Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-11-08

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the Lutheran Church on Sunday eve
ming, Nov. 9th.
Messrs. II. L. Magruder and Charles
Mason, LETT here on Saturday night last
in buggy for Baltimore; returning
in the same this week.
The Masonic Grand Lodge, OF this
State will meet in Wheeling on Tues
day next, the 18th instant. Mr.. JOS ..
Fleming, will represent Mt. Nebo
Lodge of this town.
Mr.. Arthur Hawks, of Charlestown,
has returned home after attending a
session of the U. S. District Court, at
Clarksburg, w. Va, as juror.
The Fairfax run into town on Mon,
day night, taking out with it car LOAD
of wheat for Mr.. w. n. Lemen.
Mr.. NJ. Z. Spohn, is erecting an ad-
ditional frame building to his shop on
Main street. Messrs. Geo. llumrlck-
house 81 Son, are doing the work
The krout cutter is now kept busy
Z slicing up the cabbage heads.
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Samuel James, colored, residing near
Leetown, says he raised ten thousand
heads of cabbage this season, and Is
finding sale for them at 2 cents per
head.
Sportsmcn report partridges very scarce
and hard to find.
The frost has routed the "skeeters,
horse-hy and the yellow fever,
B. Is. Bartlett, of Barbour county, IN
this State, sowed three bushels OF buck
wheat and raised 112 bushels.
Criswelrs Band practices now in the
council room.
The track-laying of the S. V. r. r.
has reached within miles of Rlverton.
The corn crop is being gathered, and
the yield in most places Is quite good.
1t is prophccied that meteoric show
cr will take place about the 18th OF No
yember.
A new tin-roof is to be put on the
County Aims House, by Messrs. Davis
~ Harrel.
Autumn leaves will wear the same col
ors this year as last There is no fash
ionable nonsense about nature.
jim Williams, colored, is again in the
Martinsburg Jail, awaiting the action OF
the next grand jury on charge OF rob
bing Joseph Kyle of s2G.
DIR. r. c. Burkhart, of Berkeley
county, as usual carried of numerous
premiums at the Berkeley Fair for veg
etablcs.
1t gives US pleasure to learn that Mr..
Z. =. cambridge, brother of Mr.. a. ):
Dandridgc, near town, has been elected
to the Virginia Legislature from Fred
erick county, Va, by the handsome ma
iority OF over 200 votes, over his com
petitor, Mr.. Fauntleroy.
Young Mems Meeting on Sunday,
/ Nov. 9, at 3 l.2 o'clock, in the NJ. +.
| Church. This is the beginning OF the
week of prayer for young men, to be
/ observed all over this and other lands
Come out to this interesting meeting,
and thus encourage o noble effort to
save young men.
Mr.. Gideon Leisenring raised on one
acre of ground, in Charlestown, three
hundred bushels of Irish Potatoes.
The Grand Lodge, X. OF p, of this
State will hold It's annual session II
/ Piedmont, next Tuesday.
The L. S. District Court for this
State, Judge J. J. Jackson, presiding,
! convened at Charleston, Kanawha coun-
ty, on Saturday last.
Mr.. Samuel Barker, Of Adams coun-
ty, Pa, has purchased of Mr.. Lawrence
! Washington, for the sum of $4,000,
about 81 - acres of land, formerly be-
longing TO the +. L. Cook estate, a
! short distance west of Charlestown.
The Democracy Of IIagerstown held
barbecue and mass meeting in front OF
the court house on Saturday which was
addressed by Hon. VIM. Il. Hamilton.
| 1t was an immense gathering.
Italian immigration to this country is
on the increase. Within two days re-
/ Gently 1920 persons left the vicinity of
! Genoa for the United States.
At the Berkeley Fair, Col. John NJ.
Coyle of this county received premiums
for the best thoroughbred stallion 2
wears old and under 3, and also for best
mare. Sheriff Eugene Baker, premium
for the best mule, best corn meal and
best sweet potatoes.
Some thieves entered the house of
Lewis Schindle, at Ilagerstown, while
the family were at the fair and stole
three watches.
1t is stated the workshops of the Bal
timorc and Ohio Railroad Company at
Keyser are being put in working order
for the speedy resumption OF work.
The almanac makers promises the
public six eclipses in 1880.
Remember that your church will be
kept warm for you to morrow.
The rain is dispensed very sparingly,
as if there wasn't much on hand.
The State law forbids the sending of
children to school under six years of
age.
1t is said that during the recent dry
spell the bass in the Potomac took to
parasols to keep from getting sun burnt,
Some traditional farmers say the ab1n-
dance of nuts in the woods means
cold winter.
New subscribers are still coming in.
We would like to hear from some Of the