davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
The Weather.

Since the last issue of the REGISTER
the weather has been quite interesting.
Friday night was a corker. For sew
eral hours there was a heavy fall of a
sort of snow and sleet combined, which
covered the ground to depth of sew
eral inches. Then came dashing rain
which froze as it fell, putting hard
coat of enamel on top of the snow,
making all outdoors as slippery as
anything could we'll be. The crust
was hard and heavy enough to bear
skaters, and the boys and girls had
merry times gliding over the smooth
hills. This fun was offset to some ex-
tent by the numerous falls that even
the most cautious persons sustained.
Monday afternoon more snow began
to fall, and when it stopped Tuesday
morning there was several more inch
es of it upon the ground. The Their
mometer has kept below freezing point,
and there has been very little melting.
The sleighing has been simply superb.
The first snow of the season fell five
weeks ago yesterday, and the fields
have been covered ever since, while
the sleighing has been good all the
time with the exception of a couple of
days.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
The Law Of Finding.

The law of finding is not generally
understood, but it was declared many
years ago, and it is well to note the
case and the decision. A visitor to a
store found a wallet containing a
sum of money. He handed the wallet
with its contents to the merchant, to
be returned to the owner. After three
years, the owner having failed to ap-
pear, the finder demanded the wallet
and the money from the merchant.
The latter refused to deliver them on
the ground that they were found on
his premises. The finder then sued
the storekeeper. 1t was decided that
against all the world but the owner
the title of the finder is perfect. The
receiver of an article found is only a
trustee, first of the owner, then of the
finder, if the owner does not appear
The receiver has no right to keep an
article against the finder any more
than the finder has to keep it against
the owner.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
Board of Education VS. Teachers Contracts.

The Legislature of 1898 amended
the school law so that the contracts
made by the trustees with teachers
were valid without the approval of the
board of education.
The board of education of Harpers
Ferry district, at the beginning of the
present school year, passed an order
requiring the trustees to contract with
the teachers appointed as assistants IN
the sub-district schools for twenty-five
dollars a month without regard to the
grade of certificate. This the trustees
of one of the schools refused to do, un-
less the applicant holding a number
one certificate would agree to take
said amount.
The letter below is the reply of the
Attorney General to a letter from the
president of the board OF education
on the subject:
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL,
WHEELING, w. VA, October 9, 1894.
RICHARD HENDERSON, ESQ.,,
Charlestown, w. Va:
DEAR SIR:-Your letter received. The
Board has the power to fix the salary to
be paid teachers as class, based upon
the grade of the certificate they hold,
but in my opinion they cannot require
the trustees to employ teacher of
certain grade. The trustees have the
unquestioned right to employ teacher
of any grade certificate which entities
him or her to teach and pay the salary
fixed by the board for that grade. l
think the action of the board in requir-
ing the trustees to employ an assistant
teacher at $25 per month was in excess
of their authority.
Yours truly,
7. S. RILEY.
Soc q Chan o6 Acts 1893
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
IN PULPIT AND PEW.
The News of the Various Churches at Horne
and Abroad.


The Lutheran Church is now un-
dergoing preparation for the new pipe
organ, and the Lutheran congregation
will hold divine service in the Pres
byterian Church on Sabbath morning
next at II clock. Christian Endeav-
or at 6 o'clock at the usual place.
Rev. William E. Main, of Hagers-
town, has been elected pastor of St.
Matthew Lutheran Church, Brooklyn,
N. Y, at salary of $500 a year.
The congregation few days ago pur-
chased $4,000 lot and will build a
$4,000 church.
The fourth quarterly conference for
the NJ. E. Church will be held in Shep-
herdstown at 2 p. m. on Saturday, Feb
ruary 9. Quarterly meeting at Mt.
Wesley Sunday, 10th; $50, love feast;
1870, preaching by Presiding Elder
Wheeler
There will be service in the Re-
formed Church on Sunday in Shep-
herdstown at II a. m. The commun-
ion of the Lords supper will be cele-
brated at Kearneysville at 8 p. m.
Preparatory service on Saturday at 8
p. m.
Services in Methodist Churches on
Sunday Preaching at Uvilla at IL a.
m, at Bethesda at 2.30 p. M, and in
Shepherdstown at p. IN. &C. Band
meeting in Shepherdstown at 6 P. m.
The public is invited.
Services will be held in the Presby-
terrain Church Sunday, if Providence
permits, at Kearneysville at II a. m.
and in Shepherdstown at $50 P. m.
There will be service in the NJ. E
Church on Sunday at Mt. Wesley at
1870 a. m. and in Shepherdstown at
Up. m.
The protracted meeting in the South
ern Methodist Church in this place
has closed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
Letter From Shenandoah junction.
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION.
m roo-

