Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-12-06


Rev. DR.. Syle, of Japan, connected
with the Episcopal Church Mission in
that country, preached in the Episcopal
Church in this place on Sunday morn
ing and evening last,
The engine "Wm. Mines, Jr.," with
Mr.. Z. Brown engineer and Mr.. VIM.
Grant fireman, has made several trips to
town during this week.
Messrs. Geo. w. and Samuel Hum
rickhouse of this town are engaged in
working upon the depot buildings of
the S. V. r. r. at Charlestown.
Read the advertisements this week of
]. Gassman, Martinsburg, and DR.. Gold,
this place.
Young Mems meeting on Sunday,
Dec. 9TH, at l-2 o'clock, in the Luz
theran Church. Come out to this meet
ing.
Mans inhumanity to man makes
countless thousands pay fifteen cents
drink for five cent whsSey.
A mans word is the handspring OF
his character. Once break the main
spring and, like watch, the man runs
down.
Pork is selling at S4.OO and $3.50
per hundred, in this market.
4 very large crowd attended the sale
of Miss A. +. Shepherd, Administrative
of John Is. Shepherd, deceased, above
town, On Wednesday last.
J. l.. Richard has just received an
immense stock of Ladies' Dress Goods,
of all shades aud the very latest styles.
Our old ''stand-by's," Messrs. Geo. w.
Holiday, John w. Marshall, VIM. L.
Rinehart, and others, have our thanks
tor moderate share OF 'daddy's dollars
and greenbacks, this week.
The Sharpsburg Enterprise says, that
on Monday of last week, Columbus
Graves husked g. l-2 bushels of corn,
James Peterman 67 l2, and Thomas
Brashears 66 l,2, making i'll all POI IL
bushels.
Messrs. Knadler & Myers she!led, for
Mr. @. Il. Hodges, 1000 bushels OF
corn this week with their steam engine.
Mr.. Nj. G. Bast is busily engaged in
painting the tin roof on the new house
of Capt. John Crow, on High street.
DR. S. n. Myer of Martinsburg, was
appointed, at the recent session OF the
Masonic Grand Lodge at Wheeling,
District Deputy Grand Master OF this
district.
Go to J. l.. Richards for all the Ia
test styles Of Buttons.
Our particular friend Mr.. William J..
Rinehart started for the mountains on
Tuesday last to hunt pheasants, deer
and turkeys. Hope he may return with
q wagon load Of game.
Baker & McMurran have the incest
lot of Goods in town.
flynn Books for the use of the NJ.
Z. Church South, for sale at Lloyd Lick
liderS.
Fresh stock of Raisins, Curran,s,
Prunes, Lemons, Cranberries &c, at G.
T, Hodges.
G. I. Hodges has just returned from
the city with a full stock Of Dry Goods,
Notions, Boots, Shoes, DC.
J. /. Rickard has just received from
Philadelphia large assortment of La
dies Cloaks. Call at once for bargains,
as this offer will only be open for about
one week.
We are glad to see that our young
friend J. w. Shaner is building up
large trade in this place. He is steady
young man and deserves encourage
ment.
Mr.. J. S. Rightstine, of Martinsburg.
has been in town this week visiting his
father, Mr.. VIM. Rightstine.
The Baltimore Sun says that at the
opening of Congress on Monday last,
the desk OF Senator II. G. Davis of this
State was profusely decorated with flow
erS.
A new lot of handsome Prints ust
received at J. l.. Richards.
Wheat is now worth in this market
S1.4O per bushel.
Mr.. John G. Helferstay, son of Mr..
John Helferstay, of this town, has re-
turned home after an absence of several
years in the West. He has been i'll i'll
health for some time.
Mrs. Mary Holiday, widow of the
late DR.. John McKm Holiday, and
mother of Governor Holiday of Vir-
ginia, died in Winchester on Thursday
last, in the 18th year of hec age.
a very valuable gray mare belonging
to Col. WIN. A. Morgan, died last week.
A grey mare belonging to Mr. William
Wise. also died on Tuesday night.
Col, r. w. Baylor Of this county at
tended the National Grange, held at
Canaudaigua, New York, on the 10Th
ult..
New subscribers are piling in to the
Register. Let EN- pile, friends.
Michael Carter and Michael Cochran,
Baltimore and Ohio railroad detectives,
and Hiram Spencer, gate-keeper, shot
IL deer and 80 wild turkeys during
cunning tour around water station No.
y, near Martinsburg.
CANAL CuANGEs-The season just
now closing has not been very profit
able one to the company, and it has
been deemed best to cut down the ex-
penses as much as possible, and the fol-
lowing changes and removals have been
determined: