a record of her milk productions
for week, showing an aggregate or
81 gallons, l quart and half pint.
The greatest amount given in one
day last year was s gallons, three
quarts and half pint During the
past week they churned from her
milk eleven pounds of butter, in adj
dition TO using the needed amount OF
cream and milk in his family.-Ha-
gersto,rn Globe.
The closing exercises of Miss Lille
REYNOLDS school at Duffields were
held last Thursday night, i'll the pres
ence of a large audience of the people
of that locality. The programme
consisted OF music, recitations, dia-
logues, &c, and the children all &C
Quilted themselves very credltably.
Miss Reynolds proved by the advance
ment Of her scholars that great pains
had been taken in their training, and
she was the recipients of many com
pliments on the progress and good
order of her school, Mr.. Walter 5.
Link assisted in the management of
the entertainment.
Last Friday afternoon while Mr..
John Nunamaker, accompanied by
his Young son, was riding in dog
cart. near Keedysville, the horse ran
away, and Mr. Nunamaker was thrown
violently TO the ground. The child
became fastened between the axle
and the BODY of the cart and hung
with his head downward until the
runaway horse was caught, about
two miles from where it had started.
The escape of the child from death
was simply miraculous. 1t is not
thought that the injuries to either
the father or child are serious.
A fire occurred at Bunker Hill, ten
miles from harrisburg, on Monday
of last week, which destroyed one OF
the oldest and most famous home
steads in the State. 1t was built long
before the revolutionary war by
Major Andrew Waggoner, one of the
first settlers of this section of what
was then the State of Virginia.
Major Waggoner commanded
company in the American army dur
ing the revolution and his conspicuous
bravery at the battle of Brandy
wine is referred to in complimentary
terms by Chief Justice Marshall.
A movement has been set on foot
among some of the prominent Demo
Gratis of Berkeley and adjoining coun-
ties to form an organization to solicit
subscriptions for the purpose OF pre-