A-,NAAO~'f
January %, 1895.
DEAR REGISTER bear mentioned
in your paper of recent date has failed
to put in his appearance, much TO the
chagrin of several of our local sports
men, who evidently expected TO make
short work of his majesty, and of those
who remained indoors for fear the afore-
said bear might take a notion 10 culti-
vate their acquaintance with view 10
consumption. Perhaps his bearship
took TO the woods" and went into win
ter quarters in order to avoid serious
complications with sportsmen and 9TH
ers Then, too, it has been limited that
bruin may belong to the canine tribe,
but we say to the winds with such a
theory! Don't the people of Rocky
Marsh know a bear track when they see
it and don't bears always travel about
in the winter?
Little Florence Lancaster. daughter
of Mr. John Lancaster, met with rath-
er painful accident one day last week.
She fell on sharp projection while
skating and cut her head just above the
right eye.
Mr.. f. c. Drawbaugh was housed up
last week with an attack of neuralgia,
but is now at his desk again.
Miss Ida Ronemous is just recovering
from a spell of sickness.
Mr.. Michael Bowler, Norfolk & West
ern operator, is laid up with severe
cold.
Mrs. James Littleton is dangerously
i'll with intestinal trouble of some kind.
The physicians attempted TO perform
an operation Tuesday morning, but in
fiammation baffled all efforts at relief.
Her death is hourly expected.
Our farce company returned o. X.
after raid on Uvilla. We await re-
ports.
Mrs. S. o. Dunn was severely shaken
up, the result of fall on the ice. Nu-
merous other pretty accidents have oc-
CURED in this vicinity, the result of the
slippery condition of the snow
4 JUNCTIoNITE.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends 20 personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
alive effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction 10 millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and II Is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but II ia man
1factured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Fig,
and being well informed, You viii nc
accept any substitute if offered.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
PERSONALS.



Mr.. G. G. Bauserman, graduate of
Shepherd College, class Of "a, is now
at the Richmond Medical College of
Richmond, Va, pursuing course OF
medicine. Mr.. Bauserman passed sue
cessfully competitive examination for
a scholarship in that institution.
Miss Emma Cost, of Keedysville,
Miss Nellie Cost, of Snyder's Mills,
and Miss Rose Wagner, of Shepherds
town, have been among the guests at
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Osbourn's, near
Kearneysville.
Mr.. George w. Banks was called
home the latter part of last week from
the University of Virginia by the i'll
ness of his little boy. Horace. The
child has been very i'll this week.
Miss Laura Mcclellan Black, very
charming young lady of Stau9ton, Va,
is the guest this week of Miss Osborne
at "Willow Grove" near Duffelds.
Mr.. William Custer has moved from
Shepherdstown to Martinsburg with
his family. He has gotten a place as
engineer at the city gas works.
Mr.. William Feeley, who went
West with his parents eight or nine
years ago, is here visiting old friends.
He lives in Tippecanoe, Ohio.
Mr.. Daniel Osbourn, who has been
visiting relatives in Pennsylvania for
the past month, has returned to his
home below town.
Mr.. R. H. Moler was in Baltimore
last week buying new stock of goods
for the store of r. H. Moler g. Bro,
at Keller.
Miss Katie Johnson left on Tuesday
for Dayton, Ohio, where she will spend
some time visiting her brothers.
Mrs. F. A. Strother is i'll of pneu-
monia at her home in this place.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
MARRIED..

