Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-01-12
BRIEFS.

time TO reau tleul Ueloi0 oi@
the next day.
ANY one finding gold dollar Win "
monogram on it will confer ia'o' "
leaving it at this Office.
We are under obligations 10 Mr' D. a.
Jov If Waynesyille, Ohio, for interesting
paper sent us this week.
Rev. w. G. Eggleston Will hold pro-
traeted meeting in the NJ. L. Church
sou.b in Shepherdstewn next week
A new express agent has come to town.
He will go into business with Mr.. James
Barnhart when he gets little older.
Monday night at Oakland the thermom-
eter was &c degrees below zero, ana Al
Wheeling there was 20 inches OF snow.
The streets have been exceedingly Icy
this week, aud some of our most worthy
and dignified citizens have taken tumoles.
Hon. WIN. L. Wilson, of this district,
has been appointed one OF the regents Oh
the Smithsonian Institution at Washing
ton.
Read the advertisement in another COL
nmn of the Baltimore american, one OF the
hest papers in this section of the moral
vineyard.
James L. McGlone, son of Mr.. Edward
MeGlone, of Harper's Ferry, has been APP
pointed a ssenograrher in the United
States Senate.
We had a pleasant call few days ago
from Mr.. Lou kogelschatz, of the old re-
liable furniture house OF \. Kogelschatz,
of Marlinsburg.
Colonel John NJ. COyle has bought the
dwelling of the late Miss Ruth a. Hurst,
corner Of Liberty aud Lawrence streets,
for s9O0.-SpWit.
Abram Whiting, cOlored man formerly
belonging to William Buffers estate, died
in this place on Tuesday night last in the
s7th year of his age.
A considerable quantity Of clover seed
is being handled by our grain dealers.
The prices range from 1910 to Sc, and the
crop Is Il splendid one.
We return thanks to that clever and
energetic insurance agent, Mr.. K. A. Al
exander, of Charlestown, for number Of
artistic calendars for 1884.
Messrs. 5. T.. Uumrickrouse IL Son are
selling off their stock of ready-made
clothing at cost FOR cash. Read their adj
yertisement in another column.
There was general discharge Of en-
ployees on the Shenandoah Valley Rail
road last week All Of the repair gangs
were cut down TO two men each.
Mr.. George W. Duke has bought from
John w. Norris and wife lot in Ray
Addition to Shcphcrdstown, and will at
once begin the erection Of house.
The town run was frozen over last Sat
urday night sufficiently strong to bear
the weight of horse. This is an occur
renee we have never known before.
The sleighng is excellent now i'll town
and country, and both the boys and girls
are having the benefit of it. All the boys
in this ncighborhood can drive with one
hand.
Some one has sent US paper with
marked poem entitled GLOW to Kiss. :"
No one in this office, from the "deyll' to
the chief editor, needs any instruction in
this line.
We return our thanks for the courtc9y
81 press ticket to the Warner Observa-
tory at Rochester, n. Y. We will try
and get up that way soon and take peep
ut the heavens.
The severe weather compelled the
workmen on tho railroad bridge to sus-
pend operations this week. When the
wind sweeps down the river it is not very
comfortable on the bridge.
Wives, do not let your poor husbands
get up and make the fire these cold MORN
ings. They might catch cold. Owe have
been requested by nineteen different men
to put this little notice in.)
meeting Of the stockholders of the
shephcrdstown Manufacturing Company
will be held on Monday next, January
Nth, for the purpose of electins board
Of directors for the ensuing year.
LIGHTHOUSE strawberries sell in New
Ysrk for one dollar a dozen. Peaches
NAV be had for three dollars each, in
small quantities. We never did like
peaches at this time Of the year.
A number of the ladies and gentlemen
of Kabletown have organized the "Shan-
nondale Literary Society,"" with Mr.. g.
Mason Conklyn as President. The society
will meet every Friday evening.
The "Band of Hope" Temperance So
ciety will give very pleasant entertain
ment in Billmyer's Hall next Thursday
evening. January 18th, and we hope that
the public generally will attend.
Our mail facilities are getting no better
very fast. Sometimes we get our Balti-
more mail at three o'clock and sometimes
at eight o'clock in the evening. This is
particularly agreeable to business men.
The river WAS frozen over during the
late cold snap, and our ice dealers were
active in filling their ice-houses on Mon
day. The snow that fell OH Tuesday,
however, stopped operations in that line.
There is one thing we must say about
our mail facilities-they give us variety.
Monday we received the mail at O'Clock
in the afternoon, Tuesday at o'clock at
night, and Wednesday we didn't get any
ut all.
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