Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-03-11

that Hagerstown's dog law is not law
full.
John Hammond caught bass in the
lock at Jacob Moses one day last week
that weighed eight pounds. 1t was
one of the largest ever known to be
caught in the Potomac.
Mr.. D. c. Y. Bolinger was awarded
the contract for carrying the mail be-
tween Boonsboro and Keedyville, a
distance of three miles, for one cent
year. He must be fond. of working
for nothing,
The farm belonging to the estate Of
James Nelson, three miles south Of
Winchester, containing 269 acres, has
been sold to Mort. Grabill for $50 per
acre. This is one Of the finest farms
in Frederick county.
There are two families in the vicinity
of Millers saw mill, along the canal,
which have twenty-five children, Ed
ward Thomas and August Lowman
Mr.. Thomas had nine sick with the
measles at one time.
The James S. Pitzer farm in Arden
district, Berkeley county, has been
sold to w. A. Miller for 1880 per
acre. The farm contains 293 acres Of
excellent land and has improvements
thereon supposed to be worth 81 900.
The same property sold for $50 per
acre after the close of the war.
One of the hotel bar-rooms in
Sharpsburg was turned into a prayer
meeting room last Saturday night.
A young man who strayed away from
the gospel and became somewhat IN
intoxicated kneeled down and prayed
for several hours for the good Lord
to forgive him. He was finally put
to bed.
Lewis Ramsburg, a well-to-do citi
zen Of Frederick county, Nd, having
a wife and several grown children, is
alleged to have eloped with Miss Spon-
seller, also Of that county, both having
disappeared on Inauguration day.
Ramsburg is said to have taken 81, 400
with him, and nothing has since been
heard from him.
Mr.. David Hoke, of Melville, JeiIer-
son county, W, Va, formerly of this
county, has presented his son-in-law,
Mr.. Frederick D. Nyman, formerly of
Boonsboro, with the plant of the lime
and brick kilns at Melville, which the
Hoke Bros. have conducted for many
years. The plant includes FIVE large
lime kilns and several large brick kilns.
-Middleto,0n Register.
Mr.. Jacob Miller, of Greensburg,
Washington county, was killed Mon
day afternoon in runaway accident.
He had been to Smithsburg with two
horse team hauling oats. He fell from
one of the horses he was riding and
the wheels of the wagon passed over
him, and he was killed instantly. He
was about sixty-two years old.
At special term of the circuit
court of Berkeley county Saturday,
P. R. Harrison, receiver for the Au
burn Wagon Company, reported to the
court the sale of the material on hand
to Mr.. Leroy Myers, of Savannah,
Ca, for So, $50, and the lease of the
plant to Mr.. Myers for six months, at
$3.50 per month. A decree was en-
tered confirming the report. The
plant was put in operation Monday.
The new assessment in Washington
county has been completed. Clerk NJ.
F. Smith has compiled the State basis
for the county and found it to be $l8,-
519,O42, against $17,843 1876 in 1896,
a gain of 675,3O7. In the basis of
1896 was included all the farming i'm
plements in Washington county, which
are untaxed this year This item
would amount to about 100000.
Most of the farm lands were assessed
at lower figures than before. The gain
was made in Hagerstown property.