On January &c, 1895, at Darkesville
NJ. E. Parsonage, by Rev George w.
Feelemyer, Mr.. JOHN w. JOHNSTON,
of Jefferson county, and Miss IDA F.
BAILEY, of Berkeley county.
In Hagerstown, Md, on January
26, 1895, at the residence OF Mr.. Pol
lard, Mr.. FRANK G. SMITH, of Mar
tinsburg, and Miss ELLA WAGNER, of
Hagerstown.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31

Mr.. Amos Broadwater, of Garrett
county, and Miss Eliza Warwick, of
Allegany county, Md, were married
at Frostburg recently. The groom was
in his ninety-frst year. His first wife,
with whom he lived sixty-three years,
died fourteen months ago. Mr.. Broad
water has l. children. He is the grand
father of 90 grandchildren, 102 great
grandchildren and one great-great-
grandchild. He is hale and hearty
and looks much younger The bride
in her ffty-hrst year.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
"Magic Lantern Talk"

The rector of Trinity Episcopal
Church will give magic lantern
talk on Cuba, in which place he lab
ored as superintendent of the Episcopal
mission before coming to Shepherds
town. Some of the views shown will be
reproductions of those taken by him
self. The lecture will be given on Fri
day of next week, February 9Th, at Z
p. NJ, in the chapel of Trinity Church.
The public generally are invited.
There will be no charge for admission,
but collection for the mission in
Cuba.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
A Change for the Worse.

Mr.. EDIToR-In your last issue you
kindly made known the arrival of my
twin boys, of which am very proud.
But you made "a big mistake as to their
names. They are named for our pres
ent distinguished Senator and Congress
man-elect, Stephen b. Elkins Shipley
and Aston G. Dayton Shipley. Bypub-
fishing this correction you will oblige
yours, respectfully.
FONRosE SHIPLEY
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
Advertised Letters.

The following list of letters remain
uncalled for at the Shepherdstown
postofice January 81, 1895.
Miss Alice coleman, Mr.. Jason G..
Taylor, Mr.. Geo. Winebrenner, Mr..
Geo. W. Wlnebrenner, Mrs. j. w.
Hoffman.
If the above letters are not called
for in thirty days they will be sent to
the dead-letter office.
E. 81. REINHART, P. NJ.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
In OIden Times

People overlooked the importance OF
permanently beneficial effects and were
satisfied with transient action; but
now that it is generally known that
Syrup of Figs viii permanently cure
habitual constipation, well-informed
people will not buy other laxatives,
which act for time, but finally injure
the system.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31

Albert Keeling swallowed an Is inch
sword Friday night, at Muskegan,
Mich, while practising for an entertain
ment, and died in terrible agony next
evening. His suffering turned his hair
from dark brown to light gray.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
Tbt sbspbsrSstobn 8tgistsr.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, 1895.

ANGER is the most impotent passion
Nat accompanies the mind of man; it
' a.rects nothing it goes about; and hurts
no man who is possessed by it more
, ,% any other against whom it is di-
ted. - Clarendon.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
NOTICE.

There will be- grand rally in Asberry
NJ. f. Church. February 10, 1895, for the
benefit OF the pastor and the stewards.
AT which time all lovers of Christ aud
friends of his church in the town and
country waste are respectfully requested
to bring up To the Lords house - cents
each. that His gospel might be preached
and His praise might be sung The
services will be- conducted by Rev. j. IL,
Brice. of WilliamSport. Md. assisted
bv Rev. =. y. Saunders and Rev Mays,
OF DutiieldS, W Va. An old-lime love
feast at . "A. m. All lovers of Christ are
welcome. May heaven give rs a Jubilee
day in which to praise. Respectfully
T.. HAMMOND.
Cin CIV b.. zee ~nrid 90 h'n'l,
ma. a. a.. 49,, Iuurt itUss n.y. -
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31

A freight train ran into big sleigh
full of people at selins Grove, Pa, the
other night. Two persons were killed
and dozen others badly injured.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
BRIEFS.

o,.., Item. About This and That of a Local
e"o' Flavor to Please Our Readers.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31
.sPas -" anktls.
Sch duIe Of Mails a, saepherdstown.

