Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-12-15
BRIEFS.

Grant luhb a. VIA iAhAS.
Keep your courage up for little wiiilo
longer, girls. Leap year is almost "ere'
The price of pork continues low IL mas
been drug on the market here al f''oV
this week.
The nreachers are probably being pre-
,ented with all the big sausaSes this year
the printers are not.
The farmers have been as busy rs bees
this week getting their corn husked while
the good weather lasted.
Mr.. William Gibson is here visiting his
father, DR.. j. G. Gibson. He is now a
resident of the clone Star" State.
The canal boatmen are tying up all
along the line, and number OF them
have arrived here this week hunting their
winter quarters.
The Hagerstown aud Sharpsburg Turn
nike Company has just declared a diyi-
dcnd of six per cent on the capital stock
for the past year.
It is ALWAYS understood that when a
Sharpsburg girl hangs up her stocking at
Christmas she wants either a piano or
organ put into 1t.
IL all reports are true, the next three
weeks will witness an unusually large
number of weddings. But then reports
are not always true.
The regular appointments of Rev. ChaS.
Ghiseliu will begin on Sunday, 18th, with
services in ShepherdstOwn at IL 4. III. and
Kearueysville at 3p. III.
The Western Maryland Railroad Com
pauy have ordered four engines from the
Baldwin locomotive works, Philadelphia,
10 be delivered next May.
A new post-ofliee has been established
at wheatland, on the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad, in this county, with Mr.. ), ii.
Hignbotham as postmaster.
Deer must be plentiful in the neighbor-
hood OF Keyser. y crowd of men chased
one all over town one day last week, and
caught it in mans back yard
Mr.. John Hess, County superintendent,
was in shepkerdstown on Monday looking
after the schools lie spoke highly of the
intelligence of the children Of the cpiored
school.
Judge Jackson has appointed Colonel
Thomas K. Sharp, the former master OF
transportation OH the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. as rccciyoy OF the Ohio Central
Railroad.
The ladies Of the Lutheran Church have
secured over one hundred fowls for their
holiday suppces, besides all the other
good things necessary for frst-class enter
:anments-
\ hne hog, which would weigh about
500 pounds, belonging to Mr.. William 1.
McAnly, died Saturday night. "Nac' is
sorry that he did not Kill it before it had
4 chance to die.
In the Supreme Court Of Appeals Of
West Virginia, now in session ut Wheel
ing, the case of Glenn VS.. Blacktord, from
.his county, was reversed aud renanded.
Opinion by Johnson.
A few days ago an engine on the Ha!ti-
more and Ohio Railroad ran into flock Of
wild turkeys and killed an immense Cob
blur. John Mitts, the engineer, ran back
and secured the bird.
The crop Of clover seed raised in this
county this fall is said to have been the
largest crop raised for twenty years. As
the price of clover seed at present is $3.50,
the crop is paying one.
LOSr-On Friday last, between the
II. +. Church and Baker & McMurran's
Drug Store, lady's under set of false
teeth The finder will be rewarded by
leaving them at this office.
George IL. Nixon, of Leesburg, Va, has
cold hi. fine pointer dog Beaufort to DR..
A. McCsllom, of New York, for $1,000.
Beaufort took p leading prize at the ma
tional dog show in Washington.
Colonel Thomas IIite, who died last
week near Kearncysville, leaves an estate
of 900 acres of land, which is heavily en-
numbered with liabilities. Meredith Helm
has been appointed administrator.
Mr.. George Nanny, who resided at llar-
per's Ferry at the time of the John Brown
raid, and who is credited with having
shot and killed one of the invaders, died
last week in North Carolina, aged 81.
Mr.. Geo. II. Belthoover, trustee, will
sell the stock of goods lately removed from
3loler's Cross Roads, consisting Of dry
goods, notions, fancy goods, SC, at Fire
mems Hall, to-day, Saturday, the 18th,
The Bible Society Depository at Lloyd
Licklider's has been replenshed with
nice line of Bibles aud Testaments.
Bibles from % cents up to s.. Make nice
Christmas presents. Call and see them.
The good people Of Harper's Ferry and
vicinity are having hard time, according
GO all accounts. When any one gets SO
low that he will rob Billy Anderson, the
father Of thirty-one children, he is q
wretch indeed.
A new locomotive, manufactured by
the Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Phil
adelphia, for the Shenandoah Valley Rail- I
road Company, and the largest one owned |
by the Company, arrived at Hagerstown |
Monday. 1t is u perfect monster.
An attempt was made, We are informed, .
by some person to enter rear window of /
the residence Of James NJ. Mason, ESQ,
between II and II o'clock last Friday /
night. The party was discovered by Jas.
NJ Mason Ir oDI friohtona1 off - c.,