Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-02-27
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you must pay your taxes by Monday,
March I'd, il you wish to vote
The railroad has repaired its cross
ings on Main street, and Mr.. John H.
Snyder has delivered from the mud
the sidewalks Of his property on
Princess street.
Miss Catherine Miller, aged II
years, was found dead in bed last
Saturday morning at her home in
Sharpsburg. She was sister of Mr.
David r. Miller
Mr.. Samuel Gold, a prominent
farmer and business man Of Berkeley
county, died at his home at Bunker
Hill last Sunday, aged SO years. He
had been i'll for long time from kid
ney trouble.
The Parthenian Literary Society of
Shepherd College will hold:an enter
tainment, consisting of dialogues,
tableauI and declarations, in the
College Hall this Friday evening at 7
o'clock. Admission 10 cents.
According to the Census Bureau
the populatian Of West Virginia is as
follows: White, 729,262; colored, 49,
sos; Indians, s; Chinese, 10; total,
762, 794. In Jefferson county there
are 1899 white persons and 4,161
colored
Mr.. r. Fink Mason, of Martinsburg,
and Miss Mamie Dodd, of Falling
Waters, were married on Thursday OF
last week. On Wednesday evening
Mr.. Harry G. Ruark, of Clifton Forge,
and Miss Catherine Isabella West, OF
Martinsburg, were married at the lat
ter place.
Storer College at Harper's Ferry
will not be designated a. an agricul-
tural college for colored students so
as to get the government appropria-
ton. The Legislature will have the
school established at some point in
Kanawha county.
While two b. & o. freight trains
were standing on the track at Har-
per's Ferry one day last week third
freight came down the grade too
fast to stop and damned them all to-
gether. A considerable amount OF
property was destroyed.
Major Blunt's Potomac Cement Mill
near Shepherdstown will furnish the
cement for the brick work at the
Shepherdstown bridge trestling. This
cement stands very high with the N.
& w. officials, who will use about
1000 barrels of it this year in repairs
along the line.
SAYS an exchange: III the pension
list in each county was published
about once a month, some people
would wonder what on earth some
people get pension for" Another
interesting statement would be the
names Of delinquent subscribers and
newspaper dead beats.
The proposed tiremen's parade last
| Saturday was abandoned on account
of the rain, but the small boys or
ganized rag-tag procession that was
highly entertaining. They also had
parade Monday night composed of
big drum and little drum, three
horns, and about Il hundred boys Of
all sizes.
Owing to the heavy rain last Satur-
day evening the temperance meeting
in College Hall was abandoned. a
meeting will be held, however, on
Saturday evening Of this week, rain
or shine, in College Hall, at o'clock.
Addresses will be delivered and must
cal selections rendered. The public
are cordially invited to attend.
The case OF G.. NJ. Keedy and
James Snyder vs. the b. & o. Rail
road for car load OF wheat shipped
during the freshet Of 1889, and which
was damaged by water while side
tracked at Washington junction, was
tried in the Circuit Court for Wash
ington county last week and resulted
in verdict for the plaintiffs of $500
The greater portion of last week
was occupied by the Circuit Court in
the trial OF the cause OF Jos. Trap
nell, &c, VS.. j. H. Conklyn. The
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sides, and resulted in a verdict for
plaintiff. Motion in arrest Of judg-
ment and for new trial. Brown
and Engle for plaintiff; Williams and
Moore for defendant.
Miss Rebecca ID. Chapman, sis
ter-in-law Of Messrs. Geo. w. and 5.
ID. Engle, died near Niddleway, on
the 18th OF January last, aged "A
years. The deceased was next to the
Youngest OF nine sisters, and her
death is the first break in this cir
Gle. She had been a consistent mem
Der of the Protestant Episcopal
Church from early life.
Mr.. Ohio Poffenberger, of Sharps-
burg district, was knocked down and
rendered unconscious whilst attend
ing the sale at Mr.. John f. Smiths.
A colt was being offered for sale when
it made a sudden break through the
crowd. Mr.. Poffenberger could not
get out of the way of the animal and
received the force of its violence. His
injuries were only temporary.
Col. Buchanan Schley, OF Hagers-
town, is very prominently mentioned
as a prospective candidate for the
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