Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-02-19
BRIEFS.

Masonic sermon before Mt. Nebo
Lodge No. 81, A., F. & A. NJ, in the
Southern Methodist Church in Shep-
herdstown next Monday evening at z
o'clock. The public is invited to be
present.
Sunday night was about a. dark as
it usually gets in this latitude, but
church-goers had to stumble along as
best they could. for not a solitary
street lamp was lighted. 1t was very
serious oversight, and it is no wonder
people grambled about it,
VIM. L. Royal, lawyer Of Rich
mond, Va, has recently found will
OF the late Judge Taylor recorded in
Petersburg, Va, by which he and his
two sisters have fallen heirs to 5S5, 900
acres Of land in Kanawha county, W..
Va. One Of the sisters is Mrs. Robt.
l.. McMurran. well known in this
place.
John Reichsrd, Washington
county farmer, was killed near Rob-
rersville station last Saturday morn
ing. His horses frightened at a pass
ing train and started to run away.
In trying to stop them he was thrown
under the wagon, and the wheels
crushed the life out OF him instantly.
He was 3S years old.
The financial affairs of West Vir-
ginia appear to be in very healthy
condition. The receipts at the State
Treasurer's office from various sources
for the month Of January were the
largest ever known for that month,
amounting to $4S7, 54421. Besides this
there is to the credit Of the State in
different banks $4,000.
The Hagerstown Globe tells this
story: Passengers on the N. s. w.
train Saturday observed an immense
bald eagle swoop down on flock Of
sheep near Charlestown, w. Va. The
eagle olutched lamb which weighed
about eighteen pounds in it's talons
and few of with it, keeping at a height
ofabout twelve feet from the ground"
Little Lucy Spence, the daughter of
Mr.. George Spence, was taken to Bal
timore last week and placed in the
Child's Nursery and Hospital. where
she will be put under surgical treat
ment. She has been afflicted for near.
lyayear with disease Of the bone
in one Of her limbs, and it is hoped
that she may be cured in the hospital
named
The ministers OF Charlestown are
using the public prints to call atten-
ton to the immortality prevalent in
that place among the young men, and
are seeking to arouse public sentiment
against drunkenness, gambling, fight
ing and other like evils that are wide
spread in that community. The APP
peal made by these good men must
surely arouse the people.
A young colored man Of very unsa
worry reputation has been annoying
little girls about town, with, in all
probability, vile designs. A crowd OF
men got after him Friday night at
late hour with tar and feathers, de-
termined to give him a dose that he
would not forget. Unfortunately,
however, he managed to escape, and
has since been keeping himself very
shady.
At a meeting Of the Bar Association
of Jefferson county on Wednesday in
Charlestown an arrangement was ef
fected for joint meeting Of the bars
OF this judicial circuit at Martinsburg
on Thursday to recommend to the
Governor q candidate for the vacant
judgeship. The Jefferson bar agreed
to present the name Of Mr.. Claiborne
Green, son OF the late Judge T. G.
Green, to the joint conference as it's
candidate.
The suit between John A. Files and
Geo. w. Bricker, as to right OF way
from Files's place over Bricker's to
public way, was decided at this term
Of court. The Judge held that Files
is entitled to free unobstrHcted road,
and perpetually enjoined and restrain
ed Bricke r from hindering or obstruct-
ing it. required him to take down and
remove all gates, bars or fences put
on said way. The case has attracted
considerable attention. -4drtinsb,rg
SatesmGn.
The columns OF the REGISTER will
be open throughout the approac hing
campaign to full and free discU ssion
Of public affairs, both local and
national. We shall be glad to- have
our readers express their opini ons on
the issues of the day and to ventilate
their views on matters Of political in
terest. The REGISTER will h ave no
candidates until the Democratic nom-
inees are announced-all sides shall
have an equally fair chance through
its columns
In the proceedings OF the circuit
court at Hagerstown we notice the
following: Benjamin F. Graves, Of
Shepherdstown, vs. George Show;
before the court; suit on contract in
which Show agreed to sell Graves q
house and lot in Shepherdstown for
S2,1O0, the person not Ike. ping his
part Of the agreement to pay 800; by
reason OF the tenant not leaving
when notified the money was de-
msnded by plaintiff; Judgment rem
dered for plaintiff for $l0S.2O with
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