Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-05-24
BRIEFS.

effect on Tuesday last, has been postponed
until Sunday, May 25th.
Lippincott's Magazine for June is OH
our table, and as usual is of very high
and the articles on all the leading subjects
of the day, cannot be excelled, and we
recommend Lippincott's Magazine un-
Qualitiedly.
Mr.. Abraham Harris, an aged and we'll
known citizen of this place, was stricken
with a slight stroke Of paralysis on Sat-
urday last. He is not considered as in
serious danger. Mr.. Henry HINES also is
seriously ill ut his residence in Shop
herlstown.
Mr.. J. Lewis, 4 farmer residing near
Middleway, this county, had fine horse
stolen from his stable Tuesday night of
last week. The thief, after riding the horse
above Summit Point, abandoned him for
some cause or other, and he was found
the next morning.
We were sorry that we could not accept
an invitation from Beall Bros. & Phillips,
of CEarlcstown, to attend big dinner
which they gave last Saturday. IL was
their Champion binder delivery day, and
they distributed sixteen of the harvesters
among the farmers.
Mr.. Newton Vanmetre is having a neat
and comfortable new dwelling-house
erected on his farm OH the Kearneysville
pike. The building is frame, and will
be quite an Improvement to the place.
VIM. NJ. Rice and L. X. Jones are the
contractors and builders.
The boating business on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal is not very brisk, owing
to the discomfort of the boatmen ut the
low rates of freight. A number of boat
men have tied up and gone into other
business, as they say they cannot make
living at the present prices.
The citizens of Kccdysvillc, Nd, are
excited over a supposed case of poisoning
Mrs. Betsy Hammond died suddenly in
Baltimore while on Il visit to Stephen
Moore, and subsequent circumstances
lead to the belief that there was foul play.
An investigation will be made.
The wife of man living at Rafting
Spring, on the Potomac near 1Iarper's
Ferry, eloped with man whom the hus-
band had left to guard his family against
the wilcs of a Gypsy, on Tuesday last.
She took SIS of her husbands money and
bought two tickets in Martinsburg Tor
Peru, Illinois.
PeterSOn's Magazine for June is on our
table, ahead, as usual, of all competitors,
and getting better and better, it seems to
us, every month. A new volume begins
with the next number, so that now is an
especially good time to subscribe. i'd
dress C. j. Peterson, 305 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. W. A. Bennett has opened 4 new
store i'm the room of her house which was
formerly used for the same purpose. She
will keep line of groceries, noHons,
fancy goods, &c. We know that every
thing in the store will be of the best, and
we hope Mrs. Bennett will be literally
patronized. See advertisement.
There will be an excursion over the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad from Ha-
gerstown to the Luray Caverns on Whit
Monday, June ID, for the benefit of the
Orphans Home of Hagerstown. The
train will leave Shepherdstown at S.5t q.
M, and the price of tickets, including adj
mission to the caves, will be S2.25.
We were glad to receive visit from
our associate editor, Mr.. W. Il. Logan,
during the past week. He walked into
the Office looking as natural as ever, but
has not yet recovered sufficiently to re-
sumo editorial duty. His many friends
will be glad to know that he is even able
to get around aud shake hands, Martins
burg Independent.