Sch duIe Of Mails at Shepherdstown.
Time for closing the mails will be ~ fol
lCws:
For Train M. 3, south bound, Z. - A, NJ.
For Train No -. north bound, D IS A NJ.
For Train No. a, south. hound, 40 Y. NJ.
For Train Ne. I, nortn- bound, 40 y. NJ.
The mails arriving on Train No. from the
south due here al SOS =. NJ, when they reach
the ONCE not later than 81. viii be opened
for distribution that night, beginning with
this date.
y. II. REIsHARr. Postmaster.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31

There is good reason for the popu-
larity of Chamberlain 5 Cough Remedy.
Davis & Buzard, of West Monterey,
Clarion Co., Pa, say: 1T has cured
people that our physicians could do
nothing for. We persuaded them to
try bottle of Chamberlains Cough
Remedy and they now recommend 1t
with the rest of us % and 90 cent
bottles for sale by Gibson, druggist.
A boiler exploded at Hennings
Brewery at MENDOZA, H., last Friday
and six men were killed
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-01-31

is one OF our prosperous poallnei' 0"H
ing his own property, and lives as
comfortable as one would wish. Mrs,
Tice was a Miss Kidwell, of Shep-
herdstown, w. Va, and is pleasant
and motherly lady Wllhamsport
Leader.
The special commissioners in the
chancery suit to settle up the estate of
the late Mrs. Hannah S. F. Butler,
pending in the circuit court of Jetfer-
son county, have sold at private sale
to Mr.. c. NJ. Wetzel, of Washington,
D. c., a tract of 40 acres of land on
the Shenandoah river at $50 per acre.
The stone house on this land was built
in 1888, and is one of the oldest houses
in Jefferson county. 1t was built by
a Mr.. Vestal, an early settler, and
from him the place took the name OF
Vestal Hall.
The will of the late j. N. Sadler has
been probated. He bequeaths to his
niece, Mrs. Lavinia Crane, and her
children the sum of $4,000, and directs
his executor to pay the same to them
as soon as possible after his death. To
his cousin Mrs. Catherine Burgess, of
Invention, Ohio, he gives $500 if she is
living; if not, then to her son. The
testator gives his watch and chain to
his friend John w. Locke. All the
residue of his property. both real and
personal, he leaves to his brother, l..
L. Sadler, and appoints him executor
of the will.
The Washington times., 1895-05-27
UNDER METROPOLITAN HOTEL.
sILvER Nor THE ISSUE.
London Times Thinks Both Parti
VIII Ei,kht Shu nf Ii

London Times Thinks Both Parties
Will Fight Shy of 1t.
London, May 26.-The Times discusses
the currency agitation in Africa in an
editorial this morning in which il expresses
the belief that opinions are so equally
divided that it is unlikely that the presi-
Dental election will be fought on the
silver question. Party managers, it be-
lieyes, viii prefer 10 raise some other issue,
as the suTest result to either party OF
forcing I he silver issue to the front will be
to create division in the party ranks.
IF our surmise," the Times continues,
proves correct, the sound money men
will be suffered to remain in possession
of the field and America will escape many
of the evils which President Cleveland
predicts as consequence OF triumphs of
the silverites'
The article argues that even if an in
ternational bimetallic league is formed
in accordance with Senator Hills sug-
gestion, and Great Britain is flooded with
silver at twice its present market price,
the league could not live.
The first withdrawal would, the Times
thinks, go near 70 smashing it, and leaving
the faithful ones in the lurch with a good
store OF depreciatets metal in their hands.
For the present. at all events, the Times
concludes, the 7rcasons are conclusive
against America abandoning the gold
standard.
The Washington times., 1895-05-27
GLADsroNE's AID INvoKED.
DistIng uished People Ask for a
Enrnnean Gnvernnr in merica

Disting uished People Ask for a
European Governor in America.
Tie following is the list of names ap-
pended TO the circular issued by the Ma
tional Union for Practical Progress, hav-
ing for its object the uniting of the Ar
menian provinces into a single province
under European governor. who is not and
has not been a Turkish subject:
Associate Justices Bre ever, Brown, and
Harlan, of the Supreme Court; Representa-
tive Dalzell, of Pennsylvania; Hon. Fred.
c. Latrobe, of Baltimore; William Hayes
Wood. of New York; DR.. Lyman Abbott,
Major J. W Powell, Hon. Gardiner g.
Hu bbard, of Wash ington; Samuel II.
Green, president Columbian University,
Wash ington; Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, Right
Rev. John ]. Keane, rector Catholic Uni
versity OF America; Right Rev. John 2.
Newman. Julia Ward Howe, Z. w. Glider
Blackwell, B. O. Fowler, R. w. Glider,
Col. Charles Marshall, of Baltimore;
Frances E. willard, Benjamin F. True
blood, Ii. D.: Alfred H. Love, and Helen
E Gardner, author.
The petition is addressed to Hon. VII
liam Z. Gladstone, and prays that he
entreat the government OF her majesty to
request the Sultan of Turkey to appoint
a European governor in Armenia.
The Washington times., 1895-05-27
AMATEUR AND COLLEGIATE
ATHLETIC GOSSIP.

