Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-09-23
BRIEFS.

mai was recovered a few days later at
Brucetown.
DIR. l. S. Tanner has bought of Miss
Nettie Waugh her farm about a mile
north of Dufiields, now occupied by
Mr.. John Osbourn. The farm con-
tains 142 acres, and DR.. Tanner paid
cash for it at $50. 10 per acre.
The acreage OF wheat planted in
this county this fall will not be large.
The drought prevented the proper
preparation of the ground and be-
sides there's not much encourage
ment in raising wheat at 20 cents a
bushel
Mr.. Jno. G.. Wiltshire has sold his
farm of 13S acres to Mr.. M. w. Burr,
| for Sc, 1884, and has purchased of Mr.
Forrest w. Brown, Administrator of
Lucy NJ. Abel, the Abel Farm, near
Charlestown, containing 110t acres, at
$50 per acre.-Spira.
Timothy Desmond, of Pittsburg,
was tried at Martinsburg last week
! for the murder of John Poisal, bar
tender, in the latter place on the 21st
of May. The jury returned a verdict
of not guilty. All the other men i'm
plicated were released.
The directors of the Hagerstown
fair have determined to do away with
the enormous number of gamblers
who have heretofore infested the fair
grounds each year. The only game
of chance that will be allowed is the
wheel of fortune. It's good move.
On the first page of the REGISTER
this week will be found the full text
Of an able speech recently delivered
by Gov ernor Fleming at Fairmont.
We recommend its careful perusal by
every Democrat, and we even believe
it will have good effect upon Repub-
licans who may read it.
The Berkeley county Democratic
convention last week made the fol-
lowing nominations For sheriff, Geo.
l.. Sencindiver prosecuting attorney,
Howard Emmert; House of Delegates,
Hunter Harlan county commission
er, ID. S. Griffith; assessors, w. f.
Landers and Jacob Syester.
DrS. Baker and Hensbaw have eX-
amined nearly one thousand persons
to date at the Harper's Ferry station
and have found no trace OF cholera.
Most of the passengers have certiii-
Gates; these are not subjected to rigid
examination that Unnecessary in cases
of those who have not certificates.
Mr.. Jesse Graham, of Harper's Fer
", who is one of the few surviving
men who was imprisoned by John
Brown i'll his fort during the raid
on Harper's Ferry, has signed a con-
tract agreeing to exhibit himself at
Chicago during the Worlds Fair in
connection with the old fort building.
We are informed that several of our
people were relieved Of considerable
amounts of their filthy lucre by an
attache of the circus on Tuesday
last, on the show ground, with very
delusive dice game. Mr.. John La
non, of Bunkerhill, lost S27, Mr.. HUGH
Weidman, of Gerardstown, $780, and
Mr.. Burl Martin. S75-AartnSJWg
Statesman.
The Kearneysville correspondent of
the Martinsburg Herald says that it
seems to be settled that the Il. l. o.
Railroad has at last determined to
build new depot and warehouse at
Kearneysville. 1t will either be put
on b. S. McIntyre's land opposite A.
Trump's store, or on j. HOmsher's
tract, three or four hundred yards
south of the present depot.
Mr.. j. n. Trussell has just pur-
chased and placed in the parlors of
the Entler Hotel a splendid new
Everett cabinet grand piano, bought
from A. NJ. Ordway, Hagerstown.
The instrument has an extremely
handsome case of solid polished oak
and is beautifully finished. The tone
is rich, full and sweet, and in every
respect the piano is irst-class.
A picture showing five generations
of one family is curiosity. Such n
picture has recently been taken of a
Sharpsburg family, and what is more
remarkable there is not a man or boy
represented in the group. The oldest
person portrayed is Mrs. Watson, and
next in seniority is her daughter, Mrs.
VIM. NJ. Cronise, Mrs. j. G.. Wilson,
Mrs SalIie Smith and her little daugh-
ter.
Bernie Scott, a notorious criminal
who is wanted in Jefferson county for
assault and battery and for carrying
concealed weapons, and in Berkeley
county for highway robbery, was ar
rested in Charleston, this State, last
week, and b. & O. Detective Riordan
brought him to Martinsburg for trial.
Scott was the leader Of a gang OF
thieves who have long given trouble
to the Is. y ..
On Tuesday of last week the lock of
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal at
Brunswick was found to be blocked
bv some obstacle, which was found to
be the body of IL an afterward identi-
fed as that of George Wire, black
smith of Lovettsville, Va. Mr.. Wire
got off train at Brunswick and mat
tempting to cross the canal to get to
the other side of the river, fell in the