Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-08-28
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A very pleasant party was'giver by
Miss Agnes Beltzhoover last Friday
evening, when large number Of her
friends gathered at her home and
spent several hours in tripping the
light fantastic toe and in other amuse-
ments.
The next annual meeting of the
West Virginia Editorial Association
will be held in Parkersburg, on Tues
day, Oct. 10, 1891. The regular bust
ness meeting will be followed by an
excursion, the exact details of which
have not been completed.
Last Sunday night a thief invaded
the hen-house Of Mr.. Abram Shepherd,
and had gathered in some fine Ply
mouth rocks when the family was
aroused. Touro Shepherd fired at
the rogue couple Of times, and he
dropped the chickens and fled.
General w. b. Curtis died at his
home at West Liberty, near Wheel
ing, this State, on Tuesday, aged 70
years. He was born in Sharpsburg
In 1921, but left this vicinity in 1882
He was Union soldier, a prominent
Republican, and was once member
Of the legislature.
Early last Sunday morning freight
train on the b. O., about two miles
west of Martinsburg, broke in two
and then came together with a ire
mendous crash. A number OF cars
were smashed and the tracks torn up,
causing delay to trains for about six
hours. 1t is said that tramp was
killed in the wreck.
The twenty-sixth annual session of
the Grand Lodge of Good Templars
of West Virginia will begin at Keyser
next Wednesday, September ID Any
information that may be desired con-
concerning the order, the arrange
ments for the meeting, railroad rates,
NC, can be obtained Of Jas. b. Nor
gan, Grand Secretary, Gerardstown.
The Democrats of Clarke and War
rem counties have nominated w. 7.
kerfoot, farmers alliance man, for
the House of Delegates. The nomi-
mating convention passed resolutions
indorsing the free coinage Of silver,
the interstate railroad law and graded
income tax, and instructing the nom
inee OF the convention to vote for Sen
ator John w. Daniel for reelection.
| Col. Boteler suggests the theory
that the unusal quantity Of rain that
has fallen in this section the present
summer is caused by the heavy blast
ing-morning, noon and night at the
stone crushsr at Shepherdstown. In
view Of the fact that party Of scien-
tific gentlemen from the department
Of Agriculture are now experimenting
in Texas to produce rain by explosions
of dynamite, there is probably more
in the Coloners theory than appears
at first sight.
In pursuance of their policy of re-
ducing expenses this month, the Nor
| folk s. Western Railroad Company
discharged about thirty hands at its
stone crusher at Shepherdstown on
Tuesday, reducing the force over one
half. The company has also dispensed
with the services of its day telegraph
| operator here, and the station agent
is now required TO attend to the wires
in connection with his other work
Reports from all along the road tell
of reductions in the working force.
Even train men are making very
short time.
Under an act passed by the Fifty
first Congress, provisions were made
for marking the lines OF the two
armies on the Antietam battlefield.
During the past week Major Stearns,
of Vermont, and General Heth, q di-
vision commander under General Lee,
both Of whom took part in the battle
of Antietam, have been going over
the field locating the lines. The gen
tlemen were appointed by the War
Department to do this work. When
their work is completed the positions
of the respective commands that took
part in the fight will be marked.
West Virginia is to have a State
weather service, with headquarters at
Parkersburg. A system of weekly
weather-crop bulletins will be main
tanned during the growing season.
This State bureau will cooperate with
the national weather bureau OF the
Agricultural Department. Stations
of observation will be established in
every county in the State, and the OBJ
servers will report directly to Par
kersburg station. The reports will be
published and disseminated monthly.
Mr.. w. w. Dent, of the United States
Weather Bureau, will have the super
vision Of this work.
The ex-Confederates of Berkeley
county have organized a camp, with
the following officers: Commander
Col. j. Q. A. Nadenbousch; 1st lieut.,
CON-, Capt ]. Weddell; End lieut.
COM, Capt. E. L. Hoffman; lieut., W.
II. Noll; adjutant, Capt. w. b. Coils
ton; quartermaster, Capt. }. n. Gun
ningham; commissary, c. o. Lambert;
surgeon, DR.. J. w. McSherry; CHAP
lain. Rev. John Landstreet; officer OF
the day, Geo. d. Whitson; assistant
surgeon, DR.. w. NJ. Lemen; treasurer
John NJ. Small sergeant-maJor, John
F. Cunningham; vidette, r. T. Bryar-
$50, noor1o w Glad