Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-11-03

will be stylish this winter.
Bishop Peterkin, of this State, preached
In the Episcopal Church Of this place last
Sunday evening.
The sale Of personal property of MIR.
Edwin C. Engle, advertised for the 9TH
of November, has been postponed until
further notice.
Oysters are in danger Of becoming
luxury only to he afforded by the wealthy.
They sell here at s1.20 a gallon, and not
many in gallon ut that.
A building boom has struck Hasers-
town, where greater number Of houses
are going up simultaneously than ever
before in the history Of the place.
Cards are out for The marriage Of Miss
Brownie Morrison, Of Berkeley County,
to DIR. j. Ii. Neff, of Harrisonburg, Va.
She is a graduate OF shepherd College.
The fine barn and contents, Of VIM. Is.
Conrad, near Milldale, in Warren County,
Va, was burned Sunday night week. Loss,
between $500 and $4,000. Insurance,
$4,000.
Noah Huntington, of Clarksburg, who
died last week, saw the reflected light oil
the burning Capitol in 1914, when it and
other public buildings were destroyed by
the British.
Sportsmen say that the woods are full
of squirrels, and cartridges are also very
plentiful. They will soon be thinned out,
however, as the sportsmen are almost rs
plentiful rs the game.
Las. Saturday thirty car loads of cotton
passed north over the Shenandoah valley
Railroad, bound for the New England
States. 1t is expected that In the near
future this traffic will increase enor-
mOnsly.
Mrs Elizabeth Shook, late Of Clear
spriny, Nd, but for tho last three years
residing in the family of ii. n. Deatrick,
OF Martinsburg, has received pension OF
As per month and back pay, amounting to
s2,O24.27, for the loss OF an only son III
August, 1862.
The 4OOth anniversary Of the birth OF
Iuricb Zwingli. the great Reformer, will
occur in January next, at which time II
has been decided by the Synod Of the Re
formed Church of the United States, that
every Reformed minister shall preach a
memorial sermon.
Mr.. Lowenstein, Of the clothing house
of Lowenstein Bros, HagerstOwn, piloted
us through his immense store few days
ago, and showed lis the tremendous STOCK
of goods that they have on hand. If any
one cannot be suited in that establishment
they may as well give it up, for the goods
and prices cannot be eXcelled.
Senator Kenna and II company OF choice
spirits, accompanied by badly trained
pack of dogs, went 'possum hunting
Tuesday night. They caught little ami
NAL with a bushy tail and returned to
quarters in the evening. \. B.-Ihose
dogs have been compelled to do their
sleeping i'm the barn since the event.
Putnam Democrat.
1t is rumored that the Wheeling Register
il about to be purchased by joint stock
company and hereafter to be run as
Simou-pure Democratic organ, free from
all rings and cliqucs. Mr.. Lewis Baker,
the present editor, it is reported, is going
n remove to California for his health.
The establishment, it is said, will cost
something near 100000.
We note the pleasant fact that the treas
urer of the Berkeley County Fair, under
the new organization, reports 10 the
board of directors that after deductlnS
the money expended for the repair OF the
fair grounds, and all the expenses OIL pre-
miums, police, and other expenditures,
there was left sufficient surplus to d.
vide six per cent. on their estimated capi-
tai of &l2 1000.
The following trustees have been ap-
pointed for the new y. NJ. c. a. ball: NJ.
b. Miller, John Thompson, DR.. ID. w.
Border. A. +. Hess, William 5. Seibert.
At the last meeting of the board DR.. ID.
w. Border was elected president, NJ. b.
Miller vice president, and a. r. Hess sec
re,arv.-From the Manageable corespon-
dent of the Martinsburg Herald Of Satr-
day, October ~, 1888.
The Kingwood, preston county. West
Virginia. Journal says: A few days ago
q gentleman noticing bubbling in the
waters of Raccoon Greek, below the coal
dump Mt Newburg, caught the notion that
the bubbling might be caused by the es-
cape of natural gas. The water being low,
he got u tin-cup, and, punching y hole IN
the bottom of it, he turned the cup upside
down over the opening in the bed OF the
creek, and applied u match over the hole
in the bottom of the cup. n beautiful
flame shot up, and burnt rs long As he
held tho cup in the water.
Per.onal.-Mr. George 5. White, Of
this vicinity, is on visit to friends in
Richmond, Va, whom he has not seen
since his early boyhood.
Mr.. John Harrison, OF Mines, Va, paid
us a flying visit on Saturday last. lie Is
rs handsome as ever.
Mr.. John Fawcott, who has been MAX
! ing his home in Roanoke, Va, for some
time past, has returned to this place.
| Mr.. Edward Wilde, of Martinsburg,
who has beer. Oh trip to the West, stop