The boom at Shenandoah Junction, or, as it is to be known in the future, Antietam City, is a go. A representative of the REGISTER visited that place on Tuesday, and from Col. Chas. T. Hood, […]
The News of the Railroads. A general complaint in the business world for the past three months— or at least that part of it interested in shipping freights on the railroads— has been the scarcity of […]
In the Circuit Court at Hagerstown last Friday the trustees of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal bond-holders of 1844, Bradley S. Johnson, Joseph Bryan, Henry H. Keedy, Hugh L. Bond, Jr., and John K. Cowen, filed […]
Along the line of the Monocacy river, skirting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, a gang of robbers has been operating for nearly a year. They not only stole from the company, but held up foot passengers […]
Bakerton is the name of the new town that is being built up at Oak Grove school-house. It is two and a-half miles from the main line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, by which it […]
LAWRENCE FINLAN DEAD.A Well Known Citizen Who Made His Own Tombstone. On Wednesday evening last, Lawrence Finlan, (familiarly called “Larry,”) a well-known and highly respected citizen of this place, died at his home on Camp Hill […]
Mr. Frank Clopper, who was so seriously injured in the recent railroad accident at Dust’s Crossing, is now in a fair way to recover. He is now under the care of Dr. I. S. Tanner, of […]
Mr. Nelson Wilson, who for several years has been section boss on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, with headquarters at Charlestown, has been changed over to Shepherdstown to take Mr. Pat Murray’s place, who has been transferred […]
Mr. Benjamin Shewbridge, a bridge carpenter on the B. & O. R. R., was thrown from the platform of a car on the Winchester Accomodation train by a sudden lurch in turning a curve near Harper’s […]
The Shenandoah Valley Depot in this place was burned on Sunday morning last about 3:30 o’clock. When first discovered the fire was well under way. It is not known how it originated. The building was frame […]
No better idea can be had of our advancement than by visiting these annual exhibitions of industry and skill. The management this year have been successful in securing some new and unique attractions. Pierce’s Great Racing […]
HARPER’S FERRY.Since the announcement that Industry Lodge No. 2 A. O. U. W., would give an excursion to Harper’s Ferry on Thursday, July 29th over the new B. & O. Railroad we have frequently been asked […]
A train of empty cars, in charge of conductor Rodrick, with John McAbee engineer, Charles Rosenberg fireman, and William Caton brakesman, was thrown from the track near Edinburg, on the Valley Branch of the B. & […]
Engine No. 215, of an east-bound stock train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, ran into a coal train at Watersville at 1:30 on Wednesday. The train in front had broken loose, leaving eight hoppers on […]
On the Martinsburg & Potomac railroad there was an increase in 1881 over 1880 in freight earnings of $759.88, in passenger earnings, $1,783.97, and from express $123.30, making a total increase of $2,668.05. There was an […]
