Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-04-29
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a conference of the secretaries Of
the fifth district of the Y. NJ. G. a. was
held last Friday in Frederick, when it
was decided to hold the annual con
vention at Maj tinsburg May 9th to
Sth.
Mr.. VIM. r. Deck met with pain
full accident at the Potomac Cement
Mill on Tuesday. The hose connected
with the steam drill few off and struck
him in the face, causing severe injury
to one Of his eyes.
The steam dredgs OF the Chesapeake
week at the outlet lock opposite
| Shepherdstown, cleaning it OF the
mud and debris that has been in it
since the big flood.
There have been four outlying sta
tions established by the Agricultural
! Department Of the West Virginia Uni
versity, and ofthese Dr. W. w. Brown,
regent for this district, has secured
the location of one at Martinsburg.
This has been fine week for out
door work. Gardeners have been
busy as bees getting the seeds in the
ground. And the farmers who have
been so greatly DELAYED by the rains,
have gone into their spring work with
/ a rush.
Mr. d. G. Moler recently owned
chicken with four legs. 1t lived for
several days, and then, while it was
being exhibited, was allowed to drop
to the floor. Although it had four feet
to alight upon, it fell on its head and
was killed.
Some Of the property-ov ners along
Main street have been busy the past
week scraping up the mud from the
street and hauling ii away. This
is what ought to be done by every
body-it makes such vast change
| for the better.
! DR.. Newton Lewis, a son Of Mr.. w.
! II. Il. Lewis, OF this county, has just
graduated at the College of Physi-
clans aud Surgeons, Of Baltimore,
and been appointed as second assist
ant physician of the hospital connec-
ted with that institution.
The debating society of Uvilla will
have public debate in the hall at
that place on the first Wednesday in
May. The question is Resolved that
| the love Of woman has more influence
upon man than the love OF money"
The public is invited to attend.
\ very elegant reception was given
at the Hotel Hamilton at Hasers-
town last Friday night by Mrs. Beck
/ enbaugh on the occasion of the intro
! duction into society of her daughter,
Miss Helen Beckenbaugh, who is
niece of Col. Henry Kyd Douglas.
Mr. w. H. r. Lewis has recently
! sold batch Of George Washington's
letters for the sum Of $1,000 The
letters disposed of were number
which accumulated through cor
respondence between Washington
and all uncle Of Mr.. Lewis, touching
business matters.
Editors are, as a rule, kind hearted
aud liberal. A contemporary tells Of
a subscriber who died and left four
teen years subscription unpaid. The
editor appeared as the lid wa. sore wed
OH for the last time, and put Ill a
| linen buster, thermometer, palm
! leaf fan, and recipe for making ice.
Mr.. j. y. Trussell has made quite
all Improvement to the dining room
of the Entler Hotel 1t has been new
" papered and painted and wains-
coted all around with yellow pine.
! Under Mr.. Trussell's administration
the Entler Hotel is a deservedly pop
ular house, and the travelling mon
speak highly OF it.
The Independent Order ot Odd Eel
! lows celebrated the 73d anniversary
OF the foundation of their order by
dedicating a fine new hall and having
a splendid parade in Baltimore on
! Tuesday. The Shepherdstown Odd
! Fellows who were in the city were
Messrs. James w. Kerney, Jos. l..
| Cookus and ID. l.. Rentch.
A fra;.d is travelling through this
section under the name OF James Is.
/ Howard, Walter a. Scott, Arthur b.
| Wilson, and other aliases, swindling
odd Fellow lodges and members. The
swindler is about 5 feet, 8 inches tall,
medium height, dark complexion, dark
hair and mustache. He processes to
! be steel engraver, and is represented
to be pleasant and intelligent in con-
versation.
A very handsome monument has
been erected in Elmwood Cemetery
to the memory Of the late DR.. a. :.
REYNOLDS. 1t is of cottage style, ten
feet in height, and is surmounted by
a beautiful cross. The die has neat
| Corinthian column on each OF the
four corners, all worked i'll a single
block Of marble, finely polished:
Messrs. Diehl Bros, of Charlestown,
! did the work.
Rev. j. X. Van Horne handed us
the other day a copy OF the "Poto-
mae Pioneer" q newspaper published
in Shepherdstown in 1880 by w. and
| q. X. Weber. While there is much
interesting reading matter in the pa
per, it is nearly all general or foreign
news, and there is but one or two To-
! cal items in the sheet. The editors
nrnh.hlr took il for granted that the