Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-17
BRfEFS.

Mrs. j. q. Hines, of Roanoke, is ly-
ing very ill at the home of her father,
Mr.. VIM. Deck, in Shepherdstown.
Mrs. Hines has been i'll for about a
week.'and her sickness is feared to
prove fatal.
The junior baseball club of Shep-
herdstown went to Charlestown last
Saturday to play a game, in which
they were badly walloped. But our
boys say that the Charlestowners run
in too many big fellows on them.
A Frederick pensioner some time
ago put in claim for pension, on
the ground of frozen feet, caused
while standing guard on the Monoc-
acy bridge during the fight. The bat
tie of Monocacy was fought on July
9Th.
The cost of keeping a COW has been
shown to be about 10 cents per day,
or $50 per year. Any variation from
this is probably offset by the differ
ence in value of products. If COW
will not pay this per year she is worse
than no cow.
Mr.. II. NJ. Turner, secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture, has had
printed in pamphlet form the fertili-
ger law passed at the last session Of
the Legislature. 1t is very stringent,
and will probably shut out a good
many companies.
A military company has been or
ganized at Middleway, with the fol
lowing officers Captain, p. NJ. Hollis;
first lieutenant, DR.. q. a. Davis; sec
ond lieutenant, Il. A. Lewis; sergeant,
Joseph Il. Grantham; quartermaster,
b. G. Roberts. Forty-two members
were enrolled.
The Martinsburg Statesman says
Mrs. G.. p Matthaei, who, a few
weeks since, returned from Leipsic
with her husband, leaving their
daughter there attending the famous
Conservatory Of Music, will, on the
29d instant, take Il steamer for an
other trip over the ocean and remain
with her daughter until her studies
are completed.
The pleasantest picnic Of the season
was that at Dam No. last Friday,
when about fifty persons from Shop
| herdstown and vicinity got together
and spent the afternoon at that charm
ing spot. All who were present en-
joyed themselves thoroughly, wheth-
er they fiShed, or rowed, or ''ro-
manced" or lazied around doing moth
ing. And not the least pleasant was
the evening drive home over the Shep-
herd pike.
We have been informed by a gentle
whole country that among all the fine
crops he has seen, that upon the VIM
G. Butler farm, now owned by Mr..
| Thos. Files, is the best. He says it
will make on an average of thirty-tive
bushels to the acre. The wheat was
put in 10y Mr.. Lynn Magruder with a
Superior Drill, and harvested by Mr.
Jas. Wilmington with a Deering
Binder bought OF Wysong and Schop-
pert. This firm sold So mowers and
binders.
Congressman Wilson, OF West Vir
ginia, one of the ablest of the Demo
cratic leaders in the fight for Tariff
Reform, will edit the Tariff Reform
Department of the st. Louis Republic,
aided by all the prominent tariff re
formers of the country. 1t will be a
great feature of the Weekly Republic
ISSUED in two parts, one Tuesday
and one friday which is one dollar
year. Send for "A sample copy,
which is sent free. The REGISTER
and the Republic will be sent one
wear for 50 50 cash.
The men who are cleaning out the
town run have a big job on their
hands, for the bed of the run was
filled up in some places nearly two
feet with mud and stones. The run
had not been cleaned since before the
war. and among the many articles
discovered were several shells and
cannon balls, numerous bullets, bay
onets, OLD army buckles and other
parts of soldiers equipments, a few
pieces of money, spoons, and in short
little of almost everything. There
is some talk of having the run cleaned
further up than the corporation line
goes, though this would probably
have to be done by private subscrip-
ton.
The jackson Monument UnveIing.
1t has been officially announced that
the Rev. DR.. a. c. Hopkins, of Charles
town, has accepted the invitation to
conduct the religious services at the
unwilling of the Jackson statue at
Lexington on the 21st. DR.. Hopkins
was, during the war, intimately aSso-
ciated with General Jackson as chap
lain in the Stonewall Brigade.
1t has been decided that little Della
Jackson Christian, the infant grand
daughter of Stonewall Jackson, shall
unveil the heroic bronze statue of her
distinguished ancestor in Lexington
on the 21st.
The indications are that there will
be good-sized delegations from JET
ferson county at the unwilling. If
the railroad facilities were better there
would be a crowd from this town.