Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-04-12
;. UurRDAY......APRII. I2, 1854
BRIEFS.

known as the white elephant.
The public schools in Washington coun-
tv. Md, closed last THURSDAY Tor the
school year.
If YOU want good smoke so to Baker
a. NcN,rr,n and call for the Specially or
Valley brand.
bad cold seems to be going tie rounds
Of this neighborhood, and few there be
who escape it.
On Monday the boys will have an OPP
portunity to see what sort of IN egg has
the hardest she'll.
The West Virginia Educational Journal
for April is at hand. 1t is filled to over
flowing with Arbor Day.
If YOU want TO do any wall paperinS
call on d. l.. Rentch and look at his SAM
pies. They are beautiful.
Bangs are going out of fashion. This
is sad news to the woman who is getting
wrinkles on her forehead
Excursioaists have begun the pilgrim
age to the Luray Cave already. Nearly
every day party enters it.
Potatoes in Berks county, Pa, are only
eleven cents a bushel, and farmers are
feeding them to their cattle.
For Easter.-A fresh supply OF fine
Confectionerics, Oranges, Lemons, &C.,
lust received at j. S Jennings.
The year 1884 is the two hundredth an
niversary of the organization of the Pres
byterian Church in this country.
Some one says the difference between
leonard and 4 Methodist preacher Is that
one cannot change his spots and the other
must.
II is said that in Berryville, Va, -
children out of "a have the measles. III
this is true Berryville must be a 'measly'
place.
Steel track will be laid on the Western
MARYLAND Railroad from Mechanicstown
to Hagerstown as soon as the weather
permits.
During the past two weeks we have
added n number Of new Subscribers to our
lists. Come on, friends, and have yonr
names put down.
Whistling is the latest fashionable craze
among young society ladies. 1t gives the
mouth u pretty set, and is considered
healthful exercise.
Winchester is TO have I telephone SER
vice by the first of June. What has be-
come of the company that was to supply
this valley with the telephone:
There will be an election of vestrymcn
for Trinity Episcopal Church, Shepherds
town, Immediately after the IL O'Clock
service OH Monday morning next.
In the case of Logic VS.. Black, from this
county, the Supreme Court at Wheeling
has affirmed the decision OF the Circuit
Court. which was in favor of Logic.
If any one can get ahead of the "bellcs
Of Frog Island" in arranging an April
fool joke we would like to hear from
them. Girls, you can have the cake.
Mr.. George F. Evans, the new postmas-
ter at Martirsburg, has entered upon his
duties. The postoffice has been removed
to the Peoples National Bank building.
Friday, April 18th, has been designated
as arbor day in West Virginia for 1884.
II is to be devoted to the identifying of
school grounds by the planting of trees,
&c.
Visions of house-eleaning arc looming
UP before the eyes of the poor men who
have "been there" and many sigh will
be sighed for Il lodge i'll some vast wilder
ness.
Read the new advertisement Of G. A.
Saner, Hagcrstown, in this issue. HIS
price-list of carpets and furniture is very
low, aud he offers great inducements for
the cash.
Dangerous counterfeit silver dollars are
being circulated in various parts of the
country, and are as likely as not to find
their way to this section. Keep lookout
for them.
Last week the Shenandoah Valley Rail-
road was kept busy by the transportation
of one thousand bales Of cotton. The cot
ton was shipped from Bristol, Tenn, to
Baltimore.
The Martinsburg Herald came out last
week in an enlarged form, and improved
in many other respects. The Herald,
though only n few years old, is an excel
lent newspaper.
Major James w. Green, & prominent
citizen of Culpeper, Va, and brother of
Judge T. c. Green, of Charlestown, who
was stricken with paralysis few weeks
ago, died last week.
Col. u. l.. Boyce, Vice-President Of the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad has almost
entirely lost the sight of his recently in
jureG right eye. His many friends regret
to hear OF this afiliction.
Hon. Samuel j. Randall says that Penn
sylvania is now sending capital into the
two Virgnias at the rate Of million and
a-half a month, the most of which goes
into mines and factories.
The Hagerstown Globe has contracted
with Mr. John r. Davis to take census
of the residents Of tina. town. This is
most commendable exhibition Of enterprise
on the part of that paper.
The violent gales that have prevailed
during the past ten days have caused
more or less damage all around us, but
we have not heard Of any casualties in