Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-10-14
BRIEFS.

Inc directors OF Potomac Perma-
nent Building and Loan Association
will meet in Firemen's Hall, on Mon
day, October II, 1892, ut 7 .. H., at
which time and place they offer to
redeem shares.
Mrs. Eliza Castle, mother of Mrs
Ann Cross, died at the home Of the
latter, about three miles west of Shep-
herdstown, last Saturday, October
9Th, aged 50 years. Her remains were
taken to Boonsboro on Monday tor
interment.
j. S. Meats, OF Mount Morris, Hi
nois, drove overland to Hagerstown
in wagon drawn by two horses He
started from Mt. Morris on Septem-
Der 9th and reached Hagerstown on
Saturday, thirty days being consumed
in the journey.
Mr.. John NJ. Daniel, chairman of
the Democratic executive committee,
Is the right man in the right place.
He is working indefatigably in the
interests of the party, and it is owing
to his energy that Jefferson county
is being favored with so many able
! speakers.
Miss Matthaei, of Martinsburg, who
recently finished her musical education
at Leipsig, Germany, assisted by Miss
Chapman, vocalist, will give piano
recital in the town hall, Shepherds
town, in the near future-probably
on the eth of this month. Further
notice will be given.
The large Touring mill and elevator
owned by j. II. Gambrill in Frederick,
Md, was entirely destroyed by fire
Tuesday morning. Ten thousand
| bushels of wheat were stored in the
mill and burned. The loss is estimated
at from $50, 900 to $40, 900. There was
S23, 600 insurance on the building.
Mr.. Fred l.. Weltzheimer, it will be
remembered, had his leg broken sew
eral months ago in a railroad acct
dent in Mcdowell county. He was
brought home for treatment but the
broken bone did not heal properly,
the joint refusing to harden. On
Tuesday Mr.. WeltZheimer went to
Baltimore to consult DIR. Tiffany, and
will, if necessary, go to hospital for
| treatment. We trust he may soon
come out all right.
Mrs. Eliza Jane Price, who was
born in Shepherdstown i'll 1909, and
whose maiden name was Laley, died
in Champaign, Illinois, on October
ID She lived in Shepherdstown I'M
til 1926, when she was married to Rev.
j. L. Price, a minister of the Meth
odist Church then located at Harpers
Ferry He died in 1856, and she made
her home with Mrs. Joseph h. Lem
en-, removing to Illinois in 1868. Mrs.
Price was member of the Metho-
dist Church for II years.
The school authorities of Shepherds
town refused to allow the use of the
place, because new door would have
to be cut in one of the rooms, and
several days would be consumed III
putting up and taking down the
booths, cleaning up, etc. SO the old
election room in the Market House
Will be used, which is really tie best
place after all l is centrally located
and convenient for the new law and
the rent is not enough to bother
about.
Congressman VIM. l.. Wilson spoke
in Lynchburg Wednesday night to
one of the largest and most enthusi-
astic crowds that has been seen there
for wears, Friends tobacco warehouse,
on Church street, being packed with
people, and the applause was deaf
ening. Mr.. Wilson was escorted TO
the warehouse by the Fitz-Lee Troop
of Cavalry, the Artillery Blues and
the Democratic clubs of the city.
great many ladies were in the crowd
ana IDeN dppIduNAcN 1iiS SPN'
as much vigor as did the men.
aunt" Kitty Brim, colored, aged
about GO years, entered into rest lasl
Friday. She was an honest. faithful
Christian woman, who, although her
skin was black, had heart pure and
clean and a mind free from guile. For
a long time a servant in the family OF
the editor, we never knew her to do a
mean thing or say an unkind word.
She was always the same steady,
cheerful, faithful, industrious woman,
and her loss is one not easily replaced,
| for there are few like her. A Christian
i'm thought. word and deed, she has o.
a surety heard her Master say, well
done, good and faithful servant; enter
into the joys of they Lord"
Wonder if the Postoffice Depart
ment would give Shepherdstown an
early mail if the matter was presented
in proper shape? The newspaper
train from Baltimore, on the B. " y.
Railroad carrying the daily papers
and the early mail, passes hearneys-
Vile at 500 a. Ill. There's good
pike between Kearneysville and
Shepherdstown, and almost any sort
Of a horse could travel the five miles
bv 0 o'clock. This would give US our
mail Mt least two hours earlier than
by the present arrangement and
would be a great convenience ana
benefit to the people of this commu-
;. IT, worry aptyrayating TO have