All things considered, the team of ath-
letes representing the University of Cali
fornia made good showing in the inter
collegiate championship ames against
the Eastern cracks, securing two seconds
and one-third.
The record in the 10O-yard dash made on
Analostan Island across the river, formerly
the C. A. G.. grounds, has never been low
cred, and 40 seconds still stands. The
record was made by j. Owen, jr., at the
A. A. u. championships, on October IL,
1890.
Georgetown University will play the de-
Gliding game of the series with Princeton
upon the grounds OF the University of
Pennsylvania on June 4.
The athletes representing Georgetown Uni
versity were outclassedatth the inter collegiate
championship games at BerkeIy Oval and
! failed TO secure q place in either event
entered. Their poor showing may be at
| tributed to the lack of practice caused by
| the condition of the weather and grounds
during their home practice. Mahoney did
not go to the games because of his lack Of
| practice.
The protest entered against Crum, of the
! University of Iowa, the winner of the 100
! and 220-yard dashes at Berkeley Oval was
not made until after the trials wherein he
| proved himself a likely winner. He should
| have been protested before the trials and
| then allowed to do his work under pro-
! test and the honors which he won could
have been withheld pending an investiga-
! ton as to his amateur status.
| Bicycle cranks and admirers generally
of that now very popular form of exercise
| are eagerly looking forward to great
days sport at the Columbia Athletic Club
grounds on Decoration Day. The entries
published in yesterdays Times give prom
Use of excellent racing ia the several events
and classes. Is n
There was something remarkable about
Hickoks work IN the hammer and shot
putting events in the inter collegiate
games. Breaking his previous records on
the trial day and then breaking these
records on the final day is indeed re-
markable His last years record in put
ting siXteen-pound shot was AZ feet 1-2
inches, which was raised on Saturday to
AZ feet IL 1-2 inches; his throwing six
teen-pound hammer last year ! % feet 8
inches was discounted ON Saturday with
13o feet 1-2 inches.
The Washington times., 1895-05-27
WASHINGTON A DIOCESE
One of the Important Questions Be.
fore the Episcopal Convention.
Another Interesting Issue WIN Be
the Division of the Kerl Legacy.
Washington VIII Claim Part.

The one hundred and twelfth annual con-
yention OF the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the diocese of Maryland will assemble
on Wednesday next in the Church of the
Epiphany. 1t will be the most important
convention that has been held since that
of 1884, when Right Rev. DR.. Paret, the
present bishop of the diocese, was elected
aftertwenty- six ballots, ,unde the two-thirds
rule.
Several interesting questions are to come
up for consideration at the approaching
convention. First and foremost is the pro-
posed division of the diocese; second, the
Ker legacy of $93 900, and the best
manner of appropriating it; third, an amend
ment TO the constitution offered by the Rev.
w. Laird, in 1894, regarding the method
of voting for bishop, besides the election
of the standing committee and OF deputies
to the general convention, which will meet
in Minneapolis in October.
1t is currently believed that Wash
ington Will ask for a portion-say one
fourth or onc-third OF the Kerl legacy OF
$93, 900 They will not, il is asserted,
claim this as a legal right, but will
simply ask for it as a fair and equitable
division, among brothers, OF an unex-
pected legacy meant for the whole dio-
cese of Maryland.
Bishop Paret. at a meeting OF the clergy
held in Baltimore. is said TO have given
his decided opinion that Washington was
not rightfully entitled to any part OF the
Kerl bequest, and that "if he were Bishop
of Washington" he would say the same
thing On the other hand prominent
layman of Baltimore says:
Il shall vote to give Washington one
fourth of the Kerl legacy, and am very
much obliged to Washington for asking so
little. She is, in equity, entitled To more"